Welcome to Episode 39 of Destination Linux for 10/02/17
Correction from last week
Just to set things straight, ArchMerge is a separate project from ArchLabs with a completely separate team. There is no collaboration between ArchLabs and ArchMerge and they have a completely different vision about a distro. They each go their own way. I apologize for confusing the two together.
News
Ubuntu Is Dropping 32-bit Desktop Images
Last year OMGubuntu ran a poll asking how which version of Ubuntu you use: 32-bit or 64-bit. The results of that poll revealed that 92% run Ubuntu 64-bit already.
Badges and progress bar on Ubuntu Dock
Ubuntu Dock Now Supports Progress Bars and Badge Counts
Bad News for Users of TopIcons Plus…
Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Beta 2 Download
It’s Beta season for all the ‘buntu’s…..Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kylin
Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 2
KDE Plasma 5.11 Desktop Will Be Coming to Kubuntu 17.10 Soon After Its Release
Adapta Theme is Now Available for the KDE Plasma Desktop
Opera Web Browser Now Has Built-In WhatsApp And FB Messenger
Chrome Extension Embeds In-Browser Monero Miner That Drains Your CPU
Linux 4.14 Is Up To Around 23.2 Million Lines Of Code
Linux Kernel Grows Past 15 Million Lines of Code 2012
Gaming
What have I been playing:
This week has been full of Half Life 2 gameplay. It’s a relic that’s sat in my Summer Sale games archive for a while and considered by many to be one of the best games ever created by Valve. I’ve finally broken it out and starting to play through the story. It runs beautifully on Linux and so far find the very hurried pace and a solid story to be incredibly engaging. The fact that I am playing this means Half-Life 3 is confirmed!
Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. from former Valve worker should hopefully come to Linux
Might be worth letting them know in the post if you’re interested.
‘SC Controller’ has a pre-release to support more gamepads
Atari is launching a new gaming system, the ‘Ataribox’
WWI FPS ‘Tannenberg’ from the developers of Verdun to see day-1 Linux support
Rocket League’s huge ‘Autumn Update’ is now available
The SNES Classic Mini Uses the Same Hardware as the NES Mini
Admin
Where Can You Find Us This Week
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Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination