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Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed...

Steam Deck game support for Apex Legends is no more, thanks to EA Linux ban  PCGamesN

Miriway 24.10 was released on Halloween as the newest version of this Mir-based Wayland compositor. Miriway is developed by Canonical/Ubuntu developers as a compositor for other desktops like Xfce, MATE, LXQt and others as a way to ease their migration path to Wayland...

As part of the latest Bcachefs fixes pull request, lead developer Kent Overstreet has provided an update on the bug situation for this advanced copy-on-write open-source file-system...

The Academy Software Foundation that is made up of many different vendors released OpenVDB 12.0 as the newest major release to this sparse volume data structure library and tooling that is an Academy Award winning library started by DreamWorks Animation...

An awful lot of FOSS should thank the Academy  The Register

EA Says Linux Is Path for "Impactful Exploits and Cheats"  80.lv

For Real? EA Drops Linux (and Steam Deck) Support for Apex Legends to Curb Cheating  It's FOSS News

9 Desktop Effects to Add Eye Candy to Linux Mint  It's FOSS

OpenPaX: Open-source kernel patch that mitigates memory safety errors  Help Net Security

Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11: Nitrux Linux 3.7.1 is the operating system you need!  BetaNews

Apex Legends Makes Controversial Change to Help Address Cheating Problem  GameRant

Immutable Distro Nitrux 3.7.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, NVIDIA 565, and More  9to5Linux

This isn't an off-schedule April Fools' Joke or anything like that but an exciting sign of the times: VMware Workstation will be shifting off its proprietary base and onto leveraging the upstream Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) for virtualization needs moving forward...

As a nice Halloween treat for Linux desktop users, System76 has published their third alpha version of the Rust-written COSMIC desktop environment...

COSMIC Desktop Alpha 3 Released With More Enhancements  Phoronix

VMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream KVM  Phoronix

Apex Legends Removes Steam Deck Support Due To Cheating  Wccftech

Heeran has over 30 years of experience in the software industry and has spent the past 25 years in the telecom sector. He joins Red Hat to lead the Global Telecommunications organization to accelerate Red Hat’s open source leadership in the telecommunications network environment by closely collaborating with Red Hat’s communities, customers and partners. Heeran will work to scale Red Hat’s telco vision and strategy within the industry and the wider enterprise space. Prior to joining Red Hat, he served in executive technology and business executive roles with several globally renowned org

Apex Legends is Dropping Linux and Steam Deck Support  GamingBolt