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📰 Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics
Fooyin 0.9 open-source music player is out with support for artwork downloads, synced lyrics, autoplaylists, and numerous bug fixes.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fooyin-0-9-music-player-arrives-with-artwork-downloads-synced-lyrics/
📰 Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1 million people
Hackers have stolen the personal information of 1.1 million individuals in a Salesforce data theft attack, which impacted U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life in July.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-allianz-life-data-breach-impacts-11-million-people/
SDL3 Enhances Logic For Selecting The Most Performant Vulkan GPU - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-Vulkan-Multi-GPU-Select
Smaller, Cheaper Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 Announced - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-specs-price
ArmSoM Unveils CM1, a $15 Rockchip Compute Module for Industrial IoT
https://news.itsfoss.com/armson-cm1/
This Linux distro puts more than 20 desktops a click away | ZDNET
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-distro-puts-more-than-20-desktops-a-click-away/
I use one simple tool to update my Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of my system via one command | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/i-use-one-simple-tool-to-update-my-linux-os-and-all-of-its-software-in-minutes-topgrade-auto-detects-and-updates-all-of-of-my-system-via-one-command
Linux Merges Headset Detection Workaround For Framework 13 Ryzen AI 300 Series
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-13-AI-300-Headset
Wine 10.13 released with improvements for WoW64, BCrypt and more | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/wine-10-13-released-with-improvements-for-wow64-bcrypt-and-more/
📰 Firefox Multi-Account Containers are the best browser tool you aren't using
Discover how Firefox's Multi-Account Containers extension simplifies browser compartmentalization, improving online privacy and productivity by separating accounts and minimizing tracking.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/firefox-multi-account-containers/
It’s A Pi, But It’s Not Quite A Raspberry Pi | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/its-a-pi-but-its-not-quite-a-raspberry-pi/
Shotcut 25.08 Video Editor Arrives with Key Fixes
https://linuxiac.com/shotcut-25-08-video-editor-arrives-with-key-fixes/
GNOME Disks Continues Being Ported To Rust
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Disks-More-Rust
📰 Ghostty Terminal Rewrites its GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues
Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.You're reading Ghostty Terminal Rewrites its GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ghostty-terminal-gtk-rewrite-linux
📰 Plasma 6.5 Takes Shape with Improved Notifications and Theme Tweaks
KDE Plasma 6.5 progress report highlights improved notifications, sound tweaks, accessibility updates, and bug fixes across the desktop.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-5-takes-shape-with-improved-notifications-and-theme-tweaks/
5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-reasons-to-switch-to-an-immutable-linux-distro-today-and-which-to-try-first/
Alibaba AI Team Just Released Ovis 2.5 Multimodal LLMs: A Major Leap in Open-Source AI with Enhanced Visual Perception and Reasoning Capabilities
🔗 Source: https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/08/17/alibaba-ai-team-just-released-ovis-2-5-multimodal-llms-a-major-leap-in-open-source-ai-with-enhanced-visual-perception-and-reasoning-capabilities/
Ebyte ECB31-PB – A Raspberry Pi Model A-sized industrial SBC with Allwinner T113-S3 or T113-S4 SoC - CNX Software
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/19/ebyte-ecb31-pb-a-raspberry-pi-model-a-sized-industrial-sbc-with-allwinner-t113-s3-or-t113-s4-soc/
📰 7 command‑line utilities I use that instantly upgrade my productivity on Linux
Discover beginner-friendly Linux command-line tools that can boost your productivity, simplify tasks, and make your terminal workflow more efficient.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/command-line-utilities-instantly-upgrade-productivity-on-linux/
Ubuntu's New "Dangerous" Daily Builds - What Are They? - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-dangerous-daily-builds-snap-testing
Firefox 142 Now Available - Allows Browser Extensions/Add-Ons To Use AI LLMs - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-142-Extensions-AI-LLMs
Ventoy 1.1.06 Brings TrueNAS Scale Support
https://linuxiac.com/ventoy-1-1-06-brings-truenas-scale-support/
I Run a Full Linux Desktop in Docker Just Because I Can
https://www.howtogeek.com/i-run-a-full-linux-desktop-in-docker-just-because-i-can/
Fedora Copr Repository Offers XLibre Packages For Alternative X Server - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-XLibre-Copr-Repo
📰 Ubuntu 25.10 Reveals New Wallpaper, Mascot Artwork
Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" default wallpaper features a line-art quokka motif, purple gradient, and a cute nod to the 'questing' part of the codename.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-25-10-wallpaper-mascot-artwork
Patches Posted For Raspberry Pi 5 Ethernet With The Upstream Linux Kernel - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Ethernet-Linux
Debian Trixie-Based Grml 2025.08 Is Out to Celebrate Debian's 32nd Birthday - 9to5Linux
https://9to5linux.com/debian-trixie-based-grml-2025-08-is-out-to-celebrate-debians-32nd-birthday
📰 Lilbits: Desktop Linux apps on Android phones, Xbox PC gaming on ARM-based computers, and a cheaper Kindle color
Google recently added an experimental Linux terminal app to Android that installs Debian in a virtual machine and lets you run command-line apps. But if you’re running the latest canary builds of Android 16 on a Pixel 6 or later smartphone, it’s also possible to enable support for applications with a graphical user interface. Android .
🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-phones-xbox-pc-gaming-on-arm-based-computers-and-a-cheaper-kindle-color/
📰 You've built cities with people, beavers, on top of giant creatures - and now you'll do it with Crows
Crowded was just announced as a new city-builder but it's all about nesting, since your people are Crows.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/youve-built-cities-with-people-beavers-on-top-of-giant-creatures-and-now-youll-do-it-with-crows/
📰 Mini SSDs barely larger than a microSD card support speeds up to 3,700 MB/s
Move over SD Express, there’s a new high-speed removable storage format on the way. Chinese storage company Biwin has introduced a new Mini SSD that’s just a tiny bit larger than a microSD card, but which leverages a PCIe Gen 4 x 2 connection for NVMe 1.4 drives with read/write speeds up to 3,700 MB/S .
🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/mini-ssds-barely-larger-than-a-microsd-card-support-speeds-up-to-3700-mb-s/