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Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining “Garbage” AI in Firefox
—> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable
Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked
—> https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked/
Btrfs Has Saved Meta "Billions Of Dollars" In Infrastructure Costs - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Btrfs-Saves-Meta-Billions
Vulkan 1.4.325 Released With Untyped Pointers Extension - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.325-Released
Debian 13 “Trixie” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-trixie-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new
Steam for ChromeOS Chromebooks is being killed off | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-for-chromeos-chromebooks-is-being-killed-off/
HandBrake 1.10 Released with Discord-Friendly 10MB Presets - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/handbrake-1-10-released-new-features
Additional Intel Linux Drivers Left Orphaned & Maintainers Let Go - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-More-Orphans-Maintainers
KDE Frameworks 6.17 Is Out to Improve Performance of All QtQuick-Based KDE Apps - 9to5Linux
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-17-is-out-to-improve-performance-of-all-qtquick-based-kde-apps
Linus Torvalds Rejects RISC-V Changes For Linux 6.17: "Garbage" - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-RISC-V-Rejected
Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Coming Soon, ISOs Enter Testing
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/linux-mint-22-2-beta-iso-coming-soon
FFmpeg 8.0 Merges Vulkan AV1 Encoding & VP9 Decoding - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Vulkan-AV1-Encoding
Intel Phasing Out 16x MSAA Support - Being Disabled With Xe3 Graphics - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Dropping-16x-MSAA
📰 LACT 0.8.1 Linux GPU Control Panel Improves Voltage/Clock Controls For Older AMD GPUs
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GNOME Shell 49 Beta Finally Brings Media Controls To The Lock Screen - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Meda-Lock-Screen
Guardians of Privacy: How Security-Driven Linux Distributions Are Rising to Meet Growing Digital Fears
—> https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/guardians-privacy-how-security-driven-linux-distributions-are-rising-meet-growing-digital
Give Your Ubuntu Desktop a Revamp with Hatter Icon Set - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/try-hatter-icon-theme-for-linux
GNOME 49 Overhauls Backlight Control
https://linuxiac.com/gnome-49-overhauls-backlight-control/
Paper 7 is a digital picture frame with a 7 inch E Ink Spectra 6 color display
https://liliputing.com/paper-7-is-a-digital-picture-frame-with-a-7-inch-e-ink-spectra-6-color-display/
Banana Pi BPI-F4 – An industrial Edge AI SBC powered by Sunplus SP7350 SoC with 4.1 TOPS NPU
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/09/banana-pi-bpi-f4-an-industrial-edge-ai-sbc-powered-by-sunplus-sp7350-soc-with-4-1-tops-npu/
Unleash the hidden potential of your Raspberry Pi 3B+ with these 5 creative projects
https://www.xda-developers.com/unleash-hidden-potential-raspberry-pi-3b-creative-projects/
Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/open-source-re-implementation-of-caesar-iii-levels-up-in-the-new-release/
MariaDB 12.0 Lands with InnoDB Fixes and Expanded Platform Support
https://linuxiac.com/mariadb-12-0-lands-with-innodb-fixes-and-expanded-platform-support/
4 Ways I am Encouraging My 4 Year Old Child to Help Learn Coding and Use Computer
https://itsfoss.com/ways-kids-learn-code/
Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/farlight-84-is-now-broken-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/
Calibre 8.8 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves Support for Kobo Devices - 9to5Linux
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-8-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-support-for-kobo-devices
My 4 favorite image editing apps on Linux - and two are free Photoshop alternatives | ZDNET
https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-4-favorite-image-editing-apps-on-linux-and-two-are-free-photoshop-alternatives/
IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 Released with Offline AI Code Completion - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/intellij-idea-2025-2-offline-ai-java-25-support
VisionFive 2 Lite low-cost RISC-V SBC launched for $19.90 and up (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/07/visionfive-2-lite-low-cost-risc-v-sbc/