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LibreOffice 25.8.5 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 60 Bug Fixes

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice 25.8.5 today as the fifth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.8 office suite series with various bug fixes.
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Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
When searching for "MT7902" and "Linux" there is no shortage of users asking about Linux driver support for the Mediatek MT7902 WiFi chipset or users complaining about their MT7902 WiFi not working under Linux with that chipset found in numerous laptops in recent years. Fortunately, there is finally Linux driver support for the MT7902 surfacing for review on the Linux kernel mailing list...
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PipeWire 1.6 Released with LDAC Decoder and 128 Channel Audio Support

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
PipeWire 1.6 multimedia framework adds an LDAC decoder, raises the maximum channel limit to 128, and delivers major audio and Bluetooth improvements.
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Simdjson Shows More Speed-Ups Possible For SIMD In JSON Parsing: Another 30% Boost

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
Simdjson is the open-source project for high performance JSON parsing by leveraging SIMD instructions for "parsing gigabytes of JSON per second." Notably it showed years ago the huge performance advantage to using AVX-512 in JSON parsing for surprisingly big benefits. Simdjson has continued advancing since then with various optimizations over the years and today is out with simdjson 4.3 that brings yet more SIMD optimizations...
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Need Help Remembering Linux Commands? Try Brief

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
If you’ve been looking for an app to help you get to know Linux commands, Brief is a great option.
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Linux Aliases: The Ultimate Hack to Boost Your Terminal Efficiency

Linux News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:20
Learn how to use Bash aliases to shorten commands, reduce errors, speed up tasks, and improve your productivity in the Terminal.
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Pocketblue Brings Fedora Atomic Linux to Mobile Devices

Linux News - Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
Pocketblue brings Fedora Atomic to select ARM-powered devices, providing users with an immutable Linux system on their phones and tablets.
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You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief

Linux News - Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymoreLockheed Martin's F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken "just like an iPhone," the Netherlands' defense secretary has claimed.…
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LoongArch Ready With New Features In Linux 7.0

Linux News - Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
The Linux 7.0 kernel is shipping improvements for LoongArch, the Chinese CPU architecture inspired by MIPS64 and RISC-V and has been showing much potential for their domestic PC manufacturing...
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How to Run Full-screen Games In Linux With Dual Monitors

Linux News - Thu, 02/19/2026 - 22:20
With a few simple tweaks, you can run your game fullscreen on one display while your other screen remains fully usable. Here is how to do so.
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Dell UltraSharp U5223KW: An Outstanding 52-Inch 6K Monitor With Extensive Connectivity

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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

Linux News - 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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