Linux NewsF-Droid 2.0 Android App Store Launches With New UI, Improved Search
F-Droid 2.0 brings a redesigned Android app store experience with a new UI, improved search and filtering, background updates, and smoother app installs.
Linux swap files just saved my low-RAM PC from obsolescence
Avoid sluggish systems and frozen desktops with a quick-and-easy fix.
Firefox 157 released with ‘biggest visual refresh in years’
A new look Firefox 157 is out with what Mozilla say is the “biggest visual refresh in years”. The latest stable update to the desktop browser debuts the new Nova theme to all. The ‘modernised look’ makes core elements rounder and more colourful, using subtle pastel gradients in the window chrome on Windows, macOS and (opt-in on) Linux. We got our first look at Nova back in March when tech blogger Söeren Hentzschel shared internal Mozilla mockups of the planned changes. Things moved fast; Nova went from idea to implementation quickly. Recent months has seen the degree of change toned down. […]
Firefox 157 Now Available With Visual Refresh, WebRTC Hardware AV1 Decode
As part of the Mozilla Firefox bi-weekly release regiment, the Firefox 157 binaries are now available for this open-source web browser...
Flatpak 1.18.4 Released With Important Security Fixes
Flatpak 1.18.4 is out today with a number of high profile security fixes for this app sandboxing and distribution tech...
NVIDIA Vera SMT Performance Benchmarks
Recently I was provided remote access to a NVIDIA Vera server with the dual socket Vera CPU Superchip providing 176 Olympus cores plus with NVIDIA's Spatial Multithreading "SMT" implementation providing 352 total threads. With this benchmarking was free rein for testing, including CPU power and frequency monitoring. Over the next few weeks will be a number of articles looking at different areas of NVIDIA Vera performance. One of the areas I was most eager to test was looking at Vera's Spatial Multithreading. Here is a first look at the impact of NVIDIA Vera SMT.
GNOME 49.10 Released as the Final Update in the GNOME 49 Series
The final GNOME 49 update is here with bug fixes, security improvements, and updates to 14 components, including GNOME Shell and Mutter.
Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Adds Audio Ducking, FFmpeg 9.0
Shotcut 26.9 introduces automatic audio ducking, adjustment clips, track-level volume controls, FFmpeg 9.0, and numerous fixes.
AMD PerfOpt To Deliver New Performance Optimization For AMD iGPUs With Linux 7.4
Those using AMD integrated graphics on Linux such as the beefy Ryzen AI Max+ Strix Halo and Gorgon Halo hardware will be able to enjoy even better performance with the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel...
openSUSE Leap 16.1 RC Released With New Immutable Mode
The release candidate phase has begun for the upcoming openSUSE Leap 16.1 in-step with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1. Most notable with the openSUSE Leap 16.1 is the introduction of its new immutable mode...
Linux 7.4 To Introduce The Steal Governor For Helping Virtualized Workloads
Now queued up for introduction in the Linux 7.4 merge window later in October is the steal governor driver for preferred CPUs and steal-driven vCPU backoff for today's virtualized world...
Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Brings UI Improvements, Automatic Audio Ducking
Following the earlier Shotcut 26.9 beta at the beginning of September, the open-source developers behind the open-source non-linear video editor are out with the Shotcut 26.9 stable release...
OpenShot 4.0.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline and Zoom Improvements
OpenShot 4.0.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with timeline and zoom improvements, updated Razor tool, faster keyframe and color editing, and more.
Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Improves the VA-API HEVC Hardware Encoder on Linux
Shotcut 26.9 open-source video editor is now available for download with Automatic Ducking for audio, volume control and audio level meter/indicator for timeline track headers, and more.
I spent a year on Linux Mint, but I'll never use it again for these reasons
Linux Mint is great for beginners—until it isn't.