Fedora 45 Introduces a Minimal GRUB Package for Confidential VMs
Fedora Linux 45 will introduce a separate, minimal GRUB package designed for confidential VMs, Unified Kernel Images, and predictable TPM measurements.
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Immich 3.1 Photo and Video Management Solution Adds EXIF-Based Workflow Filters
Immich 3.1 introduces EXIF metadata filters for workflows, prevents screens from dimming during web uploads, and expands map filtering on mobile.
Krita 5.3.3 Is Out as the Recommended Release for Production Work
Krita 5.3.3 and the experimental Qt 6-based Krita 6.0.3 arrive with crash fixes, animation improvements, and better font handling.
COSMIC Desktop 1.5 Improves Chromium Scaling and Wallpaper Management
System76 releases COSMIC Desktop 1.5 with fixes for Chromium app scaling, excessive panel CPU usage, GPU resets, and external displays.
GCC Adopts Policy Rejecting Significant AI-Generated Code
The GNU Compiler Collection will reject copyright-significant contributions derived from LLM output, with limited exceptions for trivial changes and test cases.
Fooyin 0.12 Music Player Adds Audio Conversion and New Visualizations
Fooyin 0.12 introduces built-in audio conversion, PulseAudio output support, and new Spectrogram, Oscilloscope, and projectM visualizations.
Wayfire 0.11 Wayland Compositor Released with HDR and Better Fractional Scaling
Wayfire 0.11 introduces sharper fractional scaling, experimental HDR, ICC color profiles, expanded Vulkan effects, and a new external plugin manager.
Hyprland 0.56.1 Released with Monitor Rotation and Mirroring Fixes
Hyprland 0.56.1 is a maintenance update addressing monitor regressions, window-rule leaks, input capture, rendering, and more.
Fwupd 2.1.7 Released with New Firmware Security Features
The Linux firmware update utility fwupd 2.1.7 introduces systemd-pcrlock integration, new security attributes, and multiple reliability fixes.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Gets an Optional Virtualization HWE Stack
Canonical introduces an optional virtualization HWE stack for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, bringing newer QEMU, libvirt, EDK2, and SeaBIOS versions.