Steam on Linux enjoyed a various nice boost in popularity during the course of November at least as it concerns Valve’s Steam Survey…
Source: Phoronix – Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2023 Updates
Here are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software.
Source: LXer – Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2023 Updates
Red Hat Plans to Retire X.Org Server in RHEL 10
Red Hat announces the removal of X.Org Server in RHEL 10, signalling a strategic move towards a more secure, feature-rich graphical environment with Wayland.
Source: LXer – Red Hat Plans to Retire X.Org Server in RHEL 10
10 Best Open-Source Accounting Software for Linux Users
Accounting software is a complex application that enables businesses of any size to manage data, especially financial data, and ensure that all resources end up in the right place. Here is a list of the best accounting software for Linux platforms that are not only open source software but also free or low-cost.
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Source: Linux Today – 10 Best Open-Source Accounting Software for Linux Users
Cinnamon Desktop 6.0 Released, Here’s What’s New
Cinnamon Desktop 6.0 has been unveiled, bringing improvements and refinements and enhancing user experience and system functionality.
Source: LXer – Cinnamon Desktop 6.0 Released, Here’s What’s New
Godot 4.2 Released: Taking the Open-Source Game Engine Up a Notch
Godot 4.2 has “arrived in style” with loads of updates across the board. It continues on the path that the Godot 4.0 release paved and builds upon it.
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Source: Linux Today – Godot 4.2 Released: Taking the Open-Source Game Engine Up a Notch
Small development ESP32 board with PoE support
The EST-PoE-32 is a pocket-size development board offering Power-over-Ethernet support along with wireless connectivity for IoT projects and Smart Home solutions. Furthermore, the device supports a wide voltage input and offers multiple GPIOs for integration. The device utilizes the ESP32-WROOM-32E processor similarly to the M5Stack ESP32 Ethernet. This dual-core Tensilica LX6 processor, operating at 240MHz, […]
Source: LXer – Small development ESP32 board with PoE support
[$] A Nouveau graphics driver update
Support for NVIDIA graphics processors has traditionally been a sore point
for Linux users; NVIDIA has not felt the need to cooperate with the kernel
community or make free drivers available, and the reverse-engineered
Nouveau driver has often struggled to keep up with product releases. There
have, however, been signs of improvement in recent years. At the 2023 Linux
Plumbers Conference, graphics subsystem maintainer Dave Airlie provided
an update on the state of support for NVIDIA GPUs and what remains to be
done.
Source: LWN.net – [$] A Nouveau graphics driver update
Using Miriway For Empowering Xfce / MATE / LXQt & Other Desktops With Wayland
Miriway is an effort for bringing Wayland to desktops not currently having native Wayland support and is made possible via the Canonical-developed Mir. Miriway has been a side-project of Alan Griffiths as the lead Mir developer and today he published a blog post with more details for users interested in making use of it…
Source: Phoronix – Using Miriway For Empowering Xfce / MATE / LXQt & Other Desktops With Wayland
Open-Source Webmail Roundcube Joins Nextcloud
Roundcube, one of the best open-source web-based email clients around, has decided to team up with Nextcloud, a popular open-source collaboration platform that is known for its suite of collaboration tools.
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Source: Linux Today – Open-Source Webmail Roundcube Joins Nextcloud
digiKam 8.2 Open-Source Photo Management App Is Now Available for Download
digiKam, the open-source, free, and cross-platform professional photo management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows, has been updated to version 8.2, a release that brings multiple bug fixes and updated core components.
Source: LXer – digiKam 8.2 Open-Source Photo Management App Is Now Available for Download
SNC/NPS Tuning For Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series To Further Boost Performance
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series offer great performance out-of-the-box for Linux desktop/workstation users as shown in my Ryzen Threadripper 7970X and 7980X benchmarks along with the Threadripper PRO 7995WX. While a more common tunable on the EPYC side, the Threadripper 7000 series can also benefit from Nodes Per Socket (NPS) / Sub-NUMA Clustering (SNC) tuning for enhancing the performance of some workloads. In this article is a look at dozens of benchmarks while looking at the performance impact of SNC2/SNC4 adjustments for the Zen 4 Threadripper.
Source: Phoronix – SNC/NPS Tuning For Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series To Further Boost Performance
OpenMandriva Lx 5 Review: Distribution of Simplicity and Power
We test drive the OpenMandriva Lx 5 “Iodine”, the latest release that combines user-friendliness with cutting-edge technology.
Source: LXer – OpenMandriva Lx 5 Review: Distribution of Simplicity and Power
Threadripper 7000 Series, Wayland, Linux 6.7 & Other November Highlights
November was very busy on Phoronix with all of the benchmarking around the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series, the much anticipated Framework 13 laptop review, a lot of Wayland accomplishments being made this week, excitement building around the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.0 desktop release, and the Linux 6.7 kernel getting underway with new features like the Bcachefs file-system…
Source: Phoronix – Threadripper 7000 Series, Wayland, Linux 6.7 & Other November Highlights
Roundcube Webmail Joins the Nextcloud Family
In an unexpected move, Nextcloud announces the addition of Roundcube Webmail to its growing family of open-source solutions. Here’s more on that!
Source: LXer – Roundcube Webmail Joins the Nextcloud Family
Latest Steam Client Update Improves Steam Overlay for CS2 and Other Games on Linux
Valve released today a new stable Steam Client update that brings various improvements for Linux gamers, as well as a couple of new features and numerous bug fixes.
Source: LXer – Latest Steam Client Update Improves Steam Overlay for CS2 and Other Games on Linux
Servo Browser Engine Continues On Its Path To Be Embed-Friendly
Following good progress in October and this former-Mozilla browser engine project receiving funding recently for “table” support, Servo developers continued implementing more functionality over the course of November…
Source: Phoronix – Servo Browser Engine Continues On Its Path To Be Embed-Friendly
OpenZFS 2.2.2 & OpenZFS 2.1.14 Released To Fix Data Corruption Issue
Following a rare but nasty data corruption issue, OpenZFS 2.2.2 and OpenZFS 2.1.14 were released this evening to address the problem…
Source: Phoronix – OpenZFS 2.2.2 & OpenZFS 2.1.14 Released To Fix Data Corruption Issue
Mesa 23.3 Linux Graphics Stack Brings the NVK Vulkan Driver for NVIDIA Hardware
The Mesa 3D Project announced today the release and general availability of Mesa 23.3 as the latest version of this open-source graphics stack for GNU/Linux distributions and other platforms.
Source: LXer – Mesa 23.3 Linux Graphics Stack Brings the NVK Vulkan Driver for NVIDIA Hardware
SUSE VP of Security Strategy on New Horizons in Cyber Protection and 2024 Trends
2023 proved to be another challenging year for companies combating supply chain security breaches. The 2024 outlook could be worse as attacks become increasingly sophisticated. In this video, Fei Huang, VP of Security Strategy at SUSE, dives into the latest cybersecurity predictions, unveiling the trends shaping our online defenses and exploring how innovation will safeguard our digital lives.
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Source: Linux Today – SUSE VP of Security Strategy on New Horizons in Cyber Protection and 2024 Trends