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Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" Now Available For Download

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 22:30
Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" release images are now available for download for those wanting to fetch the latest Ubuntu desktop or server builds or alternatively the various downstream flavors/spins...

Ubuntu 23.04 Laptop Performance Mixed Against Ubuntu 22.10

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 21:00
Today marks the release of Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" and I've already been trying it out on a number of test systems. Up today are some initial Ubuntu 23.04 vs. 22.10 laptop benchmarks. If you were hoping though for this release to improve performance, unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the case with overall across a range of workloads Ubuntu 23.04 is similar to -- or in some areas trailing -- Ubuntu 22.10 on both Intel and AMD hardware.

Wine 8.0.1 Released With Three Dozen Bugs Fixed

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 20:10
Building off the Wine 8.0 stable release from January, out today is Wine 8.0.1 as the first maintenance point release to this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux, Chrome OS, macOS, and other platforms...

Libreboot Adds Support For An Old Dell Laptop That Can Be Found For ~$100 Used

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 18:47
Libreboot as the downstream of Coreboot focused on providing fully open-source system firmware support has added support for the Dell Latitute E6400, a laptop from the Intel Core 2 Duo days that was popular with many businesses and can be found via various used channels for around $100...

Opus 1.4 Royalty-Free Audio Codec Released

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 18:31
Opus 1.4 is available today as the first update in four years to this open-source, royalty-free versatile audio codec...

Lutris 0.5.13 Beta 2 Released For Managing Your Games On Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 18:17
Following the Lutris 0.5.13 beta from mid-February, a second beta of this open-source game manager is now available...

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