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OpenMandriva developers today formally announced the release of their rolling-release OpenMandriva ROME 23.08 Linux OS installation images, which are also being treated as a release candidate for the OMLx 5.0 non-rolling distribution variant. Making OpenMandriva ROME 23.08 more exciting is that they are now offering separate install media as well that features the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment in its current experimental state but is being offered by OpenMandriva as a "technical preview" around the future direction of the desktop...

OpenMandriva ROME 23.08 Brings KDE Plasma 6 TP Option ...  Phoronix

Whisker Squadron: Survivor takes Star Fox and adds a lil Vampire ...  GamingOnLinux

Fedora with their more liberal update policies will soon be rolling out the Thunderbird 115 mail client to stable Fedora Linux users...

Thunderbird 115 Will Be Rolling Out To Fedora Users  Phoronix

NetApp and Google Cloud Introduce Managed Storage Service to ...  Financial Post

Upstreamed into the Coreboot Git repository this week is the ability to run on the MSI PRO Z790-P DDR4 and DDR5 motherboards for enjoying a latest-generation Intel desktop motherboard that is readily available as an alternative to using the proprietary BIOS implementations...

Mesa's Vulkan windowing system integration (WSI) code for Wayland has added the "IMMEDIATE" present mode option that uses Wayland's tearing-control unstable extension to allow for images to be presented immediately but at the risk of visible screen tearing...

OpenELA group pushes for bug compatibility with RHEL  Network World

Rocky Linux backer CIQ rejects lawsuit's claims it was founded on stolen IP  The Register

KDE Gear 23.08 is available today as the four-month update to this collection of KDE desktop applications...

While AMD has acquired a number of hardware companies in the past several years, software company acquisitions by AMD has been much more rare. This morning AMD announced the acquisition of Mipsology as an AI software company...

Kali Linux 2023.3 Released: What’s New!  GBHackers

Xebian is the Marie Kondo of Linux distros – it's here to declutter  The Register

Seemingly for Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh processors, some new graphics PCI IDs were added today to Mesa for the Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan drivers...

Kali Linux 2023.3 Release is All About Technical Changes and New Tools  It's FOSS News

Respawn now properly looking into Apex Legends bans on Linux & Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands musical comedy RPG is out now  GamingOnLinux

Effortless Email Sending on Linux: A Step-by-Step Project Guide  Medium

Kali Linux 2023.3 Released - What's New!  CybersecurityNews