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Flathub’s AI slop ban looks like it was the right call

When Flathub banned AI-coded app submissions last month, some critics warned the platform was denying the future by dismissing a new wave of “vibe-coded” software as out-and-out “slop”. Well, new data suggests otherwise, as near…

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New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel

Hiding out for nearly 15 years, the Ghostlock vulnerability allows a standard logged-in user to gain root privileges.

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Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It

A chronological look at how Linux’s creator went from “90% marketing” to telling AI critics to fork the kernel or walk away.

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15 O'Reilly Linux eBooks for Under $30: A Bundle That Goes From Command Line Basics to Kubernetes

Don’t miss! Pay tiny amount for a Git-to-Kubernetes Linux library of DRM-free eBooks, with part of the purchase going to Code for America.

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Linux Patches Keep 1980s–90s Macs Spinning Their Floppies

What began as one developer’s need to test a Floppy Emu device grew into a full set of SWIM driver fixes for aging Apple hardware.
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Shotcut 26.7 Added Option to Choose Which Physical GPU to Work With

Just three weeks after the last release, Shotcut video editor rolled out the new 26.7.16 version today for Windows, Mac and Linux users. The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor is marked as a pre-release that features built-in emojis, new video filter, and various fixes. First, the new version […]

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Yazi: Fast Rust-Based Terminal File Manager for Linux

The post Yazi: Fast Rust-Based Terminal File Manager for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Yazi is a terminal-based file manager written in Rust that lets you browse, preview, and manage files. It uses asynchronous
The …

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GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.28.0

GNUnet 0.28.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.28.0.

GNUnet is an alternative network stack for building secure, decentralized and
privacy-preserving distributed applications.
Our goal is to rep…

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libtool @ Savannah: libtool-2.6.2 released [stable]

Libtoolers!

The Libtool Team is pleased to announce the release of libtool 2.6.2.

GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a

consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl, which

hides the complexi…

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NanoKVM-Go Brings AI-Powered Hardware Control to Linux with a Compact USB-C KVM

by George Whittaker

Sipeed has introduced NanoKVM-Go, a compact USB-C KVM-over-IP device that combines remote hardware management with AI integration. Designed for Linux, Windows, macO…

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Ubuntu 26.04 fixes trash dialog bug that defaulted to cancel

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is getting a fix for Nautilus that restores ‘Delete’ as the focused button in the trash confirmation dialog, undoing an accidental swap that made ‘Cancel’ the focused button instead. That ‘unintentional&#8…

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FOSS Weekly #26.29: Mint Goes Wayland, OpenBook Reader, Terminal Shortcut Tips, Linux Handheld Computers and More

Is wayland slow?

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BSD Release: OPNsense 26.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The OPNsense project develops a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system (and a fork of pfSense) designed for firewalls and routers. The latest version of OPNsense is 26.7 which is base…

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Linus Torvalds puts his foot down, tells anti-AI programmers to ‘fork it’

‘AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it’s clearly a useful one.’

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Remapping the Useless AI Slop Copilot Key in Linux

Why let a key go to waste? I remapped the useless Copilot key on my keyboard to open a specific app.

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Turns Out Wayland Isn't the Input Lag Disaster Everyone Says it is

A DIY click-to-photon tester puts X11, Wayland, VRR, and a DXVK fork to the test, with some surprising results.

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agentOS: Run AI Agents in a Secure Linux Sandbox

The post agentOS: Run AI Agents in a Secure Linux Sandbox first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .I burned through half of my E2B sandbox budget in just two weeks by spinning up containers for AI agents
The post agentOS: Run AI Age…

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FSF Blogs: Fundraiser extended. Help us reach our goal and get an anti-surveillance cover

Source: Planet GNU

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Firefox is getting updates twice as fast from September

Mozilla is changing Firefox’s release schedule from September, with new stable versions planned every two weeks instead of once a month. The faster release cadence will, Mozilla says, make its schedule more predictable and give “work that is read…

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FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System

The removal of GPL code from FreeBSD 16’s base system isn’t just housekeeping — it reflects a BSD vision of “software freedom” that differs from FSF, Gnu, and Linux.
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