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osnews. com > story > 145162 > accessibility-input-tool-removes-x11-support-doesnt-want-to-support-wayland-users-caught-in-the-middle

Accessibility input tool removes X11 support, doesn't want to support Wayland; users caught in the middle

1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (948+ words) A sad, painful, and infuriating read for this calm Sunday. In recent years, a lot of attention has gone into improving the output side of the accessibility story on Wayland " screen readers and the like " but apparently, the input side…...

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osnews. com > story > 145160 > remember-when-people-said-open-video-codecs-would-never-win

Remember when people said open video codecs would never win?

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (140+ words) The Alliance for Open Media has published the first version of the AV2 specification. AV2 is the next-generation video coding specification from the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia). Building on the foundation of AV1, AV2 is engineered to provide superior compression efficiency, enabling high-quality…...

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osnews. com > story > 145144 > flathub-bans-slopcoded-applications-but-not-if-theyre-from-a-mature-well-maintained-project

Flathub bans slopcoded applications, but not if they're from a "mature, well-maintained" project

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (170+ words) This policy applies to both the application being submitted to Flathub and the Flathub submission itself, including the manifest, metadata, patches, build scripts, and pull request. For the purpose of this policy, applications include Base Apps, extensions, and any other…...

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osnews. com > story > 145138 > nvidia-retires-its-classic-control-panel-application-for-windows

NVIDIA retires its classic Control Panel application for Windows

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (395+ words) In the release notes for the latest NVIDIA driver version for Windows, the "AI" company who happens to spare a few GPUs for regular users every now and then has announced that the curtain has fallen for the classic NVIDIA…...

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osnews. com > story > 145140 > genode-os-framework-26-05-released

Genode OS Framework 26. 05 released

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (311+ words) The work on the May release has been dominated by topics on account of the just published Sculpt OS version 26. 04. Besides featuring profound driver improvements across Wifi, ACPI, I2 C HID, SOF audio, and graphics, it turns the most innovative aspects…...

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osnews. com > story > 145133 > why-gentoo

Why Gentoo? " OSnews

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (467+ words) When you think of Gentoo, you tend to think of it being a difficult distribution, where you compile everything yourself. There's much more to Gentoo than that. Yes, some of it comes from building from source: the flexibility. But a…...

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osnews. com > story > 145130 > open-source-project-contains-hidden-instruction-for-ai-agents-delete-my-code

Open source project contains hidden instruction for "AI" agents: delete my code

3+ day, 6+ min ago  (107+ words) No more. Things are escalating, and we need to look no further than jqwik, a library that brings property-based testing to the JVM. Hidden in its code is the following instruction, prepended to stdout whenever the test engine is invocated:…...

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osnews. com > story > 145126 > the-exemptions-in-age-verification-laws-for-open-source-operating-systems-are-bad-actually

The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (580+ words) We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have…...

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osnews. com > story > 145124 > gemini-gophers-and-fingers-alternative-internets-beyond-https

Gemini, gophers, and fingers: alternative internets beyond HTTPS

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (267+ words) But what I want to write about today are three protocols that have their own ecosystems, their own communities, and their own aesthetics. finger: //, gopher: //, and gemini: //. Two predate the World Wide Web entirely, but one was created in 2019, the…...

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osnews. com > story > 145120 > microsoft-tries-to-obscure-ai-features-behind-flowery-design-language

Microsoft tries to obscure "AI" features behind flowery design language

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (145+ words) Long-time Microsoft veteran Jon'Friedman published a blog post introducing this new concept. As Copilot steadily evolves into a thought partner'an intelligent presence woven into your workflow'its backbone will become the Copilot Design System, an AI-forward design system we're crafting to…...

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