5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (411+ words) Microsoft's 2011 UEFI CA expires this June, affecting future Linux shim signing and Secure Boot compatibility. Microsoft's legacy Secure Boot signing certificate is nearing expiration, initiating an important transition that impacts the wider Linux ecosystem. The Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority from…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (315+ words) Chrome closes another path for classic u Block Origin as Chromium removes a leftover Manifest V2 flag from the browser codebase. Google Chrome's long-running Manifest V2 phaseout is reaching another cleanup stage, with Chromium removing one more legacy flag tied to the…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (336+ words) GStreamer 1. 28. 4 delivers security updates, playback fixes, better debug logging, audio fixes, and improved stability across platforms. GStreamer 1. 28. 4 is now available as the latest stable update in the 1. 28 series for this widely used open-source multimedia framework. Key changes include security and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (281+ words) Cine is a new MPV-based video player for Linux, offering a clean GTK/libadwaita interface with subtitle, audio, and video controls. For sure, Linux has no shortage of video players, but Cine enters with a clear goal: to provide a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) COSMIC Desktop 1. 0. 16 adds Bluetooth keyboard passkey dialogs and improves the Open With dialog in COSMIC Files. COSMIC Desktop 1. 0. 16 has been released as the latest update to System76s Rust-based desktop environment. On the compositor side, COSMIC Desktop 1. 0. 16 updates cosmic-comp to a newer…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (129+ words) Linuxiac The clause also applies to prohibited or restricted parties under U. S. or other applicable sanctions and export-control laws. It further extends to individuals or entities owned, controlled by, or acting on behalf of such parties. OFAC, the U. S. Treasury office that…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (448+ words) Alpine Linux 3. 24 ships COSMIC Desktop in community, alongside kernel 6. 18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6. 6, GNOME 50, and major toolchain updates. Alpine, a lightweight, musl-based, and systemd-free (Open RC is the default init system) Linux distribution, has just released version 3. 24, powered by Linux kernel…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (440+ words) Refresh OS 3. 0 combines Debian 13 (Trixie) with KDE Plasma 6, preconfigured drivers, codecs, apps, and a polished desktop experience. Refresh OS 3. 0, developed and maintained by e Xybit Technologies, has been released as the latest major version of the Debian-based desktop distribution, moving…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (596+ words) The Document Foundation disputes Euro-Office's "first European open-source office suite" claim and criticizes its OOXML default. The Document Foundation has released a strongly worded open letter criticizing Euro-Office, the forthcoming European open-source office suite backed by major technology organizations, one…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (539+ words) Open CV 5. 0 debuts a new DNN engine, broader ONNX support, VLM inference, C++17 requirements, and legacy API cleanup. Open CV 5. 0 has been released as a major update to the widely used open-source computer vision library, bringing a redesigned deep neural…...