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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Out-of-date OpenH264 causing security concerns on Fedora due to a high severity CVE: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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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Linux kernel 6.15 released with Rust support for hrtimer and ARMv7, a new setcpuid= boot parameter for x86 CPUs, support for sched_ext to count and report internal events, x86 Intel and AMD PMU enhancements, nested virtualization support for VGICv3 on ARM, support for emulating FEAT_PMUv3 on Apple Silicon, new API to receive information about mount and unmount events of filesystems, support for hardware-wrapped encryption keys in the block layer, support for 48-bit block addressing in the EROFS file system, etc:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-15-officially-released-this-is-whats-new

Linux-libre kernel 6.15 released with Nova Core GPU, Qualcomm iris v4l2, Airoha NPU, Tehuti Networks TN40xx 10G Ethernet, Realtek 8814A Wi-Fi, Apple Silicon SoC touchscreen, Renesas UFS hooks, Spider 1Gb Ethernet,aw88166 audio drivers removed:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-6-15-kernel-is-out-for-those-who-seek-100-freedom-for-their-pcs

Archinstall 3.0.7 released with option to configure Btrfs snapshot type (Snapper or Timeshift), disk encryption configuration moved into the disk config menu, various bug fixes and improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-3-0-7-arch-linux-menu-based-installer-adds-support-for-btrfs-snapshots

Alpine Linux 3.22 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXQt 2.2, gummiboot (systemd-boot) replaced with systemd-efistub, updated packages:
https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-22-released-with-gnome-48-kde-plasma-6-3-and-lxqt-2-2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS reached EOL on May 31, upgrade to newer version is recommended, or Ubuntu Pro subscription to get patches until 2030:
https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-04-eol/
(Canonical doin the Microsoft thing: charging to keep getting patches)

Canonical to release monthly Ubuntu snapshots:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Monthly-Ubuntu-Snapshots

NVIDIA driver 575 released with NVIDIA Smooth Motion support, support for GLX front buffer rendering on Xwayland, support for the __NV_DISABLE_EXPLICIT_SYNC environment variable to also apply to GLX and Vulkan apps etc:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-575-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-support-for-nvidia-smooth-motion

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Honestly, one of gnome's biggest mistakes is having a black bar at the top of the interface. It doesn't look good and feels totally out of place with adwaita theming. I use extenstions to change it to the same colour as the system settings pop up and it looks so much better.

#gnome #adwaita #linux #linuxdesktop

KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta: Zweite Testversion bringt wichtige Fehlerkorrekturen https://fosstopia.de/kde-plasma-6-4-beta-2/ #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma6.4 #LinuxDesktop

Experimenting with a new look for KDE Plasma. Taking a break from dark mode for a bit. Background is the Bing picture of the day.
#kde #kdePlasma #linuxDesktop

@eugenialoli same with photo #raw processing, non of the #foss apps use the color profiles of the cameras, no 16bit raw and many other issues. I gave up retouch due to the still bad gimp ux and the bad implementation of non destructive editing.

The sad reality is the #linuxdesktop is not ready for professional #mediaproduction and this is such a bad thing in times like this.

#davinciresolve also barely runs on everything except nvidia on #linux and still has no #flatpak

Even blender is a pain with amd #rocm

@cryptgoat @Datenpunks @acmelabs Haha, super! Ich hatte bei meiner letzten #LinuxDesktop Installation Party definitiv zu wenige USB-Sticks.

Die Sticks vorab mit #ventoy vorzubereiten, hätte mir mein Leben ebenfalls sehr erleichtert. Bin schon sehr gespannt, wie es bei euch gelaufen ist. Halt uns doch bitte am Laufenden.

Und vielleicht kannst du die Teilnehmer:innen bitten ihre erfolgreich auf #Linux umgerüstete Computer mit #endof10 zu taggen und zu posten.

@anagnostes @Cheatha can we get a modern reboot of the "Designed for Linux - Windows Vista incapable" stickers?

• Ideally with hardware purposefully designed to not be able to run #Windows11?

Cuz I think it's high time we stop peddling to a shitty #Govware!

#Linux #LinuxDesktop #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #YearOfLinuxGaming #ITsec #InfoSec #OpSec #ComSec #Privacy #DataProtection #Tech

On topic with my last post about #Linux and the work #valve has done to the #linuxdesktop #linuxgaming , this video by #SomeOrdinaryGamers talks about advantages of linux over windows when it comes to gaming and battery life. I do really hope linux becomes a bigger competitor, its already getting a push thanks to #steamOS and #gaminghandheld maybe some other company could push it on the desktop to main stream storefront and advertise it there. There needs to be a strategy and some OS to be friendly and mainstream friendly enough for the masses to be able to push this ecosystem more. Defaults are important, not everyone even knows what an #operatingsystem is, and thus not care about it. If its an accessible default, rather than a option you would have to go out of your way to install, could really increase its marketshare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUbb5s4jpP8

This Week in KDE Apps - KDE Blogs

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/25/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#KDE #KDEGear #KDEapps #kdeapplications #Plasma #linuxdesktop

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Debian 13 is now in hard freeze, MIPS (MIPS64EL) architecture support dropped, RISC-V is promoted as a release architecture:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-Hard-Freeze

Debian installer Trixie RC1 adds rescue support on Btrfs, Linux kernel 6.12, spice-vdagent is installed automatically on QEMU/KVM, Ext2 file system on PPC64EL architecture instead of Ext4, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Installer-Trixie-RC1

APT package manager 3.1 released with why/why-not commands, new solver default on Ubuntu, include/exclude options, HTTPS support for dselect, etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-3.1-Released

KDE Plasma 6.4 will include time-of-day wallpapers, adaptive-sync disabled by default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-TOD-Wallpapers

NixOS 25.05 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and 6.14, GNOME 48, initial COSMIC support, new `nixos-rebuild build-image` sub-command, nixos-rebuild-ng, rewritten nixos-option etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-05-released-with-linux-6-12-lts-and-6-14-kernels-gnome-48-and-more

Ubuntu 25.10 switches Chrony for Network Time Protocol (NTP) for better security:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Chrony

GNOME 50 dropping X11 support causes complications for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact

Tails 6.15.1 released with fixes for critical Tor browser vulnerabilities:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/tails-6-15-1-emergency-update-fixes-critical-tor-browser-vulnerabilities/

Wine 10.8 released with TIFF support, progress on PDB backend, boosted performance:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/wine-10-8-released-boosted-performance-tiff-support-pdb-backend-progress/

New Linux phone upcoming by the Divine D. project:
https://liliputing.com/divine-d-project-is-developing-a-linux-phone-with-a-rk3588s-processor/
(Hopefully it will be a relatively cheap phone to replace the aging PinePhone)

Phosh 0.47.0 released with status page for feedback quick settings, mobile data quick settings disabled when SIM is locked, bug fixes:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.47.0/

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Rust Coreutils “uutils” v0.1 released!

The developers behind the Rust coreutils, called uutils, has reached a major milestone with the release of v0.1.0. This comes after the last release, which was v0.0.30. This version is now on GitHub, which you can check out below.

This version of uutils contains many interesting changes done to the system utilities, including cp, ls, and others. The SELinux support has been added to cp, ls, mkdir, mknod, mkfifo, install, and stat for systems that are security oriented. This makes sure that systems with this coreutils implementation can now enjoy better security with SELinux enabled, especially when SELinux is enforcing.

In addition to that, the speed has been improved to match and possibly exceed the legacy GNU coreutils performance. You can now notice the improved speed in commands like cat, ls, wc, tail, seq, and more.

Thanks to many commits and contributions done to the Rust coreutils project, it has witnessed many changes done to various commands, such as date allowing negative date offsets, echo allowing double hyphens, and print fixing octal escape parsing.

In addition to that, the test suite compatibility has seen increasing number of successes. While 0.0.30 has 507 passes; 41 skips; and 69 fails, version 0.1.0 has 522 passes; 31 skips; and 65 passes.

As a result, as future versions get released, compatibility with the older GNU coreutils increases. This is evidenced by the increasing number of succeeding unit tests for the Rust coreutils project, especially when it comes to SELinux-related tests.

You can consult the official website of Rust coreutils below.

What about Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is planning to ship uutils to replace the older GNU coreutils as part of the broader plan, called “Oxidizing Ubuntu.” Ubuntu 25.10 will be the first version of Ubuntu that will use this coreutils implementation to ensure that your Ubuntu system becomes both more secure and quicker; furthermore, your productivity will increase as the improved performance becomes prevalent in this release.

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will use the Rust coreutils during the development cycle, along with the Rust implementation of sudo called rs-sudo. In later development milestones, Ubuntu will use the findutils and the diffutils projects from the master uutils project.

You will be able to download the stable release of this Ubuntu version on October 9th, 2025.

#2510 #Coreutils #Linux #LinuxDesktop #news #Questing #QuestingQuokka #Quokka #Rust #RustCoreutils #Tech #Technology #Ubuntu #Ubuntu2510 #Ubuntu2510Questing #Ubuntu2510QuestingQuokka #Ubuntu2510Quokka #update #uutils

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will have four snapshots!

Recently, the release schedule of the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release has been updated to feature a very interesting change to how the alpha and beta tests are done. However, the Beta and the RC releases are still planned to be made on September 18th and October 2nd, respectively. This version of Ubuntu will have four snapshots:

• May 29th: Questing Quokka Snapshot 1
• June 26th: Questing Quokka Snapshot 2
• July 31st: Questing Quokka Snapshot 3
• August 28th: Questing Quokka Snapshot 4

It’s currently unclear as to what those snapshots refer to, but they are likely to be the internal development checkpoints that are done from early development to the feature freeze month. Those snapshots are done prior to the beta release expected September 18th.

In September, however, there is no snapshot, because the Beta release would have been done already. The development will have reached the final stages by the time we get ready for the upcoming Ubuntu LTS version that will be released on April 2026.

Get ready for Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka!

Photo by Zen Chung

#2510 #Linux #LinuxDesktop #news #Questing #QuestingQuokka #Quokka #Tech #Technology #Ubuntu #Ubuntu2510 #Ubuntu2510Questing #Ubuntu2510QuestingQuokka #Ubuntu2510Quokka #update

KDE Plasma 6.4 lets you use day/night wallpapers!

The upcoming version of KDE Plasma, which will be released in three weeks, brings a very immersive feature that allows you to use a compatible wallpaper as a time-of-day wallpaper.

This feature allows your desktop to automatically change the wallpaper to the following versions:

• Light version of the wallpaper is used in the daytime, beginning from the sunrise to the sunset.
• Dark version of the wallpaper is used in the nighttime, beginning from the sunset to the sunrise.

You can use your device’s current location for more accurate timing. This increases comfort when you’re using the desktop in both the daytime and in the nighttime.

In order to implement this feature, the settings application had to be changed so that it more clearly indicates that a wallpaper is dynamic. Also, supported wallpapers will show you a two-sided preview presenting you about how the two versions of the same wallpaper will look in both the daytime and in the nighttime.

Ubuntu 24.10 will feature this upcoming version of KDE Plasma.

#KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEPlasma64 #Linux #LinuxDesktop #news #Tech #Technology #update

KDE Plasma 6.4 features the time-of-day wallpapers!

#KDE #KDEPlasma #Linux #LinuxDesktop #TechNews #TechUpdates #Computers #Laptops

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/kde-plasma-6-4-lets-you-use-day-night-wallpapers/

I hope #Valve will improve #SteamOS to run on non-#AMD machines and literally "#steamroll" #Windows11 for good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwBoK078bk

#Steam #Linux #LinuxGaming #YearOfLinuxDesktop #YearOfLinuxGaming #LinuxDesktop

GNOME Help and Docs needs your help!

#GNOME #Linux #LinuxDesktop #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/the-current-state-of-gnome-help-and-docs/

Ubuntu 25.10 bringt frischen Kernel und verbessert die Sicherheit https://fosstopia.de/ubuntu-25-10-kernel-617/ #Chrony #Kernel6.17 #LinuxDesktop #Ubuntu25.10 #Ubuntu25.10QuestingQuokka #UbuntuSTS

@MichlFranken
Es ist eine Meinung.

In meinem Umfeld verteile ich ausschließlich KDE, weil es zufriedenstellend läuft, im mind nicht schlechter als Windows vorher.
Keine Rückläufer.

Es ist aber auch kein Konflikt, sondern eher die Linuxbereicherung, zwischen mehreren Formaten zu wählen. Könnten sogar mehr sein.

So wie bei den Linux"flavours" ist es dann ein Desktop"flavour". Die große Freude ist, dass es was zum Vergleichen gibt und nicht Mondlandschaft wie bei Windows oder Mac.

#ExitCodeZero #ExitCodeZeroFrageGelöst #Gnome #KDE #LinuxDesktop