KDE Plasma 6.7 is bringing better performance and battery life to Intel laptops
…releases, so it's close enough. As it turns out, the KDE community is still trucking ahead with adding features to Plasma 6.7, and one of the most interesting ones is…
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Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux easier, and Proton could be next
…Wine 11.6 also adds VBScript fixes and many bug tweaks; Proton may adopt these improvements. When we talk about how far Linux has come in PC gaming, we often focus on…
Valve says it hasn't forgotten about the Steam Deck 2
…that released on May 4th. But the company hasn't forgotten about the Steam Deck 2, with Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais stating that Valve is still "hard at work" on it…
I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it is
…For one thing, software updates are very frequent and Fedora sticks pretty close to the bleeding edge of Linux development. That includes, for example, the Linux kernel, where the latest release is…
Microsoft has spent six months turning Windows Terminal into a rival to Warp, and it's working
…arrived natively on Windows early last year, it made the default Windows Terminal look like yet another first-party app that needs replacing. Six months into a focused release cycle, Microsoft has…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…Then there’s community blueprints, official (and third-party) integrations, and add-ons (or apps, as they’re called in recent releases). The best part? Home Assistant receives new updates every month…
GNOME extensions are basically required, but they're a ticking time bomb for Linux desktops
…These mini-tools promise to add missing features and work splendidly when they do. Yet, it's one of the core reasons Linux desktops lose stability and become prone to crashes and…
I built a Home Assistant automation that saves power daily, and nobody in my family even knows it exists
…It runs a full operating system optimized for Home Assistant and includes the Supervisor, which makes managing add-ons and updates straightforward. Not quite. Home Assistant OS is the recommended installation method…
COSMIC desktop surprised me, because it's the Linux DE I've been waiting for
…Distributions further adopt a desktop environment that adds a GUI on top of the Linux kernel. While there are many popular desktop environments like KDE , XFCE, GNOME, and more, nothing excites me…
PCIe 8.0 is really fast, but it might require a new connector
…Related 4 genuinely useful PCIe add ons you can get for your PC Use these 4 genuinely useful PCIe expansion cards to add extra functionality to your PC The industry has already…