Linux NewsKaOS Takes Final Init Step Away from systemd with Dinit RC ISO
KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.
HandBrake fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM on Linux
A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible with the company’s 9000 series GPUs and newer. This update is focused on fixes and finesse. A pair of bugs affecting 2-pass operations are resolved: a crash during 2-pass lossless x265 encodes, and a memory leak that occurred during 2-pass MPEG-4, MPEG-2, VP9 and FFV1 encodes. On Linux, HandBrake adds WebM […]
Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday
Last week Linux 7.1-rc6 was larger than Linus Torvalds wished for and for Linux 7.1-rc7 it has come in still heavier than typically seen this late in the cycle, but is shrinking and making Linus comfortable in hopefully releasing Linux 7.1 stable next Sunday...
HandBrake 1.11.2 Video Transcoder Adds WebM MIME Type Support on Linux
HandBrake 1.11.2 open-source video transcoder is now available for download with WebM MIME type support on Linux, improvements to Core Audio AAC encoder 7.1 channel layout, and bug fixes.
HandBrake 1.11.2 Video Transcoder Fixes x265 Crash
HandBrake 1.11.2 video transcoder fixes a 2-pass x265 crash, resolves memory leaks, updates FFmpeg and SVT-AV1, and more.
Yay 12.6 AUR Helper Lands After Six Months with Smarter Search
Yay 12.6 updates search ranking, improves repository sorting, fixes package lookup errors, and refreshes metadata handling for Arch’s AUR.
COSMIC Desktop’s Big Visual Upgrade Moves Closer to Release
COSMIC Desktop’s Frosted Glass effect moves closer to release with new Settings controls for opacity, thickness, panels, applets, and windows.
This dev’s personal website is a working GNOME 2 desktop
Reliving the glory days of the GNOME 2 desktop is but a browser tab away – well, kinda. The personal website of Benny Powers, a software developer at Red Hat, is not a traditional vertical column of text. Nor is it a slop-soup of purple gradients, rounded glassy cards and monospaced datapoints (the ‘vibe-coded website’ aesthetic everywhere right now). No, it’s an interactive GNOME 2 ‘desktop’. He built it after digesting an essay on how websites used to be weird and playful and unique. Looking at his own site, he decided it wasn’t nearly wacky enough, so restyled it to […]
3 unheard-of Linux tools that fix everyday command-line annoyances
If you've used Linux, you've undoubtedly experienced these problems, so why not take a look?
Hyprland 0.55.3 Rolls Out with a Long List of Stability Fixes
Hyprland 0.55.3 backports fixes from main to the 0.55 branch, covering config reloads, rendering, monitors, XWayland, and more.
Windows only pretends it can't read Linux partitions—there's a built-in way to access them
Let's stop Windows from gaslighting you and show you your Linux files.
Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding
As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!..
The Single Biggest Reason Why ProtonMail is Killing My Productivity
6 years of ditching Gmail and I still miss that tiny but handy feature.
Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashing Tools Debuts with First-Boot Setup Profiles
Armbian Imager 2.0 now allows users to preconfigure a username, password, Wi-Fi, timezone, locale, SSH keys, and shell before flashing.
Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released With Improved Multi-GPU Support, Windows BT.2100
Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...