Vancouver Linux Users Group
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Mobile OS Ubuntu Touch 20.04 launch
Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-5 Release is Here! If you are one of the few using it, you might want to update! We are at a point of time when there are many robust mobile-focused Linux distributions that offer various features. Off the top of my head, there are some good ones like Mobian, postmarketOS, Sailfish…
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Linux Mint 22 Out Now
Linux Mint 22 is the next most exciting distro release after Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, at least, for me. Linux Mint always manages to do things different and arguably better than Ubuntu. We have an article stating some reasons Linux Mint is better if you are curious. If you are a Linux Mint fan or a…
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NVIDIA’s Kernel Driver Performs Parity vs Proprietary
With the recently introduced NVIDIA 555 Linux driver stable series their open-source GPU kernel driver modules are in great shape across consumer and professional graphics products. Over the past two years the support has evolved so much that NVIDIA is now promoting their open-source kernel driver usage and with the NVIDIA 560 Linux driver beta…
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Overtaking the Desktop … Eventually …
5 reasons why Linux will overtake Windows and MacOS on the desktop – eventually. Although Linux still only commands single digits in market share, I expect that to rise exponentially over the coming years. Here’s why. I’ve been using Linux as my go-to operating system for decades, and I’ve never regretted it for a second.…
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All Swiss Govt Software to be Open Source
Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source. The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder. Several European countries are betting on open-source software. In the United States, eh, not so much. In the latest news from across the Atlantic, Switzerland has taken a major step…
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NVIDIA 560 Linux driver (beta)
NVIDIA has released a fresh Beta to get you testing all the latest features and fixes. So here’s what’s new in the NVIDIA 560.28.03 driver Beta for Linux. As NVIDIA said recently, this is the first release that will use the open GPU kernel modules by default, as long as your GPU supports this. Which…
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