Team disagreements saw progress on SuperTuxKart hit the skids, but with new leadership in the driving seat, the iconic FOSS racer is getting back on track.
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SuperTuxKart Evolution Promises 'Fresh Experience'
Team disagreements saw progress on SuperTuxKart hit the buffers, but with new leadership and a revived vision, the iconic FOSS racer is getting bac...
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Finding Firefox's AI features a bit sluggish? You weren't alone, so Mozilla is switching to a new, native C++ backend for on-device features.
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Firefox's On-Device AI Features Now Up to 10x Faster
Mozilla replaces slow WebAssembly with native C++ for Firefox AI features, netting faster performance for features like Smart Tab Groups and alt-te...
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The fourth monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) is out, the final before the Ubuntu 25.10 beta release in September. Fancy testing it?
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Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 4 is Available to Download
The fourth monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) is out, the final before the Ubuntu 25.10 beta release in September. Fancy testing it?
Meet Bazaar, a fast, standalone frontend for finding, installing, and updating Flatpak apps on Linux desktops.
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Bazaar is a Slick New Desktop Flathub Frontend
Bazaar is a new multi-threaded Flatpak app for installing other Flatpak apps. It can handle multiple operations, curated apps, and integrated deskt...
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I tried Aviator at the weekend. It's an easy-to-use GTK4/libadwaita app for encoding AV1 videos on Linux using a quality-focused fork of the SVT-AV1 software encoder β€” yes, software. Don't be put off, this things is surprisingly fast, super straightforward, and creates high quality conversions at much smaller file sizes. Win-win, right?
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Try Aviator for Fast AV1 Video Encoding on Linux
Aviator is a user-friendly GTK4 AV1 encoder for Linux that makes it easy to convert convert videos to AV1. Smaller file sizes with minimal quality ...
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FFmpeg 8.0 is out, and it’s packed: Vulkan-based encoding/decoding (on any GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3), native ProRes RAW decoding, Whisper AI for speech-to-text, and new filters that offload to GPU.
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FFmpeg's "Largest Release" Yet Adds Vulkan Video Processing
FFmpeg 8.0 introduces Vulkan compute-based codecs for pro-grade video formats, new decoders, Whisper AI transcription, and other assorted improveme...
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#OTD 34 years ago, Linus Torvalds sent a short post to the Minix newsgroup. The subject? An OS he was building β€” "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu", he said. That OS was Linux, the most successful computing operating system ever created (yes, really – it might not have won desktop, but it won everything in-between) #linux #tech image
Hyped for Thunderbird Pro? The team has shared an update on what's planned, including Thundermail e-mail address, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe a bit more!
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Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features
Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on Ger...
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I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are all too real.
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Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them - OMG! Ubuntu
Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users' browsing and uploading them to...
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I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are real for 100k users of this Chrome add-on.
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Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them - OMG! Ubuntu
Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users' browsing and uploading them to...
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