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Linux comes for Windows at 40 — and gaming can't save it  MakeUseOf

This Quake-inspired terminal is my new favorite on Linux  How-To Geek

An updated version of the Steam Linux Runtime 4 branch was rolled out that has now shifted from Debian 11 to Debian 13 libraries for some significant upgrades. In the process more libraries have gone x86_64 only in foregoing the i386 builds. In addition, the SDL 2 library support for the Steam Runtime is now provided by sdl2-compat as the compatibility layer for SDL2 atop SDL3...

We're closing in on the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release likely in little more than one week (30 November barring any delays) and today's batch of x86 platform driver updates is bringing some new hardware support as well as some notable consumer device fixes/improvements...

Linux 6.18 Sees Late Improvements For Xbox Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, & Alienware Laptops  Phoronix

Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit  GamingOnLinux

Firefox is fixing a 21-year old problem on Linux  How-To Geek

These Windows tools and apps help me be as productive as on Linux  XDA

Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I compared the two Windows alternatives, and here's my advice  ZDNET

This is Linux's greatest strength, but it's also its greatest flaw  How-To Geek

Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'  PC Gamer

A set of Linux kernel patches posted back in October for rewriting the kernel's memory-mapped concurrency ID code for some nice performance wins looks like it will land for Linux 6.19. This is the code that prominent Intel engineer Thomas Gleixner found to yield up to an 18% improvement for the PostgreSQL database. My testing of this "mm/cid" code has also shown some nice performance wins too...

Linux 6.19 Slated To Land "mm/cid" Rewrite That Has Very Positive Performance Potential  Phoronix

AirPods’ best features come to Android and Linux with free app  The Verge

VKD3D 1.18 is now available for this Direct3D 12 implementation that is part of the upstream Wine project. The VKD3D 1.18 release also comes just ahead of next month's feature freeze for the upcoming Wine 11.0 stable release...

Tsundere Botnet Abusing Popular Node.js and Cryptocurrency Packages to Attack Windows, Linux, and macOS Users  CyberSecurityNews

Action1 Expands to Linux, Delivering a Unified Cross-Platform Solution for Autonomous Endpoint Management and Patching  PR Newswire

A 21 year old bug report requesting support of the XDG Base Directory specification is finally being addressed by Firefox. The Firefox 147 release should respect this XDG specification around where files should be positioned within Linux users' home directory...

Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification  Phoronix

5 pioneering Linux distros that quietly faded into history  How-To Geek