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Systemd 251 Released With systemd-sysupdate Introduced, Many Other Additions

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 23:51
Systemd 251 is officially out this Saturday as the first feature update to this Linux init system for 2022...

Ubuntu 22.10 Switching To PipeWire For Linux Audio Handling

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 18:30
An early change made this week to Ubuntu 22.10 in its early development state is replacing the PulseAudio sound server with PipeWire...

An Open-Source Firmware Virtual Beer Event Is Happening Next Week

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 18:00
The folks from the Polish open-source firmware consulting firmware 3mdeb are hosting another "OSF vPub" where they discuss open-source firmware efforts over beers in this currently-virtual event...

HarfBuzz 4.3 Released With Big Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 17:21
HarfBuzz 4.3 was released on Friday as this open-source library that serves as a text shaping engine used by GNOME/GTK, KDE/Qt, Android, Flutter, Java, all major web browsers, and other software...

KDE Plasma 5.25 Preparing More Bug Fixes, Continued Wayland Fixes

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 17:05
Following this week's KDE Plasma 5.25 beta release, KDE developers turned their attention to bug fixing and they accomplished a lot...

Wine 7.9 Brings Many Fixes For Running Windows Games/Apps On Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 12:00
Wine 7.9 was released on Friday as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

HP Preparing An AMD-Powered Linux Laptop Powered By Pop!_OS

Phoronix - Sat, 05/21/2022 - 06:12
To date Pop!_OS has been System76's own Ubuntu derivative pre-loaded onto their various laptops and desktops. Rather interestingly, HP is preparing to launch a new laptop that will make use of Pop!_OS...

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