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GNOME 48.2 released with support for restoring tiled/maximized windows to the correct monitor, fix for the launch of terminal commands from the run dialog, other bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-2-desktop-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes

GNOME Web gets WebKit features page in Settings, where experimental features can be tried out:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Web-Toggle-Features

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 available with reduced RAM usage by keeping less wallpaper copies, more device types supported by the Bluetooth widget, keyboard shortcuts for changing wallpaper etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.5-Less-Wallpaper-RAM

AlmaLinux 10.0 released with continued for x86-64-v2 (despite RHEL 10 only supporting x86-64-v3), UEFI Secure Boot on ARM platforms, continued SPICE support, tech preview support for KVM virtualization on IBM POWER:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-10.0-Released

KaOS 2025.05 released with Linux kernel 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, Qt 6.9, KDE Gear 25.04.1, KDE Frameworks 6.14, Qt 5 support dropped, updated packages:
https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-2025-05-arrives-with-linux-6-14-and-kde-gear-25-04

Xfce's xfwm4 window manager will get built-in Wayland compositor component using wlroots in Xfce 4.22:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-xfwm4-Merges-Wayland-Code

Rhino Linux launches new community-driven UXBI KDE Plasma 6 port:
https://news.itsfoss.com/rhino-linux-ubxi-kde-desktop/
(Oh no, KDE got unicorned lol)

Out-of-date OpenH264 causing security concerns on Fedora due to a high severity CVE:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-OpenH264-Security-Woe

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GNOME #GNOMEWeb #GNOME48 #GNOMEDesktop #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6 #Plasma6 #AlmaLinux #AlmaLinux10 #KaOS #Xfce #XfceDesktop #xfwm #xfwm4 #Wayland #Rhino #RhinoLinux #OpenH264 #Fedora #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #DistroRelease #LinuxDistro #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDistribution #Security #FosseryTech

Ah, the saga of #OpenH264 in the Freedesktop SDK—a tale as riveting as watching paint dry 🎨. Dropping it must have been like finally ditching that one old sweater nobody wears anymore 🧥. Spoiler alert: the world keeps spinning! 🌍🔄
https://bbhtt.space/posts/closing-the-chapter-on-openh264/ #FreedesktopSDK #technews #softwaredevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Closing the Chapter on OpenH264

https://bbhtt.space/posts/closing-the-chapter-on-openh264/

#HackerNews #OpenH264 #Closure #OpenSource #VideoCodec #TechNews #H264

Acabo de leer que en la próxima actualización del tiempo de ejecución #Freedesktop 23.08 van a quitar la extensión #openh264 (binarios distribuidos por #Cisco).

Al parecer hay un aviso de seguridad que no pueden hacer un "backport" por tema licencias ni llevar la nueva versión a este tiempo de ejecución por estabilidad de "multiple ABI breaks and SONAME bumps upstream."

Esto no afecta a la versión 24.08 que sí puede recibir la versión actual de Cisco.

https://discourse.flathub.org/t/upcoming-freedesktop-23-08-runtime-release-will-drop-openh264-extension/9022

Community repo support is here! 🎯 #Myrlyn now lets you add Packman, #openh264, libdvdcss & #NVIDIA with ease! Manage your repos like a pro! 💚 #Linux #openSUSE https://news.opensuse.org/2025/02/10/myrlyn-now-handles-community-repos/

Und gleich mal im #Firefox :firefox: deaktiviert ...

#OpenH264-Sicherheitslücke: Schadcode über Videos im Browser | Security https://www.heise.de/news/OpenH264-Sicherheitsluecke-in-Ciscos-Video-Codec-gefaehrdet-Firefox-10291399.html #Cisco

Security Vulnerability in OpenH264 video codec

#OpenH264 #videoCodec #ZeroDay #Firefox #ITSupport #Security

Security Vulnerability in OpenH264 video codec #OpenH264 #videoCodec #ZeroDay #Firefox #ITSupport #Security

Security Vulnerability in OpenH264 video codec #OpenH264 #videoCodec #ZeroDay #Firefox #ITSupport #Security

People saying #remote #desktop over #RDP is slow have no idea how far we’ve come. Here’s the latest xrdp and xorgxrdp-glamor in #fedora testing, doing #OpenH264 encoding over Wi-Fi:

Just rebooted and I’m up and running with Fedora Silverblue 40.

(Just tried reinstalling mozilla-openh264 – so videos work in Firefox – but it failed with the same error. Not a big deal, I’m using @Vivaldi as my main browser these days anyway and I guess the Fedora folks will fix this in time.)

More importantly, I wonder if the screen reader has been fixed yet. (Yes, Fedora ships with a broken screen reader.)

#Fedora #fedora40 #Silverblue #upgrade #mozilla #OpenH264 #rpmOstree #error #a11y

Note that I just encountered the following issue:

https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/536

Which I worked around by removing mozilla-openh264 before running the rebase again, at which point it succeeded:

rpm-ostree remove mozilla-openh264

#Fedora #fedora40 #Silverblue #upgrade #mozilla #OpenH264 #rpmOstree #error

Does Openh264 just suck or am I doing something wrong?
First video is source, second is OBS encoded (x264), third is OME encoded with Open264, 12000Kbps.

#h264 #transcoding #codec #openh264

@Linux_Is_Best yeah, I refuse #DRM and go out of my way to yeet the #OpenH264 #codec from #Firefox because the only way to stop #Enshittification is to not be part of it and openly fight against it!

Včera úspěšně otestován "junkyard stream/record PC". #OBS v30 nativně odmítá #NVENC API <12, a moje GeForce GT720 podporuje NVENC API 11.4. Naštěstí vše zachránil #gstreamer addon, který se se starší API smířil a použil ji bez keců 👌
Mimo stream jsem zkusil i #openh264 , ale ten vypadá násobně hůř při stejném datovém toku 🤷‍♂️

#openSUSE is excited to give users a better out-of-the-box experience. A big thank you to #Cisco's open-source team. #openh264 https://news.opensuse.org/2023/01/24/opensuse-simplifies-codec-install/

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