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Is It Really Open Source? How to Tell if a Project Walks the Walk

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Not all open source is created equal, argues open source advocate, Nextcloud co-founder, and FOSS Force guest writer Jos Poortvliet.
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Sorry, Linux Fans: This OS Is Actually the Better Windows Replacement

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Yes, I'm talking about macOS.
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The Unix Epochalypse might be sooner than you think

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Museum boffins find code that crashes in 2037A stark warning about the upcoming Epochalypse, also known as the "Year 2038 problem," has come from the past, as National Museum Of Computing system restorers have discovered an unsetting issue while working on ancient systems.…
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GNOME's Glycin Lands "Dramatically Improved" JPEG-XL Image Loading Performance

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Glycin 2.0 Beta 3 was released this week for the GNOME project providing a Rust-based library for decoding, editing, and creating images and associated metadata. Glycin is in turn used by a growing number of GNOME components for imaging needs...
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MNT Reform RCORE V2 with RK3588 Upgrade Now Available

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
MNT Research has launched the RCORE V2 on Crowd Supply, its most powerful processor module upgrade for the open hardware MNT Reform and Pocket Reform laptops. Based on the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, the module boosts CPU, GPU, and RAM performance over earlier options and simplifies installation by removing the need for an internal HDMI adapter […]
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NetBeans 27 Improves JDK 25 Compatibility, Adds Gradle 9 Fixes

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Apache NetBeans 27 cross-platform IDE improves JDK 25 compatibility, adds Gradle 9 fixes, Maven 3.9.11 updates, and more.
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Nouveau Driver Receives Patch For GPU Reclocking With The Pascal GP10B

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Nearly a decade after the Tegra X2 SoC shipped in the likes of the Jetson TX2, the Pascal-based GP10B GPU has received a patch for allowing GPU re-clocking within the open-source Nouveau driver...
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Yet Another Init System? Meet Nitro, a Fresh Take on Process Supervision

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
The first public release of Nitro adds another option to the world of init systems, offering a minimalist process supervisor for Linux environments.
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KDE Plasma 6.5 Introducing "KISS" - An Initial System Setup Wizard

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his customary weekend blog post to summarize all the interesting Plasma desktop developments for the week. Most exciting in recent days is Plasma 6.5 receiving an initial system setup wizard...
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Rising from the Ashes: How AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux Redefined the Post-CentOS Landscape

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
When Red Hat announced the abrupt end of traditional CentOS in late 2020, the Linux ecosystem was shaken to its core. Developers, sysadmins, and enterprises that relied on CentOS for years suddenly found themselves scrambling for answers. Out of that disruption, two projects, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, emerged to carry forward the legacy of CentOS while forging their own identities. This article dives into how these two distributions established themselves as reliable, enterprise-grade options for developers and organizations alike.
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Google Prepares Chrome Field Trial For Accelerated Video Decode On Wayland

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Google is preparing a field trial with the Chrome web browser of accelerated video decoding under Wayland/Linux as a step toward rolling it out by default for a better video playback experience on the Linux desktop with Wayland-based environments...
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Banana Pi BPI-M4 Super with Rockchip RK3568B2 and Dual Ethernet

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Banana Pi has shared more hardware details about the upcoming BPI-M4 Super, a single-board computer designed for multimedia and IoT applications. The board integrates dual Ethernet (1 GbE and 2.5 GbE), PCIe expansion, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and 4K HDMI output. The board is built on the Rockchip RK3568B2, a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor running at […]
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HandBrake 1.10.1 Released with Fixes for Video Encoding and Subtitles

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
HandBrake 1.10.1, an open-source video transcoder, fixes x265 visual glitches, updates libraries, and improves Flatpak audio.
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Essential nmcli Command Examples To Manage Network Connections On Linux

Linux News - Sun, 08/24/2025 - 22:20
Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors in Linux.
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New Ubuntu Snapdragon X1E Concept ISO Published - Still A Mess On The Acer Swift 14 AI

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
Released on Thursday were new Ubuntu X1E "Concept" install images for installing the modified Ubuntu 25.04 environment on Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 powered laptops...
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ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
First unveiled a year ago, ArmSoM has finally launched the RK3588 AI Module7 (AIM7) on Crowd Supply. The open hardware compute module is designed as a Jetson Nano–compatible alternative, targeting edge computing, vision systems, and embedded AI projects. The module is powered by the Rockchip RK3588, an octa-core processor combining four Cortex-A76 performance cores at […]
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Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devsGood news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla's browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions.…
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About 25% of the "Linux" News/Results in Google News Today Are LLM Slop, Almost 20% From the Same Rogue Operators of Slopfarms

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
Slopfarms are drowning out not only Google and legitimate sites. They also infest Google News, which was supposed to be curated or filtered for quality, originality etc.
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EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 7.0.5 released

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
The experimental Linux distribution EasyOS has reached version 7.0, which is a major redesign based on the new woofQ2 build system. The underlying package management is now APT, with PKGget GUI wrapper that is still a chameleon able to install many package types. The current minor version bump is 7.0.5
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LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux News - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 22:20
The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 25.8 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows systems.
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