Open-source News

Another great albeit overdue improvement for GNOME 50 has landed: Variable Rate Refresh "VRR" functionality for modern displays is now promoted and no longer treated as an experimental feature...

3 Bash error-handling patterns I use in every script  How-To Geek

KDE Plasma developers remain quite busy preparing for the Plasma 6.6 desktop release coming up in a little more than two weeks while at the same time continuing to land early features for the Plasma 6.7 release coming later in the year...

For those interested in the Dolby Digital Plus "Enhanced AC-3" audio compression format for open-source software, the last of the patents for this widely-used format by streaming services and more appears to have expired...

GNOME developers had a busy week in preparing for the GNOME 50 beta release, many GNOME developers attending FOSDEM this weekend in Brussels, and other happenings...

Linux Lite 7.8 Is Out Based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, Ports Many Apps to GTK4  9to5Linux

AutoPentestX - Automated Penetration Testing Toolkit Designed for Linux systems  CybersecurityNews

Linux Lite 7.8 Is Out With App Rewrites and GTK4 Transition  Linuxiac

Surviving The RAM Price Squeeze With Linux In-Kernel Memory Compression  Hackaday

Zram-tools  Hackaday

Surviving The RAM Price Squeeze With Linux In-Kernel Memory Compression  Hackaday

Nvidia launches native GeForce NOW Linux app featuring DLSS and ray tracing  DLCompare.com

Galaxy S26 Ultra May Add Android Linux Terminal  findarticles.com

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

The Galaxy S26 Ultra might finally get this Android feature the S25 missed  Android Authority

Linux Mint just made the terminal easier to ignore than ever  MakeUseOf

Chris Mason, the longtime Linux kernel developer most known for being the creator of Btrfs, has been working on a Git repository with AI review prompts he has been working on for LLM-assisted code review of Linux kernel patches. This initiative has been happening for some weeks now while the latest work was posted today for comments...

Startup Amutable plotting Linux security overhaul to counter hacking threats  Network World

Startup Amutable plotting Linux security overhaul to counter hacking threats  csoonline.com

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg