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Linux Mint 22 is officially out now supported until 2029

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" is officially out now, as their next long-term supported release with updates until 2029 based on Ubuntu 24.04.

ChimeraOS 46 brings major upgrades and enhanced handheld support for GPD, AYANEO, OneXPlayer

By Liam Dawe,
ChimeraOS Linux 46 has released today and there's a whole lot of improvements for this handheld and couch-gaming focused Linux distro.

Bazzite Linux 3.6 out now bringing full ASUS ROG Ally X support

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite, the "next generation of Linux gaming" has a new release out with Bazzite 3.6 bringing support for the new ASUS ROG Ally X handheld.

PSA: If you use Bazzite you need to do a manual fix to get updates

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite, the popular version of Linux powered by Fedora and Universal Blue that's great for handhelds including the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and others needs a little manual user effort after a bit of human error.

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' has a first Beta release available for testing, built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 it will be supported until 2029.

Bazzite 3.5 gets updated NVIDIA drivers, expanded handheld support (including Steam Deck OLED)

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite is one of the best options to get Linux on various gaming handhelds, and the 3.5.0 release is out now that has improvements pretty much everywhere with expanded hardware support.

Canonical detail improvements the Steam Snap, work to advance gaming continues on Ubuntu

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical are well into development on Ubuntu 24.10, the next non-LTS version of the popular Linux distribution and things keep improving for gamers.

Ubuntu 24.10 roadmap includes Wayland by default for NVIDIA

By Liam Dawe,
It seems 2024 truly is the year of Wayland on the Linux desktop huh? Even Canonical are now planning to have it by default for NVIDIA for Ubuntu 24.10.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9

By Liam Dawe,
Manjaro 24.0, based on Arch Linux, has been released pulling in a whole lot of upgrades across every part of the system.

CachyOS gets experimental handheld edition for ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO and Steam Deck (soon)

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS, a customizable Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, has a new release available which brings with it an experimental edition for the growing list of PC gaming handhelds like the ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO, MSI Claw and coming soon to Steam Deck too.

Playtron give a bit more detail on the Linux-based PlaytronOS and their plans

By Liam Dawe,
So far, I've not been particularly impressed by Playtron and PlaytronOS, but I'm always keen to see more Linux-based systems and devices do well especially when they do have developers who know what they're doing. Now we have another trickle of info coming in about it.

Bazzite 3.0 out now with Steam Deck OLED support nearly ready

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite 3.0 has been released with the internals upgraded to Fedora 40, which brings with it numerous improvements for gamers looking to get Linux on their PC or handheld gaming device like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) is now available

By Liam Dawe,
Another big Linux distribution release is upon us. Ubuntu 24.04 is a new long-term support release from Canonical available today.

Fedora Linux 40 is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for some more upgrades? Today Fedora Linux 40 has now been officially released bringing with it big upgrades with GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6 and lots more.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical is gearing up for the release of the next LTS (long term support) version of Ubuntu, with a first Beta now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).

Bazzite v2.5 has fixes for Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally, plus smoother installs

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite is one of the most interesting versions of Linux available for handheld gaming devices, and the latest release version 2.5.0 is out now with some great improvements.

Arch Linux changes vm.max_map_count to match Fedora, Ubuntu for better gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Nice to see more Linux distributions make changes to ensure the gaming experience is good. Arch Linux is now following Fedora and Ubuntu on upping the vm.max_map_count value.

Linux Mint 22 moves to Pipewire, will ship newer kernels after release

By Liam Dawe,
Some good news coming out of camp Linux Mint, as the upcoming release of Linux Mint 22 is set to be quite a good one for bringing it up to standard like other distributions on newer tech.

Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps

By Liam Dawe,
After repeatedly suffering issues with scam apps making it onto the Snap Store, Canonical maker of Ubuntu Linux have now decided to manually look over submissions.

Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!

By Liam Dawe,
No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have an issue with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.
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