Linux NewsGStreamer 1.28.5 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for Support for H.266/VVC
GStreamer 1.28.5 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with support for H.266/VVC, HEVC with alpha decoding improvements, and more.
GStreamer 1.28.5 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for H.266/VVC Decoding
GStreamer 1.28.5 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with support for H.266/VVC decoding, HEVC with alpha decoding improvements, and more.
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 9, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Cryptography API; Iomap explanation; Negative dentries; Faster RCUs and lockless allocation for BPF; Negative dentries; LLMs in memory-management code Briefs: Guix vulnerabilities; OpenSSH 10.4; trusted publishing; kernel archive; CalyxOS; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Wireshark 4.6.7 Packet Analyzer Fixes 12 Security Vulnerabilities
Wireshark 4.6.7 network protocol analyzer fixes a long list of security issues, including crashes in several protocol dissectors and file parsers.
GStreamer 1.28.5 Released with Security and Playback Fixes
GStreamer 1.28.5 is now available as a recommended stable-series update, delivering security fixes, build corrections, memory leak fixes, and playback improvements.
OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage
Over on the OpenMandriva forum, the Linux distribution has reported sabotage of its repositories by a disgruntled contributor with administrative credentials. According to "AngryPenguin", an abusive incident in a distribution Matrix chat led to a user being kicked out of the chat; that "triggered a cascade of events", which led to people resigning from the distribution. Eventually, one of those people used their administrative privileges to delete part of the distribution's GitHub repository and to "publish an empty package in the cooker repository, which obsoleted all gnome and cosmic packages, which could have damaged the systems of people using gnome or cosmic". We are currently working to restore the deleted repositories and restore the functionality of the obsolete packages. [...] We performed a full system audit and, aside from the removed packages, we found no other violations.
This Linux distro treats your PC like source code—and it almost works
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ORICO 88 Series 4-Bay USB4 NVMe SSD Enclosure Review: Fast Storage That Works Natively on Linux
A compact 4-bay NVMe enclosure with USB4 connectivity, tested on Linux with benchmarks.
OpenMandriva Says Former Contributor Sabotaged Its Repositories
OpenMandriva reports deleted GitHub work and broken Cooker packages after an internal contributor dispute.
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TUXEDO OS is Ditching Ubuntu for a Debian Base That Never Goes Stable
Their dependency on Ubuntu 'snapped' so they are "testing" Debian now.
Linux Mint’s Wayland support is ‘no longer experimental’
Linux Mint says Wayland support in its next release will no longer be considered experimental, but available as a fully-supported option. However, it will continue to provide and support X11, unlike other Linux distributions, Ubuntu included, which have jettisoned the legacy Xorg/X11 display server from their default installations. “We worked really hard on Wayland and we got to the point where it feels solid and the experience is almost on par with X11”, Clement Lefebvre said in a blog post, confirming “both X11 and Wayland will be fully supported” in the next release. Linux Mint 23 will be the next […]
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I stopped tinkering with my NAS, and it's the best decision I've made
Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads
The open-source, Rust-based Redox OS platform had a very eventful June with many new features implemented and more software ported over to run on this from-scratch operating system...
Hannah Montana Linux Is Back!
Developer Noah Cagle decided the world needed the once obscure but beloved Linux distribution and gave it a decidedly pink refresh.