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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for March 8th, 2026, brings news about the age restriction law, Nitrux 6.0, Linux Mint's new screensaver, Armbian 26.2, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 200, KDE Plasma 6.6.2, KDE Gear 25.12.3, CachyOS snapshot for March 2026, T2 Linux 26.3, digiKam 9.0, HandBrake 1.11, and more.
Linus has released 7.0-rc3 for testing. "So it's still pretty early in the release cycle, and it just feels a bit busier than I'd like. But nothing particularly stands out or looks bad."
Rust Coreutils 0.7 released on Sunday as a performance-focused update to this popular alternative to GNU Coreutils that is still striving for 100% compatibility against the GNU Test Suite...
HandBrake 1.11 open-source video transcoder is now available for download with an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder, a ProRes encoder, a DNxHR encoder, and more.
Catch up on the latest Linux news: CachyOS, Linux From Scratch 13.0, Nitrux 6.0, NVIDIA 595 Beta Linux Driver, KDE Plasma 6.6.2, early mockups reveal Mozilla exploring a new Nova design for Firefox, and more.
HandBrake 1.11 video transcoder adds ProRes and DNxHR encoders, AMD AV1 hardware support, MOV output, and updated multimedia libraries.
Linux 7.0-rc3 is out as the latest weekly test candidate in leading up to the stable Linux 7.0 release in mid-April...
Ironically, when the EU asked for feedback on new tech rules, it locked the process to dear old Microsoft. A fast, focused campaign forced officials… The post Participation Required a Microsoft License — Until Citizens Pushed Back appeared first on FOSS Force.
The CachyOS ISO snapshot for March 2026 is now available for download with KDE Plasma 6.6, an improved installer, and more. Here’s what’s new!
CachyOS March 2026 introduces animated desktop previews in the installer, Winboat Windows VM integration, and handheld gaming improvements.
FFmpeg is way cooler than it sounds.
Several Intel NPU fixes land in the latest update to Resources, which Ubuntu is making the default system monitor in 26.04 LTS. Resources is a GTK4/libadwaita tool that shows more system usage, processes and hardware details than GNOME System Monitor, which it is replacing as Ubuntu’s default in the new LTS. The Resources v1.10 release at the start of February added (among other changes) support for AMD Neural Processing Units (NPUs). The app has supported usage for Intel NPUs since its v1.7.x release in late 2024. The v1.10.2 changelog resolves what is described as “implausible” usage values in Intel NPU […]
Incessant customization is a rabbit hole you should avoid.
Arch Linux isn’t even close to the hardest distro out there—here’s what really is.
The March 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux powered CachyOS distribution is now available for new installations and upgrading from existing CachyOS installs...
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