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DXVK Reportedly Going Into "Maintenance Mode" Due To State Of Code-Base

Phoronix - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 19:13
While DXVK tends to be much-loved by Linux gamers for allowing more Direct3D 10/11 Windows games to run nicely on Linux with Wine or Proton (Steam Play) thanks to its fairly complete translation of D3D10/D3D11 API calls to Vulkan, it looks like Philip Rebohle is at least contemplating shifting it just into maintenance-mode...

The Most Popular Linux / Open-Source News Of This Decade

Phoronix - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 17:39
With 2019 and in turn this decade quickly drawing to a close, here is a look back at the most popular open-source/Linux news on Phoronix from 2010 to present. So far this decade on Phoronix has been 27,840 original news articles pertaining to Linux/open-source/hardware...

NomadBSD 1.3 Released To Offer A Pleasant FreeBSD 12.1 Based Desktop Experience

Phoronix - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 16:28
Along similar aims to GhostBSD and MidnightBSD, GhostBSD is another one of the BSD distributions focused on providing a nice out-of-the-box experience. NomadBSD 1.3 is now available that is in turn based on the recent FreeBSD 12.1...

Revamp your old Linux desktop with Joe's Window Manager

opensource.com - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 16:02

Joe's Window Manager (JWM for short) is a lightweight window manager for X11. It's written in C, minimally using Xlib. Because it's so small and simple, JWM makes a great window manager for slow or old computers. The Raspberry Pi barely registers that JWM is running, leaving precious system resources for more important tasks than the desktop.


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Annotate screenshots on Linux with Ksnip

opensource.com - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 16:01

I recently switched from MacOS to Elementary OS, a Linux distribution focused on ease of use and privacy. As a user-experience designer and a free software supporter, I take screenshots and annotate them all the time. After trying out several different tools, the one I enjoy the most by far is Ksnip, an open source tool licensed under GPLv2.


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Enable your Python game player to run forward and backward

opensource.com - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 16:00

This is part 8 in an ongoing series about creating video games in Python 3 using the Pygame module. Previous articles are:


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How to Set A Custom Screen Resolution in Ubuntu Desktop

Tecmint - Wed, 12/11/2019 - 14:32
Is your screen (or external monitor) resolution is low? thus making the items on your screen look larger and less clear? Or do you want to simply increase the current maximum resolution or add...

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