KDE
KDE's digiKam now works better with Pixel phone photos
digiKam 9.1.0 brings support for Pixel Motion photos, time zone metadata, and improved facial recognition.
Jordan Gloor
Jordan Gloor is a journalist of over five years, having covered tech, agriculture, and local history. He likes to tinker with computers in his free time, especially in self-hosting and the Linux desktop. He also enjoys drinking hot tea and gardening.
GNOME
"Bobby" is a new GNOME Circle app for browsing databases
With GNOME Circle certification, you can expect the app to meet reliability and accessibility standards that other FOSS apps aren't held to.
Linux Apps
3 Linux apps to try on your new Linux PC
This week I'm trying a graphics editor, a MeshCore interface, and a terminal-based typing game.
Software Updates
The beta for Blender 5.2 LTS is out now. Here's what's new
New experimental physics simulations for hair and cloth are improving the capabilities of this open source 3D modelling app.
Security
Certain Home Assistant servers can be remotely hacked with this tiny $22 radio
MeshCore cards for Home Assistant dashboards allow HTML delivered by mesh nodes to be rendered, potentially allowing the delivery of malicious payloads to the host.
Software Updates
Open source video editor Shotcut is getting OpenFX, Vulkan, and more
A beta for v26.6 was released that added OpenFX and VST2 plugins, as well as Vulkan display rendering for the application.
RISC-V
Behold: 3D Windows games running smoothly on open source RISC-V
The felix86 project showed off 3D x86 games like Portal 2 and God of War running at decidedly playable levels thanks to new RISC-V hardware.
KDE
We're one step closer to a KDE Linux beta
A new, independent package build system and an optimized collection of software and kernel modules means a pure KDE distribution is one step closer to reality.
Linux Apps
Upgrade your Linux PC with these 3 handy apps
This week it's all about reviews. I'm trying a terminal history viewer, a log viewer, and an image viewer and editor.
Flathub
Flathub is finally combating the AI slopware problem
Apps and pull requests made or assisted by AI can no longer be submitted to Flathub's software repository. There are exceptions though.
Arm
FOSS retro Windows on ARM64 Raspberry Pi is almost here
Developers are booting an open source version of Windows NT on the Raspberry Pi 5, and while useful software isn't here yet, it is a big step forward.
Self-Hosting
The self-hosted streaming app Feishin got a major update
Listening to music via Jellyfin, OpenSubsonic, or Navidrome? This app just got new themes and better organizing and reporting tools.