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Linuxnext

If you have had enough of Microsoft like I have then you may be looking for an alternative, for users who are being left behind with windows 10 unless they buy a whole new computer for winblows 11 then Linux is a great alternative to save money as it's free, saves carbon emissions and best of all it respects your privacy endof10.org/

You can continue to enjoy your computer for many more years to come without Microsoft!

#linux#endof10#linuxdesktop
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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

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Initramfs vulnerability lets attackers with physical access compromise encrypted systems by entering incorrect password several times and accessing the debug shell on Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 systems:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu

Linux kernel 6.15.6 and 6.12.37 LTS deliver TSA (Transient Scheduler Attacks) mitigations:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15.6

Wayback is now hosted on FreeDesktop.org:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-Free

System76 Adder WS laptop available with Intel Core Ultra i9 and NVIDIA 50 series:
9to5linux.com/system76s-adder-

(FOSS news in comments)

OMG! Ubuntu · New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject MalwareA newly found security flaw in Ubuntu could allow attackers with physical access to bypass full disk encryption. Learn how the attack works.
#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

openSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support:
phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Dec
(I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)

KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6

Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-ora

Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V:
9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-

Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu

Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot:
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-In

Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.:
9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-

Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations:
news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-

Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.:
phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

www.phoronix.comopenSUSE Is Deciding Whether To End 32-bit ARM Support
#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

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NVIDIA 580 Linux driver will be the last to support Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs, X11 versions older than v1.17 will also be deprecated:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580-L

Bash 5.3 released with a new form of command substitution that executes the command within the current shell execution context, GLOBSORT variable can be used to determine how the shell will sort results of pathname completion, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-Bash-5.3

DXVK 2.7 released with Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 based games and applications running atop the Vulkan API, other changes:
phoronix.com/news/DXVK-2.7-Rel

Alpine Linux developer Ariadne Conill announced Wayback, a new X11 compatibility layer on Wayland, utilizing a rootful XWayland server:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-X11-

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 laptop available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processors:
9to5linux.com/tuxedo-stellaris

Linux reaches 5% desktop marketshare in the US:
ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-

(FOSS news in comments)

www.phoronix.comNVIDIA Confirms 580 Linux Driver Is The Last For Maxwell / Pascal / Volta
#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Fedora made proposal to drop UEFI boot support of x86-64 systems running on MBR-partitioned disks:
news.itsfoss.com/fedora-uefi-m

SUSE's Agama installer switches from X.Org to Wayland for installation GUI:
phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Agama-1

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed monthly update brings KDE Plasma 6.4, other package updates, security patches:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Arch ISO with Linux kernel 6.15 and Archinstall 3.0.8 is available:
9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux

Ubuntu 25.10 will raise RISC-V profile requirements:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu

Critical Sudo vulnerabilities found, exploited using --chroot (-R) and --host (-h) options:
ostechnix.com/sudo-vulnerabili

GNOME 49 will default to the Papers document viewer:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Papers

GNOME 49 Alpha 1 released with showing the workspace switcher on-screen display across all monitors, do-not-disturb quick setting, dedicated accessibility menu on the login screen, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-

KDE improves KClock by adding picture-in-picture support on Wayland:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Clock-Wa

KDE Plasma 6.4.2 released with various bug fixes and improvements:
9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-2

KDE Gear 25.04.3 released as the last update in the KDE Gear 25.04 series, with fixes for Dolphin, KClock, Gwenview, Itinerary etc.:
9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-04-3

Debian installer Trixie RC2 released with improved installation media handling, better Secure Boot support, Btrfs system rescue, improved bootloader reliability, etc.:
ostechnix.com/debian-installer

Debian aiming to attract more contributors, looks for OpenAI fund for the AI usage of contributors:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-More-

New Gentoo images available with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.3:
phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Linux

AerynOS tooling is rewritten in Rust instead of D (not C lol):
phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-Mid-

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It's FOSS News · Another Radical Move as Fedora Now Wants to Drop UEFI Boot Support on MBRUEFI boot support for MBR could be removed in Fedora 43.
#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
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Billal Dellal

Thinking of switching to Linux...
I've read that it's more flexible in terms of "modifying" open source softwares (mainly photography) to have my own versions and simply has more freedom. Since I discovered these softwares I never looked back but I'm a Windows user my whole life.
What's a beginner friendly version of Linux you advise me to give it a go ?
#linux #linuxdesktop #linuxhelp #opensource

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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Fedora proposal was made to discontinue 32-bit support in a two-step process, starting from 44, but it was withdrawn:
ostechnix.com/fedora-32-bit-i6

Fedora dropping 32-bit support would put Bazzite's future development at risk, due to breakages of essential Steam features:
news.itsfoss.com/fedora-could-

Fedora proposal was made to replace upstream X.Org server with XLibre, but the proposal was withdrawn:
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-XL
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-XLibr

Hyprland plans to launch €5/month premium tier:
news.itsfoss.com/hyprland-prem

Kubuntu 25.10 won't include Xorg session by default:
news.itsfoss.com/kubuntu-25-10

Qt 6.10 will offer session-management-v1 protocol support for Wayland session restore/management, Plasma 6.5 will include clipboard sync support for the built-in RDP server, ability to copy QR code for clipboard items, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Session-

KDE Plasma 6.4.1 released with an effect potentially triggering seizure disabled, text contrast and readability improvements, Discover improvements, bug fixes:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/kde-pl

KDE Plasma to get improved initial setup tool:
news.itsfoss.com/kde-new-initi

postmarketOS 25.06 released with Alpine Linux 3.22 base, GNOME Mobile 48, Plasma Mobile 6.3.5, Phosh 0.47.0, and Sxmo 1.17.1, support for more devices, Systemd support, mobile-config-thunderbird:
9to5linux.com/postmarketos-25-

PipeWire 1.4.6 released with option to disable RAOP, improved ALSA plugin, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-6-a

Wine 10.11 released with preparations for NTSYNC support to improve gaming performance, more support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL, bug fixes for several games:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.11-R

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#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
Aaron In Minnesota

Recently moved an old laptop from Pop_OS to Fedora 42, and it is a surprising difference. Battery life especially, but lots of other little QoL type things. Pop_OS wasn't really a a problem, per se, and I am certainly looking forward to when their new Cosmic DE is ready for prime time! But, the latest Fedora and Gnome are really well done - the level of "just works" is seriously impressive.

#linuxdesktop
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Testing out #Tuba as a #Fediverse client on #LinuxMint.

So far so good.

It used #OAuth to authenticate to #Sharkey. That's a plus.

It correctly sees that my posts have a 5000 character limit. That's nice.

But it's missing certain things like #Markdown/ #Misskey-Markdown preview (oh, and it can't handle #tags with a hyphen in them I see).

And I can't seem to figure out how to get it to automatically expand any CWs and show me sensitive media. Ok, this sucks. I'm an adult and very little offends me. Treat me like an adult, will you?

Any way...

Not bad.

So why even look at Tuba in the first place?

Because #Chromium is causing my #LinuxDesktop to freeze and stutter, and I've traced it back to Chromium. Uninstalled Chromium, everything is fine. Reinstalled Chromium, no bueno.

And it's not like I have that many extensions installed! Bitwarden, Linkwarden, Floccus, DarkReader, and DuckDuckGo. That's it!

Anyways...

1033 characters for this post. Not bad. The fact Mastodon has a 500 character default is stupid.

#misskeymarkdown
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