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KWin-Type Introduced To Address KDE Wayland Usability Gap For Auto-Typing Text
Open-source developer Jason Donenfeld known for his work on WireGuard announced today the release of kwin-type. KWin-type is a new Wayland-compatible program for auto-typing text from the standard input under the KWin Wayland compositor…
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Noctalia 5.4 Wayland Shell Adds New Themes, Screenshot Features
Noctalia 5.4 expands desktop theming, adds JPEG XL screenshot support, introduces new visual effects, and improves widgets and plugins.
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Intel IPU8 Support Upstreamed In Linux 7.4 For Nova Lake Laptops
The media subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 7.4 kernel. Most notable is Intel IPU8 support being introduced for the next-gen image processing unit in high-end Nova Lake laptops..
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openSUSE Releases Agama 25 Installer with Web-Based Terminal, Exit Option
Today, the openSUSE project released version 25 of its Agama web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS distributions with a web-based terminal, an option to exit the installer, and enhanced port selection.
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BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor
Daemonarchy keeps Omarchy’s installer and look, with FreeBSD handling the system underneath.
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Navigating Open Source Software Development in the Generative AI Era: Balancing Velocity and Community Health
Over the past three decades, open source communities have absorbed one massive technological shift after another: the emergence of the web, the mobile revolution, and the rise of cloud native infrastructure. Through each transition, our ecosystem adapted, strengthened its collaborative norms, and grew more resilient. Yet generative AI introduces a…
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KMSCON 10.1 Released With Support For Per-Monitor Configurations
KMSCON as the user-space terminal emulator targeting Linux DRM/KMS interfaces as an alternative to the in-kernel VT now is able to individually configure monitors in multi-monitor setups. Plus a variety of other improvements with today's KMSCON 10.1 release…
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Survey Says! AI Images and Video Lead Creative Searches
If ‘Image Generation and AI Art’ were a Family Feud guess, it would be the top answer for AI creative searches nationwide.
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Linux 7.4 Preps CXL For Very Neat Dynamic Capacity Devices "DCD"
The Compute Express Link (CXL) subsystem changes were merged today for the Linux 7.4 kernel. The fun work this cycle is preparing to support Dynamic Capacity Devices…
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Stalwart 1.0 Open-Source Mail Server Reaches Its First Stable Release
After five years of development, Stalwart reaches version 1.0 with performance optimizations, database stability, and email collaboration capabilities.
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Mozilla Firefox 160 Enters Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect
Today, Mozilla promoted the next major release of its open-source web browser, Firefox 160, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
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FOSS Office DevRoom Call for Papers
We are inviting proposals for talks about “FOSS Office Software and Suites“. Office productivity software is one of the oldest and most interesting FOSS categories packed with developer interest. It is also an area where lots of new solutions are arriving with new desktop, web-based and mobile editors, as well
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Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System
Amutable Foundations is a read-only, image-based system where every machine produces signed reports of its own state.
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A New Framework for Open Source AI
Open or closed AI isn’t a fringe question anymore; it’s a live policy debate, with real consequences for who gets to build, audit, and compete in the AI ecosystem. But as that debate plays out in Washington, Brussels, and beyond, the harder questions are still very much up for discussion. What does meaningful openness actually
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openSUSE Board Election 2026 Begins
The openSUSE Election Committee has announced the start of the 2026 openSUSE Board Election. Three Board seats are up for election, and all eligible openSUSE members are encouraged to take part. The openSUSE Board asked for the election to be completed by Dec. 1, 2026, as outlined in Board ticket…
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Best XFCE Linux Distros in 2026: 8 Fast and Lightweight Picks Ranked
Slow, bloated desktop? Compare the best XFCE Linux distros in 2026, with pros, cons, and a quick table to find the fast, light system that fits you.
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PHP2Shell scare sees SuperTuxKart pull its online server
SuperTuxKart has taken several online services offline, having pulled the server that powers them rather than risk it being exploited by PHP2shell. The open-source karting game is not alone in ‘pitting’ to patch, with Wikimedia, DeviantArt, government websites and many more taking various systems offline to harden against it. While offline, gamers can’t…
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Snapdragon X1 Elite / Acer Swift 14 AI Performance On The Ubuntu 26.10 X1E Concept
For those curious about the Snapdragon X1 Elite performance on the recently released Ubuntu 26.10 Concept X1E ISO, here are some benchmarks showing the performance relative to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS X1E state on the same hardware.
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Systemd adds support for components written in Rust
Christian Brauner has announced that he has merged support for writing leaf components of systemd in Rust. Rust will be used only for new leaf components, existing code is not being ported to Rust and nothing that other components depend on is written in Rust. Brauner said that the project would like to move forward with Rust support in core systemd, "but…
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Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi
Recreate the classic 8-bit computer on Raspberry Pi.
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EXT4 Lands Optional Buffered IOmap For Significant Performance Win With Large Writes
The EXT4 file-system changes were merged Sunday night for the ongoing Linux 7.4 merge window. The headline feature of EXT4 in this new kernel version is opt-in support for buffered IOmap usage that can lead to "significant" performance improvements for large writes...
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LXer hardens against PHP2Shell
When the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities went public on October 21, they put every PHP web application on the internet at risk. Here is what we have done to keep LXer safe for our readers, and the simple steps anyone running PHP on Linux can take today.
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Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with KDE Plasma 6.7, Linux Kernel 7.1
Kali Linux 2026.3 arrives with KDE Plasma 6.7, Linux kernel 7.1.5, six new security tools, and major NetHunter improvements.
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Mesa 27.0: new Kraid compiler becomes default for Mali GPUs, with 7x faster shader compiles
Starting with Mesa 27.0, all Mali GPUs with Valhall (v9) or newer will use Kraid, the new Panfrost compiler built in under six months. Compared with the old compiler, it produces about 19% fewer shader instructions, cuts spilling by over 80%, and compiles about 7x faster.
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Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and New Tools
Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2026.3 today as the latest stable snapshot of this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking.
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Google's C Binder Driver Removed With Rust Binder Ready For "Few Billion Devices"
Linus Torvalds merged the "char/misc" changes for the Linux 7.4 kernel driver on Saturday. Most notable this cycle for char/misc is what's being removed: Google's C-written Binder driver has left the kernel with the Rust-based modern Binder driver ready to take for the role of being used by all future Android devices...
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Tiny controller module has Cortex-M33, CAN FD, and Qwiic
Powering the BeagleConnect QuadESC motor-control board, the BeagleConnect Torque is an open-source controller module developed by BeagleBoard.org for robotics, industrial control, and connected sensing applications. Based on Texas Instruments’ AM13E23019 microcontroller, it features a 200 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor, CAN FD connectivity, and expansion…
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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 43, 2026 (October 19 – 25)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kernel 7.3, OBS Studio 33.0, COSMIC 1.11, KeePassXC 2.8, OpenSSL 4.1, BeamFS filesystem proposed for inclusion in the Linux kernel, and more.
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Redox OS Landed Nice Performance Improvements In September
The Rust-based open-source operating system Redox OS had a very eventful September as they outlined in a status update published this weekend...
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qBittorrent 5.3 BitTorrent Client Is Out as a Major Update, Here’s What’s New
qBittorrent 5.3 open-source BitTorrent client has been released today as a major update that introduces numerous new features and improvements for all supported platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows.