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Incus 6.16 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-16-container-virtual-machine-manager-released/
Want to Improve Your Linux Skills? Try This
https://news.itsfoss.com/humble-bundle-linux-pearson/
IceWM 3.9 Window Manager Released with Xcursor Support
https://linuxiac.com/icewm-3-9-window-manager-released-with-xcursor-support/
LibreOffice 25.8.1 Update Delivers Almost 100 Bug Fixes - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-1-release-brings-almost-100-bug-fixes
Lilbits: AYN Odin 3 is coming, TrueNAS ported to ARM (unofficially), and International packages valued under $800 no longer exempt from US tariffs - Liliputing
https://liliputing.com/lilbits-ayn-odin-3-is-coming-truenas-ported-to-arm-unofficially-and-international-packages-valued-under-800-no-longer-exempt-from-us-tariffs/
System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup Completion
https://linuxiac.com/system76-cosmic-desktop-hits-initial-setup-completion/
📰 bsd-user-4-linux Lets FreeBSD Binaries Run Unmodified On Linux
The FreeBSD project on Friday published their quarterly status report to highlight all of the interesting changes for Q2'2025. Among the recent FreeBSD efforts have been on "bsd-user-4-linux" to allow FreeBSD binaries to run unmodified on Linux systems. FreeBSD is also coming up with a policy around AI/LLM usage for contributing to the project.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Q2-2025-Status-Report
Steam UK users will now need a credit card to access mature content due to the Online Safety Act | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-uk-users-will-now-need-a-credit-card-to-access-mature-content-due-to-the-online-safety-act/
📰 WIne 10.14 Ships With Updated Mono, VKD3D 1.17 & Ping Support For IPv6
Wine 10.14 is out to end August as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux and other platforms...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.14-Released
📰 4 Raspberry Pi projects that are actually useful (and not just a novelty)
Discover 4 innovative Raspberry Pi projects that go beyond novelties, offering practical solutions for personal cloud storage, retro gaming, smart speakers, and monitoring dashboards.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-projects-useful-not-novelty/
📰 GNOME Executive Director Steps Down After Four Months
It was barely four months ago that the GNOME Foundation announced its new Executive Director, Steven Deobald, who was taking over afterHolly Million stepped down after less than one year. Today Deobald announced he is stepping down as the Executive Director...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steven-Deobald-Steps-Down
📰 AYANEO AM01S hits crowdfunding with AMD Hawk Point and Strix Point options (retro-style mini PC with a flip-up display)
The AYANEO AM01S is a mini PC with a case designed to evoke a desktop computer from the 1980s, and a built-in 4 inch display that flips up from the top of the system. When AYANEO first launched the little computer last year it was available with Ryzen 8040HS processor options based on AMD’s Hawk Point .
🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/ayaneo-am01s-hits-crowdfunding-with-amd-hawk-point-and-strix-point-options-retro-style-mini-pc-with-a-flip-up-display/
📰 New Movie “Python: The Documentary” Traces the Language’s Story
“Python: The Documentary” is a new 84-minute film that tells the story of how a side project evolved into one of the world’s most influential programming languages.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/new-movie-python-the-documentary-traces-the-languages-story/
📰 30 years later, Doom returns to SNES with Raspberry Pi RP2350 muscle
Limited Run Games swaps in silicon to emulate Super FX chip and hit 20 fps Forget Windows 95, it's 30 years since Doom was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. And thanks to the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, the game is back in cartridge form.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/30_years_snes_doom/
📰 Qualcomm Packet Processing Engine "PPE" Going Upstream For Linux 6.18
Recently queued into the Linux networking subsystem's net-next branch ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window is the Qualcomm PPE driver to support their Packet Processing Engine on select SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-PPE-Driver-Linux-6.18
KDE Krita Merge Request Opened For Wayland Color Management
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Krita-Wayland-HDR-Merge-Request
Rusticl Reduces Amount Of Memory Allocations, Lowering CPU Overhead - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rusticl-Less-Memory-Allocs
GTK 4.20 Released With Better Wayland Support, Rendering Enhancements - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.20-Released
Niri 25.08: New Logo, Screen Reader Support, and Wayland Improvements
https://linuxiac.com/niri-25-08-new-logo-screen-reader-support-and-wayland-improvements/
19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code
https://itsfoss.com/vs-code-themes/
📰 3 reasons I love my Proxmox cluster (even though the average home labber doesn't need one)
A Proxmox cluster may not be all that useful for most tinkerers, but it was a fantastic addition to my home lab.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-love-my-proxmox-cluster/
📰 3 gorgeous ESP32 projects that use an e-ink display
Why settle for a regular screen when an e-ink one can do it better?
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/gorgeous-esp32-projects-e-ink-display/
📰 KDE Addresses A 22 Year Old Feature Request For Its Clipboard
KDE developers remained very busy as they closed out the month of August. In fact, this week saw a 22 year old KDE feature request finally being addressed...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Clipboard-22-Year-Old-Req
📰 Bitwig Studio 6 Beta Brings Major Workflow Improvements
Bitwig Studio 6 has hit beta with overhauled automation, new audition tool, project-wide key signatures, and other improvements to core DAW workflows.You're reading Bitwig Studio 6 Beta Brings Major Workflow Improvements, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/bitwig-studio-6-beta-changes-linux-daw
📰 Immich 1.140 Photo and Video Backup Adds Background Sync
Immich 1.140 introduces beta background sync, read-only mode, and a location management utility, moving closer to the long-awaited stable release.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-140-photo-and-video-backup-adds-background-sync/
📰 Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs As Now "Externally Maintained"
Linus Torvalds has finally come to a decision following his plans to part ways with the Bcachefs file-system and then not merging any Bcachefs updates for Linux 6.17...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Externally-Maintained
📰 GitHub engineer claims team was 'coerced' to put Grok into Copilot
Platform's staffer complains security review was 'rushed' Microsoft-owned collaborative coding platform GitHub is deepening its ties with Elon Musk's xAI, bringing early access to the company's Grok Code Fast 1 large language model (LLM) into GitHub Copilot. However, a whistleblower has claimed that the rollout suffers from inadequate security testing and an engineering team operating under duress.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/github_deepens_ties_with_elon/
📰 NetPeek is a New, User-Friendly Network Scanner for Linux
NetPeek is GTK4/libadwaita app for fuss-free network scanning on Linux desktops. A user-friendly alternative to nmap for finding devices and open ports.You're reading NetPeek is a New, User-Friendly Network Scanner for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/netpeek-linux-network-scanner-gui-alternative-nmap
📰 RefreshOS 2.5: The Debian remix that borrows from every desk in the house
A remarkable mixture of different components, but it works RefreshOS is a Debian and KDE-based distro with a difference: it casts its net a lot wider for tools and components.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/refreshos_25/
📰 Bitnami Ends Free, Stable Images — Users Forced to Migrate or Pay
Bitnami is ending free, stable images on Docker Hub, moving them to a Legacy repo with no support, pushing developers toward paid Secure Images subscriptions.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/bitnami-ends-free-stable-images-users-forced-to-migrate-or-pay/