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It’s Official: Total War: WARHAMMER II is Coming to Linux

Good news for any merciless warmongers amongst you: you’ll soon be able to play ‘Total War: WARHAMMER II’ on Linux. Games porting powerhouse™ Feral Interactive has announced that is is bringing the acclaimed strategy title to […]

18 June 2018
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Google’s VR180 Creator Tool Makes it Easier to Edit VR Video on Linux

Google has released a new VR video conversion tool for macOS and Linux. It’s called “VR180 Creator” (catchy) and the tool aims to make it easier for people to edit video shot on 180-degree and 360-degree […]

17 June 2018
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Deepin 15.6 Released with New App Launcher + More

A new version of the Deepin Linux distribution is available to download. Deepin 15.6 improves on last year’s Deepin 15.5 release in a number of ways, chucks in a new-look app launcher, and includes a crop […]

17 June 2018
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GPD Pocket 2: 7-Inch Laptop Gets a Faster Processor

Remember that tiny 7-inch laptop we collectively cooed over last year? Well, an updated model with slimmer bezels and a faster CPU is on the way. The GPD Pocket 2 builds on the things the […]

15 June 2018
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Mesa 18.1.1 is Now Available to Install on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

The latest Mesa 18.1.1 graphics stack is now available to install on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Mesa 18.1.1 is the first point release update in the Mesa 18.1.x series, which debuted back in May with Mesa 18.1.0. The […]

14 June 2018

KDE Plasma 5.13 Is Here – And It Looks Incredible

Back in May we said that KDE Plasma 5.13 was shaping up to be one heck of a release — now that it’s out, I think I can say we were right. And to demo the key […]

14 June 2018
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The Linux Foundation Says We Should ‘Celebrate’ Microsoft Buying GitHub

Not everyone is thrilled by news that Microsoft is buying Github — and you might think the Linux Foundation is among them. Well, it isn’t. The head of the Linux Foundation says the Microsoft snapping up GitHub is […]

14 June 2018
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CodeWeavers Demo a Windows app Running on a Chromebook using Linux and Wine

As you may know Google is bringing Linux apps to Chromebooks — but did you realise that the feature could pave the way for Windows apps, too? Yup, we’re talking Wine, the Windows software compatibility that is […]

12 June 2018
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Winepak Could Make it Easier to Install Windows Apps on Linux

It might soon be easier to install your favourite Windows apps on Linux, thanks to a fledgling new project. It’s called Winepak and, as you might guess from the name, it’s focused on packaging Wine applications as Flatpak […]

12 June 2018
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America Unveils the World’s Fastest Supercomputer (And Yes: It Runs Linux)

America's new star-spangled Summit supercomputer is twice as fast as China's Sunway supercomputer and runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The supercomputer cost $200 million to build.

11 June 2018
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Coming Soon: Wacom Firmware Updates on Linux

You’ll soon be able to install Wacom firmware updates on Linux. Red Hat’s Richard Hughes shares word on work he’s done with Wacom engineers to support Wacom’s custom update protocol on Linux. At present, Wacom advise their […]

9 June 2018

GitHub’s New CEO Did a Reddit AMA, This is What He Said

It’s been a crazy week. News that Microsoft is buying GitHub shocked and stunned the developer community, with reverberations of the deal being mostly keenly felt by those involved with open source projects. Folks are (rather understandably) scared […]

9 June 2018