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XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.18 Released With Accent Color Support, New Clipboard & Input Capture Portals

Phoronix - Tue, 09/19/2023 - 03:02
XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.18 is out today as the newest stable release for this leading open-source app sandboxing and distribution tech. Flatpak's XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.18 adds yet more features for this cross-distribution solution for software deployment and package management...

Linux Patches To Begin Removing ReiserFS From Default Kernel Builds

Phoronix - Tue, 09/19/2023 - 02:45
Since March of 2022 the ReiserFS file-system has been deprecated and with Linux 6.6 ReiserFS is marked outright as "obsolete" with plans to remove the file-system from the mainline kernel code-base in 2025. In stepping toward that eventual milestone, a new kernel patch series begins removing ReiserFS from the default kernel configurations...

SteamOS 3.5 Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains For The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 23:38
Released late on Friday was the much anticipated SteamOS 3.5 preview for the Steam Deck with ongoing work around HDR and enhancing color management, VRR for external USB-C displays, various platform issues resolved, auto-mounting external storage, and more. With SteamOS 3.5 it also means some lower-level OS upgrades too like moving to the Linux 6.1 LTS kernel. For those wondering about the performance impact of going from SteamOS 3.4 stable to the SteamOS 3.5 preview release, here are some early benchmarks on the Steam Deck.

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