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Chimera Linux (chimera-linux.org)

I just found about this distro, which is relatively new (2021). Its specificity is that it doesn’t features any GNU software by default, which I find interesting.

New Fedora Slimbook 14" joins the Fedora Slimbook 16" - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)

We heard your feedback during the launch of the Fedora Slimbook 16 and, along with the folks from Slimbook, bring you the new Fedora Slimbook 14, a smaller, lighter, cheaper with even better battery life, version of the Fedora Slimbook, powered by an Intel CPU and GPU (unfortunetely no AMD version soon).

Ardour 8.1 released - Linux DAW for audio and music production (discourse.ardour.org)

What is your favorite terminal emulator.

I’m reconsidering my terminal emulator and was curious what everyone was using.

KDE Plasma 6 Wayland Session: "It's Been Working Great!" (www.phoronix.com)

blog.broulik.de/…/on-the-road-to-plasma-6-contd/

New Steam Client Stable Update Fixes UI Issues on Linux for Intel/AMD Users (9to5linux.com)

Wine Wayland Driver Lands Improved HiDPI Support (www.phoronix.com)

Fedora 39 Released with GNOME 45, Linux 6.5 + More (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

KDE KWin may gain early HDR support for gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

While HDR support is still not really there yet on Linux, there’s a lot of movement on it now (and plenty of it thanks to Valve and work on Gamescope) but it seems KDE KWin may gain early initial support for it.

Which distro do you believe deserves more recognition?

For me it’s PeppermintOS....

Why is X.org not suing bird site X.com?

My FOSS terminal clipboard manager is now at version 0.8.2! (github.com)

Hi everyone! I’m the developer of a clipboard manager that I know many of us Linux users here might know, called just The Clipboard Project....

Dumbest Thing you have done distro-hopping?

I just discovered something I did so idiotic I need a stronger adjective that what is in my name....

Oracle: Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To (www.oracle.com)

Shots fired by Oracle. I trust them about as much as I have a chance of sailing with Larry Ellison (also, ever notice how he looks like a Bond villain?), but I could see their arguments swaying at least a few folks who are looking for a corporate-backed enterprise distro that has the resources and incentive to keep up. Maybe at...

KDE Plasma 6 release schedule (community.kde.org)

Plasma is the Desktop Environment developed by the KDE community. Version 6 of Plasma will be developed, built and shipped on top of Qt 6.

This week in KDE: re-organized System Settings (pointieststick.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6427579

What less popular text editors do you like or should have a shout out more often? What stuff do you do with it?

FOSS version of google docs to run on a home server?

So I want to build a home server to use as a media server, and to back up my photos etc....

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Released with Updated Kernel, Graphics Drivers (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS also includes a new hardware enablement stack (HWE) composed of Linux kernel 6.2 and Mesa 23.0.4 (a sizeable update in itself)....

What is your honest opinion on EndeavourOS?

I made a post a few days ago asking your opinion on Manjaro and it was very mixed, with a slightly negative overall opinion. I heard some recommend EndeavourOS instead and did some online research and it seems to be pretty solid and not have the repository problem that Manjaro has....

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