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Budgie 10.10.2 Released Budgie 10.10.2 is our second minor release of the Budgie 10.10 series. This release adds further improvements to our labwc bridge, improves application matching in Icon Tasklist, general stability fixes, and more!

#Budgie Desktop 10.10.2 is here! We have significantly improved the labwc bridge, introduced better app matching in Icon Tasklist, scaling fixes, and a whole lot more.

Check it out at buddiesofbudgie.org/...

#OpenSource #Linux #BudgieDesktop

Solus Updates Week 10, 2026
KDE Plasma 6.6.2, ROCm 7.2.0, and Mesalib 26.0.1 highlight the updates this week along with a host of security updates.
#Linux #foss #opensource

Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12510-week...

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

Microsoft is truly horrible at reading the room!

And they wonder why people call it #Microslop

tech4gamers.com/windows-12-r...

Solseek v0.12.0 (1.0 RC 1) Released
The TUI Package Manager for Solus
Minor update with additional drivers / tools and general clean-up both with the UI and behind the scenes to prepare for the 1.0 milestone.
#Linux #Solus #FOSS #opensource #tui

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Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Microsoft blocks the word Microslop on its Copilot Discord, bans users, and locks channels after backlash, showing tensions around its AI push

I think their feelings are hurt.

www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/m...

Chirp #6: Clear Skies Ahead for Budgie Desktop 10.10.2 Fixes for Icon Task List, HiDPI scaling, and Show Desktop land ahead of our planned Budgie Desktop 10.10.2. Meanwhile, budgie-session v1.0.1 ships to resolve session crashes.

Chirp #6 is out! Show Desktop functionality rework, HiDPI fixes, session crash squashed, IconTasklist fixes, and still more improvements to come! Clear skies ahead for an upcoming Budgie 10.10.2.

Read more at buddiesofbudgie.org/...

#Budgie #BudgieDesktop #OpenSource #Linux

I have not seen a good reason to suggest Unraid, and even if someone wants a simple managed system like that, I would suggest they go with TrueNAS. It is free and built on Debian as well. Honestly, your setup is a great way to do it.

Solus Updates Week 8, 2026

Updates Kernel 6.18.12 & 6.12.73 (LTS), KDE Frameworks 6.23.0, Solseek 0.11.0, Libreoffice, and more.
Nova Bar has been added to the repo as well.
#Linux #FOSS #opensource

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Solseek 0.11.0 Released
#Linux #Solus #opensource #foss

Driver Manager is here! Install Nvidia and printer drivers in a simple interface.

It is in the Unstable repo as of this post, but will be released to stable on the next sync.
github.com/clintre/sols...

Nice words, but consider me very skeptical when it comes to Oracle.

8 Years Later, Linux-based AsteroidOS 2.0 is Here to Add New Life to Your Old Smartwatch - New Zealand News Beep It's been 8 years... since we last covered AsteroidOS on It's FOSS. The promising project kind of stalled, or so I thought, until the recent announcement of

8 Years Later, Linux-based AsteroidOS 2.0 is Here to Add New Life to Your Old Smartwatch

https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/290208/

It’s been 8 years… since we last covered AsteroidOS on It’s FOSS. The promising project kind of stalled,…

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of path-based renderers

This is the beauty of #opensource. A project gets dropped by an organization, like Intel in this case, but another can pick it up and take over. Certainly this doesn't always happen, but the fact that it can is important.

www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-O...

Shim bootloader updated, impacting secure boot for ARM64 We have updated the shim bootloader to version 16.1 for AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, following the same pattern that users will see in RHEL releases. This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot s...

📢 For AlmaLinux 9.7 and 10.1, shim bootloader is now updated to version 16.1!

This update includes a change in the UEFI Secure Boot signing key for the aarch64 (ARM64) architecture.

Learn more: https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-02-18-shim-16.1-update/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Plasma 6.6 Plasma 6.6 is all about making your life as easy as possible without sacrificing any of the flexibility

Plasma 6.6 Announcement
Lots of nice QoL features and updates.
#linux #bsd #foss #opensource

RIP Björn

kde.org/announcement...

It is like siblings. We can all fight and argue over the distro choice (Solus btw), but no one is going to let Windows come in and mess with our sibling.

Chirp #5: Budgie 11 Priorities, Panel Config, and 10.10 Polish We map out Budgie 11 priorities and begin building panel configuration, while Budgie 10.10 picks up OSD fixes, Icon Task List improvements, and labwc bridge refinements.

Chirp #5 is out! We sat down to plan the road ahead for Budgie 11, got live panel configuration working, and polished up 10.10.

buddiesofbudgie.org/...

Take care :)

Love fish shell and use it for my interactive shell.

After 3+ decades of coding in just about every main language including Assembly, C, C++, Java 🤮, Rust, etc. It is actually kind of nice to do some simple bash scripting. It is messy, not structured, just simple.

Apparently I got a little overzealous on Fresh and mentioned it twice.

Solus Update Week 7, 2026
Updated Kernel to 6.18.9, KDE Gear 25.12, as well as others.
New packages such as Fresh, sudo-rs (default is still sudo), TIDAL-HiFi, GHDL, and Fresh!
#Linux #FOSS #opensource

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Now that is the truth

I see some panic over Linux Mint maybe slowing dev cycles. I think a lot of the newer users don't realize that underneath Mint is 99% Ubuntu with some tweaks. Cinnamon, the DE, is where a lot of the action takes place. There is not much to be concerned about. They don't build the core.

It is a tough one. It has to be something that is most available globally, has decently low fees/percentage, low friction for those wanting to donate, & if possible, shows what is going on for those that want to see how their donations are being used. It is important, but not easy & none are great.

Unstable Stream Updates: 11th of February 2026 · AerynOS · Discussion #135 Changes This set of unstable stream updates has more more tooling updates than usual, including both features and refactors. Boulder Our package build tool, Boulder, gained the ability to verify ne...

AerynOS unstable stream update: 11 Feb 2026

This week sees a sizable update landing DE stack upgrades, significant updates to boulder to make packaging easier and more robust and a whole host of new and updated packages.

github.com/orgs/AerynOS...

#AerynOS #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Rust

My Personal 2025 Solus Year in Review

This is unofficial as I am not a Solus team member, just a pleb.
#Linux #foss #opensource

discuss.getsol.us/d/12435-2025...

Good, easy-to-understand list of changes for Linux Kernel 6.19, even if you are not a newbie.

kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.19

Linux Kernel 6.19 has been released

lwn.net/Articles/105...

Chirp #4: Panels, Policies, and Progress Theme configuration improvements land in Budgie 10, the Budgie 11 panel gains a QML loader, and Magpie picks up focus method support.

Budgie Desktop updates on 10.10 and progress 11
It's going to be very interesting to see where this goes with them making the big change from being GTK-based. Love seeing all the effort @buddiesofbudgie.bsky.social
#Linux #foss #opensource

buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/chirp-4

Linux 6.19 Features Include Many Benefits For Intel & AMD Users - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Best-Feature-Changes

Solus Update Week 6, 2026
Many big updates this week: Kernel 6.18.8, QT, Vulkan, Gnome, KDE Gear, OBS, Blender, and much more.
#Linux #FOSS #opensource

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