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Modern Architecture

Modern Architecture

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    Updates:

    1. Mesa 26.2.6 Released with Fixes for RADV, ANV, Zink, RadeonSI, and Freedreno
      Mesa 26.2.6 is is now available for download as a bug fix update to the Mesa 26.2 series, focusing on driver-specific corrections across AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM, and software rendering backends.
    2. System76 Teases Thelio Prime AMD Mini Linux PC Running Pop!_OS with COSMIC
      System76 unveils Thelio Prime as a Linux-powered mini PC running the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distribution with the COSMIC desktop environment.
    3. Tor Browser 16.0 Anonymous Browser Brings Native ARM Support on Linux
      Tor Browser 16.0 is now available for download as a major update to this open-source anonymous web browser based on the Tor technologies and Firefox web browser with ARM support on Linux and more.
    4. Canonical Plans to Revive Its Immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop Flavor
      Ubuntu maker Canonical is bringing Ubuntu Core Desktop back from the dead, and this time, they mean business.
    5. LibreOffice 26.8.2 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes
      LibreOffice 26.8.2 open-source is now available for download as the second point release to the LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with over 30 bug fixes.
    6. Emacs turns 50
      MIT Technology Review marks 50 years of EMACS, one of the first full-screen text editors and still in use today. It grew out of TECO, a text editor Dan Murphy wrote in 1962 for the PDP-1 at MIT, and Carl Mikkelsen’s Control-R add-on from 1971, which showed edits on video terminals as they happened.
    7. Ghostty 1.4 Is Faster and Uses Less RAM, but Drops Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Support
      The Ubuntu 24.04 support drop is thanks to the native builds requiring some newer dependencies

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    2. Security News and FUD/Hype
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    3. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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    4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Sharing
      FOSS and more
    5. Web Browsers/Web Leftovers
      Tor Browser 16.0 included
    6. Devices, Linux, Open Hardware, and Android
      devices and gadgets
    7. IBM Red Hat Leftovers
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    8. KDE: Kirigami Addons 1.16.0 and a Take on Harmonicon
      a pair of picks
    9. BSD Now and OpenZFS Mastery
      BSD picks
    10. Applications: Linux-exclusive Software, EarA, and FOSS Weekly
      3 picks for today
    11. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical picks
    12. Games: Bazzite, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds,Godot 4.8 Beta 2, and More
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    13. The Repair Café start packet for Linux installations
      Repair Café International marked the first anniversary of its Linux Repair Café starter kit on repaircafe.org
    14. Shelly 3.1.10 Brings More Reliable AUR Builds and a New “Shell” Progress Bar
      Shelly 3.1.10 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with a new “Shell” progress bar for the command-line interface, AUR build improvements, and more.
    15. Programming Leftovers
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    16. Android Leftovers
      XREAL AURA Specs, Price and Features: What to Know About Google’s Android XR Glasses
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      If you run your own music streaming server using Jellyfin or Navidrome/Subsonic
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      This is free and open source software
    19. DietPi v10.8 adds WireGuard management and network improvements
      DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-based operating system optimized for single-board computers and embedded devices
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