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While the mainline Linux kernel has begun seeing initial support for various Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops, various feature limitations are outstanding before these Qualcomm-powered laptops really become usable for daily use. For instance, just a few days ago the audio firmware was finally upstreamed to make setting up X1 Elite laptops easier. Another important feature as an example is CPUFreq driver support for CPU frequency scaling to ensure optimal performance and power efficiency...

Snapdragon X1 Elite CPUFreq Support Revised In Latest Linux Patches  Phoronix

Valve Linux Driver Team Fixes RADV Driver Performance With FSR 2 Through MESA 24.3 Release, Up To 228% Uplift  Wccftech

No Apex Legends 2 Followed by Linux Ban Before Season 23  NoobFeed

FreeBSD 14.2 Beta 1 is out today as the first tagged test snapshot in working toward this newest FreeBSD 14 point release...

AV Linux: Exploring a Distro for Audio/Visual Work  How-To Geek

Working in KDE Plasma on Linux? Try These Keyboard Shortcuts  How-To Geek

Cloudflare's Pingora Rust framework that was written as a replacement to Nginx and made publicly open-source earlier this year with a focus on building fast and reliable networked systems is out with its newest feature release...

Frustrated with Windows 11? Nitrux Linux is the OS you deserve  BetaNews

Sculpt OS for what has been working to become a general purpose operating system built off the original Genode is out with a new feature release...

Genode-Based Sculpt OS 24.10 Introduces Multi-Monitor Support  Phoronix

I Took This Modern Retro Unix Distro for a Spin  How-To Geek

Intel has integrated VVC VA-API hardware accelerated decoding support into the widely-used FFmpeg multimedia library...

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development summary of interesting KDE changes in closing out October...

Vulkan 1.3.301 was published on Friday with the lone new extension this release being a rare contribution from Huawei adding HDR Vivid support with VK_HUAWEI_hdr_vivid...

Right on schedule for releasing the Xfce 4.20 desktop in December, the "Pre1" pre-release was posted on Friday for testing...

Windows to Linux compatibility layer Wine 10.0 planned for mid-January 2025  GamingOnLinux

Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey  GamingOnLinux

EA says you can blame Linux cheaters for removing Apex Legends on Steam Deck  Sports Illustrated

Earlier this year and through July Steam on Linux was enjoying above a 2% marketshare thanks to the success of the Arch Linux powered SteamOS and Steam Deck offerings. But then for August and September Steam on Linux use was below 2%. After a 0.13% rise in October, Steam on Linux is back to sitting at a 2.00% marketshare...