Linux 6.8 TCP Performance Boosts By ~40% For Many Concurrent Connections (www.phoronix.com)
Linux Mobile Distro postmarketOS Adopts systemd to Better Support GNOME, KDE Plasma (9to5linux.com)
"Linux Touchpad like Macbook" Update: 2023 Progress on Smooth Scrolling (www.gitclear.com)
OpenMediaVault 7.0 Released For Debian 12 Powered NAS Platform (www.phoronix.com)
NVIDIA R550 Linux Driver's Open Kernel Modules Performing Well On GeForce GPUs (www.phoronix.com)
Microsoft Rebranding CBL-Mariner Linux Distribution To "Azure Linux" (www.phoronix.com)
KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released (kde.org)
According to Google Plasma 6 for Arch was cancelled :D (beehaw.org)
I don’t use Google directly, but as part of the open source meta search engine SearXNG, where we can specify what search engines it will use. And the top result is from Google and I can confirm that Plasma 6 for Arch is now officially been canceled. And it’s linked to Reddit. :smiley:...
Vkd3d 1.11 Released (gitlab.winehq.org)
The vkd3d team is proud to announce that release 1.11 of vkd3d, the Direct3D to Vulkan translation library, is now available....
Adding systemd to postmarketOS (postmarketos.org)
Partitioning Your Linux Drives: Does It Provide Any Benefits? (odysee.com)
Linux for desktop market share surpasses 4% for the first time, says Statcounter (www.neowin.net)
Statcounter, a website that tracks the market share of web browsers, operating systems, and search engines, is reporting that Linux on the desktop has over 4% market share for the very first time (Statcounter records ChromeOS as a separate operating system despite being based on Linux). Statcounter doesn’t provide any...
Don't use Appimages (a writeup about all the reasons they are a pain for users) (github.com)
Appimages totally suck, because many developers think they were a real packaging format and support them exclusively....
Linux 6.8-rc7 Released With The Stable Kernel Potentially Coming Next Week (www.phoronix.com)
Linus Torvalds just issued Linux 6.8-rc7 as we close in on the Linux 6.8 stable release in the next week or two....
The Book You Need to Start With Linux Kernel Development (itsfoss.com)
Modern light themes (white on white) suck. What is your favourite Plasma Theme? (lemmy.kde.social)
Atuin: ✨ Magical shell history (github.com)
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands. Additionally, it provides optional and fully encrypted synchronisation of your history between machines, via an Atuin server.
FFmpeg Explorer (ffmpeg.lav.io)
Mutter Merges Experimental Variable Refresh Rate For GNOME 46 (www.phoronix.com)
This week in KDE: a smooth release (pointieststick.com)
Bluetooth issues on Bazzite OS (lemmy.world)
Hi, I’ve been having issues with my network adapter on Bazzite OS. Both WIFI and Bluetooth do not work, and the the utility nmcli device confirms this. I used lspci to find my network controller, which is a `MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter. I’m unsure how to proceed further. Thanks.
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2024/09 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
Linux hits 4% on the desktop 🐧 📈 (gs.statcounter.com)
KDE Plasma Mobile 6 (plasma-mobile.org)
The Plasma Mobile team is happy to announce the release of Plasma 6 for mobile devices! It has been a long year of development and porting since our last major release of the shell, as well as mobile applications. This post will outline many of the highlights!