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Linux desktop leaders unite behind Flathub app store. Here's why  ZDNet

Firefox 111 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux

Ubuntu Lunar Lobster could be the surprise hit of 2023  ZDNet

Turn-based colony builder on the red planet Terraformers is out now  GamingOnLinux

The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan support for Intel's next-generation Meteor Lake client processors is taking a step forward with next quarter's Mesa 23.1 release...

Intel Meteor Lake Graphics IDs Enabled For Mesa 23.1  Phoronix

How to sideload Android apps on Chromebooks  Android Central

Learn Linux TV Releases Ubuntu Flatpak Remix Distro  WebProNews

Action-RPG in Early Access 'Last Epoch' adds in online multiplayer  GamingOnLinux

Following last night's Linux 6.2-rc2 release that brings a workaround for system stuttering on some AMD Ryzen systems, that workaround was quickly back-ported to the Linux 6.1 LTS and 6.2 stable series and spun into new releases for Monday morning...

Linux 6.1.19 LTS & 6.2.6 Released With AMD System Stuttering Workaround  Phoronix

digiKam 7.10 Photo Management App Adds Support for New Cameras, Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

AMD is working to enable VirtIO GPU and pass-through GPU support for the Xen virtualization hypervisor with Radeon graphics...

Intel's Linux engineers continue working on Linear Address Masking (LAM) for making use of untranslated address bits of 64-bit linear addresses so that it can be used for arbitrary metadata. The hope is that this LAM metadata can lead to more efficient address sanitizers, optimizations for JITs and VMs, and more, but it's been a lengthy journey getting the support upstreamed...

Intel Sends Out Sixteenth Round Of Linux LAM Patches  Phoronix

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.13 out now | GamingOnLinux  GamingOnLinux

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 12th, 2023  9to5Linux

Slick tactical space RPG 'Relic Space' is out in Early Access  GamingOnLinux

David Airlie has managed to get some early code in place for handling VP9 video decoding with Vulkan using the Mesa RADV driver. This early Vulkan Video VP9 support also is accompanied by an FFmpeg branch supporting this experimental Mesa extension...

Experimental RADV Vulkan Video Decoding For VP9  Phoronix