Linux Apps

3 handy Linux apps worth installing this weekend

Try a text-based file browser, a simple image writer, and a minimalist text editor. All free, all open source.

Redox OS

Two Rust-based Linux alternatives just got big updates

Asterinas OS and Redox OS, two independent operating systems written in Rust, both gained new software ports and performance enhancements.

Distro Release

What's new in Alpine Linux 3.24, out now

The new release for includes an upgraded package, an addition of the COSMIC desktop environment, plus a new bootloader option at installation.

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.

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

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.