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GNOME 47.3 Improves Frame Rate for Monitors Attached to Secondary GPUs

Coming about seven weeks after GNOME 47.2, the GNOME 47.3 release is here to improve input → output latency of cursor movements, implement wp_viewport support for cursor surfaces, enhance Xwayland support, and improve frame rate for monitors attached to secondary GPUs in copy mode.

GNOME 46.8 Release Speeds Up Thumbnail Loading in the Nautilus File Manager

Those of you still using the GNOME 46 desktop environment series will be happy to learn that the GNOME 46.8 release speeds up thumbnail loading in the Nautilus (Files) file manager, improves support for the Trisquel GNU/Linux distribution in the GNOME Boxes app, and adapts more components to the new GNOME Release Service.

Arch Linux Installer Archinstall Gets Support for the Wayfire Wayland Compositor

The biggest change in the Archinstall 3.0.2 release is support for the Wayfire Wayland compositor and stacked window manager. When installing Arch Linux, Wayfire can be selected as a standalone environment from the Profile > Desktop section, but you’ll also be able to use it in other desktop environments, such as Xfce 4.20.

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Understanding the User Interface of Gummi LaTeX Editor

After we finished installing it, now this tutorial will explain the user interface of Gummi LaTeX editor. We will explain the six parts of its window including the purposes of their contents in simple yet easy to understand way. This knowledge will be useful when you start writing LaTeX documents later. Now feel free to start reading!

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Connection for a Cause: One Woman’s Journey of Digital Empowerment

Growing up in a small village in Murang’a County, Kenya, Ruth Njeri had nearly no access to the digital world. Today, she is the lead engineer of the Tanda Community Network in Kibera—the largest slum in Africa—and is working to empower local women with technical knowledge, new skills, and increased opportunities.

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Tang Console: Compact FPGA Platform for Development and Retro Gaming

Sipeed has recently launched the Tang Console, described as a compact FPGA platform designed for developers and hardware enthusiasts. It offers a flexible and portable solution for applications such as hardware prototyping and retro gaming system emulation.

Toradex Adds SMARC iMX8M Plus and iMX95 to Its Embedded Portfolio

Toradex has introduced a new System on Module family to support projects requiring the SMARC standard. Featuring connectivity, advanced multimedia, and machine learning capabilities, the modules are compatible with Torizon Embedded Linux, offering long-term support and secure remote management.

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Alpine Linux 3.21 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, Initial LoongArch64 Support

posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 05, 2024,
updated Dec 06, 2024

Powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and coming more than six months after Alpine Linux 3.20, the Alpine Linux 3.21 release introduces support for the latest GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and LXQt 2.1 desktop environments, as well as initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture.

Starting with this release, the linux-firmware package is now compressed with Zstandard (Zstd). The Alpine Linux devs inform users running custom-built kernels that due to this change they need to ensure that the CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y option is present in their kernel configuration.

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Alpine Linux 3.21 Released, Adds loongarch64 Support

Alpine, a lightweight and secure Linux distribution, has just released its latest version, 3.21. This marks the first in the v3.21 series, including significant updates to enhance performance and usability.

The new release brings several updates that developers and system administrators alike will appreciate. The distro runs on the latest and greatest Linux kernel, 6.12, and boasts updated compilers like GCC 14 and LLVM 19.

There are also fresh versions of many widely used tools and desktop environments, such as Node.js 22.11, Rust 1.83, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and PHP 8.4. Developers working with .NET will be happy to see the inclusion of .NET 9.0. Beyond these, there’s initial support for the loongarch64 architecture.

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Alpine Linux 3.21.0 brings loongarch64 support and several package updates

One of the few Linux distros not using the GNU Core Utilities, Alpine Linux has been around for almost two decades. A minimal distro usually used for Docker containers, it can be tweaked for use in desktop computers as well. A minimal disk setup requires less than 150 MB, and a container only needs 8 MB. This makes it an ideal choice for routers, firewalls, servers, VPNs, and so on. After almost two decades of history, Alpine Linux is now introducing LoongArch64 support with the first release in the 3.21 stable series, which is labeled 3.21.0.

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