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Dell UltraSharp U5223KW: An Outstanding 52-Inch 6K Monitor With Extensive Connectivity

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
Earlier this month Dell sent over a review sample of their new UltraSharp U5223KW monitor. While the model number may not imply much, this monitor is outright incredible. The Dell UltraSharp U5223KW is a 52-inch 6K @ 120Hz monitor with integrated USB hub also working as a KVM switch, 140 Watt power delivery support for USB-C/Thunderbolt laptops, 2.5G Ethernet, and the color reproduction and visuals with this Dell 6K monitor are impeccable.
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Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
Data Loss Prevention? Yeah, about that...The bot couldn't keep its prying eyes away. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been summarizing emails labeled “confidential” even when data loss prevention policies were configured to prevent it.…
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Linux 7.0 Showing Some Early Performance Regressions On Intel Panther Lake

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
With the Linux 7.0 merge window beginning to calm down ahead of the 7.0-rc1 release due out on Sunday, one of the areas I was most excited about benchmarking on Linux 7.0 was looking for any performance gains with the new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" given ongoing Intel Xe graphics driver improvements and other general kernel optimizations. Unfortunately, at large the Intel Panther Lake performance is moving in the wrong direction with the early Linux 7.0 benchmarking.
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Mrhbaan Syria! Fedora now available in Syria

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
As of 10 February 2026, Fedora is now available in Syria. The Fedora Infrastructure Team has lifted IP blocks on Syrian addresses following recent United States policy changes. This restores full access to Fedora Linux ISOs, repositories, and services. We are thrilled to welcome our Syrian contributors and users back to the community!
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
The KDE project released today KDE Plasma 6.6 as the latest and greatest version of this modern and popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux operating systems.
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How to Install and Use Original Vim Editor on Linux

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
Vim is a popular text editor on Linux, providing advanced features and functionalities compared to its competitor, the GNU Nano editor.
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Experimental Out-Of-Tree Code Aims To Provide HDMI 2.1 FRL For AMD Linux Driver

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
One of the limitations of the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver has been the lack of its support for HDMI 2.1 and later. AMD has wanted to support HDMI 2.1+ functionality under Linux but it's been legally blocked by the HDMI Forum. But anxious independent users have been working on open-source patches for wiring up HDMI 2.1 into the AMDGPU driver outside of the realm of AMD and the HDMI Forum's blessings...
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Oh Là Là! Red Hat Open Sources Digital Sovereignty Readiness Tool

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
With a new digital sovereignty assessment and an open framework, Red Hat is courting Europe’s policymakers and CIOs — but homegrown EU rivals and U.S. politics make it an uphill climb.
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GNOME 50 Merges "sdr-native" Color Mode Support For Wide Color Gamut Displays

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
As a late stage change for GNOME 50 ahead of its official debut next month and following last week's GNOME 50 beta is plumbing the Mutter compositor for a new "sdr-native" color mode option...
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COSMIC Desktop 1.0.7 Improves Workspaces Overview

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
COSMIC Desktop 1.0.7 adds configurable typing actions in Workspaces Overview and resolves several full-screen and tiling-related crashes.
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GStreamer 1.28 brings AI inference to your media pipeline

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
With its latest release, GStreamer adds native support for AI inference engines including ONNX Runtime, LiteRT, and Burn, along with tensor decoders for YOLO, face detection, tracking, and more.
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NTFS3 Driver Sees Improvements In Linux 7.0 While "NTFS Remake" Driver Bakes

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
The NTFS3 driver maintained by Paragon Software for Microsoft NTFS file-systems today saw a batch of improvements merged for Linux 7.0 This comes as there is also the competing "NTFS Remake" driver that began a few months ago as the "NTFSPLUS" driver. That NTFS Remake driver isn't looking like it will be submitted for the Linux 7.0 merge window so at least for now the NTFS3 driver continues seeing improvements with the latest mainline kernel code...
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Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to resetOracle has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL, the popular open source database it owns, following growing criticism of its approach and the prospect of a significant fork in the code.…
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Uh-Halp is an AI-Powered Command-Line Helper for Linux

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
Discover an AI-powered uh-halp command line tool that can help you in your command-line journey with the steps to install it in your favorite Linux distribution.
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DNF 5.4 Released With Some New Options & AI Contributions Policy

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
DNF 5.4 is out today as the latest release for this next-generation RPM package management solution used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and various other RPM-based Linux distributions...
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xSDR packs 2x2 MIMO, Artix-7 FPGA, and 3.8 GHz tuning into M.2 2230 form factor

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
Crowd Supply has featured the xSDR, a compact M.2 2230 A+E-key software-defined radio module that combines a Lime Microsystems LMS7002M RF transceiver with an AMD Artix-7 FPGA. Designed for direct integration into laptops, tablets, embedded PCs, and edge systems, it delivers 2×2 MIMO RX/TX operation across a 30 MHz to 3.8 GHz tuning range.
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 03:56
KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop is out now, introduces an optional new login manager, improved zoom modes, and faster everyday desktop interactions.
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Build CachyOS Kernel 6.19.2 on Debian forky (VENV)

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 22:20
Start with Pre-installation step $ sudo apt install build-essential bpftool and include /usr/sbin in system $PATH variable.On Debian forky installation of libdw-dev and build dependencies for libdw-dev steps are required to succeed with build CachyOS 6.19.2 Kernel on top of Debian Testing ( forky native kernel 6.18.9 )
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Paris-based Murena and Germany’s Volla are teaming up on a tablet for people who want Android hardware without Google’s software.

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 22:20
Paris-based Murena and Germany’s Volla are teaming up on a tablet for people who want Android hardware without Google’s software.
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Lutris 0.5.20 Linux Game Manager Brings New Features, Wine Wayland Option

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 22:20
For fans of Lutris as the open-source desktop client for installing and playing many games on Linux, Lutris 0.5.20 is out today with new features that further enhance the integration with different emulators and compatibility layers...
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