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    Maybe light at the end of the tunnel for Nvidia users

    Red hat announced it's driver team is working on a replacement for Nouveau Nvidia driver. Hope it works.
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    To Snap or De-Snap!

    A few weeks ago Ubuntu said it had a problem with snap where Snap from Scammers were in the snap store and removed. They announced that the problme still exists. Which to me brings in the question why use snaps at all? If I'm using a Ubuntu or derivative I would de-snap the thing. Ubuntu can't...
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    Update on KDE 6

    I installed OpenSuse Tumbleweed with KDE/plasma 6 today and so far it's been working smoothly. Best Kde 6 implementation so far. So if you want to give KDE 6 a whirl try open Suse Tumbleweed.
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    KDE issues a warning.

    On 3/20/24 KDE issued a warning about Global themes. See Here for details.
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    KDE6

    Just an update- KDE 6 /KDE-neon has come along nicely since being released. Crashes I experienced at first have been fixed and the system has been running quite well for the last week or so. Your mileage may differ :) Tuxedo OS - is nice also give it a try.
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    Desktop enviroments

    I've been asked lately what my favorite DE is by a couple people. Usually when when one or two ask other are curious. So here is my list in order of my preference. 1. KDE/plasma 2. Cinnamon 3. XFCE4 4. LXQT 5. JWM Just my opinion others will vary. You will notice gnome is not on my list. Though...
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    for those who like and use LXQT

    LXQT team has announced that LXQT 2.0 will support Wayland and QT6 . Of interest to those who use this DE. Lubuntu?
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    For those looking for new laptops.

    If you are in the market for new laptop you may want to consider the new Lenovo thinkpads. Also Hp is sponsoring the framework series with one that is user repairable.
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    KDE plasma 6 offically release today!

    KDE 6 has been released. May be awhile for it to be available on your distro though. Also here From KDE:
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    Gimp 3 is on the way

    For those that do a lot of image work you may be interested to know that Gimp 3 is almost here. And if you want you can give the Development release a try.
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    LXQT 2.0 to include QT6 port.

    LXqt 2.0 will have a QT6 port. Also of interest is that Slimbook computers has begun to ship it's new laptop with KDE6 as defualt.
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    PopOS

    For those interested in PopOS System 76 has announced that their new Cosmic DE will be incorporated in their 24.04 release sometime after ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released. Cosmic unlike anyother DE will be written completely in the Rust programming language. Fedora is considering a Cosmic spin...
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    New installer for Ubuntu 24.04

    Ubuntu has announced that they will deploy a new install for version 24.04. This will I'm sure eventually affect Distros derived from ubuntu such as Mint and others.
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    Beware of the usb stick you buy.

    Warning some new and cheap USB sticks not up to par as reported by the Register.
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    Kubuntu 24.04 LTS to stay with QT5 and KDE 5

    It was voted on by the Kubuntu Developement team to stay with KDE 5 for the up comming 24.04 LTS release KDE 6 should make it into 24.10 in Octorber.
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    For those that want to give KDE 6 a spin.

    KAOS has it now.
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    Security threat

    If you have not updated your distroo lately you may want to do it now.
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    O/S2 Going down.

    For those who remember or have used O/S2 this may be of interest to you. Hobbes OS/2 Archive: "As of April 15th, 2024, this site will no longer exist."
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    Easy distros for new members

    I've been ask a few time recently by linux Newbies which is the easiest Linux distro to start with? So here is my list and it my opinion only. In the order I'd recommend the. (Note: I'm sure others would have differing lists. 1. Linux mint - solid easy to learn and works on most hardware out...
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    Those who have used ReiserFS in the past.

    Those of us who have used reiserFS in the past might find this letter from it's creator in prison interesting.
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