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Christian Hergert, a Red Hat employee and a programmer who's been developing and maintaining several of GNOME's apps and libraries for more than a decade, announced today that he's no longer employed at Red Hat and will no longer maintain those #GNOME projects.

https://www.newinlinux.com/christian-hergert-a-core-gnome-maintainer-has-stepped-down/

The maintainers of the #Flathub software repository officially banned this week applications that were generated with AI tools. The use of AI in reviewing and submitting code is also banned, though exceptions remain.

Keep reading: https://www.newinlinux.com/flathub-is-finally-combating-the-slopware-problem/
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Independent developer Sasha Romijn published a blog post today describing a vulnerability she discovered in #HomeAssistant dashboards with certain MeshCore-focused HACS software installed. The vulnerability lets any #MeshCore node owner deliver malware to those HA server hosts.

https://www.newinlinux.com/certain-home-assistant-servers-can-be-remotely-hacked-with-this-tiny-22-radio/
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🎨 Orama Interactive this week announced version 1.1.9 of Pixelorama, an #openSource #pixelArt drawing and animation tool that runs natively on #Linux. It's the first release in almost four months, it adds a lot of useful functionality to Pixelorama.

https://www.newinlinux.com/pixelorama-1-1-9-pixel-art-app-just-got-a-big-update/

The developers of the Tails privacy-focused #Linux distribution announced Tails 7.8 today. It's a version bump that includes important security patches and fixes, including removal of popular software.

Keep reading: https://www.newinlinux.com/heres-whats-new-in-tails-7-8/
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Developers of ReactOS posted this week photos of the #OpenSource recreation of Windows NT running on a #RaspberryPi 5. It was also shown on an emulated #ARM64 device, with instructions linked to follow the experimental setup.

https://www.newinlinux.com/foss-retro-windows-on-arm64-raspberry-pi-is-almost-here/

Looking for something new to try on your #Linux PC? This week I'm talking about a Flatpak browser, a screen recorder, and a VM manager.

https://www.newinlinux.com/refresh-your-linux-pc-by-trying-one-of-these-linux-apps/

Theo de Raadt announced the release of #OpenBSD 7.9 this week with many updates to the 29 year-old Berkeley Software Distribution forked from NetBSD.

Read the article: https://www.newinlinux.com/openbsd-7-9-is-released-heres-whats-new/

The trouble with free and #opensource apps is that they don't always have the best marketing. Most have none at all, in fact, which is why I work hard digging up the most useful apps to run on my #Linux PC. Here's what I've found this week.

https://www.newinlinux.com/keep-your-software-fresh-3-more-linux-apps-worth-trying/

The developers of #Blender announced the beta release of Blender 5.2 LTS this week, its first long term support release since July 2025. It adds several brand new features to the #OpenSource 3D modelling application.

https://www.newinlinux.com/whats-new-in-blender-5-2/

The developers of felix86, an emulator built for #RISCV based computers to allow the operation of x86 programs, made a blog post today showing off x86 Windows gameplay. The exceptionally good framerate (by RISC-V standards) for 3D games in particular demonstrates progress for truly #OpenSource source hardware.

https://www.newinlinux.com/here-are-3d-windows-games-running-smoothly-on-open-source-risc-v/

The #Jellyfin development team posted last week one of its "State of the Fin" blog posts that round up changes and upcoming releases in the Jellyfin ecosystem. This one includes announcements about changes to the Jellyfin versioning scheme and about AI code contributions.

https://www.newinlinux.com/jellyfin-has-new-versioning-and-ai-code-policies/
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Looking for new #Linux apps to try? This week I'm trying a terminal history viewer, a log viewer, and an image viewer and editor.

https://www.newinlinux.com/upgrade-your-linux-pc-with-these-3-handy-apps/

The developers of #Feishin , an #OpenSource music streaming app for self-hosted servers, announced the release of Feishin 1.12.0 this week. It brings several small but notable new features to the app that supports #Jellyfin #OpenSubsonic and #Navidrome servers.

https://www.newinlinux.com/the-self-hosted-streaming-app-feishin-got-a-major-update/

Developers of Google's ANGLE library just enabled native #Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). That means apps that utilize CEF, such as #Steam , are closer to gaining full Wayland support.

https://www.newinlinux.com/the-dream-of-steam-on-wayland-just-got-closer-to-reality/
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Atlanta-based Muzi Works got a fresh batch of NullHop MeshToad V3 radio modules this week. They're tiny devices designed to get your #Linux computer connected to #Meshtastic networks that operate outside of conventional telecommunications.

Read more: https://www.newinlinux.com/this-45-dollar-gadget-turns-your-linux-pc-into-an-off-grid-chat-node/
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A vulnerability allowing normal users to gain root privileges was publicly disclosed Thursday. Following on the heels of Copy Fail, this one is called "Dirty Frag," and it affects all #Linux distributions.

https://www.newinlinux.com/dirty-frag-vulnerability-is-here-this-is-how-you-can-patch-it/

The developers of #OpenSource #Linux native video editor #Shotcut published a beta version of its next release, Shotcut v26.6. It follows v26.4, released in April, and adds new plugin support and a litany of new settings options.

https://www.newinlinux.com/open-source-video-editor-shotcut-is-getting-openfx-vulkan-and-more/

#KDE developers Nate Graham posted an update yesterday about KDE Linux, the nascent #Linux distribution with a purely KDE infrastructure and experience. The blog post covers several exciting changes we can expect when the beta release is finally here. These are the most notable: https://www.newinlinux.com/were-one-step-closer-to-a-kde-linux-beta/