XZ 5.8 Debuts As First Major Feature Release Since The Backdoor Disaster XZ 5.8 is out today as the first notable feature release since last year's malicious backdoor in XZ 5.6 inserted by a then-co-maintainer of the project. XZ 5.6.2 was out last May while XZ 5.8.0 is now stable today for bringing new features to this lossless data compressor project...

XZ 5.8 Debuts As First Major Feature Release Since The Backdoor Disaster - Phoronix

XZ 5.8 is out today as the first notable feature release since last year's malicious backdoor in XZ 5.6 inserted by a then-co-maintainer of th...

MPV 0.40 Media Player Released With Wayland HDR Support MPV 0.40 was just released as the newest version of this open-source media player derived from MPlayer/MPlayer2. With the MPV 0.40 release there is support for HDR videos on Wayland using the new color management protocol along with a variety of other new features...

MPV 0.40 Media Player Released With Wayland HDR Support - Phoronix

MPV 0.40 was just released as the newest version of this open-source media player derived from MPlayer/MPlayer2

Flowblade 2.20 Open-Source Video Editor Leveraging SDL2, Other Improvements Flowblade 2.20 is out this morning as the newest feature update to this open-source, non-linear video editing system for Linux...

Flowblade 2.20 Open-Source Video Editor Leveraging SDL2, Other Improvements - Phoronix

Flowblade 2.20 is out this morning as the newest feature update to this open-source, non-linear video editing system for Linux.

GRUB Bootloader Received 73 Patches To Fix A Variety Of Recent Security Issues The GRUB bootloader saw a set of 73 patches last month for addressing a variety of security flaws that were discovered...

GRUB Bootloader Received 73 Patches To Fix A Variety Of Recent Security Issues - Phoronix

The GRUB bootloader saw a set of 73 patches last month for addressing a variety of security flaws that were discovered.

Wayland Protocols 1.42 Updates Cursor Shape & Tablet Protocols With the FreeDesktop.org GitLab infrastructure getting back up, Wayland Protocols 1.42 was released today as the newest version of this official set of protocols for Wayland compositors...

Wayland Protocols 1.42 Updates Cursor Shape & Tablet Protocols - Phoronix

With the FreeDesktop.org GitLab infrastructure getting back up, Wayland Protocols 1.42 was released today as the newest version of this official se...

Arch Linux Powered Endeavour OS "Mercury Neo" Released The Endeavour OS enthusiast Linux distribution built atop Arch Linux is out with its March 2025 ISO refresh under the codename "Mercury Neo" for this spin featuring the latest software packages...

Arch Linux Powered Endeavour OS "Mercury Neo" Released - Phoronix

The Endeavour OS enthusiast Linux distribution built atop Arch Linux is out with its March 2025 ISO refresh under the codename 'Mercury Neo&#0...