Unix recap for week 51/2024

From 16/12/2024 to 22/12/2024

Articles #

• Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows 444 comments in 2 discussions

• OpenSUSE package maintainer removes Bottles’ donation button with `dont-support.patch` file 349 comments in 5 discussions

• Calibre 7.23 released (ebook manager) 323 comments in 8 discussions

• A lot of Linux native games are on sale. Are you going to buy any of them? Or recommend any of those games? 309 comments in 8 discussions

• Valve will be Lenovo’s ‘special guest’ at just-announced gaming handheld event 275 comments in 4 discussions

• Linux Hardware Probe & Database 272 comments in 13 discussions

• Nvidia 565.77 drivers available if you use Ubuntu Graphics Drivers team PPA 241 comments in 13 discussions

• Yup going full Linux by year 2025 232 comments in 3 discussions

• Immutable Linux Distros: Are They Right for You? 225 comments in 1 discussion

• The GamingOnLinux Forum is shutting 200 comments in 1 discussion

• Dropped into emergency shell after installing arch manually and booting into it with refind 192 comments in 18 discussions

• 23 new security vulnerabilities found in GStreamer 154 comments in 2 discussions

• FreeBSD on Firecracker (2023) 136 comments in 3 discussions

• Eternal Terminal 135 comments in 6 discussions

• Using Guile for Emacs 123 comments in 4 discussions

Releases #

• Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 Released 10 comments in 2 discussions

• XDG Desktop Portal 1.19.1 released, with Notifications v2, new USB portal and URI scheme support system 7 comments in 2 discussions

• Announcing systemd v257 3 comments in 1 discussion

Projects #

• (Ubuntu) Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To use Firefox, you must first close the existing Firefox process, restart your device, or use a different profile. 294 comments in 8 discussions

• Solaar: Linux device manager for Logitech devices 289 comments in 4 discussions

• a raycaster in bash 34 comments in 1 discussion

• Wallpaper Engine alternative for Linux? (preferably KDE) 32 comments in 3 discussions

• Browse anime with Anilist sync from terminal 22 comments in 2 discussions

• Discord Version Updater for Arch Linux 19 comments in 1 discussion

• hydra 0.2: A fun code counter written in haskell! 18 comments in 2 discussions

• D's FreeBSD Handbook (DFBH) – for offline use of the book 18 comments in 1 discussion

• I made a script that installs AppImage files like regular apps 17 comments in 1 discussion

• Another Black screen after boot, messed up my system Fedora 41 10 comments in 1 discussion

Videos #

• Steve from Gamer Nexus says "they can't take Windows anymore", and they are waiting for a Steam OS official launch to potentially start adding Linux benchmarks to videos 582 comments in 1 discussion

• The Perfect Alternative to Windows AND SteamOS - Bazzite OS Review 102 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux vs Windows Benchmark Cyberpunk 2077 78 comments in 1 discussion

• Windows vs Linux gaming using a 7900 XTX | CachyOS | Nobara 40 | Linux and games 69 comments in 1 discussion

• Intel's New B580 GPU: Tested on Linux! 34 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux vs Windows Benchmark War Thunder 2025 18 comments in 1 discussion

• Crysis (Original 2007) - running on Intel 8250 and UHD620 integrated graphics 6 comments in 1 discussion