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GhostBSD Ships "Gershwin" Desktop Environment For A macOS Like Experience

Phoronix - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 08:54
GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p2 was announced this evening as the newest incremental update to this FreeBSD 14 based operating system focused on providing a nice out-of-the-box desktop experience. Notable with this new GhostBSD release is now shipping a Gershwin community preview for this desktop environment focused on providing a Mac OS X like user experience, complete with GNUstep usage...

OpenZFS 2.3.4 Brings Linux 6.16 Kernel Compatibility, "zfs rewrite" Command

Phoronix - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 08:30
OpenZFS 2.4-rc1 was released a few days ago with faster encryption performance using AVX2 and other enhancements. For those just looking for bug fixes and expanded Linux kernel compatibility, OpenZFS 2.3.4 is out today as the newest stable point release...

Linux's Floppy Disk Driver Code Sees Some Cleanups In 2025

Phoronix - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 04:03
On this 34th birthday since the Linux kernel was announced, coincidentally there's a new patch series out there for one of the oldest drivers: the floppy disk driver...

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