Does anyone know if it's possible to blacklist the #nvidia driver for a specific app on #flatpak? On that point the Nvidia driver is just a runtime extension right? It extends the #freedesktop runtime and by extension (teehee) also extends the #GNOME runtime? GNOME Web keeps waking the Nvidia GPU up on my laptop, I can't think of any situation where I'd want the GPU to even be seen by apps like this so I'm hoping I can just unload the driver for the apps I don't want it on.
#freedesktop
“D-Bus Is A Disgrace To The Linux Desktop”, Rafał ‘Vaxry’ Kucharski (https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2025-dbusSucks).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46278857
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/e62vku/d_bus_is_disgrace_linux_desktop
#Linux #FreeDesktop #DBus #Hyprtavern #GNOME #Programming #CPlusPlus
Pro Tip™ from @pwithnall for #FreeDesktop app developers: if you want your application to be easily found in the GNOME Software app center store, you need to add "keyword" metadata fields to complement your app's name and tagline. The "description" metadata field is not used for searching!
Some examples:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/665
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/merge_requests/205
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/homebank/+bug/2132224
* https://github.com/flathub/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice/issues/355
Big props to the @kde Plasma team for going #Wayland only with the next major release (6.8): https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/
Together with @gnome removing X11 code from its core components in GNOME 50, it is clear that the majority of the #FreeDesktop will be moving forward with much greater sustainability when it comes to maintaining the multimedia & graphics-related middleware on #Linux and #FreeBSD.
Finally, after 21 years, #Firefox 147 on Linux will support part of the #FreeDesktop XDG basedir specification by storing config/data/etc. in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME folder (usually "~/.config/"), for fresh installations: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259356#c224
Unfortunately they have no plans to separate config from data and cache so it's all shoved into the same folder, and this only applies to clean installs (existing configs are kept in place and not automatically migrated), but eh… progress? 🤷
There really may be a God out there.
Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory
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GE-Proton 10-25 brings fixes for Nioh 2, WoW, Rockstar Launcher and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/ge-proton-10-25-brings-fixes-for-nioh-2-wow-rockstar-launcher-and-more/
Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-multiple-xbox-game-studios-titles-arc-raiders-and-various-other-games/
Flatpak 1.17.0 Released with Direct OCI Image Installation Support:
https://ostechnix.com/flatpak-1-17-0-oci-direct-install-sideloading/
NVIDIA 580.105.08 Linux Graphics Driver Released with a New Environment Variable:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-105-08-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-a-new-environment-variable
Linux Kernel 6.18 RC4 is Released: Linus Torvalds Calls it ‘Very Normal’:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-18-rc4-released/
Linux 6.19 To Support Microsoft's ACPI Fan Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-MS-ACPI-Fan-Ext
Fwupd 2.0.17 Released with Support for Lexar and Maxio NVMe SSDs:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-17-released-with-support-for-lexar-and-maxio-nvme-ssds
FreeDesktop.org Adopts The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeDesktop-Adopts-FHS
GTK Adds "Reduced Motion" Accessibility Option To Follow macOS, Windows & Others:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-Reduced-Motion
(FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #LinuxKernel #Proton #GEProton #Flatpak #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #Fwupd #FreeDesktop #GTK #LinuxGaming #FosseryTech
GNOME is finally dropping ancient X11 / Xorg code from the "Mutter" compositor & window manager: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/4505
All those 27,000+ lines of ancient C code across 183 files will finally be lost in time, like tears in the rain 😌
I'm looking forward to the benefits of a more maintainable codebase, QA, and bug tracker. In 2026, I think we'll need help to clean up hundreds of old X11-specific bug reports.
#lean #GNOME #sustainability #programming #Wayland #Linux #FreeDesktop
We adopted the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard at Freedesktop! It's now part of the regular set of specifications, and we can make edits, of course.
Right now, it is very historically interesting, but hopefully it will be practical in future too and receive some modernization!
You can read the current HTML spec of FHS 3.0 at:
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/
#freedesktop #linux #unix #linuxfoundation
I was thinking... What about a #wine runtime for #flatpak, but not based on #freedesktop and instead stripped down to the bare minimum, with its addons (mono, gecko, etc.) packaged as runtime extensions? We could even take advantage of runtime versionning for specific use-cases, like games that only works with v9.0.
Leaving the Freedesktop.org Community (vt.social)
Anyone who wants to give my freshly documented Merge Request for xdg-email a review?
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/153
Good Mrawrning Fedi :drgn_happy:
I have some Xfce4 integration for the xdg-utils to review, anyone want to take a look? :drgn_lurk_owo:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/158
Ah yes, the iconic 3D Yuri Wedding, where coding wizards abandon #Freedesktop.org for a more romantic affair with #Luna and the mysterious #Mastodon app. 🌕💻 Meanwhile, #JavaScript remains too shy to make an appearance, hiding in the corner like it's 1998. 🤦♂️
https://vt.social/@lina/115431232807081648 #3DWedding #HackerNews #ngated
Leaving the Freedesktop.org Community
https://vt.social/@lina/115431232807081648
#HackerNews #Leaving #the #Freedesktop.org #Community #Freedesktop #FreedesktopCommunity #OpenSource #CommunityTech #TechNews
Question for you security boffins
Is there an existing #XFCE desktop setup which supports a #Qubes OS like experience? I like the Qubes privacy desktop, but...it is totally wired to Fedora and systemd.
I like to run things very lean like an embedded system such #FreeBSD or #Arch without pulling in all the massive systemd and #FreeDesktop dependencies.
Thunderbird 144 arrives with Flatpak update and a flood of crucial fixes
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/10/thunderbird-144/
Today’s side quest involved allowing polkit policy files to be validated at build time using `xmllint`: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/pull/601
it's ben 16 years and CJK-font setup is still broken on linux :neocat_sad:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/issues/53
Found a really weird bug where toggling mute status on the current default microphone will randomly fail when I have multiple USB sound devices plugged into my #Linux desktop computer.
Presuming it's a #PipeWire bug rather than something higher in the #FreeDesktop stack, I have reported it here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/4925
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