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This week I fixed lots and lots of accessibility issues.

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Jeremie Courreges-Anglas (jca@)
committed a change
which is likely to be welcomed by laptop users:

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	jca@cvs.openbsd.org	2024/11/21 04:58:45

Modified files:
	sys/kern       : sched_bsd.c 
	lib/libc/sys   : sysctl.2 

Log message:
Let the user provide an alternative perfpolicy when on battery

The current behavior of "auto", which implies running at full speed when
on AC power, does not fit all the hardware and use cases. For some people
it results in more power consumption, more heat, more noise, etc.

Extend the semantics of hw.perfpolicy and provide two buttons to
specify the desired behavior:

sysctl hw.perfpolicy=<policy while on ac>[,<policy while on battery>]

Keep the default behavior of "high,auto". People can opt for "auto,auto"
or simply "auto" instead.

No objection from deraadt@, input and ok sobrado@ sthen@

This is now in snapshots, so please test if you run those!

i686 users will probably be unable to upgrade, due to a problem with the latest archlinux32-keyring 20241114-1

the solution is posted on the bug tracker
https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/3679

The Cinnamon Desktop, the GTK desktop environment developed by the Linux Mint project, has just released version 6.4. The focus of this release is on nips and tucks in the default theme, dialogs, menus, and other user interface elements. They seem to have taken a few pages out of GNOME’s book, especially when it comes to dialogs and the OSD, which honestly makes sense considering Cinnamon is also GTK and most Cinnamon users will be running a ton of GNOME/Libadwaita applications. There’s also a new night light feature to reduce eyestrain, vastly improved options for power profiles and management, and more. Cinnamon 6.4 will be part of Linux Mint’s next major release, coming in late December, but is most likely already making its way to various other distributions’ repositories.