Linux NewsGTK 4.22 In Good Shape With Better SVG Support
Matthias Clasen shared an update today concerning the state of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) within GNOME's GTK toolkit...
Systing 1.0 Released For Rust-Based eBPF-Based Tracing Tool Leveraging AI
Josef Bacik, of Btrfs notoriety before leaving Meta and stepping back from kernel development last year, announced the release of Systing 1.0. Systing is a newer eBPF-tracing tool for Linux complete with AI integration...
OpenZFS 2.4.1 Released With Linux 6.19 Compatibility, Many Fixes
Following the big OpenZFS 2.4 release back in December, OpenZFS 2.4.1 was released overnight to ship support for the latest Linux 6.19 stable kernel plus a variety of different bug fixes...
FreeRDP 3.23 Addresses 11 CVEs, Improved SDL Client
For those making use of the open-source FreeRDP project for your Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) needs, FreeRDP 3.23 is out today with 11 CVEs addressed in taking care of various security-related issues that have been uncovered...
Thunderbird 148 Email Client Improves Accessibility in Various Tree Views
Mozilla Thunderbird 148 open-source email client is now available for download with improved accessibility in various tree views and other changes. Here's what's new!
Restarting LibreOffice Online
LibreOffice online is a web-based version of the LibreOffice suite that can be hosted on anybody's infrastructure. This project was put into stasis back in 2022, a move marked by some tension with Collabora, a major LibreOffice developer that has its own online offering. Now, the Document Foundation has announced a new effort to breathe life into this project. We plan to reopen the repository for LibreOffice Online at The Document Foundation for contributions, but provide warnings about the state of the repository until TDF's team agrees that it's safe and usable – while at the same time encourage the community to join in with code, technologies and other contributions that can be used to move forward. Meanwhile, this post from Michael Meeks suggests that the tension around online versions of LibreOffice has not abated.
Dynamic Music Pill puts a slick media controller in your GNOME panel
Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that embeds a pill-shaped media controller into your desktop panel. It shows album art, artist name and track title alongside an animated waveform visualiser. Unashamedly blingy, but there’s nothing wrong in that. The extension received an update today, which seem a good hook to actually take this off my “to write about” list. V20 adds a compact mode to hide all text; player filtering to add/ignore specific apps; and the option to set fallback album art for players/streams that don’t emit any. Dynamic Music Pill works with any MPRIS-compatible media player. That […]
LibreOffice Online Project Reopened With New Community Focus
The Document Foundation has revived LibreOffice Online, resuming development after formally reversing its 2022 decision to freeze the project.
Lutris 0.5.21 Adds Steam Sniper Runtime and New Console Emulators
Lutris 0.5.21 introduces support for Valve’s Sniper runtime, adds ShadPS4 and Xenia runners, and improves GPU detection on Linux systems.
AMD Posts Linux Patches For SEV-SNP BTB Isolation
It's quite a mouthful but today AMD posted Linux kernel patches for preparing SEV-SNP BTB isolation support for further enhancing the security of virtual machines (VMs) for confidential computing...
Lutris 0.5.21 Adds Support For Running Games Inside Valve's Latest Steam Runtime
Lutris 0.5.21 is now available as the latest version of this open-source Linux game manager. With Lutris 0.5.21 comes some new runners for executing games in different environments...
Wine 11.3 Released with Mono 11 and VKD3D 1.19 Upgrade
Wine 11.3 brings Mono 11.0, VKD3D 1.19, better DirectSound, and 30 bug fixes to improve how Windows apps and games run on Linux.
Australia's Cyber Agency Releases Azul, an Open Source Malware Analysis Repository
Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.
COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 Improves Files, Terminal, and Wi-Fi Dialog Behavior
COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 brings improvements to the file manager, updates to the terminal, fixes for the Wi-Fi dialog, and better overall stability.
DevOps Tools Introduction #06: Container Basics
Container virtualization is one of the major technologies behind modern software architectures. While the concept of container virtualization is rather old, new tools extend the pure virtualization components with numerous features that facilitate the deployment of containerized software. Docker is ... Read more The post DevOps Tools Introduction #06: Container Basics appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).