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Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita (blog.linuxmint.com)

XZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbanned (github.com)

Goodbye EndeavourOS ARM (endeavouros.com)

Explicit sync Wayland protocol has finally been merged! (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

Since nvidia drivers do not properly implement implicit sync, this protocol not existing is the root cause of flickering with nvidia graphics on Wayland. This MR being merged means that Wayland might finally be usable with nvidia graphics with the next driver release....

Fedora members plan on creating a Cosmic Desktop Spin (news.itsfoss.com)

There already is an experimental image based on Silverblue with the alpha stage Cosmic Epoch Desktop....

Linux TVs (thomsonhome.in)

Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs. What are the capabilties.

Anyone have a better solution? :P (beehaw.org)

EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 (Phoronix) (www.phoronix.com)

Ted Ts’o sent out the EXT4 updates today for Linux 6.11. He explained in that pull request:...

Linux 6.10 Honors One Last ReiserFS Request Made By Hans Reiser (www.phoronix.com)

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....

4 reasons to try Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux package for Ubuntu and Debian derivatives | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

Make a Linux App (makealinux.app)

Make a Linux app. Stop making distributions.

GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled (www.phoronix.com)

For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support. This Mutter merge request landed today that allows compiling Mutter with X11 support disabled. That landed today along with...

Nothing like that "new distro" feel (lemm.ee)

Partitioning Your Linux Drives: Does It Provide Any Benefits? (odysee.com)

systemd 255 Released With A "Blue Screen of Death" For Linux Systems (www.phoronix.com)

Mozilla Finally Launches An APT Repository For Easy Firefox Nightly Updating (www.phoronix.com)

Furi Phone FLX1: Debian smartphone debuts • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Debian maintainer unilaterally strips KeepassXC package of a lot of features (fosstodon.org)

On "Wasting disk space" (www.ypsidanger.com)

Flatpaks aren’t huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can’t recommend reading this article enough.

Could we add "Distrochooser" to the sidebar? (distrochooser.de)

Quite a few posts about selecting a distro to use. Maybe it’s time to make that link a little more prominent?

Thank you all so much for keeping me on the Linux train! (lemmy.zip)

Well after spending all afternoon with this new Dell XPS 13 9315 I absolutely love it. The fit and finish feels exactly like a Macbook Air....

XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)

Scam bitcoin Snap app! (popey.com)

A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed out of 9 Bitcoin (worth around $490K) in a fake “Exodus wallet” desktop application for Linux, published in the Canonical Snap Store. This isn’t the first time; if nothing changes, it likely won’t be the last.