📰 COSMIC Epoch 1.8 Provides Latest Fixes & Minor Improvements For This Rust Desktop

Released overnight was the newest version of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment developed by System76 as part of the effort on their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.8

#linux #rust

📰 Calamares 3.4.3 Linux Graphical Installer Improves Disk Partitioning, Locale

Calamares 3.4.3 open-source universal graphical installer for GNU/Linux distributions is now available for download with improvements to disk partitioning, locale, and Wayland support.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/calamares-3-4-3-linux-graphical-installer-improves-disk-partitioning-locale

#gnu #linux #opensource #wayland

📰 Intel BFF Driver Slated For Linux 7.4 Introduction

Last month I covered Intel posting a new driver named "BFF" for the Linux kernel. This BFF driver is for a new hardware feature debuting with next-gen Diamond Rapids processors for better dealing with aging CPU silicon where some bits may become stuck over time...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-BFF-Driver-For-Linux-7.4

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS Is Now Available for Download with Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.2

Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (Noble Numbat) is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 7.0 and Mesa 26.2 graphics stack from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon).

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-5-lts-is-now-available-for-download-with-linux-7-0-and-mesa-26-2

#kernel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Linux Kernel is Getting Ready to Purge 55,00 Lines of Old 32-bit Arm Platform Code

These thirteen patches would delete the deprecated platform code, and the driver cleanup will follow later.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17444682/linux-kernel-old-arm-code-removal

#arm #kernel #linux

📰 Digital Research's GEM opens a new window on Linux

A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/11/digital-researchs-gem-opens-a-new-window-on-linux/5295546

#linux #wayland

📰 Lunar colony-building automation sim The Crust 1.0 arrives with Linux and macOS support

The Crust is an automation-driven city builder and colony simulation set on the Moon. It just hit the big 1.0 release and now has Linux and macOS support too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lunar-colony-building-automation-sim-the-crust-1-0-arrives-with-linux-and-macos-support/

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📰 Patches Ready For AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Enabled By Default With Linux 7.4 With FreeSync, VRR & ALLM

Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. After the HDMI Forum previously rejected HDMI 2.1 for the AMDGPU open-source driver implementation going back years, earlier this year something changed -- widely speculated to be with Valve's involvement -- that HDMI 2.1 patches began appearing for the AMDGPU driver. With the upcoming Linux 7.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-Go

#kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Linux Mint Devs Introduce New EPUB Reader and Calendar Apps

Linux Mint devs introduce new apps for the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, including Xepub EPUB reader and Clockenstein calendar.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-introduce-new-epub-reader-and-calendar-apps

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📰 Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux

As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17445336/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look

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