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Ardour 8.11 Open-Source DAW Is Out to Fix a Critical Workflow-Blocking Bug on Linux

Coming three and a half months after Ardour 8.10, the Ardour 8.11 release is a small hotfix update addressing a critical workflow-blocking bug on Linux that occurred whenever the user was working on a session using musical time as the default time domain (Session > Properties > Misc).

Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.9 Released with Linux Kernel 6.13, Docker Support

Powered by Linux kernel 6.13, PorteuX 1.9 is here one and a half months after PorteuX 1.8, which was the first distro to ship with the latest and greatest Xfce 4.20 desktop environment. It introduces GUID Partition Table (GPT) compatibility to the installer, Docker support, CUPS support to GTK3, and the NVIDIA 570 graphics driver.

Mozilla Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 135 include support for XZ packaging for Linux binaries for faster unpacking, smaller file sizes, and integration with modern distros, as well as support for closing only the current tab on Linux and macOS systems if the Quit keyboard shortcut is used while multiple tabs are opened.

Fwupd 2.0.5 Firmware Updater Adds Support for More ELAN Fingerprint Readers

Coming two weeks after fwupd 2.0.4, this release introduces support for more ELAN fingerprint readers, support for emulating devices reading EFI keys, support for skipping device tests by CPU architecture, and support for the StarLite magnetic keyboard from Star Labs.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 2nd, 2025

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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since Linux kernel 6.13 hit the streets and Linux 6.14’s merge window was opened, which means that it’s time to test drive the Release Candidate versions weekly until the final release in about two months from today. But first, let’s take a look at the biggest new features and enhancements.

CachyOS ISO Snapshot for February 2025 Brings Linux Kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 Driver

Powered by a Propeller-optimized Linux 6.13 kernel and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.2.5 desktop environment by default, the CachyOS ISO snapshot for February 2025 ships with the beta version of the upcoming NVIDIA 570 graphics driver to provide users with support for the NVIDIA 50xx (Blackwell) series.

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GENE-MTH6: A 3.5” SBC with Intel Core Ultra Processors for Edge Computing

AAEON has announced the GENE-MTH6, a 3.5” SubCompact Board designed for edge computing and embedded applications. Featuring Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1) with integrated Intel Arc Graphics, the board supports up to 96GB of DDR5 memory and offers PCIe Gen 4 expansion with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 04, 2025

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Universal Control - LinuxLinks

Universal Control is software which lets you use the keyboard and mouse (or trackpad) of your Mac to control up to two other nearby Mac or iPad devices.

Universal Control is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

QIV - Quick Image Viewer - LinuxLinks

Quick Image Viewer (QIV) is a very small and pretty fast open source gdk/imlib image viewer.

QIV is faster than traditional image viewers such as xv or xli.

The software is released under an open source license.

Minisign - sign files and verify signatures - LinuxLinks

They also include a second comment line, that cannot be modified without the secret key.

Trusted comments can be used to add instructions or application-specific metadata (intended file name, timestamps, resource identifiers, version numbers to prevent downgrade attacks).

This is free and open source software.

Mirage - fast and simple GTK+ image viewer - LinuxLinks

Mirage is a fast and simple GTK+ image viewer.

Because it depends only on PyGTK, Mirage is ideal for users who wish to keep their computers lean while still having a clean image viewer.

This is free and open source software.

Drawing - simple image editor - LinuxLinks

The app works on any Linux system regardless of the desktop environment: more traditional design user interfaces are available too, as well as an elementaryOS layout. The app should also be compatible with Linux smartphones.

You can edit or create pictures (PNG, JPEG or BMP) using tools, which can be chosen in the side pane.

This is free and open source software.

grype - vulnerability scanner - LinuxLinks

grype is a vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems.

This is free and open source software.

bower - curses frontend for the Notmuch email system - LinuxLinks

bower is a curses frontend for the Notmuch email system. There are two main views: the index, and the combined thread/pager.

bower makes use of standard Linux utilities, so will likely require some work to work on other systems.

This is free and open source software.

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