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This theme makes Discord look more at home on Ubuntu
The official Discord desktop app supports Linux but it doesn’t make much effort to fit in, which is why alternative clients are popular – not least because they can be themed. Discord GNOME Theme by developer ~ricewind012, is so named because, basically, that’s what it is: a custom theme that restyles Discord to look more like Adwaita and follow the GNOME HIG (well, as close as Discord’s CSS allows). A reminder: Ubuntu’s Yaru theme is based (heavily) on upstream Adwaita, so while this theme won’t give an exact match on Ubuntu, it’s closer than stock. As it’s all CSS, it […]
GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust
The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!..
Vocalinux Is an Open-Source Voice Dictation App Built for Linux
The open-source Vocalinux app lets Linux users dictate text into almost any application while processing their speech locally.
"Half a Second" — a book on the XZ backdoor
Adrian Mastronardi has released a book called Half a Second; it is a detailed look into the XZ backdoor attempt of 2024. The book is freely available under a (non-free) noncommercial, no-derivatives CC license. Half a Second tells that story as one continuous narrative: the burned-out volunteer who maintained the code alone and was patiently, expertly manipulated into giving it up; the engineer whose half-second of curiosity caught the attack through a chain of luck and hard-won instinct; and the operator who built it, who has never been identified and, this book argues, may never be.
Kitty 0.48 Terminal Emulator Introduces Vertical Tabs
Kitty 0.48 introduces vertical tabs on the left or right side, plus Wayland fixes, macOS enhancements, and performance improvements.
Three stable kernel updates
The 7.1.4, 6.18.39, and 6.12.96 stable kernel updates have been released; each contains a fairly large set of important fixes.
NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary Driver
The performance of the Nouveau kernel driver with the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver continues to improve each feature release in its quest toward better competing with NVIDIA's official Linux graphics driver with its proprietary Vulkan driver...
I tried every major file manager on Linux and only this one felt right
With Linux, you don't have to settle.
Microsoft Gives Visual Studio Code a Modern UI Preview
Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code 1.129 with an experimental modern UI that refreshes the editor’s overall look and feel.
FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 17, 2026
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended. The post FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 17, 2026 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Become More Productive With These GNOME Extensions
Here's my recommended list of GNOME extensions that might help you focus more on work and be (more) productive.
AMD Linux Graphics Driver Preps Fix For Apple Studio Display
This week's batch of AMDGPU Display Core "DC" updates arrived heavy with 70 new patches for improving that open-source display support for Radeon graphics on the Linux desktop...
GNOME OS Safe Mode Improving The System Reliability
At GNOME's annual GUADEC conference happening this week in Spain, an update was shared on the current state of GNOME OS...
KDE Plasma 6.8 System Monitor Making It Easier Assigning Processes To CPU Cores
Nate Graham and John Veness are out with the latest issue of This Week in Plasma to highlight all of the interesting developments taking place in the KDE Plasma desktop space...
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