today's howtos

• How To Install Adobe Flash Player On Ubuntu (For Firefox, Chromium, Vivaldi And Opera Browsers)

• How To Keep A Package From Updating In Ubuntu, Debian Or Linux Mint [APT]

• How to Install NodeBB Forum on CentOS 7

• GNOME 3.30: Sharing Internet Access from Wifi to Wifi with 2 Adapters

• Modern web applications on OpenShift: Part 2 — Using chained builds

• Linux Kernel /etc/sysctl.conf Security Hardening

Games: Ion Maiden, Hazelnut Bastille and More

• Ion Maiden to officially launch in Q2 2019, new screenshots and another unannounced FPS is teased

  Along with the announcement that 3D Realms has teamed with 1C Entertainment for a console release of Ion Maiden, a new release window has been given along with fresh screenshots and a teaser for another new FPS game. The retro first-person shooter developed using the Build engine, which powered Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, and Shadow Warrior will simultaneously release on all platforms in Q2 2019. Once we get a clearer idea of when this will be, we will update you on that of course.

• Hazelnut Bastille, a Zelda-like ARPG that will support Linux is now on Kickstarter

  For those of you after you next Zelda-like fix, the ARPG Hazelnut Bastille is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter and it's promising Linux support. The developer, Aloft Studio, is seeking $65K in funding to complete the game. A game we've briefly covered a few times, since it does look pretty good and the Linux demo (available here) actually works rather nicely. With a style inspired by classic 16-bit games, the developers went for an approach that takes elements from the early 90's while still including some modern touches.

• Cities: Skylines - Industries DLC is out now along with a small free update for everyone

• DASH is shaping up to be a very interesting platformer, one where you make your own levels

  DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes from Baby Duka is closing in on an Early Access release and so far it does seem really quite promising. The major focus for DASH is the level editor, in the hopes that it will create a decent community for those who love to both create and compete in 2D precision platformers.

• Death Road to Canada adds 4-player local co-op along with new game modes

  Death Road to Canada, the amusing road trip Zombie game has just had a pretty big 'HUMERUS' update. It introduces a new 4-player local co-op mode, additional game modes along with plenty of tweaks.

Graphics: NVIDIA, ATI RAGE and Phoronix Test Suite a Decade Later

• New LTS Kernel 4.19 and NVidia Patch

  Under 24h after Linux Kernel 4.19 LTS is released by Greg, Patrick decided to bump the kernel used in -current to the latest LTS release. This new major version brings tons of new and interesting features, as written in Kernel Newbies. [...] I'm pretty sure it will showed up soon enough as KDE 5 is getting more stable and polished. It has been tested by Eric (and some other) for some time and it's proven to be solid.

• A 2018 Autumn Linux Driver Update For The ATI RAGE 128 Series

  The open-source display driver for supporting these graphics cards where 32MB of SDRAM was suitable, 250 nm fabrication was standard, and core clocks around 100MHz were competitive is still being maintained... Two decades after the release of the ATI RAGE series, the open-source Linux driver continues seeing some activity and in fact a new driver release. The lone independent driver contributor ushering along the RAGE driver (xf86-video-r128) is Kevin Brace who started working on the VIA OpenChrome open-source driver in recent years and for the past number of months recently shifted focus to the classic RAGE driver. He released the xf86-video-r128 6.12.0 driver today to address two build failures. Besides addressing build problems, he also began writing some of the XAA/EXA 2D acceleration code. He did note of the changes to the 2D acceleration code paths, "It is always possible that I can mess up the code, but it appears that the code is working correctly."

• OpenBenchmarking.org Serves Up Its 35 Millionth Test Profile/Suite Benchmark Download

  Just a little more than one month after crossing 34 million downloads, the 35,000,000 milestone was achieved -- continuing the trend that's been going on for the past number of quarters. OpenBenchmarking.org serves test profiles/suites separate from the Phoronix Test Suite package itself to allow new tests to be easily introduced without having to upgrade the PTS client itself, update existing tests with version controls, etc. OpenBenchmarking.org is also what allows users to upload their own test results publicly, obtain various hardware/software statistics, and much more.

Fedora Toolbox ready for testing!

As many of you know we kicked of a ambitious goal to revamp the Linux desktop when we launched Fedora Workstation 4 years. We wanted to remove many of the barriers to adoption of Linux as a desktop and make it a better operating system for all, especially for developers. To that effect we have been pushing a long range of initiatives over the last 4 years ago, ranging from providing a better input stack through libinput, a better display system through Wayland, a better audio and video subsystem through PipeWire, a better way of doing application packaging and dependency handling through Flatpak, a better application installation history through GNOME Software, actual firmware handling for Linux through Linux Vendor Firmware Service, better manageability through Fleet Commander, and Project Silverblue for reliable OS updates. We also had a lot of efforts done to improve general hardware handling, be that work on glvnd and friends for dealing with NVidia driver, the Bolt project for handling Thunderbolt devices better, HiDPI support in the desktop, better touch support in the desktop, improved laptop battery life, and ongoing work to improve state of fingerprint readers under Linux and to provide a flicker free boot experience.