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GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM

The GNOME 49 Release Candidate has some interesting changes, especially the re-enablement of X11 support in the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) component by default as the devs find it hard to cleanly separate GDM’s ability to launch modern X11 sessions. X11 support was disabled in the GNOME 49 alpha release.

Mixxx 2.5.3 Open-Source DJ App Brings Major Improvements to Digital Vinyl System

Coming two and a half months after Mixxx 2.5.2, the Mixxx 2.5.3 release brings improvements to the Digital Vinyl System (DVS) support to properly and more accurately represent the pitch control slider on the turntable or CD player. Also, the Alpha-Beta filter was replaced with a more advanced Kalman-Filter equivalent.

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.14, which should boost hardware support, Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” ships with the usual editions featuring the Cinnamon 6.4, Xfce 4.18, and MATE 1.26 desktop environments.

NVIDIA 580.82.07 Supports NVIDIA Smooth Motion on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

NVIDIA 580.82.07 is a small update that only adds support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, fixes a regression introduced in NVIDIA 580.65.06 that could cause Vulkan apps to hang on Wayland, and fixes a bug that caused /sys/class/drm/…/enabled to always report “disabled” for NVIDIA GPU connectors.

Arch Linux Installer’s LVM (Logical Volume Manager) Support Is Out of Beta

Arch Linux 2025.09.01 was released yesterday as the first Arch Linux live ISO snapshot powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.16 kernel series, which should significantly boost hardware support when installing Arch Linux on newer computers. Arch Linux 2025.09.01 also shipped with the Archinstall 3.0.9 installer by default.

OpenSSL 3.6 Promises LMS Signature Verification Support, Alpha Out Now

OpenSSL 3.6 promises LMS signature verification support as per [SP 800-208] in both the FIPS and default providers, and support for EVP_SKEY opaque symmetric key objects to the key derivation and key exchange provider methods via EVP_KDF_CTX_set_SKEY(), EVP_KDF_derive_SKEY(), and EVP_PKEY_derive_SKEY() functions.

Internet Society

Community Snapshot—August

Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Each month, we provide a brief overview of just some of the things they have achieved in the previous month.

LinuxGizmos.com

Fing Agent with Raspberry Pi Kit Now Available

The Fing Agent has been available previously as software for Raspberry Pi, NAS, and Docker containers. The new kit, created in collaboration with Pimoroni, comes pre-assembled and pre-configured to simplify deployment.

(Updated) Radxa CM4 compute module supports 8K video, WiFi 6, and PCIe expansion

The CM4 integrates an octa-core CPU with four Cortex-A72 and four Cortex-A53 cores running up to 2.2 GHz, paired with an ARM Mali-G52 MC3 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, Vulkan 1.2, and OpenCL 2.1. An integrated NPU delivers up to 6 TOPS at INT8, with support for frameworks such as TensorFlow, ONNX, PyTorch, and Caffe.