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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 09, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Desktop Environment Released

   KDE Plasma 6.3.6 enhances tablet and multi-monitor support,

2. Bash 5.3 Release Adds ‘Significant’ New Features

   A new version of the GNU project’s Bourne Again SHell (better known to most of us as Bash) has been released, nearly 3 years after the last

3. Kdenlive 25.04.3 released

   The last maintenance release of the 25.04

   New

4. KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Released with Numerous Improvements and Bug Fixes

   Delayed by one week to avoid sharing the same release date as KDE Plasma 6.4.2, KDE Plasma 6.3.6 is here as the last maintenance update to the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series.

5. Amarok 3.3 Open-Source Music Player Is Out as First Release Fully Ported to Qt 6

   Today, the Amarok development team released Amarok 3.3, the latest stable version of this open-source music player software that brings various new features and bug fixes.

6. GNOME 48.3 Adds Support for More Video/Audio Types in Nautilus’ Search Filter

   The GNOME Project announced today the release and general availability of GNOME 48.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest GNOME 48 “Bengaluru” desktop environment series.

7. Free and Open Source Software

   This is free and open source software

8. Trump T1 Phone Android OS vs. PureOS

   As noted by Purism often in the past, Purism authors and maintains PureOS, which is a secure and privacy–respecting distribution of Debian GNU/Linux

9. Debian on Framework 12

   For some time now I was looking for a device to replace my Thinkpad

10. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    news based around GNU/Linux

11. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software/Collaboration Leftovers

    FOSS picks

12. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

13. Security and Windows TCO

    Security leftovers

14. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

    open hardware leftovers

15. Red Hat Official Site's Leftovers

    all from Red Hat for Monday

16. Kernel: U-Boot v2025.07, Bootlin, and More

    kernel picks

17. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Destination Linux

    2 new episodes

18. today's howtos

    quite a few for now

19. Android Leftovers

    Here's what I like and dislike about Android's new Expressive design

20. NanoPi R76S dual 2.5GbE SBC and router supports up to 16GB LPDDR5, M.2 WiFi module, HDMI 2.0 video output

    FriendlyELEC provides a long list of supported OS and software tools

21. Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware

    That’s why for Linux and Android support, the RVA (RISC-V Application) profiles were created

22. Free and Open Source Software, and Review

    While there are enterprising Linux developers that code drivers for some of these devices

23. Wayland vs X11, AMD graphics, KDE neon, 4K and WebGL data

    I didn't really have any idea how much time I was going to invest into actually testing and benchmarking Wayland and X11 performance

24. Android Leftovers

    Android Auto just got a big Spotify upgrade – here's what's new

25. Two weeks of wayback

    A poorly kept secret is that the X11 graphics stack is under-maintained as resources shift towards the maintenance of Wayland’s graphics stack instead

26. Allwinner A527, T527, and A733 datasheets, user manuals, and Linux SDK released

    The datasheets, user manuals, and Linux SDK for the Allwinner A527, T527, and A733 SoCs

27. b3sum – implementation of the BLAKE3 hash function

    This is free and open source software

28. July Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings

    A new version of Plasma Camera and Plasma Settings have been released

29. Outreachy Update: Two Weeks of Configs, Word Lists, and GResource Scripting

    It has been a busy two weeks of learning as I continued to develop the GNOME Crosswords project

30. Games: SteamOS, Adorable Adventures, and More

    7 new stories from GamingOnLinux

31. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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