3+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (336+ words) GStreamer 1.28.4 delivers security updates, playback fixes, better debug logging, audio fixes, and improved stability across platforms. GStreamer 1.28.4 is now available as the latest stable update in the 1.28 series for this widely used open-source multimedia framework. Key changes include security and…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (281+ words) Cine is a new MPV-based video player for Linux, offering a clean GTK/libadwaita interface with subtitle, audio, and video controls. For sure, Linux has no shortage of video players, but Cine enters with a clear goal: to provide a…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (316+ words) COSMIC Desktop 1.0.16 adds Bluetooth keyboard passkey dialogs and improves the Open With dialog in COSMIC Files. COSMIC Desktop 1.0.16 has been released as the latest update to System76’s Rust-based desktop environment. On the compositor side, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.16 updates cosmic-comp to a…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (448+ words) Alpine Linux 3.24 ships COSMIC Desktop in community, alongside kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 50, and major toolchain updates. Alpine, a lightweight, musl-based, and systemd-free (OpenRC is the default init system) Linux distribution, has just released version 3.24, powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS,…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (440+ words) RefreshOS 3.0 combines Debian 13 (Trixie) with KDE Plasma 6, preconfigured drivers, codecs, apps, and a polished desktop experience. RefreshOS 3.0, developed and maintained by eXybit Technologies, has been released as the latest major version of the Debian-based desktop distribution, moving the project to…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) OpenCV 5.0 debuts a new DNN engine, broader ONNX support, VLM inference, C++17 requirements, and legacy API cleanup. OpenCV 5.0 has been released as a major update to the widely used open-source computer vision library, bringing a redesigned deep neural network engine,…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (130+ words) Flatpak 1.18 adds /dev/kfd support through DRI permissions, improving AMD GPU compute access for sandboxed Linux apps. Flatpak 1.18 is now available as the latest stable release of the Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. The main update is support for…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (448+ words) The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 26.2.4 with stability fixes for Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, and desktop integration. The Document Foundation has announced LibreOffice 26.2.4, the fourth maintenance update to the 26.2 series introduced in early February, now available for download for Windows,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (475+ words) COSMIC Desktop 1.0.15 brings fixes for tray icons, Bluetooth status, Steam Big Picture Mode, gaming cursor behavior, and more. COSMIC Desktop 1.0.15 has been released as another maintenance update for System76’s Rust-based desktop environment, bringing fixes across the compositor, applets, file manager,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (459+ words) Fastfetch 2.64 introduces a new Codec module for detecting hardware-accelerated video codec support across major platforms. Fastfetch, a popular tool among Linux users for displaying a sleek summary of system information in the terminal alongside an OS’s ASCII logo, has just…...