I recently install #linuxmint ( #linux) on the relatively new laptop of my SO, and after that (really totally frictionless) experience and the enthusiastic reaction to the new system, I am going to try and slip this to relatives as "Windows XE (Extra Edition)" and see whether I ever get caught out.

(My father has been using Linux for years now, installed by my brother-in-law and still hasn't gotten aware of it ...)

People, out there, don't let anybody tell you that "Linux is not mature for the desktop". It's just not preinstalled.

#linuxdesktop

I recently install #linuxmint ( #linux) on the relatively new laptop of my SO, and after that (really totally frictionless) experience and the enthusiastic reaction to the new system, I am going to try and slip this to relatives as "Windows XE (Extra Edition)" and see whether I ever get caught out.

(My father has been using Linux for years now, installed by my brother-in-law and still hasn't gotten aware of it ...)

People, out there, don't let anybody tell you that "Linux is not mature for the desktop". It's just not preinstalled.

#linuxdesktop

Fedora Linux 43 released with Anaconda WebUI installer for all spins, wayland-only GNOME 49, RPM 6.0, automatic updates on Fedora Kinoite, zstd-compressed initrd, confidental virtual machines with Intel TDX, Stratis 3.8.5, Python 3.14

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/

#fedora #fedoralinux #fedora43 #gnome49 #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

Fedora Linux 43 released with Anaconda WebUI installer for all spins, wayland-only GNOME 49, RPM 6.0, automatic updates on Fedora Kinoite, zstd-compressed initrd, confidental virtual machines with Intel TDX, Stratis 3.8.5, Python 3.14

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/

#fedora #fedoralinux #fedora43 #gnome49 #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" released with GNOME 49, Linux Kernel 6.17, Rust-based implementations of sudo and coreutils, Network Time Security (NTS) used by default for time synchronisation, and toolchain updates

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-released/69067

#ubuntu #ubuntu2510 #linux #linuxdesktop #gnome #gnome49

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" released with GNOME 49, Linux Kernel 6.17, Rust-based implementations of sudo and coreutils, Network Time Security (NTS) used by default for time synchronisation, and toolchain updates

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-released/69067

#ubuntu #ubuntu2510 #linux #linuxdesktop #gnome #gnome49

openSUSE Leap 16.0 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/opensuse-leap-16-released.php

#opensuse #leap16 #sles16 #linux #opensource #freesoftware #linuxdesktop #linuxserver

openSUSE Leap 16.0 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/opensuse-leap-16-released.php

#opensuse #leap16 #sles16 #linux #opensource #freesoftware #linuxdesktop #linuxserver

GNOME 49 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/gnome-49-released.php

#gnome #gnome49 #linuxdesktop #wayland #linux #bsd #freesoftware #opensource

GNOME 49 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/gnome-49-released.php

#gnome #gnome49 #linuxdesktop #wayland #linux #bsd #freesoftware #opensource

Q4OS 6.1 "Andromeda" released, based on Debian 13.1 "Trixie", with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity desktop 14.1.5

https://q4os.org/blog.html#news250912

#q4os #debian #linux #kdeplasma #trinitydesktop #linuxdesktop #debiantrixie

Q4OS 6.1 "Andromeda" released, based on Debian 13.1 "Trixie", with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity desktop 14.1.5

https://q4os.org/blog.html#news250912

#q4os #debian #linux #kdeplasma #trinitydesktop #linuxdesktop #debiantrixie

GNOME 49 reenables the x11-support switch for GDM because it breaks the complete X11 support in GDM, including the starters to launch X11 desktop environments

So for now, the X11 support stays in GDM until they remove it in GNOME 50

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/merge_requests/314

#gnome49 #gnome #linuxdesktop #xorg

GNOME 49 reenables the x11-support switch for GDM because it breaks the complete X11 support in GDM, including the starters to launch X11 desktop environments

So for now, the X11 support stays in GDM until they remove it in GNOME 50

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/merge_requests/314

#gnome49 #gnome #linuxdesktop #xorg

I stumbled across this article while searching for informations about the future of some X11 window managers. probonopd created a good article about the differences between Wayland and X11 and the problems with Wayland (which perhaps could be fixed in the future)

Good to see that XLibre forked the X11 server so projects depending on X11 can go on further.

https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

@probono

#wayland #xorgserver #x11libre #xorg #linux #bsd #linuxdesktop #windowmanager #freedesktop

I stumbled across this article while searching for informations about the future of some X11 window managers. probonopd created a good article about the differences between Wayland and X11 and the problems with Wayland (which perhaps could be fixed in the future)

Good to see that XLibre forked the X11 server so projects depending on X11 can go on further.

https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

@probono

#wayland #xorgserver #x11libre #xorg #linux #bsd #linuxdesktop #windowmanager #freedesktop

CachyOS August 2025 released, with a new packages website, LTS kernel as a fallback option, Niri WM window manager, new features in Proton-CachyOS, bootable btrfs snapshots in GRUB when choosing btrfs, and more

https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/

#cachyos #archlinux #linux #linuxlts #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

CachyOS August 2025 released, with a new packages website, LTS kernel as a fallback option, Niri WM window manager, new features in Proton-CachyOS, bootable btrfs snapshots in GRUB when choosing btrfs, and more

https://cachyos.org/blog/2508-august-release/

#cachyos #archlinux #linux #linuxlts #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

KDE Plasma 6.4 released with better tiling capabilities in virtual desktops, new accessibility features, Breeze theme optimizations, new HDR calibration wizard, colors in KRunner, renewed Spectacle

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

#kdeplasma #kdeplasma6 #linuxdesktop #linux #opensource #freesoftware