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DietPi 10.5 Enables KMS/DRM Graphics System by Default for Raspberry Pi SBCs

Coming almost a month after DietPi 10.4, the DietPi 10.5 release enables KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) and DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) by default for Raspberry Pi boards when installing a graphical app or desktop environment via DietPi-Software. While this option is enabled by default now, you can control it via a new dedicated entry in DietPi-Config’s Display Options.

Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Probably the biggest change of the Linux 7.1 kernel series is a new NTFS file system implementation, which has been in the works for the last 4 years, featuring full write support with delayed allocation, iomap, and folio integration to improve write performance, better stability, and a new suite of userspace utilities called ntfsprogs-plus.

Ubuntu Desktop 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Daily Builds Now Available for Download

The Stonking Stingray development cycle has been nothing but strange until now. First, the daily builds for Ubuntu Desktop, which first appeared around mid-May, were only available for the 64-bit ARM (AArch64) architecture. Then, Canonical decided to release the first Snapshot without providing Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit images.

Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Will Reach End of Life on July 9th, 2026

Released on October 9th, 2025, Ubuntu 25.10 (codename Questing Quokka) shipped with Linux kernel 6.17 and the GNOME 49 desktop environment for the flagship Ubuntu Desktop edition. It was also the first Ubuntu release to default to a Wayland-only experience on the Ubuntu Desktop flavor.

First Look at Audacity 4: A Beautiful and Modern Revamp of the Audio Editor

I just remembered that I’ve been using Audacity on and off for about 20 years now. It’s always been the go-to program whenever I needed to trim an audio file or glue two tracks into one, or just extract a sample from an audio track. For me, Audacity was highly effective and reliable for this specific use case.

Shelly 2.3.3 Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Flatpak/AppImage Support

Shelly is a modern reimagination and alternative to Arch Linux’s default package manager, supporting third-party app stores like AUR and Flathub, as well as AppImages. Shelly comes with both a graphical UI and a CLI version. CachyOS recently adopted Shelly as the default GUI package manager.

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Updated This Past Day

  1. [Video] The 'Dangerous Precedent' (Jen Robinson on Assange Plea Bargain)
    Published 3 hours ago in Australia
  2. Microsoft is Losing Its Grip on Bulgaria
    now may be a good time to look into statistics from Bulgaria
  3. LinuxSecurity.com Back to Relaying Anti-Linux FUD From Microsoft, Using Microsoft Chatbots That Recycle and Add Permutations to the FUD
    They're killing the Web every time they do this
  4. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  5. Microsofter Throwing Stones in a Glasshouse Again
    "Life is imitating art" and if you're a BS artist, your life must be BS

    New

  6. European Commission fooled by IBM Red Hat merger risk to source code
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  7. Links 27/06/2024: Black-Lives-Matter-Poster-Related Lawsuit, Misinformation and Propaganda by Chinese Userfarms
    Links for the day
  8. Gemini Links 27/06/2024: Rogue Legends and Old Computers
    Links for the day
  9. [Meme] They Think of Their Business Partner, Microsoft
    Think.
  10. At the Cusp of Productivity
    Work in progress: a critique of terms of service (ToS) in "modern" computing
  11. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is Becoming More European Than the Google- and Microsoft-Funded 'FSFE' (Fake 'FSF', a Case of Identity Theft)
    The Board of Directors of the FSF is now all European as far as women (3) go
  12. [Meme] Meanwhile at IBM's Headquarters
    Old white men can find common themes to laugh at in IBM
  13. IBM's Board is a Men's Club, Unlike the FSF's, But Red Hat/IBM Are Trolling the Community Using the "Diversity Shtick"
    CoC-fighting over diversity to distract from their own failings
  14. John Gilmore, Cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Joins the FSF's Board
    it's already riling up the Microsofters and misogynists
  15. Links 27/06/2024: Microsoft's Chief Brand Offices Kathleen Hall to Leave, The Beauty of Blogging, Ukraine Updates
    Links for the day
  16. Microsoft Got Lost in Bermuda
    based on far too little data
  17. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
    IRC logs for Wednesday, June 26, 2024
  18. Far Too Young to Die
    He seemed to be healthy
  19. Virgin Islands, Marshall Islands, Guam and Other American Satellites Drift Further Away From Microsoft
    So even US-controlled islands are moving away from Windows, little by little...
  20. Let's Encrypt is Dying in Geminispace (Now Down Very Sharply to 6%), More People Self-Sign as They Certainly Should
    Abandoning a fake security model?
  21. No More Justice for Assange?
    Not the site anyway
  22. [Meme] "No News is Good News"
    2 days have passed and still not a word

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-06-21 to 2024-06-27
    2373 /n/2024/06/24/Microsoft_By_Default_Destroy_Linux.shtml
    1845 /n/2024/06/24/Torvalds_Number_Two_Quit_Linux_a_Decade_Ago_and_Has_Since_Then_.shtml
    1255 /n/2024/06/06/Edward_Brocklesby_ejb_Debian_Hacking_expulsion_cover_up_in_prox.shtml

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