LibreOffice 24.8 Alpha1 is available for testing - LibreOffice QA Blog (qa.blog.documentfoundation.org)
I just finished setting up Linux Mint for an old buddy of mine on his old dog of a laptop, rendering it useful once again! (i.imgur.com)
Edit 2: to everyone suggesting an SDD: i know. Look, if this guy had enough $$$ for an SSD, he could buy a used lappy less than half the age of this one that has an ssd and 2-3x the memory....
I made an app to install websites as desktop applications on Linux (flathub.org)
Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
tl;dr :...
Automated Kernel Testing on RISC-V Hardware (www.codethink.co.uk)
Wine 9.9 Released (gitlab.winehq.org)
Release notes...
Announcing Agama 8 (yast.opensuse.org)
Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.
XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)
Linux loops: try or use a distro in a disk image (github.com)
Running a distro in a disk image has always been my favourite install method since wubi came out because a backup was only a question of copying a disk image and a couple of grub config files....
This week in KDE: all about those apps (pointieststick.com)
Alpaca: an ollama client to easily interact with an LLM locally or remotely (flathub.org)
My Linux Command Line Tools (thingsiplay.game.blog)
A short list with categories of my smol terminal focused tools, scripts and functions I have created over the years. There are some general purpose and very specific ones. This list was needed, because in Github it was a bit cluttered. Maybe, just maybe, you find something useful or inspiring in there.
KDE Ships Frameworks 5.116.0 (kde.org)
Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey released (forum.manjaro.org)
Disaster recovery with ZFS and zrepl (chromakode.com)
Implementing DRM format modifiers in NVK (www.collabora.com)
The tl;dr for those like me, who don’t understand the technical parts:...
Does the legacy of AppOutlet live on? (github.com)
I noticed the AppOutlet repo has been archived, but I really liked the idea of one store to rule them all (I.e. snaps, appimages, flatpaks, etc. in one place)....
Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix (www.zdnet.com)
This week in KDE: all about those apps (pointieststick.com)
Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: April 2024 Progress Report - The Thunderbird Blog (blog.thunderbird.net)
4 Tools to Share Large Files Over the Internet Securely (itsfoss.com)
#148 Variable Styles · This Week in GNOME (thisweek.gnome.org)
The Linux kernel is a CNA - so what? (www.codethink.co.uk)
