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web02.fireside.fm Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:25:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Linux Action News - Episodes Tagged with “Appimage” https://linuxactionnews.com/tags/appimage Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:15:00 -0800 Weekly Linux news and analysis by Chris and Wes. The show every week we hope you'll go to when you want to hear an informed discussion about what’s happening. en-us episodic Our weekly take on the free and open source world. Jupiter Broadcasting Weekly Linux news and analysis by Chris and Wes. The show every week we hope you'll go to when you want to hear an informed discussion about what’s happening. no Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com Linux Action News 278 https://linuxactionnews.com/278 50b1ae41-e696-457c-825c-0fee860f139e Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:15:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises. 19:43 no A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises. Linux News Podcast, Linux Action News, elementary OS 7, Horus, AppCenter, offline updates, improved battery life, Xfce, Wayland, libxfce4windowing, COSMIC desktop, System76, Pop!_OS, Rust programming language, Iced toolkit, dynamic render, multi-monitor, XWayland, Ubuntu Pro,Canonical, LTS, support, security, Ubuntu Community, helloSystem,FreeBSD,Simplicity,Elegance,Usability,AppImage,VirtualBox,AppImage,Debian,macOS, Human Interface Guidelines, Qt, A lot happened in the free desktop world this week, we cover the impressive releases, changes, and surprises.

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elementary OS 7 Available Now — Today we’re proud to announce that OS 7, codenamed Horus, is available to download now and shipping soon on several high-quality computers.
Xfce Going Wayland — That’s right, work on Xfce 4.20 kicked off earlier this month with the release of libxfce4windowing, a new dependency for the Xfce desktop environment to provide support for the next-generation Wayland display protocol.
Xfce / libxfce4windowing
COSMIC DE has Speed — Alex here with the latest batch of updates from System76 engineers on the development of COSMIC DE, as well as some Settings mockups where you can explore some of the new changes.
System76 Adding XWayland Support & Other Improvements
Ubuntu Pro for All — First released in a beta version in October 2022.
helloSystem 0.8 — helloSystem is now based on FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE. A desktop system for creators that focuses on simplicity, elegance, and usability.
helloSystem 0.8: A friendly, all-graphical FreeBSD — Since most applications I am using on a daily basis are cross-platform and many of them are written in Qt, it seemed logical to choose Qt as the native toolkit for helloSystem.

]]> Linux Action News 193 https://linuxactionnews.com/193 2ee17ead-6fd6-4c05-b3bc-ee971842ab21 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The premier Linux desktops get some futuristic new features, and we break down the seven-year-old vulnerability in your Linux box revealed this week. 24:58 no The premier Linux desktops get some futuristic new features, and we break down the seven-year-old vulnerability in your Linux box revealed this week. Plus the critical kernel feature that lacks funding, and our take on helloSystem, a FreeBSD-based macOS alternative. Linux News Podcast, Linux Action News, Plasma 5.22, FreeSync, variable refresh rate, wayland, x11, adaptive translucency, GNOME 40.2, app grid actions, screencasting with fractional scalingm, GNOME Software, off-line updates, Flatpak, AppImage, polkit Privilege escalation, Kevin Backhouse, polkit, root shell, 0.113, PREEMPT_RT, Enabling Linux In Safety Applications, ELISA, helloSystem, FreeBSD, macOS Alternative, Simon Peter, probono The premier Linux desktops get some futuristic new features, and we break down the seven-year-old vulnerability in your Linux box revealed this week.

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Plasma 5.22 — Plasma 5.22 improves its stability and usability across the board.
KDE Plasma 5.22 Arrives with Miscellany of Usability Improvements
Plasma 5.22 arrives but I bet you’ll want 5.23 once I show you this – Adventures in Linux and KDE
GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More — The GNOME Project released today GNOME 40.2 as the second minor point release to the latest and greatest GNOME 40 desktop environment series.
GNOME 40.2 Release News
Privilege escalation with polkit — The vulnerability enables an unprivileged local user to get a root shell on the system. It’s easy to exploit with a few standard command line tools
Real-Time Support "PREEMPT_RT" For Linux Held Up Due To Lack Of Funding — These "RT" patches have long been maintained out-of-tree but it turns out that while in the past it was seemingly close for merging, that effort has stalled for lack of funding.
helloSystem Release r0.5.0 — This release is based on FreeBSD 12.2
helloSystem 0.5 Released For macOS-Inspired FreeBSD Desktop
FOSDEM 2021 - hello... again? — helloSystem is FreeBSD preconfigured as a desktop operating system. Its design follows the “Less, but better” philosophy. It is intended as a system for “mere mortals”, welcoming to switchers from a world in which a global menu bar exists, the Command key is used rather than Control, and applications are contained in .app bundles.
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Plus the critical kernel feature that lacks funding, and our take on helloSystem, a FreeBSD-based macOS alternative.

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Plasma 5.22 — Plasma 5.22 improves its stability and usability across the board.
KDE Plasma 5.22 Arrives with Miscellany of Usability Improvements
Plasma 5.22 arrives but I bet you’ll want 5.23 once I show you this – Adventures in Linux and KDE
GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More — The GNOME Project released today GNOME 40.2 as the second minor point release to the latest and greatest GNOME 40 desktop environment series.
GNOME 40.2 Release News
Privilege escalation with polkit — The vulnerability enables an unprivileged local user to get a root shell on the system. It’s easy to exploit with a few standard command line tools
Real-Time Support "PREEMPT_RT" For Linux Held Up Due To Lack Of Funding — These "RT" patches have long been maintained out-of-tree but it turns out that while in the past it was seemingly close for merging, that effort has stalled for lack of funding.
helloSystem Release r0.5.0 — This release is based on FreeBSD 12.2
helloSystem 0.5 Released For macOS-Inspired FreeBSD Desktop
FOSDEM 2021 - hello... again? — helloSystem is FreeBSD preconfigured as a desktop operating system. Its design follows the “Less, but better” philosophy. It is intended as a system for “mere mortals”, welcoming to switchers from a world in which a global menu bar exists, the Command key is used rather than Control, and applications are contained in .app bundles.
Bearded Tux Unisex Joggers - Jupiter Garage — Get ready for that 10K run or take it slow in your backyard—these joggers are sure to make you feel comfortable either way while making a low key statement that Linux is awesome.

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