More HDR Preparations Merged In Time For GNOME 47

Following the recent Mutter 47 beta release that also marks the feature freze point for GNOME 47, there still are some High Dynamic Range (HDR) display preparations being merged ahead of this next stable desktop release due out in September.

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libcurl Turns 24: A Look Back at the Journey

On August 7th, 2000, the first version of libcurl, version 7.1, was released. This marked the beginning of a journey for the library, which has become a cornerstone of internet connectivity across countless devices and applications.

As libcurl marks its 24th birthday today (August 7, 2024), it's time to reflect on the incredible journey of this multi-protocol file transfer library. From its humble beginnings in 2000 to its current status as a foundation of internet communication, libcurl has truly stood the test of time.

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KDE Frameworks 6.5 Released with Plasma Wayland and Dolphin Improvements

KDE Frameworks 6.5 is here to improve the accessibility of multiple controls on the Shortcuts page in System Settings, standardize the red X symbolism for “remove this abstract thing” that the HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) recommends in the Breeze icon theme, and improve support for apps on the Plasma Wayland session.

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System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC Alpha Desktop Environment

Linux hardware vendor System76 announced today the release and general availability of the long-awaited Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distribution featuring the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment as alpha versions for early adopters.

While Pop!_OS Linux remains based on Ubuntu, the biggest new feature of the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS release, besides being derived from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and inheriting its LTS (Long-Term Support) capabilities, is the brand-new COSMIC desktop environment written in Rust.

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You Can Now Try Firefox’s Vertical Tabs

Mozilla says Firefox users have long requested better tab management and organization. The update, offered in Firefox Nightly 131, promises to deliver that experience. Firefox Nightly 131 improves the left-hand sidebar, featuring shortcuts for settings, bookmarks, and now vertical tabs. Mozilla said, “We have designed the new sidebar and vertical tabs experience to make two core browsing workflows more seamless – context-switching and multitasking." The company said it was working on vertical tabs for Firefox back in May.

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33 years ago, Torvalds announced the Linux project 🐧

"Just a hobby, won't be big and professional"

Happy birthday, Linux 🐧🎉

Mozilla Firefox 130 Released with Labs, Overscroll & Web Codecs API

Mozilla Firefox 130 is out with a variety of changes that make this phenomenally popular open-source web browser a touch more productive. On Linux, Firefox 130 enables overscroll animations by default, having added them on other platforms a few years back. This is a familiar visual effect from mobile systems: when you try to scroll beyond the edge content an elastic animation indicates “nu-uh”. To save anyone being confused, the new (on Linux) Firefox over-scroll animations only play if you’re using a touchpad/trackpad to overscroll. You won’t see the effect if using a mouse.

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Deepin 23 Officially Released

After 3 years of preparation, 9 iterations, and 51 internal tests, deepin 23 has finally been released today, 15 August 2024, and we have set a lot of ambitious goals for deepin 23 since 2022, and we have already made significant breakthroughs and achievements in many areas, with many regrets!

Since 2022, we've set a lot of ambitious goals for deepin 23, and we've already made significant breakthroughs and achievements in a number of areas, as well as a lot of regrets. We have a lot to say at this stage of our journey: ‘Words after the Release of deepin 23 / Liu Wenhuan, deepin community founder’.

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Red Hat unleashes Enterprise Linux AI - and it's truly useful

Red Hat has officially launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI into general availability. This isn't just another product release; it's a truly useful AI approach that RHEL administrators and programmers will find exceptionally helpful. 
RHEL AI is meant to simplify enterprise-wide adoption by offering a fully optimized, bootable RHEL image for server deployments across hybrid cloud environments. These optimized bootable model runtime instances work with Granite models and InstructLab tooling packages. They include optimized Pytorch runtime libraries and GPU accelerators for AMD Instinct MI300X, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, and NeMo frameworks.

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Intel Graphics Driver With Linux 6.12 Will Finally Report Fan Speeds

Intel has submitted more kernel graphics driver changes for the upcoming Linux 6.12 cycle. Following the pull requests to DRM-Next last week to enable Lunar Lake Xe2 graphics and Battlemage by default, some more lingering feature patches were merged today. Most exciting with this last round of patches before Linux 6.12? Intel graphics card fan speed reporting is finally wired up for their Linux driver.

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