📰 New options land in Dynamic Music Pill GNOME extension
Dynamic Music Pill, the blingy GNOME Shell extension that adds now playing track info, media controls and even real-time lyrics to your desktop, has gained some new options. “Like what?”, you ask… If you don’t want to see the name of the artists in the panel pill, you no longer have to: a ‘show artist’ toggle lets you hide it.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/dynamic-music-pill-update
#gnome
Dynamic Music Pill, the blingy GNOME Shell extension that adds now playing track info, media controls and even real-time lyrics to your desktop, has gained some new options. “Like what?”, you ask… If you don’t want to see the name of the artists in the panel pill, you no longer have to: a ‘show artist’ toggle lets you hide it.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/dynamic-music-pill-update
#gnome
OMG! Ubuntu
New options land in Dynamic Music Pill GNOME extension
Dynamic Music Pill, the blingy GNOME Shell extension that adds now playing track info, media controls and even real-time lyrics to your desktop, has
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📰 OpenCV 5.0 Released With Rewritten DNN Engine, Built-In LLM & VLM Support
OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenCV-5.0-Released
#opensource
OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenCV-5.0-Released
#opensource
Phoronix
OpenCV 5.0 Released With Rewritten DNN Engine, Built-In LLM & VLM Support
OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library.
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📰 Shelly 2.3.2.2 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves CachyOS Support
Shelly 2.3.2.2 open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux-based distributions is now available for download with drag-and-drop AppImage installation, CachyOS updater parity, and other changes.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-2-2-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-now-improves-cachyos-support
#appimage #arch #linux #linuxbased #opensource
Shelly 2.3.2.2 open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux-based distributions is now available for download with drag-and-drop AppImage installation, CachyOS updater parity, and other changes.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-2-2-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-now-improves-cachyos-support
#appimage #arch #linux #linuxbased #opensource
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📰 GNOME File Previewer Finally Switches TO GTK4, Adds Dark Mode
GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-File-Previewer-GTK4
#gnome
GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-File-Previewer-GTK4
#gnome
Phoronix
GNOME File Previewer Finally Switches To GTK4, Adds Dark Mode
GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME.
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📰 Ape: A New Vulkan Driver Written In The Zig Programming Language
Ape is a new open-source Vulkan driver written in the Zig programming language and not dependent upon any Mesa code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-Ape-Driver
#opensource
Ape is a new open-source Vulkan driver written in the Zig programming language and not dependent upon any Mesa code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-Ape-Driver
#opensource
Phoronix
Ape: A New Vulkan Driver Written In The Zig Programming Language
Ape is a new open-source Vulkan driver written in the Zig programming language and not dependent upon any Mesa code.
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📰 Valve continue working towards the Steam Frame with a new SteamVR Beta
After recently launching a big stable SteamVR update with a whole lot of fixes and Linux improvements, a fresh SteamVR Beta arrived.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-continue-working-towards-the-steam-frame-with-a-new-steamvr-beta/
#linux #steam
After recently launching a big stable SteamVR update with a whole lot of fixes and Linux improvements, a fresh SteamVR Beta arrived.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-continue-working-towards-the-steam-frame-with-a-new-steamvr-beta/
#linux #steam
GamingOnLinux
Valve continue working towards the Steam Frame with a new SteamVR Beta
After recently launching a big stable SteamVR update with a whole lot of fixes and Linux improvements, a fresh SteamVR Beta arrived.
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📰 Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashing Tool for Armbian Linux Officially Released
Armbian Imager 2.0 open-source utility for flashing the Armbian Linux operating system on single-board computers is now available for download with a completely new design and rewritten flashing engine.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/armbian-imager-2-0-flashing-tool-for-armbian-linux-officially-released
#linux #opensource
Armbian Imager 2.0 open-source utility for flashing the Armbian Linux operating system on single-board computers is now available for download with a completely new design and rewritten flashing engine.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/armbian-imager-2-0-flashing-tool-for-armbian-linux-officially-released
#linux #opensource
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📰 Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already. The situation in both cases amount to lack of hardware by developers for testing and with that likely no other known users of these particular Broadcom graphics in selects SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-V3D-Some-Deprecations
#kernel
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already. The situation in both cases amount to lack of hardware by developers for testing and with that likely no other known users of these particular Broadcom graphics in selects SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-V3D-Some-Deprecations
#kernel
Phoronix
Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already
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📰 Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already. The situation in both cases amount to lack of hardware by developers for testing and with that likely no other known users of these particular Broadcom graphics in selects SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-V3D-Some-Deprecations
#kernel
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already. The situation in both cases amount to lack of hardware by developers for testing and with that likely no other known users of these particular Broadcom graphics in selects SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Broadcom-V3D-Some-Deprecations
#kernel
Phoronix
Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already
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📰 "Flatten The Pick" Linux Patches Progress For Better cgroup Scheduling While Linux Gaming
A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old "potato" hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be "a pain in the arse." This work continues advancing with a third iteration of these "flatten the pick" patches being posted...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatten-The-Pick-v3
#intel #linux
A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old "potato" hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be "a pain in the arse." This work continues advancing with a third iteration of these "flatten the pick" patches being posted...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flatten-The-Pick-v3
#intel #linux
Phoronix
"Flatten The Pick" Linux Patches Progress For Better cgroup Scheduling While Linux Gaming
A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old 'potato' hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be 'a pain in the arse.' This work continues advancing with a…
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📰 Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released With Improved Multi-GPU Support, Windows BT.2100
Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.49
#wayland
Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.49
#wayland
Phoronix
Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released With Improved Multi-GPU Support, Windows BT.2100
Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions.
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📰 Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding
As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Vulkan-Video-Merged
#firefox
As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Vulkan-Video-Merged
#firefox
Phoronix
Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding
As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!
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📰 I gave my NAS a job Synology never advertises, and now it runs my house
Home Assistant on a NAS beats a Raspberry Pi in every way that actually matters.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gave-nas-job-synology-never-advertises-it-runs-my-house/
#raspberry
Home Assistant on a NAS beats a Raspberry Pi in every way that actually matters.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gave-nas-job-synology-never-advertises-it-runs-my-house/
#raspberry
XDA
I gave my NAS a job Synology never advertises, and now it runs my house
My Synology NAS runs my entire smart home now, and it's better than a dedicated server
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📰 I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production
LTS is the safe pick, but only if you don't mind lagging behind.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/why-fedora-release-cycle-beats-ubuntu-lts-for-production/
#fedora #ubuntu
LTS is the safe pick, but only if you don't mind lagging behind.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/why-fedora-release-cycle-beats-ubuntu-lts-for-production/
#fedora #ubuntu
XDA
I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production
LTS is the safe pick, but only if you don't mind lagging behind.
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📰 Yay 12.6 AUR Helper Lands After Six Months with Smarter Search
Yay 12.6 updates search ranking, improves repository sorting, fixes package lookup errors, and refreshes metadata handling for Arch’s AUR.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/yay-12-6-aur-helper-lands-after-six-months-with-smarter-search/
#arch
Yay 12.6 updates search ranking, improves repository sorting, fixes package lookup errors, and refreshes metadata handling for Arch’s AUR.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/yay-12-6-aur-helper-lands-after-six-months-with-smarter-search/
#arch
Linuxiac
Yay 12.6 AUR Helper Lands After Six Months with Smarter Search
Yay 12.6 updates search ranking, improves repository sorting, fixes package lookup errors, and refreshes metadata handling for Arch’s AUR.
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📰 HandBrake update fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM file support on Linux
A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible with the company’s 9000 series GPUs and newer. This update is focused on fixes and finesse.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/handbrake-update-open-webm-linux
#amd #linux #opensource
A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible with the company’s 9000 series GPUs and newer. This update is focused on fixes and finesse.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/handbrake-update-open-webm-linux
#amd #linux #opensource
OMG! Ubuntu
HandBrake fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM on Linux
A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update
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📰 KaOS Takes Final Init Step Away from systemd with Dinit RC ISO
KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-takes-final-init-step-away-from-systemd-with-dinit-rc-iso/
#systemd
KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-takes-final-init-step-away-from-systemd-with-dinit-rc-iso/
#systemd
Linuxiac
KaOS Takes Final Init Step Away from systemd with Dinit RC ISO
KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.
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📰 Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some "x86 fixes" for this kernel release. Most notable with this pull request is acknowledging some additional AMD Zen 6 CPU models...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-More-Zen-6-Models
#amd #kernel #linux
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some "x86 fixes" for this kernel release. Most notable with this pull request is acknowledging some additional AMD Zen 6 CPU models...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-More-Zen-6-Models
#amd #kernel #linux
Phoronix
Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some 'x86 fixes' for this kernel release
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📰 Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux
It is not an open source software but ticks a lot of other boxes for anyone looking for an alternative desktop email client on Linux.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17356022/melia
#linux #opensource
It is not an open source software but ticks a lot of other boxes for anyone looking for an alternative desktop email client on Linux.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17356022/melia
#linux #opensource
It's FOSS
Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux
It is not an open source software but ticks a lot of other boxes for anyone looking for an alternative desktop email client on Linux.
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📰 History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/08/history-of-centos-how-a-biochemists-linux-hobby-project-became-the-enterprise-worlds-default-operating-system/5251530
#linux
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/08/history-of-centos-how-a-biochemists-linux-hobby-project-became-the-enterprise-worlds-default-operating-system/5251530
#linux
theregister
History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'
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📰 BeagleV Ahead & Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V Boards To See Working WiFi With Linux 7.2
In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree "DT" changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-BeagleV-Lichee-WiFi-7.2
#kernel #linux
In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree "DT" changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-BeagleV-Lichee-WiFi-7.2
#kernel #linux
Phoronix
BeagleV Ahead & Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V Boards To See Working WiFi With Linux 7.2
In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree 'DT' changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window.
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