Unix recap for week 49/2024

From 2/12/2024 to 8/12/2024

Articles #

• Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support 766 comments in 2 discussions

• Reclaim the internet: Mozilla’s rebrand for the next era of tech 396 comments in 6 discussions

• Debian opens a can of username worms 289 comments in 2 discussions

• RAII and the Rust/Linux Drama 188 comments in 3 discussions

• Video: Government moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft to Linux and LibreOffice 184 comments in 2 discussions

• Audio delay after update on Tumbleweed when attempting playback with pipewire 148 comments in 19 discussions

• The Biggest Shell Programs in the World (wiki) 131 comments in 3 discussions

• Distrosea – Test drive Linux distros online 127 comments in 6 discussions

• Linux 6.12 confirmed as LTS kernel 113 comments in 8 discussions

• NVIDIA 565.77 STABLE RELEASED 85 comments in 2 discussions

• Valve's new branding guidelines hint at Steam Deck's SteamOS for more devices 71 comments in 2 discussions

• Linux poll 67 comments in 2 discussions

• NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware, now supports Vulkan 1.4 65 comments in 2 discussions

• ‘Tis the Season for COSMIC Alpha 4! 59 comments in 3 discussions

• Vulkan 1.4 has been released 59 comments in 2 discussions

Releases #

• Box64 v0.3.2 and Box86 v0.3.8 released 23 comments in 4 discussions

• Alpine Linux 3.21 20 comments in 2 discussions

• Qt for MCUs 2.9 Released, now also runs on regular Linux

• FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE Announcement

Projects #

• [Guide] How to mod Steam games on Linux with Vortex Mod Manager + SteamTinkerLaunch (updated: 12.2024) 28 comments in 1 discussion

• mangl: An enhanced man page viewer for linux and BSD systems based on OpenGL and mandoc libraries 25 comments in 2 discussions

• A KeyLogger using eBPF 20 comments in 3 discussions

• (Steam Flatpak) Script to add games to application shortcut 8 comments in 1 discussion

• Modding with DLLS 3 comments in 1 discussion

• Problem building GemRB on OpenBSD 3 comments in 1 discussion

• Writing Drivers for a Display 3 comments in 1 discussion

• GitHub - ad-on-is/stowman: stowman.sh lets you easily manage your dotfiles using git and GNU stow. 2 comments in 1 discussion

• I made an interactive Pomodoro timer for the terminal! 2 comments in 1 discussion

• EQ editor for Music on Console

Videos #

• SteamOS Will Save Us 82 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux gaming is gonna get even better. 59 comments in 1 discussion

• Windows 11 vs Linux Gaming Nvidia 4080 Super CachyOS | Nobara 40 | Pop O... 41 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux - Radeon HD 6950 benchmarks at 1080p 39 comments in 1 discussion

• The Linux Gaming Community Is Awesome! 31 comments in 1 discussion

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Linux Gameplay | 1440p Supreme Preset 13 comments in 1 discussion

• Toasty Bros Windows vs Linux Gaming PC Build Challenge! 10 comments in 1 discussion