Linux NewsShelly 3.1.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds More Improvements
Shelly 3.1.4 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with improvements to the native builder, AppImage, Flatpak, and tray support.
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Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc3
The 7.3-rc3 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: "Another fairly large rc release, and again one with a bigger filesystem footprint that we usually see."
Shelly 3.1.4 Arch Linux Package Manager Improves Its Native Package Builder
Shelly 3.1.4 improves its native Arch package builder with better PKGBUILD handling, AUR cache cleanup, and improved package reviews.
Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey
Comfort is so often sought, but it’s difficulty that yields the most.
Shotwell 33 goes stable with its long-awaited GTK4 port
Shotwell 33 is out, the first stable version of the photo manager for GNOME desktops to use GTK4. A GTK4 port of Shotwell has been in the works since 2025. It’s the first big toolkit port the image tool has since since it migrated to GTK3 in 2012 (v0.12.0). Yet despite the leap, the user-facing result is just a plain port; it’s not as visually transformative as gThumb’s GTK4/libadwaita port (which looks like an entirely new app) A more substantive visual revamp using GTK4/libadwaita may follow. For now, Shotwell 33 looks like Shotwell v32 – the benefit is more in […]
MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps
It runs on an ESP32-S3, takes a real SIM for 4G calls and texts, snaps together without soldering. Code your own app, away from social media.
Linux 7.3-rc3 Released: "Another Fairly Large RC"
Out today is the third weekly release candidate of Linux 7.3 as this next kernel version works its way toward a stable release in the second half of October...
One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good
It's a Linux app pretending to be a desktop environment that looks like macOS or Windows.
Rune Keyboard-Driven IDE Is Now Open Source Under GPLv3
Rune, a GPU-rendered and keyboard-driven IDE for Linux and macOS built mainly in Go, is now open source under the GPLv3 license.
Ubuntu 26.10 completes its transition to Rust-based coreutils
Ubuntu 26.10 completes the distro’s move to Rust-based core utilities, with the commands previously held back due to security issues now migrated to memory-safe versions. cp, mv and rm were held back on their GNU versions in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS while TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) issues were addressed in the uutils versions. Wit those issues now resolved upstream, Ubuntu 26.10 has made the switch; the ‘Stonking Stingray’ ships with a full set of Rust core utilities, including ls, cat, chmod, chownand du. Canonical’s engineers began “oxidising” the distro – replacing foundational software with Rust alternatives – in 2025, noting the security benefits of doing so (as Rust catches memory bugs at compile time, […]
Shotwell 0.33 Open-Source Image Viewer for GNOME Is Here with GTK4 Port
Shotwell 0.33 open-source image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment is now available for download with GTK4 port and numerous other improvements.
Immich 3.2 Photo and Video Management Solution Released with Redesigned Search
Immich 3.2 is out with a redesigned search experience, Search API v2, cross-user face clustering, improved workflows, and a new Memories page.
Zstd Improvement For Linux 7.4 To Avoid Redundant Initialization
In addition to Usama Arif's recent Linux patches for addressing a major inefficiency within the Linux kernel's Zstd compression code, he also has a separate patch series destined for Linux 7.4 to further enhance the Zstd compression/decompression performance by avoiding redundant initialization...
BFS File-System Being Removed For Linux 7.4
The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...