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I love test-driving a new Linux distribution. And given how easy Linux has become over the years, finding a new take on the OS that hasn’t been done can be a bit of a chore. 

Case in point, PikaOS is very similar to that of Nobara Linux, which opts for a Fedora base. But what are these two Linux distributions? 

Simply put, they are Linux for gamer…….

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From the maintainer of Ubuntu Unity and the Unity desktop environment, here comes blendOS, a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to be the last distribution you’ll ever use, especially if you distro hop.

blendOS is here to offer you “a seamless blend of all Linux distributions,” as its creator wants to call it. blendOS is based on Arch Linux and GNOME on Wayland, but it lets you use …….

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Update 25/01/23: Valve are now forcing the spoofing of a Steam Deck server-side, so the workaround is no longer needed.

In a case of what the heck? Square Enix and Luminous Productions just released Forspoken, which works on Steam Deck but it won’t run on desktop Linux without spoofing it being a Steam Deck. One of those moments where I had to blink a good few times, wipe my glasses and…….

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Update 25/01/23: Valve are now forcing the spoofing of a Steam Deck server-side, so the workaround is no longer needed.

In a case of what the heck? Square Enix and Luminous Productions just released Forspoken, which works on Steam Deck but it won’t run on desktop Linux without spoofing it being a Steam Deck. One of those moments where I had to blink a good few times, wipe my glasses and…….

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Update 25/01/23: Valve are now forcing the spoofing of a Steam Deck server-side, so the workaround is no longer needed.

In a case of what the heck? Square Enix and Luminous Productions just released Forspoken, which works on Steam Deck but it won’t run on desktop Linux without spoofing it being a Steam Deck. One of those moments where I had to blink a good few times, wipe my glasses and…….

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Security concerns 

The next Linux kernel cycle we could see upstream disable their driver support for Microsoft’s Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) protocol due to security concerns.

RNDIS is the proprietary protocol used atop USB for virtual Ethernet functionality but its support outside of Microsoft Windows has been mixed. It is not y used in c…….

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The time has come to say goodbye to the Linux 6.0 kernel series as it’s now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website, which means that it will no longer be updated.

Linux kernel 6.0 was released about three months ago on October 2nd, 2022, with new features like support for NVMe in-band authentication, async buffered writes when using both XFS and io_uring, io_uring zero-…….

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The time has come to say goodbye to the Linux 6.0 kernel series as it’s now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website, which means that it will no longer be updated.

Linux kernel 6.0 was released about three months ago on October 2nd, 2022, with new features like support for NVMe in-band authentication, async buffered writes when using both XFS and io_uring, io_uring zero-…….

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