A FreeDesktop.org compliant menu editor for desktop environments implementing the Desktop Entry Specification. Some desktops are improperly configured and do not export the expected variables, and patches are included to infer the running environment in other ways. Some older desktops, such as IceWM, do not implement this specification and handle their menus in other ways.
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SiFive: HiFive Unleashed Development Board – First Linux-capable RISC-V single board computer
SiFive has announced their HiFive Unleashed, the first Linux RISC-V developer board.
RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is an open instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computing (RISC) principles. RISC-V is an open source ISA that is not subject to patents, and is available under the BSD license.
Read moreAllwinner VPU support in the official Linux kernel – Kickstarter campaign
sunxi-cedrus consists of a Linux kernel driver working on recent upstream Linux kernel, and libva backend. It currently supports MPEG2 decoding and has partial support for MPEG4 decoding, and has been tested on Allwinner A13 and A33.
Read moreElive 2.9.26 beta released
Greatly improved designs for clock and battery, clock is shown by default, the battery includes intuitive colors useful for show the status.
Read moreElisa 0.0.81 Released
The Elisa team is happy to announce the second alpha release of the Elisa music player. Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use.
Read moreLKRG – Linux Kernel Runtime Guard
Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) is a loadable kernel module that performs runtime integrity checking of the Linux kernel and detection of security vulnerability exploits against the kernel. As controversial as this concept is, LKRG attempts to post-detect and hopefully promptly respond to unauthorized modifications to the running Linux kernel (integrity checking) or to credentials (such as user IDs) of the running processes (exploit detection).
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Excellent No-Charge Linux Books – Learn About Linux – For Beginners
Many no-charge e-books are, frankly, little more than spam bait, often published only to entice you to purchase a book from the same publisher. Poorly written, and with very little original content. Whereas the recommended texts below are definitely worth downloading. They’ll teach you the basics about Linux and so much more. They’re the ideal starting point for your Linux adventures. And you don’t have to divulge any personal information to get your hands on them.
Read moreAnnouncing ncurses 6.1
The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 (SVr4), and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SVr4-curses enhancements over BSD curses. SVr4 curses became the basis of X/Open Curses.
Read moreLinux Kernel Archive: Linux 4.15
Linus Torvalds writes:
“After a release cycle that was unusual in so many (bad) ways, this last week was really pleasant. Quiet and small, and no last-minute panics, just small fixes for various issues. I never got a feeling that I’d need to extend things by yet another week, and 4.15 looks fine to me.
Read morecurl 7.58.0 released
curl is a tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the supported protocols (DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP). The command is designed to work without user interaction.
Read moreLunarG Device Simulation Tool (“DevSim”) – Extend your test coverage
The LunarG Device Simulation layer helps test across a wide range of hardware capabilities without requiring a physical copy of every device. It can be applied without modifying any application binaries, and in a fully-automated fashion. The Device Simulation layer (aka DevSim) is a Vulkan layer that can override the values returned by your application’s queries of the GPU.
Read moreEpiphany Technology Preview
The Epiphany Technology Preview is a nightly build of Epiphany, on top of the latest development release of WebKitGTK+, running on the GNOME master Flatpak runtime. The target audience is anyone who wants to assist with Epiphany development by testing the latest code and reporting bugs.
Read moreMovit 1.6.0 Released: High-performance, high-quality video filters for the GPU
Movit aims to be a high-quality, high-performance, open-source library for video filters.
Read moreThe CSD Initiative
CSD Initiative is an initiative to get as many applications as possible to drop title bars in favor of client-side
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Logic Supply ML350 – Embedded Industrial Computer – Powered by Intel Apollo Lake processing
The Logic Supply ML350 features a low profile fanless enclosure and a motherboard developed from the ground up to enable a range of customization options including expansion, connectivity and advanced Consumer Electronics Control (CEC).
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