Linux NewsTwo ways to play and stream video in the Linux terminal
Streaming and playing video in a Linux Terminal is easier than you think. Here are the two methods I use the most.
[$] A look at the Quickshell desktop-component toolkit
Quickshell is a toolkit for building desktop components, such as toolbars or menus. It uses QML, which is a declarative language for designing GUI applications. Quickshell helps developers create graphical tools for common desktop use cases with a focus on ease of development. It offers a convenient method for writing user interfaces and has been adopted by a number of projects, such as caelestia-shell and DankMaterialShell, that provide desktop environments for minimal window managers like Sway and niri.
Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
With continued DRAM and eMMC shortages, Pine64 has decided to discontinue production of Linux devices.
FOSS Weekly #26.34: StillOS Review, Kernel 7.2 Released, PINE Trouble, Beautifying GNOME, Terminal Multiplexers and More
New kernel is here, folks.
Rust 1.98 Brings New Floating-Point Optimization Features
Rust 1.98 introduces new algebraic methods for f32 and f64, faster integer formatting, and a broad set of newly stabilized APIs.
PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame
They are blaming DRAM and eMMC shortages, with nothing coming back before mid-2027.
Linux 7.3 Network Changes Merged But Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs
All of the networking subsystem feature updates were merged today for the Linux 7.3 kernel's merge window. There are a lot of wired and wireless networking improvements this cycle but also a ton of bug fixes -- including many not so important fixes spun up by AI/LLM agents. The networking subsystem maintainers admit now they are "completely overwhelmed" due to this code churn from the output of AI large language models...
Thunderbird 154 Released with System Tray Mode, Microsoft Graph Support, and Major Mail Fixes
by George Whittaker The Thunderbird team has officially released Thunderbird 154, delivering several useful new features alongside a substantial collection of fixes for email, calendars, address books, authentication, and stability. Released on August 18, 2026, Thunderbird 154 is now the latest monthly release of the popular open-source email client. For Linux users, one of the most interesting additions is a new optional system tray mode, while Microsoft 365 users gain Microsoft Graph support. The release also improves global search, attachment handling, IMAP reliability, Exchange authentication, and CalDAV synchronization. New Optional System Tray Mode One of Thunderbird 154's most welcome additions is an optional system tray mode. When enabled, closing Thunderbird's last window no longer needs to completely terminate the application. Instead, Thunderbird can remain running in the background through the system tray. This can be particularly useful for users who want Thunderbird avail
Dynamic clock, calendar and weather icons extension adds new styles
You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already provided Yaru, Adwaita, Paprius, Big Sur and other icon styles, built-in (the dynamic versions don’t depend on the icon sets themselves), so you can see real-time clock, date and weather info on app icons that look like their static equivalents. The latest update, v9, released this week (17 August 2026), adds two new icon styles, Stylish and Pure: In my screenshot above, you can […]
Warp Launches Factories to Let Engineering Teams Build Their Own Cloud Software Factories
The platform is open at every layer, letting teams bring their own models, harnesses, and compute while Warp handles the orchestration.
KDE Gear 26.08 released
Version 26.08 of the KDE Gear collection of applications has been released. Notable changes in this release include improvements in the signing features of Okular, improved file-grouping features in the Dolphin file manager, and a number of enhancements to the Kdenlive video editor. See the changelog for a full list of updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Rust 1.98 Adds Algebraic Floating-Point Methods Akin To "-ffast-math"
Rust 1.98 released today and is headlined the debut of new algebraic floating-point methods...
Supply chain attack on arrayref (Rust blog)
The Rust blog reports on a malicious crate, called proc-macro1, that was uploaded to the crates.io repository. Furthermore, we discovered that the popular arrayref crate had recently been republished and made to depend on this crate, with the most recent versions yanked. We have removed the malicious version and unyanked the maliciously-yanked versions. Other crates by that author (internment, append-only-vec) were also affected so we have done the same for those, and locked the account as a precaution. We do not believe the author of arrayref to be acting maliciously, but their computer or credentials are likely compromised, and we are attempting to contact them.
RPM 6.1.0 released
Version 6.1.0 of the RPM Package Manager has been released. Notable changes include the ability to provide modifiers to RPM macros at definition time, improved build and verification error handling, support for signing files with PKCS11 tokens using rpmsign, as well as the addition of several new man pages. The 6.1.0 release also debuts a new release model inspired by the Linux kernel's.
KMSCON 10.0.2 Brings asciicast Playback Support, Bug Fixes
KMSCON 10.0.2 debuted today as the latest update to this leading user-space terminal emulator for Linux systems. KMSCON is built around Linux's KMS/DRM interfaces and the most viable alternative to date for in-kernel VTs...
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