Coming more than four months after Audacious 4.6.1, which only added support for XDG cache dir to store temporary files, a Georgian translation, and extended support for embedded lyrics, the Audacious 4.6.2 release adds support for SID files and parse more metadata and support for MPRIS OpenUri method.
MocaccinoOS is a minimalist Linux distro that uses a custom-built package manager called Luet, which acts as a frontend for container-based software. MocaccinoOS aims to make Gentoo easy to use, while offering support for the most important cloud technologies and native vanilla Linux kernels.
MKVToolNix 103 comes about two months after MKVToolNix 101, which only updated a couple of dependencies, and one month after MKVToolNix 102, which only fixed a security issue. MKVToolNix 103 is a more hefty update introducing support for setting stereo mode from the frame packing arrangement SEI message in the video stream for AVC/H.264 and HEVC/H.265.
Based on the recently released Linux 7.3 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 7.3 kernel is here to clean up blob names in new drivers for the Tyr Mali GPU, Morse Micro mm81x wifi, NXP wifi, and Realtek PHY, as well as new blob names in preexisting drivers, including nova-core, amdgpu, adreno, tegra, iris video decoder, rtw89, and mt76 wifi.
BleachBit 6.0.6 introduces native package support for Ubuntu 26.10 and openSUSE Leap 16.1 distributions, new cleaners for the Helium web browser and Docker Desktop, including Docker’s AI assistant, and support for cleaning more crash reports, GPU caches, and network state files in web browsers and VS Code-based editors.
Highlights of Linux 7.3 include a new sandboxing mechanism based on a pseudo-file system, Rust support for PowerPC systems, userfaultfd support for tracking the working set of virtual machine guest memory, SMB server support for Apple Time Machine, and full support for cgroup sub-schedulers.
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GNOME 51.1 improves web login and banner layout, adds support for gnome-autoar for extracting extensions, improves mount notifications, improves the clock position on the lock screen, fixes Quick Settings preventing direct scanout, improves support for legacy authentication services messages, and fixes applying color filters when using full grayscale.
Adafruit has previewed Floppsy Rev D, an RP2350-based floppy disk archiver and emulator designed to preserve and access legacy computer storage media. The standalone device supports floppy drives used with PCs and Apple Disk II systems, offering disk imaging, flux-level data capture, and emulation capabilities alongside a touchscreen interface and removable storage.
LILYGO’s latest e-paper development board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch display offering 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The board also includes battery monitoring, removable storage, and Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity for portable information displays and wireless embedded projects.
