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Developer Explains Why Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues

If you’ve ever wondered why some Linux users are experiencing issues with an NVIDIA GPU on Wayland and you aren’t, KDE developer Xaver Hugl explains in a recent post why the explicit sync protocol will finally settle the score for everyone.
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EndeavourOS Devs Say “Goodbye” to Their ARM Branch, Maintainers Needed

EndeavourOS ARM branch is in danger of going away forever due to lack of maintainers and the lack of recent changes in the upstream Arch Linux ARM project.
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PiVPN Releases Final Version and Announces Project Shutdown

PiVPN’s journey concludes with v4.6.0. The last update brings bug fixes, refactors, and the addition of Pi-hole in unattended installs.
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30,000 German Government PCs to Switch to LibreOffice

Schleswig-Holstein Government agencies to adopt Linux and LibreOffice to move away from vendor lock-in.
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Fragments Torrent App Update Adds Much-Requested Feature

A new version of the open-source BitTorrent client Fragments is available to download. Fragments 3.0 sees the file-sharing fulfil a long-standing feature request from users, namely the ability to choose…

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Peppermint Mini ISOs Get a Major Update

Peppermint Mini’s latest ISO updates enhance setup with direct firmware integration and a unified installer theme. Here’s more on that!
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Kodi 21.0 ‘Omega’ Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New

Kodi’s latest update, 21.0′ Omega,’ brings many improvements, including HiDPI support, speech recognition, DXVA Video Super Resolution, and more.
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Kodi 21 “Omega” Stable Officially Released! [How to Install]

After more than a year of development, Kodi media player 21, code-name “Omega”, is finally released! Kodi 21 is a new major release. It’s now based on FFmpeg 6.0, that features Radiance HDR image support, VAAPI decoding and QSV decoding for 10/12bit 422, 10/12bit 444 HEVC and VP9, MediaCodec decoder, and various other exciting new […]

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Developer Explains Why Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues

KDE developer Xaver Hugl explains why the explicit synchronization protocol will finally encourage the Wayland adoption among NVIDIA GPU users.
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Kodi 21.0 “Omega” Open-Source Media Center Is Here with Major Changes

Kodi 21.0 open-source and free home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media is now available with major changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Canonical Announces Netplan 1.0 with Simultaneous WPA2 and WPA3 Support

Netplan 1.0 open-source network management utility is now available with simultaneous WPA2 and WPA3 support, Mellanox VF-LAG support for high-performance SR-IOV networking, and more.
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Thunderbird to Officially Support Snap in Upcoming Ubuntu Release

Thunderbird enhances the Linux experience by supporting Snap, ensuring all users enjoy the email client without limits.
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In a First, AlmaLinux Patches a Security Hole That Remains Unpatched in Upstream RHEL

AlmaLinux can now develop and apply security patches and bug fixes ahead of RHEL, because it no longer seeks to be a line-by-line exact copy of Red Hat’s operating system.
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Fwupd 1.9.16 Brings Support for Acer T34 and U33 Docks, Qualcomm Series 5 Devices

Fwupd 1.9.16 has been released today as a new maintenance update to this open-source Linux firmware update utility for Linux-based operating systems that brings support for new devices and some important changes.
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Ubuntu 24.04 Improves Power Efficiency on Laptops

A new version of Power Profiles Daemon in Ubuntu 24.04 offers power efficiency improvements for laptop users, but those with modern AMD devices may see the biggest gains. Release notes for the power-profiles-daemon package uploaded to Ubuntu 24.04 this…

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Qt Creator 13 Released with Offline & Online Installers for Linux on ARM

Coming about four and a half months after Qt Creator 12, Qt Creator 13 is out now as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that simplifies GUI application development in Qt.
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Mark Himelstein Steps Down as RISC-V CTO to Resume Consulting Practice

Himelstein will not be replaced by another CTO. RISC-V International is currently looking for a VP of Technology, which will be their highest-ranking technology officer going forward.
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FFmpeg 7.0 “Dijkstra” Released with Important AArch64 Optimizations for HEVC

FFmpeg 7.0 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with Dolby Vision profile 10 support in AV1, important AArch64 optimizations for HEVC, and many other changes.
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Fwupd 1.9.16 Brings Support for Acer T34 and U33 Docks, Qualcomm Series 5 Devices

Fwupd 1.9.16 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the zstd compression algorithm for compressing metadata, support for new devices, and a bunch of bug fixes.
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Revolt of the Redis Maintainers: New Redis Clone, Valkey, Has Linux Foundation Support

Another fork of Redis has arrived, and this one might end up making the Redis suits wish they had never even considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of The Linux Foundation, big tech, and many of the project’s long-time contributors.
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