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Linux Lite 6.2 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.1 and available for download right now  BetaNews

Wine 7.20 was released today as a rare Monday debut for this newest bi-weekly development snapshot. Wine continues inching close to its release candidate / feature freeze period for the Wine 8.0 release in early 2023...

Wine 7.20 Released With Updated Mono, Font Linking Improvements  Phoronix

What You Should Know about the New OpenSSL Vulnerability  Security Boulevard

What Is Proton GE and How Does It Improve Game Compatibility on SteamOS and Linux?  MUO - MakeUseOf

What Is Proton GE and How Does It Improve Game Compatibility on SteamOS and Linux?  MUO - MakeUseOf

Systemd developers are celebrating Halloween by releasing systemd 252...

Linux Lite 6.2 Officially Released, Based on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS  9to5Linux

Google explains how it achieves 24-hour battery life with the Pixel Watch  XDA Developers

Following last week's start of the i915 DRM-Next changes intended for Linux 6.2, an initial batch of drm-intel-gt-next feature patches have now also been mailed in to DRM-Next for staging ahead of that next Linux kernel cycle. Notable with today's pull request is a lot of DG2/Alchemist improvements...

Linux 6.2 Preparing Intel HuC, OA, PS64 & Sensor Monitoring For Arc Graphics  Phoronix

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, Nextcloud to ship their own social network app  GamingOnLinux

Get a free copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 in the GOG Halloween Sale  GamingOnLinux

How to List Environment Variables on Linux  How-To Geek

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 31st, 2022, “Halloween Edition”  9to5Linux

Decky Loader for Steam Deck (plugin loader) gets fixed up for newer SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Intel Core i5 13600K Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

Last week I looked at the Intel Core i9 13900K performance under Linux while today the focus is on the Core i5 13600K. The Core i5 13600K is a 14-core / 20-thread processor (6 P cores + 8 E cores), up from 6 P cores + 4 E cores with the prior generation Core i5 12600K. The Core i5 13600K has a recommended customer price of $319~329, which is indeed being honored among Internet retailers and with robust availability. Here is an initial look at how the Core i5 13600K "Raptor Lake" is running under Ubuntu Linux.

Better Linux support for OneXPlayer coming, likely for SteamOS like Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

How to View AVIF Images in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distros  It's FOSS