Public German broadcasting services ARD and ZDF will open source part of their software libraries used in their operations.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/ARD-und-ZDF-wollen-ihren-Streaming-Code-als-Open-Source-anbieten-9709177.html
https://www.heise.de/en/news/ARD-und-ZDF-wollen-ihren-Streaming-Code-als-Open-Source-anbieten-9709177.html
heise online
ARD and ZDF want to offer their streaming code as open source
ARD and ZDF want to put the code for their streaming media libraries on a common basis. Parts of it are also to be made freely available.
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System76 talks about their monthly fixes for the new COSMIC desktop and how it is getting more polished: https://blog.system76.com/post/your-monthly-cosmic-fix
Will you try the new desktop when it comes out? π
Will you try the new desktop when it comes out? π
System76 Blog
A Blog to Satisfy Your Monthly COSMIC Fix(es)
Display mirroring, ARM support, and a long list of repairs for the new COSMIC desktop environment.
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Manjaro Linux 24.0 has been released.
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-24-0-wynsdey-released/161527
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-24-0-wynsdey-released/161527
Manjaro Linux Forum
Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey released
Manjaro 24.0 Since we released Vulcan in December 2023 we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it Wynsdey. This is also our first release which comes with Plasma 6. The GNOME edition has received several updatesβ¦
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Firefox 126 has been released.
Be advised it has a new built-in telemetry feature.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/126.0/releasenotes/
Be advised it has a new built-in telemetry feature.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/126.0/releasenotes/
Mozilla
Firefox 126.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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Winamp, the legendary classical media player for Windows, plans to go open source on September 24:
https://twitter.com/winamp/status/1791121664689725683
https://twitter.com/winamp/status/1791121664689725683
X (formerly Twitter)
Winamp (@winamp) on X
Big news! Winamp's source code will be available on September 24!
This release invites developers worldwide to contribute to its evolution to help create the perfect player for Windows users: https://t.co/P5AV9nD4uM
#winamp #winampplayer #setthetone #wβ¦
This release invites developers worldwide to contribute to its evolution to help create the perfect player for Windows users: https://t.co/P5AV9nD4uM
#winamp #winampplayer #setthetone #wβ¦
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openSUSE now has a new installer: https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2024-05-17/agama-8
Can't wait to put our hands on it once they ship it in their next stable release. π
Can't wait to put our hands on it once they ship it in their next stable release. π
YaST
Announcing Agama 8
Goodbye Cockpit, hello HTTP interface
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Analysis of GNOME Foundationβs public economy: concerns and thoughts
https://blogs.gnome.org/pabloyoyoista/2024/05/19/analysis-of-gnome-foundation-public-economic-concerns-and-thoughts/
https://blogs.gnome.org/pabloyoyoista/2024/05/19/analysis-of-gnome-foundation-public-economic-concerns-and-thoughts/
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NVIDIA driver version (beta) 555 for Linux is out, and it should feature a better support for Wayland-based compositors with closed-source NVIDIA drivers.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/224751/en-us/
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/224751/en-us/
NVIDIA
Driver Details | NVIDIA
Download the <dd~LanguageName> <dd~Name> for <dd~OSName> systems. Released <dd~ReleaseDateTime>
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How to get VMware Workstation Pro for Free on Linux
https://fosspost.org/install-vmware-workstation-pro-for-free-linux
https://fosspost.org/install-vmware-workstation-pro-for-free-linux
FOSS Post
How To Install VMware Workstation Pro For Free On Linux
VMware Workstation Pro is a virtual machine manager developed by VMware - which is now owned by Broadcom - that offers some advanced virtualization features
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It turns out Winamp developers are not planning to make it open source in September, instead, they are just going to make the source code "available".
This means you would do free work for them without owning anything of the code. Meh. π
https://x.com/winamp/status/1793615140241240395
This means you would do free work for them without owning anything of the code. Meh. π
https://x.com/winamp/status/1793615140241240395
X (formerly Twitter)
Winamp (@winamp) on X
@CJMAXiK Open source is not currently planned.
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It may seem like rocket science a bit, but you can at least change the colors of libadwaita applications at the end!
Thanks GNOME!
https://fosspost.org/how-to-change-libadwaita-app-theme-linux
Thanks GNOME!
https://fosspost.org/how-to-change-libadwaita-app-theme-linux
FOSS Post
How To Change Libadwaita App Theme On Linux
Since the introduction of the GTK 4 toolkit for building UI apps on Linux, a library called libadwaita has also been introduced. libadwaita is a set of ready
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Krita the open source image editor and the finest open alternative to Photoshop so far, turns 25 years old as of today π₯³:
https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/krita-25-years/
https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/krita-25-years/
Krita
25 Years of Krita!
Halla Rempt Twenty-five years. A quarter century. That's how long we've been working on Krita. Well, what would become Krita. It started out as KImageShop, but that name was nuked by a now long-dead German lawyer. Then it was renamed to Krayon, and that nameβ¦
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux
https://fosspost.org/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-switch-to-linux
https://fosspost.org/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-switch-to-linux
FOSS Post
There Has Never Been A Better Time To Switch To Linux
Why bother with Microsoft and its new AI spyware features... When you can always seek your freedom with Linux?
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Very glad to wish a happy birthday for our friends at @Phoronix, who have been publishing Linux hardware reviews and news for 20 years as of today! πΉπ
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Phoronix-20th-Birthday
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Phoronix-20th-Birthday
Phoronix
Today Marks 20 Years Since Starting Phoronix For Linux Hardware Reviews & News
Well, it's been a wild ride to say the least..
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Kali Linux 2024.2 has been released.
https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2024-2-release/
https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2024-2-release/
Kali Linux
Kali Linux 2024.2 Release (t64, GNOME 46 & Community Packages)
A little later than usual, but Kali 2024.2 is here! The delay has been due to changes under the hood to make this happen, which is where a lot of focus has been. The community has helped out a huge amount, and this time theyβve not only been adding new packagesβ¦
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Open Source Android Email Clients to Replace Gmail
https://fosspost.org/open-source-android-email-clients-gmail-alternatives
https://fosspost.org/open-source-android-email-clients-gmail-alternatives
FOSS Post
Open Source Android Email Clients To Replace Gmail
You may wish to be notified about every email message that your inbox receives across various email servers/services that you may be using. On Android, this
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A keylogger has been found in an open-source Python library.
Take caution.
https://www.reddit.com/r/comfyui/comments/1dbls5n/psa_if_youve_used_the_comfyui_llmvision_node_from/
Take caution.
https://www.reddit.com/r/comfyui/comments/1dbls5n/psa_if_youve_used_the_comfyui_llmvision_node_from/
Reddit
From the comfyui community on Reddit: PSA: If you've used the ComfyUI_LLMVISION node from u/AppleBotzz, you've been hacked
Explore this post and more from the comfyui community
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Replace Android System Apps With Open Source Alternatives
https://fosspost.org/android-system-apps-open-source-alternatives
https://fosspost.org/android-system-apps-open-source-alternatives
FOSS Post
Replace Android System Apps With Open Source Alternatives
Replace core Google Android system apps with these open source alternatives so that you secure your privacy and comfort.
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Just a one-line patch for the Linux driver for some of Intel CPUs had the effect of up to 72% improvement in performance!
It is honestly crazy, and makes you think about what other areas we don't know where this could be possible as well. π§
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-meteorlake-epp-perf
It is honestly crazy, and makes you think about what other areas we don't know where this could be possible as well. π§
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-meteorlake-epp-perf
Phoronix
One-Line Patch For Intel Meteor Lake Yields Up To 72% Better Performance, +7% Geo Mean
Covered last week on Phoronix was a new patch from Intel that with tuning to the P-State CPU frequency scaling driver was showing big wins for Intel Core Ultra 'Meteor Lake' performance and power efficiency.
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Firefox 127 has been released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/127.0/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/127.0/releasenotes/
Firefox
Firefox 127.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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