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DistroSea lets users run 50+ Linux distros without installing  Notebookcheck

GNOME Circle as the initiative for third-party/independent software applications and libraries extending the GNOME desktop ecosystem is taking a stand against AI slop. The GNOME Circle policy has been updated to reject low-effort, vibe coded applications/libraries where the developer is not able to take responsibility for the work...

KDE released Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 this week while the current Plasma 6.6 stable series continues seeing fixes as does Plasma 6.8 for what will be the follow-on feature release to Plasma 6.7...

Bottles 64.0 Adds ntsync Support for Running Windows Apps on Linux  Linuxiac

Genode OS 26.05 is out this week as the latest update for this original open-source operating system framework. With Genode OS 26.05, they have taken various features of their general purpose Sculpt OS operating system and turned them into reusable framework features...

Genode OS 26.05 Released, Finishes Moving From GitHub To Codeberg  Phoronix

Intel reduces graphics power consumption with fixed backgrounds on Linux  Foro3D

Flathub bans LLM-generated code because its submitters were rude about it  XDA

Valve tonight released their beta version of SteamOS 3.8.6 that contains a number of notable enhancements, including native HDMI Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support in initial form...

SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta Released With Initial Native Support For AMD HDMI VRR  Phoronix

Canonical today released the first monthly snapshot of the Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" release...

Linux Foundation Tool Spotlighted: Furious Developers Accuse 'Sickening' Google Gemini CLI Bait-and-Switch  Tech Times

Wine 11.10 marks the latest bi-weekly development release of Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

First Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" Snapshot Is Now Available for Download  9to5Linux

Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games  The Verge

Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems...

AMD's ROCm open-source compute stack is up to version 7.2.4 stable as it continues seeing new fixes while on the tech preview feature side is the recent ROCm 7.13 release...

AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes  Phoronix

Fedora Atomic is what Linux looks like when it stops trying to impress Linux users  XDA

Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Bug Fixes, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70  Phoronix