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Ghostty Terminal Rewrites its GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues
Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability. You're reading Ghostty Terminal Rewrites its GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues, a blog post from OM...
2025-08-15 02:09
VirtualBox 7.2 Release Brings Big UI Change, Better ARM Support
VirtualBox 7.2.0 brings hardware-accelerated video decoding for Linux hosts, a rejigged interface, and support for running Windows on ARM. You're reading VirtualBox 7.2 Release Brings Big UI Change, Better ARM Support, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do ...
2025-08-14 21:02
Canonical launches general availability of Ubuntu for Qualcomm Dragonwing Platforms
This release brings certified Ubuntu to Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors, accelerating time to market for ODMs/OEMs
2025-08-14 19:28
TrueNAS 25.10 Begins Testing With Faster Performance, 400GbE Networking
The folks at iXsystems announced this afternoon that nightly builds of TrueNAS 25.10 are now available for testing of this Linux-based network attached storage (NAS) operating system. With TrueNAS 25.10 there are more performance improvements, improved...
2025-08-14 19:13
Valkey 9.0-rc1 Taps AVX-512 For String-To-Integer Conversion For ~19% Gain
The open-source Valkey key-value database that is forked from Redis is preparing for the big Valkey 9.0 feature release. Valkey 9.0-rc1 was issued today and comes with some exciting performance optimizations and other enhancements for this in-memory KV...
2025-08-14 16:46
VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17
VirtualBox 7.2 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 6.17 and 6.16. Here's what else is new! The post VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17 appea...
2025-08-14 16:34
Ubuntu 25.10 Continues Preparing For RISC-V RVA23 Baseline Requirement
Canonical is pursuing a rather ambitious baseline of Ubuntu 25.10 RISC-V too require the RVA23 profile that will leave most existing RISC-V developer boards to using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 25.04. They continue to pursue this RISC-V baseline and wit...
2025-08-14 15:21
Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Works with your Typos
I am what I like to call an “inattentive typist”. Anything I enter with a keyboard, be it a blog post, chat reply, or search term is hammered out at thunderous pace – slower than the speed of my thoughts, but as garbled once externalised! Thing i...
2025-08-14 15:17
A New Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell
I am what I choose to call an ‘inattentive typist’, and when trying to launch apps in GNOME Shell, my spelling errors slow me down. GNOME Shell is a “stickler for specificity”. You must type what you’re looking for in the overview search box ...
2025-08-14 15:17
Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell search asks for perfect spelling, but fuzzy search extensions let you find apps even with typos – and a new one has just appeared to help. You're reading Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do...
2025-08-14 15:17
SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”
SparkyLinux 8.0 is now available for download as one of the first stable distributions based on the Debian 13 "Trixies" operating system series. Here's what's new! The post SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 “Trixi...
2025-08-14 13:15
VirtualBox 7.2 Released With Windows 11 ARM Support, Linux 6.16 Compatibility
Oracle today released VirtualBox 7.2 as the newest version of this cross-platform virtualization solution...
2025-08-14 12:50
KDE Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements
KDE Gear 25.08 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here's what's new! The post KDE Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements appeared first on 9to5Linux ...
2025-08-14 10:26
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX Performance With TRX50 + Quad Channel DDR5
The newly-launched AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series headlined by the 64-core Threadripper 9980X and 32-core Threadripper 9970X offer incredible performance and a wonderful addition to the Zen 5 family for the HEDT space. But there is also the Threadr...
2025-08-14 09:00
Intel's Habana Labs / Gaudi Accelerator Driver Maintainer Is Leaving The Company
One of the latest departures from Intel amid their ongoing restructuring is the official maintainer of the "habanalabs" accelerator Linux kernel driver that provides support for their range of Gaudi AI accelerator products...
2025-08-14 08:20
KDE Gear 25.08 Released With Improvements For Many KDE Apps
KDE Gear 25.08 is out this morning as the newest feature release to this collection of KDE applications...
2025-08-14 06:51
AMDXDNA Improvements & New Rockchip NPU Accelerator Driver For Linux 6.18
Sent out today was the first DRM-Misc-Next pull request to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window opening around early October. There are a number of smaller DRM graphics driver improvements ready as well as continued work around the...
2025-08-14 06:36
LibreOffice 26.2 To Better Handle Documents With Restricted Embedded Fonts
Next year's LibreOffice 26.2 open-source office suite is set to better handle documents with restricted embedded fonts. This is for dealing with situations where fonts may have restricted licensing rights and where up to now LibreOffice Writer simply h...
2025-08-14 06:22
BeOS-Inspired Haiku Has Been Tackling File-System Issues, Better Wacom Tablet Support
Tbe BeOS-inspired Haiku operating system has continued in advancing this open-source platform with more fixes and other enhancements. The project published its July recap to outline the interesting changes made...
2025-08-14 06:13
Linux 6.18 With Nouveau Driver Will Default To Using GSP Firmware
A change queued in drm-misc-next for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.18 kernel cycle later this year is promoting the Nouveau driver for open-source NVIDIA GPU support to be using the GSP firmware by default. This reflects the reality that using the NVID...
2025-08-14 05:58