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The effort around improving FreeBSD on laptops continues full speed ahead in 2026. The upcoming FreeBSD 15.1 remains on track with not only having a KDE desktop option from FreeBSD's text-based installer UI but also improved Realtek WiFi adapter support is on the way, updating of the graphics drivers from Linux, and more...
Maui.Gtk is a new open-source project providing a GTK4 Linux back-end for Microsoft's .NET MAUI...
In addition to the 3mdeb firmware consulting firm porting Coreboot with AMD openSIL to an EPYC 9005 "Turin" Gigabyte motherboard, their developers have also been working on a similar Coreboot + openSIL port to an AM5 Ryzen consumer motherboard...
Resources, the modern GNOME GTK4/libadwaita-based GUI application for system resource monitoring and an alternative to GNOME System Monitor, is out with a new update. Resources 1.10.2 brings some nice improvements for those running GNOME on modern Intel hardware...
Pigeon Email Notifier is a GNOME Shell extension that does one thing: show a desktop notification when new mail arrives in your Gmail, Microsoft Outlook or IMAP webmail account. If you don’t want to leave a webmail tab open in Firefox, the overhead of a desktop email app like Thunderbird, or your provider doesn’t offer a desktop Linux app (like Fastmail and Proton Mail now do), Pigeon provides a set-and-forget way to still get new mail alerts. Desktop email notifiers have been around for a long time. I’ve written about many standalone tools, like Unity Mail, Popper and Mail Nag over […]
Wine 11.4 improves DirectSound resampling performance, reworks the MSXML SAX reader, enhances timezone detection, and fixes 17 application issues.
Nate Graham and John Veness are out today with the newest issue of This Week in Plasma. Notable for KDE Plasma 6.6.x~6.7 development this week were a lot of bug fixing -- including multiple crash fixes -- and some UI polishing too...
The latest iteration of the Debian-based distribution includes all kinds of newness.
Wine 11.4 is out today as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software that powers Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and allows for Windows games and applications to run on Linux and macOS...
This app lets you transfer files across various devices without compression.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, out on 23 April 2026, ships with two new extensions installed and active by default, both adding search capabilities to the GNOME Shell Overview. Before you raise an eyebrow: no, this is not a revival of the Amazon Shopping Lens furore, where local file and app searches typed into the Unity desktop’s launcher were piped off to match against affiliate product results (anonymised, but earning Canonical a ‘Big Brother’ award). The first new extension is Web Search Provider. This lets you initiate a web search on Google straight from the GNOME Shell Overview. Initiate is the important […]
In early February, members of the Fedora Council met in Tirana, Albania to discuss and set the strategic direction for the Fedora Project. The council has published summaries from its strategy summit, and Fedora Project Leader (FPL) Jed Spaleta, as well as some of the council members, held a video meeting to discuss outcomes from the summit on February 25. Topics included a plan to experiment with Open Collective to raise funds for specific Fedora projects, tools to build image-based editions, and more. Spaleta also explained his model for Fedora governance.
By requiring submissions in Microsoft Excel format, the European Commission risks undermining its stance on openness, vendor neutrality, and digital sovereignty. The post Request to the European Commission to Adhere to Its Own Guidance appeared first on FOSS Force.
An old book about an even older operating system.
SQLite 3.52 fixes a WAL-reset database corruption bug and introduces CLI improvements, new SQL functions, and query planner optimizations.
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