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00:00 Intro
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01:57 KDE Plasma 5.24 is out
02:43 Discover is getting a makeover
03:16 Plasma Mobile gets a huge update
03:56 Peppermint OS 11 is here
04:41 PopOS gets better performance
05:10 Ubuntu 22.04 might get accent colors
05:55 GNOME 42 gets dark wallpapers
06:23 Falkon Browser gets a big update
06:59 System 76 has a new Kudu laptop powerhouse
07:43 The case against Use Case Distros
08:39 Zorin OS 16 Education is out
09:23 Codeweavers needs more developers
09:48 AMD FSR is on the Steam Deck
10:33 Steam Deck performance and battery life
11:09 400+ games certified playable on Deck
11:49 Epic Games doesn't trust their own anti cheat
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KDE Plasma 5.24 was released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpxiFh6oaY&t=0s
Discover is finally starting a redesign.
https://pointieststick.com/2022/02/04/this-week-in-kde-discover-redesign-has-begun/
And still on KDE Plasma, Plasma Mobile Gear 22.02 has been released.
https://plasma-mobile.org/2022/02/09/plasma-mobile-gear-22-02/
Peppermint OS is back from its hiatus.
https://peppermintos.com/2022/02/peppermint-release-notes/
System 76 has released an update to their PopOS distribution for more FPS
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/pop-os-linux-gets-better-game-performance-and-desktop-responsiveness/
Ubuntu 22.04 may offer accent colors.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/ubuntu-22-04-accent-colors
GNOME 42 still holds a bunch of new things in store, and the latest one seems to be the support for dark wallpapers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/gnomr-42-dark-background-preference
Falkon, the web browser made for KDE, got a new release, version 3.2.
https://www.falkon.org/2022/01/31/320-released/
System76 released their Kudu laptop, which is a very, very thicc boy.
https://system76.com/laptops/kudu
Christian Schaller, the director for Desktop at Red Hat, wrote an interesting blog post about "use case Linux distros", which basically means distributions made to answer a specific use case.
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2022/02/01/getting-rid-of-the-need-for-the-usecase-linux-distribution/
Speaking of usecase distros, Zorin OS 16 Education was released.
https://blog.zorin.com/2022/02/03/zorin-os-16-education-is-released/
Codeweavers is looking for programmers, full time, to improve Wine, CrossOver, Proton.
https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs
The Steam Deck is being revealed bit by bit, and it seems that AMD's super sampling technology, called AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution, or FSR, is being added to SteamOS's compositor, Gamescope
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/amd-fidelityfx-super-resolution-comes-to-gamescope-for-the-steam-deck/
Reviewers have started putting the Deck through its paces, and we got some nice benchmarks.
https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-benchmarks-battery-life-and-more/
Speaking of which, there are now 243 games that are verified on the Deck, and 412 games in total if you also include the "Playable" titles.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/steam-deck-verified-jumps-over-200-titles/
And finally, let's stay on Gaming, with Tim Sweeeny, CEO of Epic games, stating on Twitter that Easy Anti Cheat isn't good enough in terms of Proton support, to enable Fortnite to use it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/epic-games-ceo-says-a-clear-no-to-fortnite-on-steam-deck/