Giada 1.0 Open-Source Loop Machine Officially Released, Here's What's New (9to5linux.com)
Introducing BlueBuild | custom image tooling for image-based distros (blue-build.org)
Per a mutual decision, Universal Blue’s old custom image tooling has now been transferred to the BlueBuild org and development will be continuing under the BlueBuild project with basically the same team of maintainers and developers as before. The issue was discussed extensively in ublue-os/startingpoint#223 and eventually...
Fwupd 1.9.14 Fixes Updating the Fingerprint Reader on Framework 13 and 16 Laptops (9to5linux.com)
Libreboot Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support (9to5linux.com)
LXQt: Qt6 and Wayland (lxqt-project.org)
An overview of the development state of both goals. Priority has porting all components to the Qt6 libraries and there will be no Qt5-based version of LXQt anymore.
SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager) 0.21.0 released (github.com)
Introducing App Brand Colors | Flathub Documentation (docs.flathub.org)
Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490K Swindle (popey.com)
I am not a member of the Anti-Snap crowd (although of course the server sources should be open source), but there is obviously a lot to improve. Flathub/Flatpak should also take note!
I made a plain text Linux cheat sheet as a reference and for beginners. (cerium.cc)
If you have any suggestions or criticisms, feel free to comment them....
Engage with Uyuni Community Hours (news.opensuse.org)
Like many open-source projects, the Uyuni Project has a long tradition of fostering community engagement and open dialogue, which is why those who are interested in configuration management should consider joining the Uyuni Community Hours scheduled for Feb. 24 at 15:00 UTC....
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2024/08 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
This week in KDE: real fake session restore (pointieststick.com)
Wine 9.3 Released (www.winehq.org)
The Wine development release 9.3 is now available....
KDE Slimbook V: The first KDE laptop with the AMD 7840HS CPU - Phoronix (www.phoronix.com)
Price starts at €999 and releases in April, and will come with Plasma 6.
Release Proton 9.0 (Beta11) · ValveSoftware/Proton (github.com)
Note: This is a public beta release and will be updated more regularly with regression fixes prior to the Proton 9.0-1 release....
Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Pipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference? (itsfoss.com)
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....
Bcachefs Receives Funding By NLNet With NGI Zero Grant (www.phoronix.com)
What's the latest with WirePlumber? (www.collabora.com)
New KDE Slimbook V Linux Laptop: AMD 7840HS CPU, AMD 780M GPU, 16" WQXGA Screen (kde.slimbook.es)
#Specs...
WebCord now has seamless audio share for Discord. (github.com)
WebCord is an “alternative client” for Discord, although it’s just running the Discord webpage in electron. Recently it updated its electron version so it supports sharing audio as well as video....
uBlue launches new image creation tool "Blue-Build"! (blue-build.org)
The BlueBuild project creates accessible tools for you to create, configure & build custom images of atomic Fedora distributions....
Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream | Flathub Documentation (docs.flathub.org)
Steam Audio Open Source Release (steamcommunity.com)
