On this episode of This Week in Linux, PinePhone Pro Announced, Ubuntu 21.10 Released, KDE Plasma 5.23 Released, NVIDIA 495 Beta Driver Released, Ventoy 1.0.54 Released (Multiboot USB), Devuan 4.0 Released, AppSupport for Linux Platforms (Android), Heroic Games Launcher 1.10.2 Released, Lutris 0.5.9 Released, Are We Anti-Cheat Yet? All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!
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Segment Index
- 00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 172
- 00:48 = PinePhone Pro Announced
- 04:29 = Ubuntu 21.10 Released
- 08:47 = KDE Plasma 5.23 Released
- 13:00 = DigitalOcean: App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )
- 14:22 = NVIDIA 495 Beta Driver Released
- 16:33 = Ventoy 1.0.54 Released (Multiboot USB)
- 18:44 = Devuan 4.0 Released
- 21:04 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
- 23:16 = AppSupport for Linux Platforms (Android)
- 26:38 = Heroic Games Launcher 1.10.2 Released
- 29:39 = Lutris 0.5.9 Released
- 32:40 = Are We Anti-Cheat Yet?
- 36:14 = Outro
#kde523andme
I’m just beginning to give KDE Plasma a try. I’m coming from predominantly XFCE, OpenBox, and JWM. The last time that I tried KDE, it was sluggish and required a huge amount of resources (disk, ram, and cpu).
Due to Michael’s continual advocacy of KDE Plasma, and what I’ve heard about the Steam Deck, I’m giving it a try with EndeavourOS. So far, so good. It takes a lot longer to start up the machine, but that could be due to the fact that I enabled disk encryption. Once KDE is running, it performs well enough.
Continue the discussion at forum.tuxdigital.com