[NEWS] Fedora 44 Beta is out!

[tle]

Ref: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44-beta/

Have a go at it folks! Rough edges are expected

[tle]

So far everything works, I see no regression with mutter or any other GNOME components.

[DKnoto]

The geniuses at GNOME have taken anti-ergonomics to the point of absurdity. They've turned the simple "double-click" + "middle-click" operation into a sequence of "double-click" + "right-click" + "select copy" + "click" + "right-click" + "select paste."

[tle]

The geniuses at GNOME have taken anti-ergonomics to the point of absurdity. They've turned the simple "double-click" + "middle-click" operation into a sequence of "double-click" + "right-click" + "select copy" + "click" + "right-click" + "select paste."

I am not surprised. GNOME is always tinkering with make their desktop more tablet friendly even it does have negative impact on traditional desktop UX. Fortunately we have alternatives like KDE, XFCE, etc. I highly encourage you give them a go and report any issue.

I am greatly concerned that the amdgpu regression in kernel 7.0 will hit us all eventually.

[DKnoto]

I've gone back to my roots and have been using Enlightenment E27.1 for a few months now. Unfortunately, F44B doesn't include the X11 version of E27.1, and the Wayland version doesn't work. On my x86_64 workstation, I've switched to FreeBSD:

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  ` `.....---.......--.```   -/     -------------
  +o   .--`         /y:`      +.    Host: M600
   yo`:.            :o      `+-     Kernel: FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE
    y/               -/`   -o/      Uptime: 3 days, 12 hours, 31 mins
   .-                  ::/sy+:.     Shell: bash 5.3.9
   /                     `--  /     Display (DELL U4021QW): 3456x1458 @ 1.17x in 40", 60 Hz [External] *
  `:                          :`    Display (HP LP2475w): 1920x1200 @ 1.17x in 26", 60 Hz [External]
  `:                          :`    WM: Enlightenment (X11)
   /                          /     Theme: Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
   .-                        -.     Icons: breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
    --                      -.      Font: Noto Sans (11pt) [GTK2], IBM Plex Sans (13pt, Light) [GTK3], Noto Sans (11pt) [GTK4]
     `:`                  `:`       Cursor: breeze (24px)
       .--             `--.         Terminal: terminology 1.14.0
          .---.....----.            CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS (16) @ 4.00 GHz
                                    GPU: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
                                    Memory: 50.41 GiB / 63.18 GiB (80%)
                                    Swap: 133.82 MiB / 2.00 GiB (7%)
                                    Disk (/): 127.72 GiB / 645.29 GiB (20%) - zfs
                                    Disk (/zroot): 96.00 KiB / 517.57 GiB (0%) - zfs
                                    Local IP (re0): 192.168.0.57/24
                                    Locale: pl_PL.UTF-8


[tle]

Great choice! Enlightenment is indeed a great option. I vividly remember back then when Samsung was sponsoring this project for their Tizen OS. Btw is amdgpu working well with FreeBSD?

[DKnoto]

It works very well on this machine, the MoreFine M600. I've been using this machine alongside the Talos 2 for over a year, since December 2024. During that time, I've experienced two or three instances of amdgpu crashing. I recently bought the latest version of the MoreFine H1, the AMD AI PRO MAX, but FreeBSD doesn't work on this hardware yet.