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After Recent Kernel Drama, Rust for Linux Policy Put in Place

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
The recent Linux kernel drama over Rust code has resulted in the creation of a Rust kernel policy.
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FLAC 1.5 Debuts with Long-Awaited Multithreaded Encoding

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
FLAC 1.5 free lossless audio codec introduces a multithreaded encoder, improved decoding for chained Ogg FLAC files, and a bunch of fixes.
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Moving KDE’s styling into the future

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
One of the major issues with KDE’s styling system is the fact that over the year, it has accumulated four ways of styling applications – which makes themeing and changing aspects of the default theme far more cumbersome than it should be.
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GIMP RC3 is out with New Filter API & Official AppImage Support

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
GIMP image editor announced the third release candidate for the next major 3.0 series yesterday, with dozens of bug-fixes, requests, and translation updates.
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KDE Plasma 6.3 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
Today, the KDE Project announced the release and general availability of the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series as a major update with new features and improvements.
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Firefox ForkServer Getting Ready To Enhance Linux Browser Performance

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
Firefox has been shipping their nightly Linux builds the past three months with ForkServer enabled to improve the multi-process browser experience. The results are looking good and Firefox official releases for Linux should soon begin shipping with ForkServer too for this performance win.
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Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions to muscle in on NoSQL

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
But will it set a real standard for MongoDB alternatives? Analysis When Microsoft rolled out an open source extension stack for PostgreSQL to handle document-style data, it wasn't just taking aim at MongoDB – the dominant NoSQL player – but also blurring the lines between relational and non-relational databases, according to one expert.
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Axiomtek Introduces ROBOX300 Fanless Robotics Controller for Industrial AMRs with ROS/ROS 2 Support

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
Axiomtek has introduced the ROBOX300, a compact and energy-efficient robotics controller designed for Autonomous Mobile Robots. Powered by the Intel Core i5-1145G7E processor with a 15W TDP, it supports a 9 to 60 VDC input range and features a rugged, fanless design for industrial use.
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KDE Plasma 6.3 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is here, with fresh Kickoff menu icons, a streamlined Edit Mode toolbar, improved Do Not Disturb mode, and many bug fixes.
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Why Knowing Who (or What) Is Behind an Open Source Solution Is Critical

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
Here's why community- or foundation-supported projects will become the standard for OSS initiatives.
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KDE Plasma 6.3 Released with Improved Fractional Scaling, Enhanced Flatpak Support and More!

Linux News - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 22:20
KDE Plasma 6.3 released with improved fractional scaling, better hardware monitoring, enhanced Flatpak support and more.
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Popular game launcher Playnite will get Linux support but it's still a while away

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
Playnite is a very popular free and open source video game library manager, one used a lot on Windows and a developer has confirmed they will be working on Linux support.
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EndeavourOS Mercury Brings Fixes, Dark Themes, and Improved Installer

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
EndeavourOS Mercury landed with Linux kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.2.5, Xfce 4.20, dark themes by default, and better installer functionality.
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Netrunner 25 Shockworm is a gorgeous KDE Plasma Linux distro and a great Windows 11 alternative

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
The creators of Netrunner have just released a new iteration of their Debian-based Linux distribution, Netrunner 25 "Shockworm." This update offers enhanced security patches, a fresh desktop background, and an interface that's smoother than ever.
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New Proposal To Raise The Linux Kernels Default Timer Frequency To 1000Hz

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
A patch sent out on Sunday by Google engineer Qais Yousef is proposing to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz.
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What is an SPF Record?

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
SPF or Sender Policy Framework is a DNS record that indicates mail exchanges in which hosts are authorized to send mail for a domain. An SPF record is a type of TXT(text), and its purpose includes essential notices regarding the domain.
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Oasis: a small, statically-linked Linux system

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
You might think the world of Linux distributions is a rather boring, settled affair, but there’s actually a ton of interesting experimentation going on in the Linux world.
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Bash Script to Convert to Uppercase

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
In the world of programming and scripting, text manipulation is a fundamental task. A common requirement is to convert a given string or sentence to uppercase. This article will guide you through creating a simple Bash script that accepts inputs via the command line interface (CLI) and transforms them into uppercase letters.
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Classic Diablo game engine DevilutionX improves gamepad support, gets lots of bug fixes

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
DevilutionX remains the best way to play the original Diablo on modern systems including Linux (and Steam Deck), macOS and Windows. A new update to this community-made project should also make it feel even better.
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Immich 1.126 Brings Improved Search, UI Enhancements

Linux News - Tue, 02/11/2025 - 22:20
Immich 1.126, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, enhances search, revamps Places UI, lets you favorite people, and more.
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