Anti-cheat works on Linux, Firefox stumbles again, and HDR support - Linux news - September 2021

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This time, we have Red Hat hiring for HDR support on Linux, Firefox making more controversial decisions, and support for Linux from the major anti cheat providers, among a LOT of other linux gaming news.

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Red hat seems to be hiring to finally have good HDR support on Linux.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-Hiring-For-Linux-HDR

https://global-redhat.icims.com/jobs/89344/senior-software-engineer---hdr-enablement/job

Linux Mint has finally revamped their website, which was getting long in the tooth. https://linuxmint.com/

Jordan Petridis, a GNOME developer, wrote a blog post about the recent drama about libadwaita and theming. https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2021/09/18/the-truth-they-are-not-telling-you-about-themes/

GNOME 41 was released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCeVAqj97DQ&t=353s

Google seems to want to bring the Android kernel closer to mainline Linux. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/android-to-take-an-upstream-first-development-model-for-the-linux-kernel/

Christian Schaller, the Senior Desktop manager at RedHat outlined the vision that Fedora has for the future of the Linux desktop. https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2021/09/24/fedora-workstation-our-vision-for-linux-desktop/

Firefox seems to be experimenting with using Bing as the default search engine. https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/17/firefox-experiment-is-testing-bing-as-the-default-search-engine/

Now, a maybe more controversial decision, Firefox will be shipped as a SNAP by default on Ubuntu. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/ubuntu-makes-firefox-snap-default

Another nice achievement for Proton, as the experimental branch managed to receive updates to get DeathLoop to run on day one on Linux, on AMD and Nvidia GPUs. https://www.gamingonl ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyVC4zE1Qo