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While two years ago Google notably axed support for JPEG-XL within the Chrome web browser, they remain bullish on WebP and AVIF for imaging needs. This past week they finally announced Google Search is now supporting AVIF images...

Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now  GamingOnLinux

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels  GamingOnLinux

Filho quits Rust for Linux project.  Fudzilla

Rust for Linux team suffers blow as its leader steps down over "nontechnical nonsense"  Neowin

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Deep Dive With Fastfetch; a Neofetch Alternative  It's FOSS

Firefox 130 web browser binaries were published today ahead of the official release announcement going out on Tuesday. Firefox 130 isn't too particularly exciting but there are a few changes worth mentioning...

These Were Infuriating Things About Linux, Now They're No Longer Issues  How-To Geek

How to Encrypt a Drive on Linux With VeraCrypt  How-To Geek

Windows 11 dethrones Windows 10 in latest Steam usage statistics, while both Linux and macOS still don’t matter  BetaNews

What to expect from the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe 2024  ComputerWeekly.com

Intel Battlemage “Xe2” GPU Gets More Optimizations Ahead Of The Recent Pull Request For Linux 6.12 Kernel  Wccftech

Don't Be Held Back by Your Default Linux Text Editor, Try These Instead  How-To Geek

The New 2GB Raspberry Pi 5: Another Option for Linux Sysadmins  The New Stack

The AMD GCN3 (GFX8) support and in particular the Fiji GPU support is being retired from the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The Fiji GPU support in the GCC compiler was already deprecated in part due to the LLVM compiler having already removed Fiji support months ago and the AMD ROCm compute driver having broken GCN3 / Fiji support for years...

Linux smashes another market share record for August 2024 on Statcounter  GamingOnLinux

Which Linux Distro Is Most Like macOS?  How-To Geek

Hacktivist Group Exploit WinRAR Vulnerability to Encrypt Windows & Linux  CybersecurityNews

Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 3.6.1  BetaNews