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KDE Frameworks 6.28 Released with Support for New KRunner Conversion Units

The monthly KDE Frameworks releases continue, and KDE Frameworks 6.28 adds support for converting between watt-hours, kilowatt-hours, and other similar energy units in KRunner-powered search fields, and improves the alignment of thumbnail previews in open/save dialogs across KDE apps.

Ubuntu 25.10 Reached End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Ubuntu 25.10 was released on October 9th, 2025, and, since it’s not an Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) release, it only received support for nine months, until July 2026. Ubuntu 25.10 was powered by the Linux 6.17 kernel series and featured the GNOME 49 desktop environment series with a Wayland-only session.

PipeWire 1.6.8 Improves JACK/MIDI Support for Ardour, SOFA Filter, and More

Coming three weeks after PipeWire 1.6.7, the PipeWire 1.6.8 release fixes a data race in JACK’s jack_port_get_buffer() function that could cause lost MIDI events in the Ardour DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) when called from concurrent threads, and adds normalize and latency options to the SOFA filter.

Wireshark 4.6.7 Released with Updated Protocol Support, Bug and Security Fixes

Coming a month and a half after Wireshark 4.6.6, the Wireshark 4.6.7 release updates support for the ALC, BACapp, C2P, Catapult DCT2000, COTP, CSN.1, DCERPC, DCERPC MAPI, DCERPC NSPI, DNS, DVB-S2-TABLE, eDonkey, EPL, FC ELS, FMP/NOTIFY, H.265, HiPerConTracer, IEEE 802.11, LLS, MEGACO, MIH, MPEG DSM-CC, MS-WSP, RELOAD, SGP.32, SSH, STANAG 4607, UMTS FP, WOWW, and Z39.50 protocols.

GStreamer 1.28.5 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for H.266/VVC Decoding

Coming about a month after GStreamer 1.28.4, the GStreamer 1.28.5 release is here to add support for H.266/VVC decoding to the gopbuffer element, fix subtitle green flickering with VA decoders on AMD GPUs, improve HEVC with alpha decoding in the H.265 decoder, and add ts-clocksync to the threadshare element.

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Safety Over Bans: Internet Society Challenges App Store Age Verification

Imagine having to provide a government ID before downloading an app to clock in at work, submit homework, check the weather, or access your bank account. Under a new Texas law, that could become a reality for millions of people.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. 'Linux Hint' Inactive for Two Months Already
    We'll need to get creative to find more news, seeing that a lot of the fodder is just "AI" cruft or cruft about "AI"

    New

  2. Links 31/07/2024: Facebook Privacy Violations, Microsoft Ads Full-screen Adverts to Vista 11
    Links for the day
  3. Gemini Links 31/07/2024: Ligature Integrated Analyzer and Putting Things Out On The Internet
    Links for the day
  4. "Microsoft Melted $340 Billion of Stock Market Value", XBox Sales Down 42%, and There Are More Bungie Layoffs
    In the news today
  5. Sirius Open Source Sank Deeper Into Debt, Has Run Out of Money
    The interest rates on overdraft are insane
  6. More Linux SPAM (and Anti-Linux FUD) in LinuxSecurity.com (Guardian Digital, Inc.), Not Even Composed by an Actual Person
    A lot of anti-Linux 'articles' on the Web may in fact be generated by a Microsoft chatbot, not actually written by actual people
  7. Links 30/07/2024: New Book on Bill Gates and His Special Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein, KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Progresses
    Links for the day
  8. [Meme] Windows/Client/Device Revenue Slump at Microsoft, GNU/Linux Up to 4.5% on Desktops/Laptops
    The media barely talks about this
  9. Microsoft Falls to Record Low in Norway (Windows on Around 50% of Desktops and Laptops, GNU/Linux Nearly 30%)
    people move to GNU/Linux in Norway
  10. Microsoft's Shares Fell 8%. And No Major News Sites Bothered to Mention Windows Revenue Collapsing, It's All About "AI" Vapourware.
    This is journalism?
  11. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  12. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 30, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 30, 2024
  13. Microsoft's Client Business Falls at a Rate of Over 10% Again (the Usual in Recent Years), Microsoft Uses Smokescreen of Buzzwords and False Numbers
    Microsoft's client business (read: Windows) continues to tank
  14. IBM Layoffs by Return to Office (RTO): Making Workers Miserable to Make Them Leave, Not Receive Any Compensation
    This is also applicable to Red Hat
  15. Gemini Links 31/07/2024: Combating Malaise, Modifying Gemini Network Transport Protocol Specification
    Links for the day
  16. Headline Change: "Jeffrey Epstein Called Bill Gates His 'Brightest' Star: New Book"
    Seems like censorship by Gates (as usual)
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-07-25 to 2024-07-31
    2153 /n/2024/07/27/Slashdot_is_Acting_as_a_Spamming_Service_for_Microsoft_Apparent.shtml
    1110 /n/2024/07/27/Estimated_or_Educated_Guess_at_Number_of_Desktops_and_Laptops_W.shtml
    979 /n/2024/07/28/IBM_s_Vicious_Attack_on_CentOS_Has_Left_CentOS_Forums_Dead.shtml
    896 /n/2024/07/28/Meme_10_Days_Since_GNOME_Foundation_Admitted_It_Had_Secretly_Ba.shtml
    786 /n/2024/07/27/Why_We_Need_to_Make_Time_for_More_Videos.shtml
    700 /n/2024/07/25/Flashback_Microsoft_Enslaves_Black_People_Modern_Slavery_for_Pr.shtml
    679 /n/2024/07/27/Meme_Russia_Having_a_Field_Day_Seeing_How_Microsoft_Bricks_Its_.shtml
    670 /n/2024/07/26/A_Week_After_a_Worldwide_Windows_Outage_Microsoft_is_Bricking_W.shtml
    653 /n/2024/07/27/GNU_Linux_ChromeOS_in_Africa_Reaching_Record_Levels_for_This_Ye.shtml
    596 /n/2024/07/25/Techrights_Statement_on_YouTube.shtml
    592 /n/2023/12/01/New_Report_Provides_Numerical_Evidence_That_Google_Hired_Too_Ma.shtml

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