HandBrake 1.9 open-source video transcoder brings Intel QSV VVC decoding, AV1 SCC support, ALAC encoding, and improved subtitles.

HandBrake 1.9 was released today as a major update to this open-source, cross-platform video transcoder application that brings new features and improvements.

As an alternative to the GNOME System Monitor application for system monitoring, Resources has been in development as a currently unofficial, GNOME-aligned resource/hardware monitoring application written in the Rust programming language. Resources v1.7 was released on Friday and now has the ability to monitor NPU usage and other enhancements.

One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. We pick the best Rust web backend frameworks.

NixOS 24.11 "Vicuna" has been released with over 8100 new packages, GNOME 47, Plasma 6.2, and Darwin SDK updates. Here's more on that!

Calibre 7.22 is out — and yes, I’m making extra special effort to not mangle the version number this release as I always seem to insert an extra period in the string whenever I cover the the app!

Armbian 24.11 introduces significant updates designed to improve system performance, expand hardware compatibility, and enhance usability for developers and SBC enthusiasts alike. This release focuses on streamlining workflows, refining tools, and providing new pre-configured images to simplify specific use cases.

Start as advised in https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles/wiki/installation on Arch Plasma 2.9.7 KVM Guest and after reboot be ready to fail login into Hyprland DE. Attempt to downgrade aquamarine and hyprland per https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles/wiki/Installation-in-a-KVM-virtual-machine#troubleshooting-for-hyprland-0452 to fix a bug in Hyprland, e.i. suggestion to perform downgrade sequentially didn't work for me . Only attempt to downgrade both packages at a time was successful.

In addition to the USB updates and big staging flush merged yesterday for the Linux 6.13 kernel merge window, the "char/misc" pull was also honored for that catch-all of various kernel changes. With the char/misc pull there are some notable additions for those wanting to write kernel drivers within the Rust programming language.

Pimoroni Picade Max USB Controller is a Raspberry Pi RP2040 board designed for arcade game consoles with support for two joysticks and up to 30 buttons through standard DuPont socket connectors and one Plasma button connector.

Linux Mint climbs to the number one spot on DistroWatch, unseating MX Linux after five years of dominance in the popular ranking.

The developers of the independent distro NixOS, whose set of packages can be used on other GNU/Linux distributions, released today NixOS 24.11, a major update that introduces support for recent technologies and other changes.

The SiRider S1, an industrial-grade single-board computer developed through a collaboration between Radxa, Siengine Technology, and Arm China, is now available for purchase. At its core is the Siengine SE1000-I System-on-Chip, a high-performance AIoT application processor built on 7nm technology.

It's not any shiny new web browser feature but Mozilla announced they are moving from .tar.bz2 packages for their Firefox Linux binaries over to using .tar.xz for a faster and lighter experience.

Armbian 24.11 is here with streamlined builds, improved Rockchip kernel, advanced userspace tools, and dedicated application images.

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How do you change your domain name the right way? We'll take you through it step-by-step in our latest easy-to-follow guide.

7-Zip 24.09 open-source file archiver enhances compression with larger default dictionaries, new hash checksums, improved APM/HFS support, and bug fixes.

Greg Kroah-Hartman is out today with all of the pull requests for Linux 6.13 of the areas of the kernel he oversees. Most notable with the updates on the staging side are clearing out several drivers seeing no real code activity and no apparent users of the mainline Linux kernel... As such the staging pull lightens the kernel by around 107k lines of code.

The Armbian team announced today the release and general availability of Armbian 24.11 as a major update aimed at enhancing functionality and expanding hardware support of this Debian and Ubuntu-based distribution for ARM devices.