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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-01

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

ACP Registry debuts in Zed Editor with built-in IDE support:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

GNU C Library Moving From Sourceware To Linux Foundation Hosted CTI:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-C-Librar

Ollama debuts 'ollama launch' to run coding tools with local or cloud models:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Immich 2.5 adds space-saving option, non-destructive image editing, UI upgrades, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

GNU gettext Reaches Version 1.0 After 30+ Years In Development - Adds LLM Features:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-gettext-

Electronic Frontier Foundation calls for stronger privacy with Encrypt It Already campaign:
betanews.com/article/electroni

The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-

Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/netf

Vulkan 1.4.342 Published With Cooperative Matrix Conversion Extension:
phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.3

Pandas 3.0 debuts str dtype and Copy-on-Write for dataframes:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Jan v3 model debuts, with updates to Jan Desktop v0.7.6:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

The viral AI agent Clawdbot rebrands a third time, and now has a social network for bots:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

OPNsense 26.1 enhances security, network visibility, automation, and threat intelligence:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #Zed #ZedEditor #ACP #GNUCLibrary #Ollama #Immich #GNUgettext #GodotEngine #Godot #Vulkan #Pandas #Jan #Clawdbot #Moltbot #OpenClaw #OPNsense #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Programming #Python #Coding #Development #Dev #GameDev #GameDevelopment #IDE #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-01

(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

State of Mozilla report outlines an alternative vision for AI:
betanews.com/article/state-of-

Brave browser adds option to block YouTube Playables in settings:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/
(I play da YouTube game. I "pirate" stuff with FreeTube and yt-dlp, use VPN when I get IP block, use Invidious when FreeTube and yt-dlp break. Also have an Android-x86 VM just to have NewPipe as a fallback. Now that's the game.)
(Actually someone should make a YouTube Piracy Simulator game where the player can collect score by watching or downloading videos using 3rd party tools (could work similarly like those simple mobile games where players need to tap on resources to collect them). The enemy is YouTube, final boss is DRM lmao)

Signal now lets users pin messages in one-on-one and group chats, with time limits:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Proton Drive SDK update: faster, more reliable file operations:
proton.me/blog/drive-sdk-janua

Bitwarden enhances Premium and Families plans with more security features & raises prices:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Transmission 4.1.0 Released with Big Updates:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/transm

Notesnook 3.3.8 brings note expiration, CSV import/export, and improved customization:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Shotcut Video Editor Now Using Hardware Decoding By Default Except For NVIDIA On Linux:
phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-26.1

Calibre 9.0 adds new bookshelf view, instant editing, Linux scrolling upgrades, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

F-Droid Basic 2.0 alpha debuts with rewritten UI, better search and improved app discovery:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/star

Linuxulator-Steam-Utils To Enjoy Steam Play Gaming On FreeBSD & Other Options:
phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Gami

(more FOSS news in comments)

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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-01

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Apple M3 Progress On Linux: Asahi Can Boot To KDE Desktop - But No GPU Acceleration Yet:
phoronix.com/news/Apple-M3-Lin

Mecha Comet – Modular Linux Handheld with Snap-On Modules:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/mecha-

Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/banj

NVIDIA GeForce NOW Is Now Available Natively On Linux In Flatpak Form:
phoronix.com/review/nvidia-gef

LACT 0.8.4 Brings Improved Overclocking UI For GPUs On Linux:
phoronix.com/news/LACT-0.8.4-R

TigerVNC 1.16 Released With "w0vncserver" For Sharing Wayland Desktop Sessions:
phoronix.com/news/TigerVNC-1.16

GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-p

Proton Experimental updated to fix the EA app again on SteamOS / Linux:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/prot

Linux Kernel Continuity Document Added: What Happens If Torvalds' Git Repo Goes Away?:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel

NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.15 Released With A Few Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-VA-AP

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa

Mesa 26.0-rc2 Released With Numerous AMD, NVIDIA & Intel Driver Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-rc

Open-Source Nova Driver In Linux 7.0 Continues Preparing For NVIDIA Turing GPU Support:
phoronix.com/news/Rust-DRM-For

Mesa NVK Driver Temporarily Disabling Support For Larger Pages Due To Bug:
phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Disable

New Intel Linux Driver Workaround Halves Initial Game Load Time For MHW:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Vulkan

Several New X.Org Libraries See 2026 Releases:
phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Librar

Systemd Founder Lennart Poettering Announces Amutable Company:
phoronix.com/news/Amutable

AI Code Review Prompts Initiative Making Progress For The Linux Kernel:
phoronix.com/news/AI-Code-Revi

Intel Releases LLM-Scaler-vLLM 1.3 With New LLM Model Support:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-LLM-Sc

GStreamer 1.28 Released With More Rust Code:
phoronix.com/news/GStreamer-1.

(FOSS news in comments)

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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-01

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/xfce

SonicDE Looks To Preserve & Improve The X11-Specific KDE Code:
phoronix.com/news/SonicDE-Impr

COSMIC Desktop ‘Frosted Glass’ UI Effect Previewed:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic

GNOME 50 Finally Lands Improved Discrete GPU Detection:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Bet

GNOME 50 Is No Longer Treating Variable Rate Refresh "VRR" As Experimental:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-VRR

Add Custom Toggles to GNOME’s Quick Settings with this Extension:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/custom

Tiling Shell 17.3 adds new tiling modes, touchscreen support:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/tiling

KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta 2 Released For Testing:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6

Plasma 6.7 Restoring The Air Plasma Theme, Fixes KWin Issue With Intense Alt+Tab'ing:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Brings-B

Budgie 10.10.1 Released With Better Stability & Improved Labwc Integration:
phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10

Funding, AI and Politics Take Center Stage at FOSDEM 2026:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/fosdem
(The talks sound pretty interesting based on their titles, maybe will look at few of the recordings)

Linux mobile related stands at FOSDEM 2026:
linmob.net/fosdem-2026-recomme

Phosh Mobile Phone UI Making Progress On GTK4 Port:
phoronix.com/news/Phosh-GTK4-P

Open Gaming Collective (OGC) formed to push Linux gaming even further:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open

CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC):
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cach

AerynOS Establishes Policy Against LLM Contributions, 2026.01 ISO Refresh:
phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2026

Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 is available to download:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu

DietPi 10.10 drops Debian 11, adds Uptime Kuma & ownCloud Infinite Scale, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/hero

The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-

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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Ollama launches experimental local image generation on macOS with Z-Image Turbo and FLUX.2:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Penpot 2.13 update: box shadow tokens, improved i18n, and enhanced file management:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Radicle 1.6.0 Amaryllis released: major updates and Windows build support:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/
(Never heard of this Git platform before, but I find the concept of peer-to-peer based code sharing platform pretty interesting, never seen such thing before, so I thought I include it here.)

Rust 1.93 brings musl 1.2.5, allocator improvements, and cfg attributes on asm! lines:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

jQuery 4.0 trims legacy code, drops deprecated APIs, migrates to ES modules, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Scala 3.8 requires JDK 17, standard library now built with Scala 3:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Swift cross platform framework, Skip, is now free and open source with licensing removed:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

PyTorch 2.10 Released With More Improvements For AMD ROCm & Intel GPUs:
phoronix.com/news/PyTorch-2.10

GNU C Library 2.43 Released With More C23 Features, mseal & openat2 Functions:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-C-Librar

AMD Ryzen AI Software 1.7 Released For Improved Performance On NPUs, New Model Support:
phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI

ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years In Striving To Be An Open-Source Windows Implementation:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-30-Y

ReactOS For "Open-Source Windows" Achieves Massive Networking Performance Boost:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Asyn

DragonFlyBSD Now Allows Optional AMD GCN 1.1 Support In AMDGPU Driver:
phoronix.com/news/AMD-CIK-AMDG

ChaosBSD Is A New BSD For "Broken Drivers, Half-Working Hardware, Vendor Trash" Test Bed:
phoronix.com/news/ChaosBSD
(Interesting concept, never seen such a system before, not even on Linux land with its few thousand distros lol)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #AI #Ollama #Penpot #Radicle #Rust #jQuery #Scala #Swift #PyTorch #GNUCLibrary #AMDRyzenAI #ReactOS #DragonflyBSD #BSD #ChaosBSD #Dev #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25

(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

Mozilla Now Providing RPM Packages For Firefox Nightly Builds:
phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Nigh

Zotero 8 brings unified citation dialog, improved reading, note tabs and Linux ARM support:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/
(Nice improvements. I use Zotero all the time for my university assignments. (It's actually recommended by the uni.) Their browser and word processor connectors are also nice, I can just save an article or research paper right from Brave or LibreWolf, then insert citation to LibreOffice Writer (although the official extension for that was discontinued earlier for some reason, but there's an unofficial one which still works perfectly).)

Bluesky launches Live Now feature for all users and adds cashtags for stock discussions:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

GIMP 3.0.8 Released In Advance Of GIMP 3.2:
phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.0.8-R

Luanti 5.15.0 released with dynamic shadows on Android, UI and client improvements, animated inventory image support, nested modpacks, etc.:
blog.luanti.org/2026/01/24/5.1
(The new menu screen is actually much nicer than the old one. It's more minimal, but it shows the names of the installed games instead of their icons, which makes it much easier to find the one I want to play, especially when I have many installed.)

Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ghos

Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ghos

Servo 0.0.4 Browser Engine Released & Finally Supporting Multiple Windows:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.0.4

Pale Moon 34.0.0 improves Windows 11 theme, CSS compatibility, and stability:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

X open sources Grok-based For You recommendation algorithm under Apache-2.0 license:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Tonearm, New Unofficial TIDAL Client for Linux, Hits Beta:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/tonear

Ghost launches advanced filters and UTM support to traffic analytics:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

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#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #Zotero #GIMP #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25

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X.Org Server May Create A New Selective Git Branch With Hopes Of A New Release This Year:
phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.21 Released With Reduced Motion Setting, Support For Linyaps Apps:
phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-

Linux 7.0 Apple Silicon Device Tree Updates Have All The Bits For USB Type-C Ports:
phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silico

Linux's Intel-Speed-Select Tool Will Allow Non-Root Use With Linux 7.0:
phoronix.com/news/intel-speed-

Wine 11.1 Released In Kicking Off The New Development Cycle:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.1-Re

Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to Linux:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-
(The issue was posted to Valve's fork of Wine instead of the original Wine repo. See Brodie Robertson's video for more details:
Odysee: odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/
PeerTube (unofficial mirror): pixeltube.org/w/7ace2851-ec32-

Update: Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging

Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexu

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vulk

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #XOrg #XDGDesktopPortal #Linux #Wine #Photoshop #PhotoshopOnLinux #WineStaging #NexusMods #Vulkan #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/draf

KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-

GNOME's AI Assistant Newelle Adds Llama.cpp Support, Command Execution Tool:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-New

Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic

CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland:
phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Janu

Myrlyn 1.0 Released For Package Manager GUI Spawned By SUSE's Hack Week:
phoronix.com/news/Myrlyn-1.0-S

GNU Guix 1.5 Released With RISC-V Support, Experimental x86_64 GNU Hurd Kernel:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-Guix-1.5

Deepin 25.0.10 update includes data-retaining installer and file manager improvements:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

14 Years Later than Planned, NexPhone is Up for Preorder:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/nexpho

(more Linux and FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #GNOME #COSMIC #CachyOS #Myrlyn #SUSE #Guix #GNUGuix #Deepin #NexPhone #KDEPlasma #Newelle #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Plasma6 #LinuxPhone #LinuxDistro #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-18

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Lumo 1.3: Introducing Projects, a better way to organize and create:
proton.me/blog/lumo-1-3
(Looks like some chat folders mixed with "custom GPT" thing. I played around with it, created a project for FosseryWeb, wrote some prompt "aliases" to the "Instuctions" field for common tasks like collecting info for cheatsheets and converting cheatsheets from Markdown to HTML using an HTML template file. It works perfectly, can be pretty handy to shorten long prompts. It can also handle aliased followup prompts, and "variables" inside prompts, which can be provided with value when using the alias. Pretty cool stuff.)

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open

Forgejo v14.0 adds inline issue search, new file editor, stronger actions trust:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

CVE-2026-0915: GNU C Library Fixes A Security Issue Present Since 1996:
phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Securi

Whisper.cpp 1.8.3 Delivers A "12x Performance Boost" With Integrated Graphics:
phoronix.com/news/Whisper-cpp-

UPBGE 0.50 launches with GPU skinning, faster add object, 2D filter overhaul, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Intel Releases Open3D 0.19 With Experimental Cross-Platform GPU Support Using SYCL:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Open3D

Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise - Made With The Help Of Vibe Coding:
phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torval

OpenProject 17.0 brings real-time document collaboration, improved meetings, and much more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/euro
(Gathering feedback about FOSS, after banning Odysee, a FOSS platform. How ironic...)

FreeBSD 15.1 Aims To Have KDE Desktop Installer Option:
phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1

ReactOS Receives Fix For A Very Annoying Usability Issue:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Fold

Haiku OS Pulls In Updated Drivers From FreeBSD 15:
phoronix.com/news/Haiku-Decemb

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #AI #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-18

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FOSS NEWS

Firefox 147 Arrives with XDG Support on Linux, Auto-PiP + More:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/firefo

Odysee banned in the EU (among many other sites) for "spreading Russian propaganda":
europereloaded.com/from-sancti
nlconnect.org/files/pages/2025
(Looks like the same nonsensical "we need to protect someone from something, so limit digital freedom of everyone" mindset, as with the age verification crap...)
(Yeah, just prevent regular users too from accessing the site who aren't even interested in that political crap. Good job, morons... What you'll do next? Block all decentralized platforms, because "freedom is dangerous to people", or what?)
(I usually avoid including political things in these weekly news posts, but I thought it must be included, because it can potentially affect everyone in the EU. I'm not affected yet, because so far Vodafone seems to be the only one blocking the site, I use a different ISP, but since it's a law, other ISPs will probably be forced to comply too (unless it will be handled as GDPR that they don't actually care who complies). VPN will probably be a solution to get around the ban, hopefully they won't ban that too, like the UK wants...)

Thunderbird 147.0: new folder path option & localization preferences added:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Joplin 3.5 refines Markdown editing, adds case insensitive tags & boosts syncing & sharing:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/obs-

NewPipe 0.28.1 update improves playback, metadata, and SoundCloud support:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

VLC adds native Arm support on Windows, improving playback on Snapdragon devices:
betanews.com/article/vlc-adds-

Shotcut 26.1 Beta Video Editor Adds New Hardware Decoder Options:
phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-26.1

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#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #Firefox #Odysee #Thunderbird #Joplin #OBS #OBSStudio #NewPipe #VLC #Shotcut #Browser #ContentCreation #WebBrowser #EmailClient #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-18

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Synex Server: A New Debian Based Linux Distro With Native ZFS Installation Support:
phoronix.com/news/Synex-Debian

Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase:
phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Games

Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gove

Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/prot

Upcoming exFAT Linux Driver Patch Can Boost Sequential Read Performance By ~10%:
phoronix.com/news/exFAT-Faster

Patches Positioned Ahead Of Linux 7.0 Cycle For Easy Custom Boot Logo In Place Of Tux:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Cu

libvirt 12.0 Released - Bhyve ARM64 Support & Other Improvements For The BSD Hypervisor:
phoronix.com/news/libvirt-12.0

GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol:
phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Re

D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk

Wine 11.0 Brings Ntsync Support, Complete WoW64 + Other Changes:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/wine-1

Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux:
phoronix.com/news/Hangover-11.

Linux 6.19-rc5 Brings Fix For Newer NVIDIA GPUs, Logitech HID++ For Anywhere 3S & Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-r

First .NET 10 Servicing Update Now Available in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/dotnet

Bcachefs Ships Latest User-Space Utilities With bcachefs-tools 1.35:
phoronix.com/news/bcachefs-too

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/even

Auto-CPUFreq 3.0 Released To Help You Extend Laptop Battery Life On Linux:
phoronix.com/news/Auto-CPUFreq

LLMinus Working On AI/LLM-Powered Merge Conflict Resolution For The Linux Kernel:
phoronix.com/news/LLMinus-RFC-

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Synex #FedoraGamesLab #Goverlay #Proton #exFAT #LinuxKernel #Libvirt #GRUB #D7VK #Wine #Hangover #Bcachefs #Mesa #AMD #AutoCPUFreq #Auto_CPUFREQ #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-18

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter

GNOME 50 Will Make Sure You Don't Use Your Computer Past Your Bedtime:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Scr

KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Released With Plasma Login Manager, Plasma Setup:
phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6

Budgie 11 Desktop Being Developed With The Qt6 Toolkit:
phoronix.com/news/Budgie-11-Us

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” released!:
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4981

EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ende

Tails 7.4 adds new language-saving feature, drops BitTorrent, updates core apps, and more:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Debian Libre Live 13.3 Images Released For Avoiding Non-Free Firmware:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-Libre

GYESME: A New Design-Led Downstream Of GNOME Being Explored:
phoronix.com/news/GYESME-GNOME
(Interesting project, I like the concept to make GNOME more flexible while keeping the overall user experience. I don't really get why GNOME wants to tie itself to Systemd. Also, supporting ather design systems like the KDE/Qt ecosystem would be nice (if they mean that), I face theming issues all the time with programs written for KDE, which make some programs unusable for me, while other than the theming, they would be great for my use case. I'm curious whether this project will shape up as an actual, daily drivable desktop in the future.)
(I don't really get what they mean about "Defaults are protected more aggressively than options." though. It sounds like they want to limit customization, while in the rest of the description, they emphasize flexibility. 🤔 Or maybe I'm just interpreting it in the wrong way.)
(But other than that I like their mindset of listening to feedback, adapting direction accordingly.)

(more Linux and FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GNOME #KDE #LinuxMint #EndeavourOS #Tails #DebianLibre #Budgie #GYESME #GNOME50 #KDEPlasma #TailsOS #LinuxDistro #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-11

(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

QEMU 11.0 Could Finish Removing 32-bit Host CPU Support:
phoronix.com/news/QEMU-Patches

Kodi downloads are going offline on January 12-13 and installs will fail -- but don't panic:
betanews.com/2026/01/08/kodi-d

Google to release AOSP source code less frequently:
betanews.com/2026/01/07/google
(Just the usual corporate style "boil the frog" strategy against cumtom AOSP roms...)

Brave's new adblock engine cuts memory usage by 75% across all platforms:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

ollama 0.14 Can Make Use Of Bash For Letting AI/LLMs Run Commands On Your System:
phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.14-

COCOS 4 Game Engine Goes FOSS:
itsfoss.com/news/cocos-4-game-

Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/base

The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-

TrueNAS WebShare: ZFS-Backed, Enterprise-Grade File Sharing From The Web Browser:
phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-WebS

GNU ddrescue 1.30 "Orders of Magnitude" Better In Recovery From Drives With A Dead Head:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-ddrescue

Proton raised $1.27 million in their 2025 Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser to support a better internet:
proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-f

Home Assistant 2026.1 brings home dashboard improvements & more purpose-specific triggers:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Zed adds Dev Container support, enabling the creation of reproducible dev environments:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

GCC 16 Lands Support For Using Picolibc:
phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Picol

Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver:
phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-Own

My Joplin config got some update: custom styling for to-do and checklist items:
codeberg.org/fossery-tech/jopl
(Additionally, I fixed the image link in the README, so now you can actually see the screenshot.)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #QEMU #Kodi #AOSP #Brave #Ollama #AI #GCC #Zed #Joplin #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-11

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Flatpak Exploring GPU Virtualization To Ease Driver Challenges:
phoronix.com/news/Flatpak-GPU-

StarBook Horizon Linux Laptop Now on Sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot:
9to5linux.com/starbook-horizon

Big GPU & Kernel Update Headed to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu

Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes NTSYNC Kernel Driver:
phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Bet

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea
(Flatpak already won the universal format war, and Valve also knows that. Get oughta here Canonical, no one wants your Snap crap.)

Ubuntu’s New ARM Steam Snap is Available for Testing:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/steam-
(I said, no one wants your crap, Canonical lol)

NVIDIA to launch native Linux & Fire TV apps for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service soon:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate Now Available for Testing with Rust Goodies:
9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-r

Wine 11.0-rc5 Brings 32 Bug Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc5

FEX 2601 Brings Various Fixes, Improvements For Wine & DXVK/VKD3D-Proton:
phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emu-2601

ZLUDA Adds CUDA 13.1 Compatibility For Running CUDA Apps On Non-NVIDIA Hardware:
phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-CUDA-1

Linux 6.19-rc4 Released Following A Quiet Holiday Week, 6.19-rc8 Already Planned:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-r

Linux 6.19-rc5 To Fix Broken Nouveau Driver With Newer NVIDIA GPUs:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-r

Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats:
phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silico

Linux Working Around Audio Problems On The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X:
phoronix.com/news/ASUS-Xbox-Al

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Flatpak #Starbook #Ubuntu #SteamOS #Steam #NVIDIA #GeForceNow #GStreamer #GStreamer128 #Wine #FEX #ZLUDA #CUDA #LinuxKernel #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamFrame #SteamMachine #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-11

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

An X11 Thing! Your Favorite Middle-Click Paste is Likely to be Disabled in Future GNOME Releases:
itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox
(I personally feel neutral about this move, I never used that feature, but didn't bother me it was there. I just use the good old Ctrl+C)

AI Assistant App For GNOME Adds MCP Server Support To Integrate With Much More Software:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-New
(Volunteer Microsoft Copilot, there you go lmao)

KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-

Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland:
phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10

Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help?:
itsfoss.com/news/debian-data-p
(Doesn't sound great, hopefully they can find someone who can take over the role. It's good to see though that they still require from applicants to be reputable members of the Debian community, don't let any random person take over.)

Debian 13.3 Released With Many Security & Bug Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.3-

Manjaro 26 makes a strong case for leaving Windows 11 behind:
betanews.com/2026/01/05/manjar

Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager:
itsfoss.com/news/fedora-44-pla

Nitrux 5.1 isn't trying to replace Windows 11, but it might tempt you anyway:
betanews.com/2026/01/07/nitrux

TrixiePup64 2601 Released For Debian 13 Powered Puppy Linux In Wayland & X11 Flavors:
phoronix.com/news/TrixiePup64-

Mageia 10 Alpha Released - 32-bit ISOs Still Available:
phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Al

Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/bazaar

Phosh 0.52 introduces QR hotspot, brightness lock screen gesture and Rust wallpaper portal:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GNOME #Newelle #AI #KDE #KDEPlasma #Budgie #Debian #Manjaro #Fedora #Nitrux #PuppyLinux #Mageia #Bazaar #Phosh #Flatpak #MobileLinux #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #DE #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-04

(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

F-Droid upgrades core server, doubles app update frequency:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit video CPU pipeline, linear color processing, and UI upgrades:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

LibreOffice Viewer launched for Meta Quest VR on Horizon OS:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12
(Viewing documents in virtual reality? How does it supposed to look like? Walking between letters to read them, and climbing on top of them for better view? lol)

SuperTux v0.7.0 beta released with revamped worlds, new music and major gameplay additions:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

Upscayl 2.15 brings redesigned interface, multi-language support, new AI model:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Zig 0.6.0 adds LLVM 10, RISC-V, new binaries, and Windows improvements:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements:
phoronix.com/news/Ncurses-6.6

OpenCV 4.13 Brings More AVX-512 Usage, CUDA 13 Support, Many Other New Features:
phoronix.com/news/OpenCV-4.13-

LLVM 22 Lands NVIDIA Olympus CPU Scheduling Model:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Olymp

Rust-Based Fjall 3.0 Released For Key-Value Storage Engine Akin To RocksDB:
phoronix.com/news/Fjall-3.0-Re
("...but with the benefit of being written in Rust." Here we go again. Rust considered a feature while it's just a programming language.)

/e/OS 3.3 brings improved Murena Workspace integration and tracking notification removal:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Star

ReactOS syncs MSVCRT with Wine 10.0, cuts API test failures by 30%:
alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/

NVIDIA Graphics On Haiku OS Make Progress With NVIDIA Open Kernel Modules + NVK/Zink:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Haiku

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #FDroid #Shotcut #LibreOffice #MetaQuest #HorizonOS #VR #SuperTux #Upscayl #Zig #Ncurses #OpenCV #LLVM #Fjall #eOS #ReactOS #Haiku #OfficeSuite #VideoEditor #VideoEditing #FOSSGame #OpenSourceGame #KeyValueStore #Database #OS #Coding #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-04

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

KDE Plasma 6.6 Fixes A Common Panel-Related Crash, Improves OpenBSD Support:
phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-S

GNOME Glycin Adds XPM/XBM Support To Address Fedora's Last Unsandboxed Image Loader:
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Glycin

IceWM 4.0 Improves Alt-Tab Window Switcher, Alpha Blending + 32-bit RGBA Default:
phoronix.com/news/IceWM-4.0-Re

Hyprland Becomes More Attractive with Crash Recovery and Safe Mode Features:
itsfoss.com/news/hyprland-0-53

COSMIC desktop now available for testing on SparkyLinux:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

Arch Linux Installer Adds CUPS, rEFInd Boot, IWD, COSMIC & Power Management Options:
phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-A

If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken:
itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-ol

Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing:
phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-

Aeryn OS Continuing To Focus On Tooling & Infrastructure In 2026:
phoronix.com/news/Aeryn-OS-End

Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazz

Devuan 6.1 Released For Latest Debian 13 "Init Freedom" Without systemd:
phoronix.com/news/Devuan-6.1-R

GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-p

D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk

SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support:
phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.4-Rele

Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes:
gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa

X.Org IMAKE Updated For Those Not Yet Transitioned To Autoconf/Automake Or Meson:
phoronix.com/news/X.Org-imake-

Linux 6.19-rc3 Released With A Holiday's Week Of Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-r

New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo:
phoronix.com/news/LInux-Kconfi

(FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #GNOME #IceWM #Hyprland #COSMIC #SparkyLinux #Arch #AsahiLinux #AerynOS #Bazzite #Devuan #Mesa #D7VK #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-28

(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

Firefox is Adding Split View for Tabs, Here’s How to Enable It:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/enable

LibreOffice 26.2 Gets Rid Of The "Community" Edition Branding:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-
(Fair move, it didn't really make sense to call it Community Edition, because it's that by default, not a paid commercial product which has a free of charge, FOSS version like IntelliJ IDEA for example.)

Ghostty Terminal Adopts a Non-Profit Funding Model:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ghostt

MPV 0.41 Released With Wayland Improvements, Vulkan Hardware Decoding Preferred:
phoronix.com/news/MPV-0.41-Rel

Darktable 5.4 RAW Photography Software Reaches Parity Between X11 & Wayland:
phoronix.com/news/Darktable-5.4

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released:
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/hero

Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps:
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/free

Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-

Zettlr 4.0 launches with new table editor, in-app PDF/image viewer & big workflow upgrades:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

Turntable 5.0 Adds Collapsible Player Controls & Year-End Recap:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/turnta

BookStack 25.12 adds user mentions in comments, content URL history system, and much more:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

Ruby 4.0 Released With Ruby Box Experimental Feature, ZJIT Compiler:
phoronix.com/news/Ruby-4.0-Rel

Lua 5.5 brings global variable declarations and read-only loop variables:
phoronix.com/news/Lua-5.5-Rele

QEMU 10.2 Released With IO_uring Support For Helping Allow For Greater Performance:
phoronix.com/news/QEMU-10.2-Re

Coreboot 25.12 Released With Qualcomm X1 Plus Platform Support, AMD Turin PoC:
phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-25.

Libreboot 26.01-rc1 Released To Support A Few More Systems:
phoronix.com/news/Libreboot-26

P.S. Happy New Year, everyone! 🎆🎇

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #Firefox #LibreOffice #MPV #Ghostty #DarkTable #Pinta #Zettlr #Ruby #Lua #QEMU #Coreboot #Libreboot #BookStack #Widelands #Dev #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-28

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Arch Linux Powered CachyOS To Develop A Server Edition:
phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Serv
(An Arch-based server OS? Well, good one for those who like their adrenaline rising while updating the system. New extreme sport found lol (Just joking, don't take it seriously))

Parrot 7.0 brings KDE Plasma 6, Wayland support, new security tools, and RISC-V support:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

Qubes OS 4.3.0 released with Fedora 41, Xen 4.19, updated templates:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

postmarketOS 25.12 brings Alpine 3.23 base, GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5 & kernel updates:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

We Have Another New Linux Phone Before 2025 Ends - Void Phone VX1: An Enterprise-Ready Phone:
itsfoss.com/news/void-phone-vx

Proton Experimental brings improvements for CoD: Black Ops Cold War, Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/prot

GE-Proton 10-27 brings fixes for Star Citizen, The First Descendant and more tweaks:
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/ge-p

Phoenix: A New X Server Written From Scratch With Zig:
phoronix.com/news/Phoenix-X-Se

Wayback 0.3 Released For Advancing This X11 Compatibility Layer:
phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.3

Weston 15.0 Alpha Released With New Protocols, Experimental Vulkan Renderer:
phoronix.com/news/Weston-15.0-

KVM Guest VMs Using Intel AMX Can Cause The Linux Host To Kernel Panic:
phoronix.com/news/KVM-Guests-A

Linux 6.19 Lands Fix For ARM64 EFI Systems Crashing On Boot:
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-F

NVIDIA CUDA Tile IR Open-Sourced:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-CUDA-

Intel Open-Source Software Setback: IWD Development Hiatus:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-IWD-De

Wine 11.0-rc4 Brings 22 Bug Fixes:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc

(FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #CachyOS #ParrotOS #Qubes #postmarketOS #VoidPhone #VoidPhoneVx1 #Proton #GEProton #Phoenix #XServer #X11 #Wayback #Weston #KVM #LinuxKernel #CUDA #NVIDIA #IWD #Intel #Wine #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #DistroRelease #DistributionRelease #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #FosseryTech

Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:fosserytech@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-21

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Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes:
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valv

Wine 11.0-rc3 Released With Another Week Of Bug Fixing:
phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc

Chrome/Chromium Add Support For Printing Via XDG Portal:
phoronix.com/news/XDG-Portal-C

NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux Driver Brings R590 Series To Stable:
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.4

Xorgproto 2025.1 Released To Recognize Newer Keyboard Keys:
phoronix.com/news/xorgproto-20

Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers:
gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa

Mesa 26.0 NVK Driver Lands Improvement For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" GPUs:
phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26-NVK-

Systemd 259 Released With Experimental Musl libc Support, More Features:
phoronix.com/news/systemd-259

Wayland Protocols 1.47 Released With Updated Color Management Protocol:
phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Prot

OpenZFS 2.4 Released With Faster Encryption Performance, Many Other Improvements:
phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-

GNU Debugger 17.1 Released With CET Shadow Stack Support, New DAP Features:
phoronix.com/news/GNU-Debugger

Linux Exposing Support For Lenovo ThinkPads Being Able To Detect Hardware Damage
phoronix.com/news/Opus-1.6-Rel

Rust Coreutils 0.5 Released - Inching Toward Full GNU Compatibility:
phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreuti

Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code:
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Synaps

FOSS NEWS

Unfortunately this section is too long this time, because I included some longer personal comments to some of the news, I'd have to split it into too many posts, so I link the Odysee post here instead:
odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/lin

P.S.: Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Proton #Wine #Chromium #NVIDIA #NVIDIADriver #Xorgproto #Mesa #Systemd #Wayland #OpenZFS #GNUDebugger #RustCoreutils #Gaudi #Intel #FosseryTech

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