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Memos 0.26 Note-Taking App Released With Stronger Authentication
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (362+ words) The new Memos 0.26 update brings stronger authentication, refresh token rotation, and better media streaming to this self-hosted, open-source note-taking app. Memos 0.26, a popular (56K GitHub stars) self-hosted, open-source note-taking app for quickly capturing and organizing notes and ideas, is now available....
New Rust Tool Traur Analyzes Arch AUR Packages for Hidden Risks
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (313+ words) Traur is a new tool written in Rust that checks Arch AUR packages for hidden security risks before you install them. A new open-source tool, traur, written in Rust, has emerged for Arch users, aiming to improve security awareness in…...
New Proposal Explores Machine Learning Assistance for Linux Kernel Behavior
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (355+ words) A Linux kernel developer has proposed using user-space machine learning models to assist kernel subsystems. A recent discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list considers whether machine learning could assist kernel subsystems. Viacheslav Dubeyko, an IBM engineer, proposed creating a…...
KDE Plasma 6.7 Prepares Smarter Window List and Window Management Improvements
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (264+ words) Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to include an improved Window List widget with sorting and clearer grouping for easier window navigation. Although Plasma 6.6 desktop'is not yet released (scheduled for February 17), KDE developers are already hard at work on version 6.7, with early…...
KDE Linux Reaches 62% Toward Beta Release, Developers Say
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (529+ words) KDE Linux developers report the project is 62% complete on its path toward a public beta release. KDE Linux, a new, still-in-development KDE initiative to bring its own immutable distro as a Plasma-first Linux OS to the public, continues to move…...
Wine 11.2 Released With Faster PDB Loading and 32 Bug Fixes
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (279+ words) Wine 11.2 is out with faster PDB loading, improved MSVC runtime support, and 32 bug fixes affecting games, tools, and audio. The Wine Project, a compatibility layer that enables Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has released version 11.2 as the…...
Microsoft Introduces LiteBox, a New Security-Focused Library OS
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (413+ words) LiteBox is a new open-source sandboxing library OS from Microsoft, designed to run code with a minimal, security-focused OS surface. Microsoft kicked off a new open-source project (MIT-licensed) called LiteBox that explores a different approach to application isolation by using…...
Calibre 9.2 E-Book Manager Released With ZIP Output Changes
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (531+ words) Calibre 9.2 introduces security fixes, ZIP output changes, and multiple bug fixes across the e-book viewer and bookshelf. The popular open-source e-book management tool Calibre has just released version 9.0, the second maintenance update in the 9.x series. The software replaces its…...
Ardour 9.0 Arrives as a Major DAW Update
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (558+ words) Ardour 9.0 DAW is out, introducing clip recording, pianoroll windows, region FX, and major MIDI and audio workflow improvements across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Ardour 9.0 has been released as one of the most substantial updates to this open-source digital audio workstation....
Libreboot 26.01 Open-Source Boot Firmware Released With New Board Support
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (334+ words) Libreboot 26.01, an open-source boot firmware, is now available, adding support for several new boards and stability fixes. Libreboot's developers have released version 26.01, codenamed "Magnanimous Max, as a new stable release of this open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware based on Coreboot, designed…...