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LTM Monthly Roundup #25.01: Sudo Flaws, Nitrux Hyprland, Disqus Alternative, Network Monitoring, Clipboard on Ubuntu, Coreboot Laptop & More! lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

LTM Monthly Roundup #25.01: Sudo Flaws, Nitrux Hyprland, Disqus Alternative, Network Monitoring, Clipboard

Your LTM Dose #25.01 is here! Sudo has flaws, Nitrux meets Hyprland, Disqus finds an alternative, ntopng monitors networks, Ubuntu gets clipboard, and more.
Djalel Oukid (Linux-Tech&More)
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ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#ProtonPlus #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck


ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple

ProtonPlus is a useful tool for managing compatibility layers like Valve's Proton, GE-Proton and more on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #proton #steamos #protonplus

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Added the Linux distribution share on Steam over time chart to our Steam stats page: gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracke…
A manual process, I'll be adding more over time. There will be months breaks between distros, as Valve seem quite random in what shows up each month.

Steam Linux Market Share | GamingOnLinux

Steam Linux user share statistics over time
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AMD Posts Linux Patches For New AI Engine Driver "amd-ai-engine"

Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver for the Ryzen AI NPUs, AMD software engineers today posted patches for review on the "amd-ai-engine" accelerator driver. This new AMD AI Engine driver is for supporting the IP found on their Versal adaptive SoCs...
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AMD Posts Linux Patches For New AI Engine Driver "amd-ai-engine"

Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver for the Ryzen AI NPUs, AMD software engineers today posted patches for review on the 'amd-ai-engine' accelerator driver
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Firefox 120 To Firefox 141 Web Browser Benchmarks

For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Firefox 140 beta releases from a few days ago. Every major Firefox release was benchmarked on the same Ubuntu Linux system with AMD Ryzen 9 995…
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Firefox 120 To Firefox 141 Web Browser Benchmarks Review

For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Fire…
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Performance & Power Of The Low-Cost EPYC 4005 "Grado" vs. Original EPYC 7601 Zen 1 Flagship CPU lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Performance & Power Of The Low-Cost EPYC 4005

For those on very long server upgrade cycles, typically just running the hardware until failure or consider buying second-hand servers that are generations old for lower up-front cost, today's unique article is for you with quantifying a first-genera…
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Wayback Hopes To Be Ready Next Year With Alpine Linux Planning To Use It By Default

A few days ago Wayback was announced as an X11 compatibility layer for X11 desktops environments leveraging a rootful XWayland server. While currently experimental, the hope is that it will be production-ready next year and Alpine Linux is looking at using it by default for its X11 environment...
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Wayback Hopes To Be Ready Next Year With Alpine Linux Planning To Use It By Default

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Nexus Mods to get Age Verification for UK / EU for adult content, plus a new cross-platform app upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nexu…

#NexusMods #Modding #Gaming #PCGaming


Nexus Mods to get Age Verification for UK / EU for adult content, plus a new cross-platform app upgrade

Nexus Mods recently changed ownership, and some major changes have been announced in regards to some of the naughtier mods.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gaming #pcgaming #modding #nexusmods

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New Guide: How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

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How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck

Want to play the classics Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck? Here's what you need to do to get them working fully.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #gaming #fps #steamos #battlefield4 #battlefield3

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Better Late Than Never: Linux 6.17 To Enable Intel DG1 Graphics By Default

Prior to the DG2/Alchemist discrete GPUs from Intel there was the DG1 graphics processor that served primarily as the initial developer vehicle for facilitating Intel's modern discrete GPU push. DG1 ended up being in the Intel Xe MAX GPU for a small number of laptops and then there's also been a select number of DG1 graphics cards surfacing on eBay in the years …
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Better Late Than Never: Linux 6.17 To Enable Intel DG1 Graphics By Default

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Humble Choice for July 2025 has Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, Death's Door and more hits gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/humb…

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Humble Choice for July 2025 has Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, Death's Door and more hits

A pretty good month here for the July 2025 Humble Choice, which has a nice selection of games overall. Great compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#SteamDeck #gaming #pcgaming #linuxgaming #steamos

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GNOME Papers Document Viewer Approved To Replace Evince In GNOME 49

GNOME Papers has been in development as a modern GTK4-based document viewer. There have been many improvements made to Papers and now ahead of the GNOME 49 release in September, it's been approved to replace Evince as the official document viewer of the GNOME desktop...
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GNOME Papers Document Viewer Approved To Replace Evince In GNOME 49

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Mesa's Zink Preps NV_timeline_semaphore For Better OpenGL-Vulkan Interoperability

Mike Blumenkrantz with Valve's Linux graphics driver team continues working on enhancements to Mesa's Zink driver for OpenGL implemented over the Vulkan API. A new merge request is further enhancing OpenGL and Vulkan interoperability by supporting the GL_NV_timeline_semaphore extension...
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Mesa's Zink Preps NV_timeline_semaphore For Better OpenGL-Vulkan Interoperability

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Mecha BREAK is out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck but blocks Desktop Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mech…

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Mecha BREAK is out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck but blocks Desktop Linux

Pretty much as expected, Mecha BREAK is out now and it's Steam Deck Verified but the anti-cheat is a real nuisance.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #gaming #anticheat #mechabreak

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GE-Proton 10-8 brings fixes for DOOM Eternal, Wuthering Waves and Wayland gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ge-p…

#WutheringWaves #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #GEProton


GE-Proton 10-8 brings fixes for DOOM Eternal, Wuthering Waves and Wayland

Another smaller update to the GE-Proton compatibility layer for running more Windows games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #steamos #wutheringwaves #GEproton
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