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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 23, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. GNOME 47 Beta Desktop Released with Many Changes, Here’s What’s New

   GNOME 47 beta desktop environment is now available for public testing with numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s changed since the alpha release.

2. LibreOffice 24.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

   The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 24.8 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux systems.

3. PipeWire 1.2.3 Implements Freewheeling Support in the FFADO Driver

   PipeWire 1.2.3 open-source multimedia server is now available with freewheeling support and improved sample rate and buffer size handling in the FFADO driver, as well as other changes.

4. KDE Gear 24.08

   Every 4 months, KDE releases a long list of new versions of applications all at the same time

5. Fwupd 1.9.24 Firmware Updater Adds Support for Capsule-on-Disk for Dell Systems

   fwupd 1.9.24 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for capsule-on-disk for Dell systems, support for more MediaTek scaler devices, support for Parade USB hubs and other changes.

6. NVIDIA 560 Linux Driver Released with Open GPU Kernel Modules by Default

   NVIDIA 560.35.03 Linux graphics driver is now available with open GPU kernel modules enabled by default, as well as numerous other new features and improvements.

7. Ryzen 9 9950X runs 16% faster on an Intel-optimized Linux distro

   Linux often the leads Windows in benchmark comparisons

8. Rianne's Birthday [original]

   There's lots to celebrate and maybe we'll post some photos afterwards

9. Why Microsoft is Trying to Break Dual-Boot Machines (It Always Looks Like an "Accident") [original]

   In India, GNU/Linux is measured at over 16%

   New

10. More Layoffs in IBM This Week [original]

    "I was RAed from Marketing and Communications and the reason we were given is that our job in the U.S. no longer exists and is being moved overseas, to build a bigger presence in Brazil, Romania and India...So now they are laying off in those places? Good grief, it's all a ruse."

    New

11. Total Linux Desktop PCs Now Over 56 Million

    But what does that mean in terms of actual, hard numbers? A percentage is great and all... but how many Linux computers (Desktops and Laptops) are in operation?

12. The role of the Linux distro in modern computing

    the problem won’t fix itself

13. today's leftovers

    many more picks, misc. topics

14. Changes coming in PostgreSQL 17

    The PostgreSQL project has released beta versions of PostgreSQL 17 containing several interesting security and usability improvements, alongside the usual performance improvements and bug fixes

15. Open Hardware: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More

    a handful of stories

16. Red Hat on OpenShift and Racism Lawsuit Against IBM

    Some IBM leftovers

17. Meeting the Debian Technical Committee and Distinguishing Debian testing from unstable

    new outside LWN's paywall

18. Security Leftovers

    Security picks, lots for today

19. Microsoft/Windows TCO Leftovers

    Microsoft/Windows TCO picks, 4 of them

20. A Look at NixOS and Endless OS

    Two distros in focus

21. Programming Leftovers

    Programming picks, lots of them

22. Games: GNU/Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Vista 11, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More

    Some news about gaming

23. today's howtos

    only 3 more howtos for now

24. Software: Zettlr, syslog-ng, and GNU Parallel

    Some Free software picks

25. Android Leftovers

    Android 15 Beta 4.2 now available for Pixel 9 series

26. 4 Ways I Increase Privacy on My Linux Laptop

    Linux is generally considered to be a privacy-friendly operating system, without the spying we associate with Microsoft and even Apple

27. VIDEO: How to Answer Thunderbird Questions on Mozilla Support

    Not all heroes wear capes. Some of our favorite superheroes are the community members who provide Thunderbird support on the Mozilla Support (SUMO) forums

28. Linux Mint 22 Review: A Deep Dive Into This Minty Fresh Distro - Videos - TuxDigital

    the latest version of one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions

29. today's howtos

    many howtos for this afternoon

30. Security Leftovers

    Security picks, 3 in total

31. Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More

    Some hardware projects and such

32. Android Leftovers

    HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way

33. Windows TCO: EDRKillShifter and East Asia

    new examples of high Microsoft costs

34. Indian State Continues Its Successful Journey With Linux at Schools

    A new version update for public schools, offices, and DTP centers. Sounds good

35. KDE Gear 24.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements

    KDE Gear 24.08 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for Dolphin, Filelight, Konsole, Kdenlive, Itinerary, Kongress, NeoChat, Tokodon, Kate, Falkon, Okular, Elisa, PlasmaTube, and other KDE apps.

36. Fedora Linux 41 Unveils Multi-Version Kubernetes RPMs

    Coming soon: Fedora 41 shifts Kubernetes RPMs to support multiple versions in one release, bringing flexibility for K8s administrators

37. GStreamer 1.24.7 Released with Audio and Visual Bug Fixes

    GStreamer 1.24.7 multimedia framework rolls out with multiple bug fixes

38. Games: GOD'S GIFT, Dead Cells, and More

    Some of the latest from GamingOnLinux

39. This Overlooked Linux Distro Will Give Your Old Laptop a New Life

    Ubuntu isn’t your only option for reviving old PCs through Linux

40. Pardus – Debian-based distro

    Pardus is a Debian-based distro which combines stability and efficiency oriented corporate usage characteristics with speed and up-to-date oriented end user needs

41. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

42. Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.0 BETA 2 Is Officially Released

    VirtualBox 7.1.0 BETA 2 is now available for download, featuring a modernised user interface with options for both basic and experienced users

43. Mozilla has been suspiciously silent about Google and Manifest V3

    Last week, Google announced that it is going to remove extensions using Manifest V2 from its Chrome extensions store at a very near time

44. GNOME: Best Intentions

    This is going to be a bit of a sporadic blog post covering XDG Intents, GSoC and few other updates from GNOME goings on

45. The best SSH clients for Linux (and why you need them)

    If you're looking for a better way to interact with SSH remote connections

46. Google Play purchase verifications annoyances

    I've never ever provided any financial details on my Android phones

47. 5 Linux terminal apps that are better than your default (and why)

    The Linux terminal isn't something everyone has to deal with

48. Companies: make sustainable contributions

    You know what’s great? When companies contribute to open source projects

49. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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