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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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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 08, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Dictatorship Formalised: Python Software Foundation Violates Its Very Own Code Of Conduct (COC) or Code Of Censorship
    Incoming Python Software Foundation Executive Director, Deb Nicholson, allegedly uses COCs to get ahead while violating COCs
  2. Another Massive Blow to the Web
    This is awful news and it neatly relates to topics that we covered this morning
  3. All the Latest Five Blog Posts at OSI's Blog Are Written by a Microsoft Operative Salaried by Microsoft
    "Open Source" no longer means anything

    New

  4. Czech Republic: GNU/Linux Jumps Above 4%
    data from the Czech Republic for 2024
  5. IBM Engagement Surveys "Are Usually Useful for the Executives So They Know Which Things to Ignore"
    This impacts Red Hat as well
  6. Did Microsoft 'Write' (by Chatbots) This 'Article' About WINE?
    The Web is drowning in garbage
  7. [Meme] 'Self-Checkout' (and Banking 'Apps'): Passing All Accountability to the Customers
    Stealing
  8. Gemini Links 07/12/2024: Leasehold and NNTP
    Links for the day
  9. Fun Statistics About Techrights (Almost a Quarter Million Files)
    Here are some raw numbers
  10. PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) as an Instrumental But Largely Hidden (From the Public) Extra Layer of IBM's Workforce Reductions
    The morale at IBM is really bad
  11. Microsoft Money: From Bribing Bloggers to SLAPPing Bloggers
    Microsoft money, different strategy?
  12. Belgium: Windows Falls to Quarter of the Market, Mobile Devices Outsell or Overtake Desktops/Laptops on the Web
    Microsoft has no operating system for 'smartphones'
  13. Links 07/12/2024: CALEA Back Doors Backfiring, Fentanylware's (TikTok) U.S. Ban a Step Closer
    Links for the day
  14. statCounter: GNU/Linux Rises Sharply to All-Time High in Republic of South Korea
    Notice how sharp the rise is!
  15. Legacy of a Dying World Wide Web
    Many people truly believe they're "stars" in social control media
  16. Google Does Not Have a Search Engine Anymore
    Google wants to "retain" users for more "screen time" and influence over their minds; it does not save you time, it's manipulating you
  17. [Meme] Automattic: Host With Automattic, We'll Handle Our Own Complexity for You
    The RHEL modus operandi (more so with systemd)
  18. Finding Peace With Less
    There seems to be a growing consensus (speaking to other editors helps confirm this) that the Web is going in a very bad direction
  19. Links 07/12/2024: DEI Chopped by University of Michigan, French and South Korean Governments in Turmoil
    Links for the day
  20. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  21. IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 06, 2024
    IRC logs for Friday, December 06, 2024
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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    1382 /n/2024/12/04/In_Asia_Microsoft_s_Bing_Became_Smaller_Than_Yandex_and_It_Shri.shtml
    1337 /n/2024/12/03/The_L_Word_Not_Linux.shtml
    1175 /n/2024/12/03/It_s_FOSS_No_It_s_SPAM.shtml
    1117 /n/2024/12/03/2_Years_Have_Passed_Since_ChatGPT_Vapourware_and_Bing_Gained_No.shtml
    952 /n/2024/12/04/We_ve_Clearly_Struck_a_Nerve.shtml
    925 /n/2024/12/02/Microsoft_Windows_Market_Share_in_the_United_Kingdom_Has_Fallen.shtml
    840 /n/2024/12/04/Techrights_is_Officially_an_Adult.shtml
    812 /n/2024/12/02/Linux_Foundation_Let_Linux_com_Rot_for_Two_Months_and_Now_It_Po.shtml
    812 /n/2024/12/02/Microsoft_Windows_is_Technically_at_0_in_Some_Countries.shtml
    809 /n/2024/12/02/BetaNews_is_Still_a_Shrine_of_Microsoft_and_Casually_Also_an_LL.shtml
    795 /n/2024/12/04/Maybe_Bill_Gates_is_Getting_Demented_Like_His_Late_Father_He_Sa.shtml
    792 /n/2024/12/02/Figures_of_Note_Tesla_s_Debt_Has_More_Than_Doubled_in_Two_Years.shtml
    779 /n/2024/12/07/Google_Does_Not_Have_a_Search_Engine_Anymore.shtml
    778 /n/2024/12/05/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Has_Asked_a_Blogger_to_Delete_.shtml
    777 /n/2024/12/02/Windows_Measured_at_5_7_Market_Share_in_Philippines_GNU_Linux_R.shtml
    777 /n/2024/12/04/Many_Geeks_Achilles_Heel_They_Don_t_Take_Computer_Breaks.shtml
    775 /n/2024/12/02/Windows_Down_to_Only_One_in_Six_Internet_or_Web_Connected_Devic.shtml
    751 /n/2024/11/30/Proving_Yet_Again_That_Techrights_Was_Right_About_UEFI_Secure_B.shtml
    691 /n/2024/12/04/Single_Digit_Microsoft_Windows_Finally_Falls_Below_10_in_Angola.shtml
    680 /n/2024/12/04/Coming_Up_With_Topics_to_Cover_and_Issues_to_Comment_on.shtml
    647 /n/2024/12/05/Fantastic_Journalism_by_Brian_Fagioli.shtml
    628 /n/2024/12/05/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Associate_Sued_Us_for_Publishi.shtml
    626 /n/2024/12/03/Did_IBM_Layoffs_Stop_Ask_Dr_Krishna_The_Genius_of_IBM.shtml
    619 /n/2024/12/02/Self_Deprecating_Attacks_on_RMS.shtml
    602 /n/2024/12/02/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_and_Linux_Foundation_Same_Ment.shtml
    601 /n/2024/12/03/South_America_GNU_Linux_Grew_to_8_15_Venezuela_Steadily_Over_3_.shtml
    598 /n/2024/12/03/With_4_Weeks_to_Go_Before_the_End_of_2024_the_FSF_Has_Already_R.shtml
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    564 /n/2024/12/03/ChromeOS_Isn_t_Freedom_But_It_s_Killing_Microsoft_s_Ability_to_.shtml
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