Linux Distro "NixOS" has released version 24.11. This update adds 8141 new packages, updates 20975 packages, and more. The .iso you download can come in KDE or Gnome but when you use the installer it offers a selection between gnome, plasma, plasma5, xfce, pantheon, cinnamon, enlightmentment, lxqt, budgie, deepin, and none. They also have downlaods for not just X86_64 but also Arm64. The distro uses the ext 4 file system and SystemD. NixOS is an independant distro not based off another. It uses the Nix package manager. NixOS boasts reproducible packages that don't have undeclared dependencies.
The project's official site is here:
The source code is available on Github:
The release notes for this update are here:
https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/
They have a presence on Mastodon and Matrix:
https://chaos.social/@ nixos_org
https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org
If you wish to help the project financially they accept donations through Open Collective:
FOSS game manager "Lutris" was updated to version 0.5.18. This update downloads the latest version of GE-Proton for Wine if any version of Wine is installed, added support for the "foot" terminal, added an AppArmor profile for Ubuntu 23.10 and later, and more. Lutris allows gamers to sign into various digital stores such as Steam, GOG, Heroic, and more in order to have a centralized spot and not have to mess with various clients. It also allows the player to set which version of Proton and Wine is used for their games as well as set various options for their games such s using Gamemode and Mangohud. All in all if you are gaming on Linux this is a very useful tool to pretty much anyone. The code is licensed using GPLv3.0. It can be downloaded from various distro repos, as a Flatpak and compiled from source.
The project's official site is here:
The source code can be found on Github:
https://github.com/lutris/lutris
The full release notes can be found here:
https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/tag/v0.5.18
The project has a presence on Mastodon:
https://fosstodon.org/@ lutris
If you wish to help the project financially they accept donations through Liberapay, Paypal, and Patreon:
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Today is the day! — Nitrux 3.8.0 "db" is available to download — https://nxos.org
We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 3.8.0. This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.
Nitrux 3.8.0 is available immediately.
Changelog: https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-8-0/
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Lutris 0.5.18 open-source game manager for Linux brings default dark theme, advanced search tags, new game sources, DXVK v2.4 support, and more.
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