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Running Linux on an Android device with Termux and a VNC viewer can turn your old tablet into a tinkerer's paradise.
DXVK 3.1.1 Improves Support for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Rayman 3, and Skyrim SE
DXVK 3.1.1 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with new features and various improvements for several games.
Rune Goes Open Source, Looks to Share Revenue With Contributors
The Go-based IDE is now available under GPLv3, and contributors keep the rights to their work.
VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel
VirtualBox 7.2.18 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.3 compilation fixes, support for RHEL 10.3 kernel, and more.
DXVK 3.1.1 Brings Fixes for Skyrim SE, Rayman 3, and More
DXVK 3.1.1 addresses issues in Skyrim Special Edition, Rayman 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Painkiller, Corpse Party, and other titles.
Thunderbird 156 Released with Custom OAuth for POP3, IMAP Improvements
Mozilla Thunderbird 156 adds custom OAuth support for POP3, new enterprise policies, and fixes for IMAP, POP3, attachments, OpenPGP, and calendars.
Mozilla Thunderbird 156 Email Client Brings Custom OAuth Support for POP3
Mozilla Thunderbird 156 open-source email client is now available for download with new features, improvements, and numerous bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
LibreOffice Supports Languages Other Software Vendors Don’t
The Document Foundation's Italo Vignoli explains how LibreOffice’s support for N’Ko, Adlam, and bidirectional text shows what can happen when software priorities are not dictated solely by market demand. The post LibreOffice Supports Languages Other Software Vendors Don’t appeared first on FOSS Force.
Don’t install Linux until you’ve read How-To Geek’s distro cheat sheet
Everyone has an opinion about which distro you should install — it’s time you decide for yourself.
Thunderbird 156 Released with OAuth Improvements, OpenPGP Updates, and Major Linux Fixes
by George Whittaker The Thunderbird team has officially released Thunderbird 156, bringing another round of new features, security improvements, authentication enhancements, and reliability fixes to the popular open-source email client. Released on September 15, 2026, the update is available for Linux alongside Windows and macOS. Thunderbird 156 is not a dramatic redesign of the desktop mail client. Instead, it concentrates on improving areas that matter to everyday users and system administrators, including OAuth authentication, OpenPGP, POP3, IMAP, Exchange Web Services, SMTP, attachments, calendars, enterprise policies, and security. For Linux users in particular, the release delivers several fixes affecting common mail protocols and account configurations while retaining support for Linux environments using GTK+ 3.14 or newer. Thunderbird 156 Arrives on Linux Thunderbird 156 follows version 154, which arrived in August with features including optional system tray operation and Micr
Fedora 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7
Fedora 45 Beta is now available with Linux kernel 7.2, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.7, kmscon, Anaconda improvements, and updated toolchains.
AMD P-State Driver For Linux 7.4 Will Tune For Zen 6 Client CPUs
Linux 7.4 looks like it will be a very exciting kernel update for AMD customers. On the AMD Radeon graphics side HDMI 2.1 is being enabled by default with the AMDGPU driver with the HDMI FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM features in tow. On the AMD Ryzen client CPU side, there will be Zen 6 tuning with the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver...
Orion for Linux beta update lets you customise the toolbar
A new beta of Orion for Linux, the native WebKitGTK port of Kagi’s iOS and Mac web browser, is out. Orion Beta v0.4.3 continues to flesh out the browser’s feature set to reach parity with its Apple kin. You can now customise the toolbar. A context menu option was present in earlier beta builds but opened a button picker that wasn’t functional – now it is. Drag items out of the toolbar on to the palette to remove them, or drag ones from the palette to the toolbar to add them. Drag to re-order buttons and, if you go too […]
Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7
Fedora Linux 45 distribution is now available for public beta testing powered by Linux kernel 7.2 and featuring the GNOME 51 desktop environment. Here’s what to expect from the final release.
[$] Adding BPF to blk-iocost
The scheduling of block I/O requests has long been a challenge for operating-system kernels. For many years, the performance characteristics of rotating drives meant that putting considerable resources into request ordering was worthwhile. In a world with fast, solid-state drives, scheduling is more concerned with enforcing fairness between competing users while being fast enough to keep up with drives that can perform millions of I/O operations per second. The blk-iocost I/O controller was designed for the solid-state world and generally performs well, but there is always a desire to do better. This patch series from Tao Cui aims to make blk-iocost more flexible by enabling the loading of a BPF program to make cost decisions.