Photoshop on the Web, Linux bests Windows with Intel, and KDE connect on iOS - Linux News - October
Published at : November 03, 2021
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KDE has announced that they've finished work support for running the Nvidia proprietary driver on Wayland using the GBM backend.
https://pointieststick.com/2021/10/22/this-week-in-kde-fingerprint-reader-and-nvidia-gbm-support/
On the same topic, the Nvidia stable drivers that support this GBM backend are now out.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/nvidia-49544-stable-driver-is-out-for-linux-adds-in-gbm-api-support
It looks like Linux has much better performance with Intel's 11th gen CPUs as Windows does.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=11900k-windows11-clear&num=1
The MAUI project has published a new report on their progress.
https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-16/
The /e/ OS has finally been renamed, after a few years of deliberation, and it's now called Murena.
https://gael-duval.medium.com/murena-smartphones-and-cloud-will-protect-our-privacy-357788a1e585
If you follow that kind of news, you might have heard that a former US president will launch their own social network, called "Truth", and that network infringes on Mastodon's license.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nice-start-trumps-truth-app-may-violate-terms-of-open-source-code-its-built-on
Safari is quickly becoming the new Internet Explorer for the web, holding it back for everyone.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/safari_risks_becoming_the_new_ie/
VKD3D-proton v2.5 has been released.
https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v2.5
Steam has announced "Deck Verified", a way to know if a game will run on the Steam Deck or not.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/valve-launches-deck-verified-to-show-off-what-games-will-work-well-on-the-steam-deck
RPCS3, the PS3 emulator, has announced that all PS3 games are now at least bootable on their emulator.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/ps3-emulator-rpcs3-can-now-boot-all-games-released-for-the-console
Wine 6.20 was released
https://www.winehq.org/announce/6.20
StarLabs, a Linux laptop manufacturer, announced their StarLite Mark 4.
https://eu.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
Brave has officially removed Google search as the default, replacing it with Brave Search instead.
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-browsers/258380/brave-removes-google-as-its-default-search-engine
Looks like the US's Internet service providers collect and sell enormous amounts of personal data.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93b9nv/internet-service-providers-collect-sell-horrifying-amount-of-sensitive-data-government-study-concludes
ProtonMail won a ruling in a Swiss court that means they're not considered a telecommunications operator, and as such, don't have to collect and give data to the Swiss government.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/27/protonmail_data_victory/
A new version of FreeOffice was released.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/softmaker-freeoffice-2021-released
KDE Connect for iOS is now available for testing, provided you're willing to add it through testflight, as it's not yet available in the AppStore.
https://students.washington.edu/zxlwang/kde_list/kde_5_kde_connect_testflight_launch
Photoshop now has a web version.
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2021/10/26/new-creative-cloud-releases-enable-creative-collaboration-drive-innovation-empower-creative-careers.html
Microsoft Edge is now officially available for Linux.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/microsoft-edge-for-linux-now-stable
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00:00 Intro
01:29 Linux news
03:30 Open Source news
06:43 Gaming News
09:23 Hardware News
10:16 Privacy News
12:45 Application News
KDE has announced that they've finished work support for running the Nvidia proprietary driver on Wayland using the GBM backend.
https://pointieststick.com/2021/10/22/this-week-in-kde-fingerprint-reader-and-nvidia-gbm-support/
On the same topic, the Nvidia stable drivers that support this GBM backend are now out.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/nvidia-49544-stable-driver-is-out-for-linux-adds-in-gbm-api-support
It looks like Linux has much better performance with Intel's 11th gen CPUs as Windows does.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=11900k-windows11-clear&num=1
The MAUI project has published a new report on their progress.
https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-16/
The /e/ OS has finally been renamed, after a few years of deliberation, and it's now called Murena.
https://gael-duval.medium.com/murena-smartphones-and-cloud-will-protect-our-privacy-357788a1e585
If you follow that kind of news, you might have heard that a former US president will launch their own social network, called "Truth", and that network infringes on Mastodon's license.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nice-start-trumps-truth-app-may-violate-terms-of-open-source-code-its-built-on
Safari is quickly becoming the new Internet Explorer for the web, holding it back for everyone.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/safari_risks_becoming_the_new_ie/
VKD3D-proton v2.5 has been released.
https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases/tag/v2.5
Steam has announced "Deck Verified", a way to know if a game will run on the Steam Deck or not.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/valve-launches-deck-verified-to-show-off-what-games-will-work-well-on-the-steam-deck
RPCS3, the PS3 emulator, has announced that all PS3 games are now at least bootable on their emulator.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/ps3-emulator-rpcs3-can-now-boot-all-games-released-for-the-console
Wine 6.20 was released
https://www.winehq.org/announce/6.20
StarLabs, a Linux laptop manufacturer, announced their StarLite Mark 4.
https://eu.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
Brave has officially removed Google search as the default, replacing it with Brave Search instead.
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-browsers/258380/brave-removes-google-as-its-default-search-engine
Looks like the US's Internet service providers collect and sell enormous amounts of personal data.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93b9nv/internet-service-providers-collect-sell-horrifying-amount-of-sensitive-data-government-study-concludes
ProtonMail won a ruling in a Swiss court that means they're not considered a telecommunications operator, and as such, don't have to collect and give data to the Swiss government.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/27/protonmail_data_victory/
A new version of FreeOffice was released.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/softmaker-freeoffice-2021-released
KDE Connect for iOS is now available for testing, provided you're willing to add it through testflight, as it's not yet available in the AppStore.
https://students.washington.edu/zxlwang/kde_list/kde_5_kde_connect_testflight_launch
Photoshop now has a web version.
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2021/10/26/new-creative-cloud-releases-enable-creative-collaboration-drive-innovation-empower-creative-careers.html
Microsoft Edge is now officially available for Linux.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/microsoft-edge-for-linux-now-stable
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