Dropbeat is yet another flashy music controller for GNOME Shell - OMG! Ubuntu

Dropbeat is a new riff on an old tune, a panel-based music applet for GNOME Shell that gives you an alternate way to pause, play and skip tracks in

omgubuntu.co.uk

How to Use the Bash ! Operator with Practical Examples

Learn how the Bash (!) character helps you rerun commands, reuse arguments, search history, negate conditions, and work more efficiently.

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Google Pulls AI Satellite Tool After OSINT Backlash - Open Source For You

Google has withdrawn its AI satellite image generation feature from Google Earth less than a day after launch, following criticism from the OSINT community

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GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up

A full rewrite moves it to GTK4 and Libadwaita, with Windows 11 support being tidied up.

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KDE Plasma 6.7.4 Released with KWin, Discover, and Login Manager Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.7.4 arrives with fixes for KWin, Discover, Spectacle, printing, grouped tasks, display handling, and the new Plasma Login Manager.

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Linux's Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series

The release also adds lrclib.net, sidecar .lrc files, and embedded Ogg lyrics as new sources.

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Ubuntu Touch Making Progress Toward Ubuntu 26.04, Vulkan & App Updates - Phoronix

Following last week's release of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 for this community-maintained, mobile flavor of Ubuntu Linux, more details are now available on their upcoming development efforts and eventual transition to an Ubuntu 26.04 base.

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The First Open-Source Firmware Released For Modern AMD Ryzen AM5 Platform - Phoronix

Last month 3mdeb released their open-source firmware for a modern AMD EPYC motherboard from Gigabyte that was built off the new AMD openSIL project and Coreboot

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GrapheneOS Says Open Source Security Features Are Constitutionally Protected - Open Source For You

GrapheneOS has defended the legality of its open-source privacy features after a U.S. federal prosecution raised questions over whether built-in anti-forensic

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GitHub - twelvesec/PwnPad: PwnPad is an affordable, hands-on hardware hacking platform built for practical learning. It features a range of challenges that walk users through key hardware security con...

PwnPad is an affordable, hands-on hardware hacking platform built for practical learning. It features a range of challenges that walk users through key hardware security concepts, from PCB design t...

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Keychron Built Open Source Firmware for Gaming Mice, and Linux Users Stand to Gain the Most

Built on Zephyr RTOS and licensed under GPL-3.0, the firmware is scheduled to ship first on the Keychron G6 HE next year.

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Proving Doom can actually run on anything, one programmer has made a working build for Commodore 64 | PC Gamer

It doesn't necessarily look fun, but it does look like Doom running on a Commodore 64.

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Apple Releases Security Updates Patching Nearly 200 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari - gHacks Tech News

Apple's 26.6 updates patch nearly 200 vulnerabilities across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Safari, and other systems.

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FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free - Phoronix

A few weeks ago there was excitement in the FreeBSD camp with FreeBSD 16 set to retire the last of its GPL code from the base system

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DRM Format Modifiers For Old AMD GPUs Coming With Linux 7.3: Thanks Valve - Phoronix

Sent out today was another week's worth of features and other code changes to the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver

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Mosaic is an i3-style auto-tiling extension for GNOME Shell - OMG! Ubuntu

Mosaic brings i3-style automatic tiling to GNOME Shell without asking you to choose it permanently. Turn it on when you want windows to arrange

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Your Android phone is downgrading your Bluetooth headphones, and one developer setting fixes it

This is a gamechanger.

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Premature braking caused multiple-tyre burst as Ryanair 737 Max landed with anti-skid inoperative - FlightGlobal

Wheels locked on touchdown at Bergamo after delay in manual speedbrake deployment. Italian investigators have determined that premature braking while landing with an inoperative anti-skid system resulted in the main landing-gear wheels of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 locking on touchdown at Bergamo. All four tyres burst, damaging the aircraft and the runway, as…

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CISA shares advice on isolating vital systems during cyberattacks

The U.S. and Australian governments have released new guidance urging critical infrastructure organizations to prepare to isolate vital operational technology systems in the event of a cyberattack or other major disruptions.

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GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux | GamingOnLinux

GOG previously said they planned to Linux closer at Linux, and that it was the next major frontier - and they're now working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux.

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OpenUK Wants Britain to Stop Giving Away Open Source Creations

They point to MCP, built by two engineers in London, that ended up under US-based governance.

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How Rolls-Royce Quietly Used The Airbus A330neo's Engine To Fix The Boeing 787's Broken One

A crisis behind the scenes of the 787 success story finally ends.

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Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops Review - Phoronix

Back in April, Framework Computer announced the Framework Laptop 13 Pro as a ground-up re-design of their modular/upgradeable laptop.

phoronix.com

Collabora Online 26.04 Office Suite Released with Optional AI Assistant

Collabora Online 26.04 is now available with an optional AI assistant, Markdown support, improved document review, and new Calc features.

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User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support - Phoronix

Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be problematic depending upon the hardware/system

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Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs

CVE-2026-64600 lets local users overwrite root-owned files on reflink-enabled XFS systems, preserving metadata and persistent root access after reboot

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