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Not too sure if anyone's interested, but I can look into making it a sticky if y'all like? Personally I'm really interested in seeing just what everyone's running Linux on - Not just screenshot's of the desktop, as we've already got a thread related to that, but a thread on actual 'desktops' and...

Everyone's aware of the sneaky backdoor that is Intel's ME and the security issues resulting from it. It looks like System 76 are going to be disabling it on many systems in their lineup. Personally I see this is a great positive, good enough that it actually makes me interested in their...

Could be a sign of things to come with the Adobe Creative Suite?

I'm not too sure how long this feature has been present in FF Quantum, but I've noticed that there's now a fullscreen option that allows the browser to take up the whole screen devoid of any title bars, browser search boxes, menu's, etc - Makes browsing the web slightly more immersive. Loving...

So tempted to upgrade from 16.04. https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-final-release/

Personally, I use Gimp for everything, I've been using it for so long now that I've forgotten how to use Photoshop! However, for people that require Adobe products for professional reasons, this article may be of assistance: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/install-adobe-creative-cloud-linux

While this can be classed as a minimum figure, looks like that year of the Linux desktop could quite possibly be on the way? https://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux&qpcustomb=0 Act like adults, respect the sub forum you're in, or it's thread closure!

Discuss like adults. I stand by my belief that in ~10 years Windows as we know not now won't exist. Oddly enough, I don't think Microsoft cares. https://mspoweruser.com/satya-nadella-says-there-are-only-1-billion-windows-users-worldwide/

....And it's pretty damn good! Faster than Chrome in my limited testing and I'm loving the new UI with more improvements for Linux yet to come. For anyone thinking of giving Chrome the flick for good, I can't recommend Firefox enough. The work they've done in the last few months alone is very...

Whether you prefer the old .sh method or PPA, get downloading people. PPA here: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Direct download from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/123918/en-us Release highlights: Added support for the following GPU...

And due to the difficulties measuring Linux usage, web counters can be used as a minimum figure at best. https://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=11&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux&qpcustomb=0

Don't confuse this with Microsoft backing down on forced updates however, I'm sure if you don't apply that update by a certain date certain functionality will be lost... ...Having said that, based on recent updates, download the update and I'm sure certain functionalities will be lost anyway...

So it looks like Microsoft are on the feature set removal warpath yet again and Windows 10 Professional may have to stick with the massively ageing NTFS file system for a little while longer. It looks like ReFS will only be available for Windows 10 Pro....For Workstations....With the advent of...

This is not the place to create a Windows vs Linux flamewar, be mindful of the sub forum you're posting in, unnecessary flaming/trolling will result in the thread being closed. While net counters are unreliable at best for a number of reasons, you can pretty much rely on them as a minimum...

Attention all Linux Libreoffice users, it looks like there's a slight update to our great office suite. Get updating!

I've been speaking to the mods, and with the push in the last few years regarding gaming under Linux, I've decided that perhaps it's time the the Linux sub forum had it's own thread related to Linux gaming. Both native and Wine based, Steam, Gog.com and open sourced, AMD, Intel and Nvidia driven...

Apparently all taken from Phoronix benchmark data, but I have to say it's great to see such substantial improvements to Mesa - No one wants to see a situation where gaming under Linux is limited to Nvidia only. Usual rules apply. Be mindful of the sub forum you're in, it's up to you as to...

I'm not too sure what benifits this may provide to Linux users, but it looks like Valve plan on storing shaders in a seperate folder and updating them whenever a GPU or driver change occures. Very interesting...

Another engine on the Vulkan bandwagon: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/302420/CryEngine_welcomes_Vulkan_API_support_to_latest_build.php

So it looks like the devs have sorted the RPCS3 emulator issues under Linux providing parity with the same solution under Windows. As a gamer I believe we should never forget where our gaming roots lie and therefore love emulation, good job on the devs for providing a usable solution for Linux...

Just look at those Mad Max results, almost double the performance! Equally impressive is the rate that Mesa is catching up with Nvidia binary drivers. Serious Sam Fusion is pretty much on par with my findings, with impressive performance improvements all round at low to high settings. My GTX670...

Get downloading people: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/120917/en-us Highlights below: Added support for the following GPUs: GeForce GT 1030 GeForce MX150 Fixed a bug that prevented changes to stereo eye assignment from getting applied from the nvidia-settings control...

I warn you all now, this is a very long read, I haven't even finished reading it yet. Some very interesting topics and insight though: http://boilingsteam.com/icculus-ryan-gordon-tells-us-everything-part-1/#oo

DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson believes Linux needs one killer game to explode, not unlike the original Xbox and the Halo series. Makes sense, although I can't help but feel the article is more of an advertisement for Battlefield under Windows as opposed to any hope of ever seeing...

So this weekend I saw that Doom 2016 was FTP under Steam and thought it would be a great time to try Doom 2016 under Wine using Vulkan. Last time I used Wine things were really simple, install Wine, download Steam.exe for Windows, double click .exe, install Steam, install game under Steam = Good...

An interesting editorial and I have to say I wholeheartedly agree. What Valve has done for the Linux community is simply astounding and I still can't see how people are judging the adoption of SteamOS when there's no real statistic measuring its usage and it's not exclusively tied to Steam...

In beta and apparently not yet stable. However according to this video I'm seeing FPS increases of 10 FPS across the board - Very promising.

Haha! This will get peoples knickers in a knot. Supposed to have better battery life than Ubuntu MATE, funny thing is, it looks like Ubuntu MATE with a theme. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/tuxedo-computers-launch-linux-distro-xfce

The developer seems committed and things are looking good for this one, very interesting. I'll be tracking this with enthusiasm...

Now that's a big jump in statistics! And no, it doesn't include ChromeOS or Android. https://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux&qpcustomb=0 Very interesting and exciting times. :)

Some of my best memories were playing Micro Machines V4 on PS1 with a multi tap, 4 controllers, plenty of beer and good mates. I still play it on my Nexus 9 using FPSE for Android and love it - Downloading as we speak, I've been looking forward to this release for a long time...

I'd take the results with a grain of salt, even the author claims they're far from scientific. https://www.helisimmer.com/articles/vulkan-next-big-thing-flight-sim/

While I haven't tried this personally yet, as an audio enthusiast I definitely intend to! PulseEffects is an equalizer, limiter, reverb, and compressor that works with Pulseaudio, very interesting if I do say so myself!! http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/install-pulse-effects-ubuntu-ppa

As a result of a survey posted by Boiling Steam, they've released some interesting statistics on GPU usage by Linux gamers. Very interesting, obviously at this point in time the 9xx series are a popular solution, however I also find the popularity of the 1070 interesting. I'm looking at...

I don't use AMD cards, so I can't comment personally. Good to see improvements in the AMD camp under Linux though, only good things can come from more choice. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeonsi-win-catching&num=1

A very interesting project, I like hearing the perspective of a programmer when they claim that they liked working with Vulkan.

Phoronix recently published the results of a thesis a university student has created regarding the overheads of OGL vs Vulkan. Some very interesting results highlighting the advantages of Vulkan over OpenGL with some significant performance improvements across the board...

Apparently a leaked Windows 10 insider build is highlighting evidence that Microsoft may be removing, in my opinion, one of the best features to be added to Windows since Windows 8 - File history backups. Obviously in an attempt to increase revenue Microsoft plan on pushing people to cloud based...

As expected, VR under Linux is still seeing signs of improvement. What Valve has done for the Linux gaming community is simply nothing short of amazing: Steam update rectifies VR button issue: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Beta-31-May-2017 Valve eyeing exclusive GPU...

So I have a laptop that I use for work, it's an old Compaq CQ42 that I've upgraded over the years swapping the Celeron T3100 for a Core 2 T7100, upgrading the ram from 2GB to 4GB and swapping the 250GB spinner for a 500GB SSD - It's display sucks being a cheap TN panel of lowish resolution but...