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COSMIC Alpha 5 Brings Media Player App, User Account Editing + More
A big alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment is out, bringing new apps, more settings, and plenty of performance tuneups and pesky bug fixes. This is the 5th alpha preview of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. Further alphas are plan...
2025-01-09 23:54
COSMIC Desktop Alpha 5: New Media Player, User Options + More
A new alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment has arrived with a clutch of interactive improvements. This is the fifth alpha of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. More alphas will arrive each month until all the features planned to sh...
2025-01-09 23:54
System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5: What’s New?
A new alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment has arrived with a clutch of interactive improvements. This is the fifth alpha of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. More alphas will arrive each month until all the features planned to sh...
2025-01-09 23:54
Rust 1.84 introduces strict provenance APIs
Rust 1.84 has been released, bringing strict provenance APIs that can be used in lieu of integer-pointer casts, making the code both easier for developers to reason about and easier for the compiler to analyze, the Rust team said. Announced January 9,...
2025-01-09 23:30
Researchers build a bridge from C to Rust and memory safety
Memory errors such as out-of-bounds reads and writes and use-after-free bugs have plagued applications for decades, causing problems ranging from minor execution glitches to global security nightmares. The infamous WannaCry, Slammer, and Heartbleed ex...
2025-01-09 21:55
New Year Starts with Slowroll Version Bump
The openSUSE Slowroll community has welcomed the January version bump that was completed recently. Slowroll’s snapshots mark the beginning of fresh updates with the initial updates now accessible on mirrors globally. This month’s bump comes a day e...
2025-01-09 18:00
Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released
Flatpak 1.16 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download. This is a major release that brings several new features and improvements. The post Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officia...
2025-01-09 17:55
COSMIC Alpha 5 Desktop Brings COSMIC Media Player As Default, VRR Updates
Building off the COSMIC Alpha 4 release from early December, COSMIC Alpha 5 is now available as the newest stepping stone toward the first stable release of this Rust-based open-source desktop developed by System76 for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...
2025-01-09 17:05
Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers
Since Google announced the Chromium project in 2008, we have been excited to build on the great foundations of open-source web browsers and contribute to the continued development of a rich web platform. Today, Chromium is used by hundreds of differen...
2025-01-09 17:01
AMD Secure TSC Support Might Finally Be Ready For Landing In The Linux Kernel
Going back to January 2023 were patches for enabling Secure TSC support for use by SEV-SNP guests with AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" and newer processors... Two years later and after sixteen rounds of revising the Linux kernel patches, it looks like the AMD Se...
2025-01-09 16:42
Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for $120
Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The...
2025-01-09 15:52
Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for £115/$120
Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The...
2025-01-09 15:52
KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New
KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with many new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect in the final release! The post KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New a...
2025-01-09 15:21
VLC gets caught in “AI” hype, adds “AI” subtitles and translations
VLC media player, the popular open-source software developed by nonprofit VideoLAN, has topped 6 billion downloads worldwide and teased an AI-powered subtitle system. The new feature automatically generates real-time subtitles — which can then also b...
2025-01-09 15:06
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KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in KRunner
KDE Frameworks 6.10 open-source software suite is now available with support for convert between "rack units" and other units of length, as well as other improvements. The post KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in...
2025-01-09 14:30
Intel Compute Runtime 24.52.32224.5 Brings More Battlemage Optimizations
The Intel Compute Runtime 24.52.32224.5 release was made earlier today as the newest update to this open-source Linux and Windows compute stack for Intel graphics hardware for providing OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero implementations...
2025-01-09 13:39
Google & Linux Foundation Launch "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" Fund
Google and the Linux Foundation today announced the creation of the "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" fund to help provide funding to open-source developers working on Chromium-based open-source projects...
2025-01-09 12:23
KDE Gear 24.12.1 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Kate, NeoChat, and Other KDE Apps
KDE Gear 24.12.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications. The post KDE Gear 24.12.1 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Kate, NeoChat, and Other KDE ...
2025-01-09 12:21
Tails 6.11 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Critical Security Fixes
Tails 6.11 amnesic incognito live system distribution is now available for download with support for detecting partitioning errors and fixes for critical vulnerabilities. The post Tails 6.11 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Critical Security Fixes appe...
2025-01-09 11:21