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KDE Plasma 6.7.5 Desktop Environment Is Out with Many Improvements and Fixes

Coming more than a month after KDE Plasma 6.7.4, the KDE Plasma 6.7.5 release is here to improve the way HDR content looks when using an ICC profile, improve the Spectacle utility to be faster at taking screenshots, and update Discover only to offer to open and install DEB packages on distros that natively support it.

GStreamer 1.28.7 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Adds Support for OpenCV 5

Coming about a month after GStreamer 1.28.6, the GStreamer 1.28.7 release is here to add support for building against OpenCV 5, add a missing API version suffix in the HIP support library filename, restore gap event sending in the MPEG-PS demuxer, and limit the number of remote sources being tracked in the rtprecv element.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026

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OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes

OpenVPN 2.7.7 is here to reduce the number of future keys from 16 to 4 when using EPOCH data channel format, leading to less log spam in userland and fewer resources used in in-kernel implementations. According to the devs, the previous calculation was wrong, and 4 spare keys are sufficient for 100+ Gbit/s links.

Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support

Shelly 3.1.3 is here to introduce a new button for removing all built AUR package archives and their matching signatures from Shelly’s cache, support for configuring environment variables for each installed AppImage package, and improved parallel downloads of packages and the repository database.

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999

think I won’t remember to check this again in 3 hours, but it’ll soon be 999 days and 9 hours, 9 minutes, 9 seconds since last reboot.

Two Tanks

Black and pink (blackpink?)

Clean Tank

Coping better

Shell Upgrade Completed

Snails/shells

A Complicated Scenario

Death came

Evri Does Not Read Tickets, Staff Won’t Fix Errors After Bots (Yes, Evri Uses Bots) Make Severe Mistakes

Facepalm

Being Happy and Hoarding Not the Same Thing

“The researchers were particularly interested in three psychological needs identified by self-determination theory: relatedness, or having meaningful relationships; competence, or feeling capable and effective; and autonomy, meaning that our actions feel voluntarily chosen rather than forced on us.” -“Not Money or Pleasure: Scientists Say They’ve Found The True Key to Happiness” (5 September 2026)

Disabilities and All That (It’s Getting Worse)

What evolution?

We Love Manchester

Manchester’s week ahead is moderately OK

Upgrades for the Fish and Shells

Because winter is coming and they need more heat (and T.L.C.)

Chronological Index, Page 180

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