This is Magic: #X86 Windows Games Running on #ARM #Linux

Sometimes it's worth stopping to marvel at how truly amazing some modern technology is. FEX, #Proton, #Valve's #Steam Frame... pure technical wizardry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCy3ft-dqAo

Is Germany government Looking to Put a Backdoor into Arch Linux?

The German #government paid $500,000+, to #Arch #Linux, to re-write Arch Package Management in Rust. Is #Germany hoping to inject #backdoors, or other #spyware, into Arch using #Rust?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt0aXTRsRis

A list of software #alternatives and resources for professional #audio #video and live events production on #Linux

https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio/releases/tag/1.0.0

AppManager

GTK/Libadwaita developed desktop utility in Vala that makes installing and uninstalling #AppImages on #Linux desktop painless. It supports both SquashFS and DwarFS AppImage formats, features a seamless background auto-update process, and leverages zsync delta updates for efficient bandwidth usage. Double-click any .AppImage to open a macOS-style drag-and-drop window, just drag to install and AppManager will move the app, wire up desktop entries, and copy icons.

Features
Drag-and-drop installer: Mimics the familiar macOS Applications install flow.
Smart install modes: Can choose between portable (move the AppImage) and extracted (unpack to ~/Applications/.installed/AppRun) while letting you override it.
Desktop integration: Extracts the bundled .desktop file via 7z or dwarfs, rewrites Exec and Icon, and stores it in ~/.local/share/applications.
Simple uninstall: Right click in app drawer and choose Move to Trash, can uninstall in AppManager or simply delete from ~/Applications folder.
Install registry + preferences: Main window lists installed apps, default mode, and cleanup behaviors, all stored with GSettings.
Background app updates: Optional automatic update checks with configurable interval (daily, weekly, monthly) and notifications when updates are found.

Your Linux AppImages don't need to be disorganized. 
https://itsfoss.com/appmanager/

https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager/releases

📰 I replaced Android with a full Linux desktop on my old phone, and it's shockingly usable

Pocketblue, based on Fedora Atomic, is great on the OnePlus 6.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-android-full-linux-desktop-old-phone/

#linux #fedora #android

📰 AMD Ryzen AI NPUs Are Finally Useful Under Linux For Running LLMs

Over the past two years AMD has developed the AMDXDNA accelerator driver in the mainline Linux kernel for supporting the AMD Ryzen AI NPUs. But when it comes to user-space software on Linux actually able to leave the Ryzen AI NPUs it's been... extremely limited with nothing really useful besides some niche bits of code. Even AMD's own software like their GAIA on Linux has used Vulkan with their iGPUs rather than any NPU support.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-NPUs-Linux-LLMs

#kernel #linux #amd

RIP DEBIAN LINUX

The only candidate to lead #Debian #Linux says her primary goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people."

#Systemd Adds #Age #Verification & #Reddit #Linux Censors Age Verification Posts

Plus: Which Open Source Operating Systems plan to include Age Verification? The Lunduke Journal compiles a list.

Does It Age Verify?:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify

https://lunduke.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3erhbwqIAM

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

SystemD Root Access Exploit Found, Devuan Team Calls SystemD "Unicorn Sh*t"

"Yet another high severity #systemd bug in #Ubuntu. Let us wish all #Devuan users a wonderful day out with their family, instead of shoveling unicorn sh*t."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yukEnElXUg

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #Linux #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

antiX 26 Released as Systemd-Free Debian 13 Distro with Five Init Systems

antiX Linux 26 arrives based on Debian 13 Trixie with five init systems, a systemd-free design, and a fast, lightweight environment built for efficiency.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/antix-26-released-as-systemd-free-debian-13-distro-with-five-init-systems/

#debian #systemd #linux #distro

#waydroid in Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close

Running Android apps on my PC used to feel wrong, but Linux makes them feel right at home, and it's better than any Windows solution.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-way-run-android-apps-on-pc-until-gaming/

#linux #android

📰 Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API

He thinks a cross-distro API standard can be a practical solution to tackle age verification.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17306020/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api

#fedora #linux #distro

CachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification

In response to concerns about #Age #Verification features in #SystemD, the #CachyOS team says, "If you don’t want to use SystemD find another distribution," tells users to "STOP being radical".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJN6UWZPrzk

#Linux #trojan #backdoor #stalking #surveillance

#Ubuntu Now Has Higher System Requirements Than #Windows

As of this month, Ubuntu #Linux requires 2X the CPU speed and 50% more RAM than Windows 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COIYdcrFnnU

Speed of Sound

#Voice #typing for the #Linux desktop:

Features
Offline, on-device transcription powered by Whisper, Parakeet, Canary, and more. No data leaves your machine.
Multiple activation options: click the in-app button or use a global keyboard shortcut.
Types the result directly into any focused application using Portals for wide desktop support (X11, Wayland).
Multi-language support with switchable primary and secondary languages on the fly.
Works out of the box with a built-in multilingual Whisper model. Download additional models from within the app to improve accuracy and language coverage.
Optional text polishing with LLMs (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI), with support for a custom context and vocabulary.
Supports self-hosted services like vLLM, Ollama, and llama.cpp (cloud services supported but not required).

Getting Started
The easiest and recommended way to install Speed of Sound is from Flathub or from the Snap Store. Alternatively, AppImage, Deb, and RPM packages are also available from the releases page.
For initial configuration, troubleshooting, and other resources, visit speedofsound.io

#stt

Speech Note

#Linux desktop and #Sailfish OS app for note taking, reading and translating with offline #Speech to Text #stt, Text to Speech #tts and Machine #Translation

https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote
MPL-2.0 license
https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote#how-to-install

Speech Note let you take, read and translate notes in multiple languages. It uses Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine Translation to do so. Text and voice processing take place entirely offline, locally on your computer, without using a network connection. Your privacy is always respected. No data is sent to the Internet.

Speech Note uses many different processing engines to do its job. Currently these are used:

Speech to Text (STT)
Coqui STT (a fork of Mozilla DeepSpeech)
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Faster Whisper
april-asr

Text to Speech (TTS)
espeak-ng
MBROLA
Piper
RHVoice
Coqui TTS
Mimic 3
WhisperSpeech
Kokoro
Parler-TTS
F5-TTS
S.A.M.

Machine Translation (MT)
Bergamot Translator

#Ubuntu #Linux Goes All-In on #AI

"Al features will be landing in Ubuntu throughout the next year," says Ubuntu VP.

#PS5 #Linux #Steam PC vs Native PS5, Oblivion Remastered Still "Broken"
DF Direct Weekly #262

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8QDhsOmJ8A

Dirty Frag: Unfixed Root #Exploit Makes All #Linux Systems Vulnerable

Due to a broken embargo, this severe root exploit has no patches available for any Linux distribution. Ubuntu, RHEL, openSUSE... they're all vulnerable.

California Tried Age-Checking Linux — Then Rewrote the Bill | Tech Privacy, News Explained

California’s age-verification law was already controversial because it pushed age checks down into the operating system layer — not just websites, not just apps, but the device itself.

Now California is moving to change that.

AB 1856 proposes an open-source exemption to the state’s Digital Age Assurance Act, meaning many #Linux distributions may no longer be treated as “operating system providers” required to build age-check machinery into account setup.

That could mean no forced age prompt, no California age-signal API, and no need for many open-source operating systems to redesign their user systems around age categories.

But this is not a repeal.

The wider age-verification system remains. Commercial platforms like Windows, macOS, iOS and Android may still be covered, and the amended California wording also brings browsers and website operators more clearly into the age-signal chain...

#AgeVerification