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A Linux HID driver is being developed for Pulsar branded gaming mice to expose additional information and capabilities...

LibreOffice 26.8 merged initial support for adding a donation banner to its Start Center. This initial UI when launching LibreOffice aims to make users aware of the community-driven focus of the project and to hopefully solicit additional donations from the community...

I've used Linux KDE Plasma for 10 years—here are 5 advanced features nobody talks about  How-To Geek

Android's sideloading changes, the big Visual Studio Code update, better Linux phones, and more: News roundup  How-To Geek

This is the most underrated Linux desktop environment of all time  How-To Geek

Merged overnight for Linux 7.0 and set to be back-ported to existing Linux stable kernel versions is a fix for aging AMD GCN 1.0 "Hainan" GPU models. This closes a 2021 bug report that was long neglected and ended up being just a small tweak to fix the issue reported of GPU hangs...

Linux 7.0 Lands Fix For Years Old Bug Affecting AMD Hainan GPUs  Phoronix

In addition to releasing Plasma 6.6.3 this week, KDE developers remain quite busy working on new features for the Plasma 6.7 desktop while also already queuing some changes for the next Plasma 6.6.4 point release...

The modern Agama OS installer for SUSE/openSUSE is out with its first new release since November. With the time since the prior release, SUSE engineers have been making key improvements to Agama and enhancing its architecture to more align with their original vision for it...

For any holdouts still running SysV Init instead of systemd or other alternatives like OpenRC, SysV Init 3.16 is out as the first release in a half-year and bringing a few refinements...

Qualcomm shuts door on Snapdragon X DSP headers open-sourcing, Linux support hopes fade  VideoCardz.com

AMD Expands GFX12.1 Support for Linux 7.1  GameGPU

Cambalache 1.0 released today after more than five years in development as a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) application for creating and editing user interfaces for both GTK3 and GTK4...

OpenShot 3.5 hit the web today for this open-source non-linear video editor that describes the new version as one of their "biggest releases" ever in its 18+ year history...

Wine 11.5 Improves Linux Compatibility with New Build System Changes  Linuxiac

OpenShot 3.5 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Default Timeline  9to5Linux

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.01 Is Out with More Accessibility Improvements  9to5Linux

Linux Foundation Announces $12.5M in Grant Funding to Advance Open Source Security  HPCwire

Wine 11.5 is out today as the latest bi-weekly development release for this software to run Windows games and applications on Linux and other platforms. Most exciting with Wine 11.5 is the introduction of the Syscall User Dispatch feature on Linux...

Linux users swear by simple tools, and now I finally understand why  XDA