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GStreamer 1.26.5 multimedia framework is out now with key bug fixes, improved WebRTC support, and Vulkan tweaks.

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After spending nearly a week with this distro, our Larry Cafiero tells us that RefreshOS “would be flawless if it wasn’t for the long boot time.”

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Bottles secures NLnet Commons Fund grant, ensuring continued development of Bottles Next to improve running Windows software on Linux.

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Nextcloud’s Digital Sovereignty Index ranks countries by self-hosted tech use, with Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands leading the way in digital independence.

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Plague is a malicious program (a “backdoor”) specifically designed for Linux systems. Its main purpose is to allow attackers to secretly bypass system authentication.

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In this guide, we’ll explain what userspace reboot is, its benefits, how it works, and how to perform a userspace reboot in Linux.

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Learn how to use the timeout command in Bash scripts to prevent infinite loops when waiting for a service to come online.

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Understanding the ‘nobody’ user in Linux and Unix systems is essential for anyone managing services and processes. On these systems, processes typically run under specific users for better isolation and security. When a service doesn’t have a dedicated user, it may fall back to the ‘nobody’ user, which is a generic, non-privileged account. For related configuration topics, you may want to check out how to change a user’s default shell, share aliases and functions between Bash and Zsh, or set environment paths for csh/tcsh.

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Proton Authenticator is an open source, privacy-focused Authenticator app that lets you securely sync and manage 2FA codes across all your devices—without ads, tracking, or lock-in.

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Bottles, the go-to app for running Windows software on Linux, just landed surprise funding — right as things looked dire.

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Mesa 25.2, an open-source OpenGL/Vulkan graphics API implementation, is out with Vulkan 1.4, new panvk features, and bug fixes for games like Ghost of Tsushima and DOTA 2.

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AlmaLinux 9 and 10 users can now easily install open-source NVIDIA drivers and CUDA tools with full Secure Boot compatibility using native packages.

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Coming three weeks after KDE Plasma 6.4.3, the KDE Plasma 6.4.4 release changes the behavior of notifications marked as “low priority” or that have been manually configured to show up in the history to selectively ignore that behavior and show up in the history when they arrive if Do Not Disturb mode is enabled.

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Flameshot 13.0 screenshot tool is here after a 3-year silence, now ported to Qt6, with major bug fixes, new features, and breaking changes.

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Darktable 5.2.1, an open-source raw photo editing tool, is out with bug fixes, improved multi-monitor support, and better raw file handling.

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TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen10 is powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors, either the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 with 8 cores, 16 threads, and AMD Radeon 860M graphics, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 with 10 cores, 20 threads, and AMD Radeon 880M graphics, or the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 cores, 24 threads, and AMD Radeon 890M graphics.

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Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.0 is out now, featuring Debian 13, LVM snapshot support, SDN Fabrics, and a revamped mobile UI.

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KDE Plasma 6.4.4 fixes crashes in KWin, improves System Monitor behavior, and refines Flatpak handling in Discover.

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openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC is out with Xfce on Wayland, powered by a new Agama installer, SELinux defaults, and a revamped Zypper experience.

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Using Gemini, you can explore an online collection of written documents which can link to other written documents. The main difference is that Gemini approaches this task with a strong philosophy of “keep it simple” and “less is enough”

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