Leftovers: Software from the Source, Electron, Debian, Wine, and KDE
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Software from the Source
In this article, I am outlining an idea for an improved process of deploying software to Linux systems. It combined advantages of traditional, package mangement based systems with containerized software through systems such as Flatpak, Snap, or AppImage. An improved process allows us to make software deployment more efficient across the whole Free software community, have better supported software on users systems and allow for better quality at the same time.
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Kernel 4.13 RC1 Has Been Released
The final version of Kernel 4.13 RC1 has been finally released, bringing various changes and tweaks.
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A look at I-Nex – a CPU-Z like Application for GNU/Linux
When I was running Windows one of the first pieces of software I'd install after I'd grabbed all my necessities, was CPU-Z.
It was useful for looking at temperatures, specs, generating reports, and just overall gathering of information. In GNU/Linux we can do all of this via the terminal, but not everyone likes to use consoles, and some may not even know how to. Thankfully, I-Nex exists, and it serves many of the same purposes.
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Seriously Folks, Electron Apps Aren’t That Bad…
Do you like Electron apps? Chances are you don't. In this post I list reasons why I don't think Electron apps are bad, and why haters should chill.
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I'm going to DebCamp17, Montréal, Canada
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Improving bulk performance in debhelper
Since debhelper/10.3, there has been a number of performance related changes. The vast majority primarily improves bulk performance or only have visible effects at larger “input” sizes.
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Wine 2.13 Has Improvements for Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3, and Eve Online
The Wine development team announced the release and immediate availability for download of the Wine 2.13 development release, which brings some new features and improves support for various Windows apps and games.
Coming only one day after the Wine 2.0.2 stable release, which only brought a bunch of bug fixes, the Wine 2.13 development release is here to introduce support for Unicode 10.0.0, revamp the default mouse cursors, improve anti-aliasing in DirectWrite, and add Message Framing protocol support in WebServices.
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KDE Ships Beta of KDE Applications 17.08
Today KDE released the beta of the new versions of KDE Applications. With dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing.
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