Valve Releases Proton 8.0-1c (github.com)
Firefox 113 Promises Support for Animated AV1 Images, Debian Package, and More (9to5linux.com)
GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on coreboot (minifree.org)
Ubuntu Flavors Will Stop Using Flatpak (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
In a surprise move, Ubuntu developers have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package set across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, as of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release.
Laptop Brands with GNU/Linux Preinstalled (floss.social)
Chimera is a new Linux distro using musl libc, Dinit, and a FreeBSD userland (www.theregister.com)
X.Org is now pretty much an ex-org: Maintainer declares the open-source windowing system largely abandoned (www.theregister.com)
Old, and most probably already seen....
Wine Wayland driver (gitlab.winehq.org)
Clipboard just got an update that makes copying 100x faster! Now you can copy literal gigabytes of files every second (github.com)
video of it in action v.redd.it/92eh1qf68eia1/DASH_1080.mp4
Wine 8.0 Compatibility Layer Is Out Now for Running Windows Apps on Linux (9to5linux.com)
The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 8.0 (www.winehq.org)
Nobara Project - the gaming distro (Fedora Silverblue style) (github.com)
Building your own custom Fedora Silverblue image (www.ypsidanger.com)
A new tool 'unsnap' helps you move from Snaps to Flatpaks (www.gamingonlinux.com)
5 Great Web Browsers For Linux (thekernal.xyz)
The authors of node-ipc have pushed malware in an update, which wipes your disk if you happen to have Russian or Belorussian IP address. This affects some large projects [@bantg, Twitter] (nitter.net)
Relevant reading:...
Pacstall, The Aur For Ubuntu (thekernal.xyz)
[poll] Which one is the best GNU/Linux for a new user? (norze.world)
Why Linux is better than Windows or macOS for security (www.computerworld.com)
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Ads may be coming to KDE, the popular Linux desktop (www.neowin.net)
QT Press Announce...
Linus has a Mastodon account? (theres.life)
Breaking of two NPM libraries show that everything isn't right in FOSS ecosystem (freelancemag.blogspot.com)
Brickadia game for Linux (brickadia.com)
Red Hat donates $10,000 to OBS Studio, Flatpak to be official for Linux (opencollective.com)
It seems they’re going to be moving their official Linux packages over to Flatpak rather than a PPA for Ubuntu.
