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The snapcrafters team reorganized after the departure of the company veterans, as they call them.
https://ubuntu.com//blog/snapcrafters-one-for-all-all-for-one

Ubuntu 22.04 will drop the aubergine color from its theme, and only stick with orange.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/12/ubuntu-22-04-yaru-theme-orange-refresh

elementary OS 6.1 Jolnir was released
https://blog.elementary.io/elementary-os-6-1-available-now/

Work on porting GNOME apps to GTK 4 is proceeding nicely, this time with the settings being moved to the newer version of the library.
https://feaneron.com/2021/12/21/gtk4ifying-settings/

A new desktop shell has appeard, from the developers of the MAUI framework
https://nxos.org/maui/introducing-maui-shell/

Another less known desktop, enlightnement has a new release out, version 0.25.
https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2021-12-26-enlightenment-0.25.0

The Linux Kernel 5.17 will introduce a new driver, but this one is very special: its only role will be to deal with buggy x86 tablets.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-Buggy-Tablet-Driver

I've complained, on my Fedora and vanilla GNOME review, that GNOME quick settings were kinda useless, since you had to go in the main settings to change anything useful. It seems that this is an area where we might see some work, as some mockups are starting to appear for what quick settings could look like in GNOME in the future.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/12/gnome-shell-quick-settings-concept

Libadwaita 1.0 was finally released right at the end of the year, and there's a lengthy blog post to explain all it brings, and what isn't yet part of it.
https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2021/12/31/libadwaita-1-0/


Duck Duck Go announced that they wouldn't limit themselves to make a browsing app on iOS and Android, they'll also make a browser for desktops.
https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-2021-review/

Red Hat donated 10 000 dollars to the OBS project
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/red-hat-donates-10k-to-obs-studio-flatpak-to-be-official-for-linux/


Krita 5.0 was released, and this one is BIG.
https://krita.org/en/item/krita-5-0-released/

SteamOS will apparently only take 10GB on your Steam Deck.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/steamos-for-the-steam-deck-gets-slimmed-down-to-10gb/

75% of the top 1000 Steam games work on Linux now.
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/12/21/75-of-steams-top-1000-games-work-on-linux-now/

It seems that XWayland won't be a necessity for Linux gaming using Wayland in the future, as Collabora is working on a wayland driver for Wine.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/collaboras-work-on-a-wayland-driver-for-wine-is-coming-along-nicely/

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