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#ubports — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ubports, aggregated by home.social.

  1. This week's Linux and FOSS news:

    LINUX NEWS

    After the AUR Malware Flood, Yay v13 Lets You Script Your Own Safety Net:
    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

    Canonical's New AI Tool Wants You to Talk to Ubuntu Instead of Type:
    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17
    (I mean, if it's fully local, then it isn't that bad, especially if there's a way to disable the keyboard shortcut, so that users who don't need this feature won't accidentally turn on and share microphone input.)

    Ubuntu flavours now need a beta release to ship:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu

    Debian-Based SparkyLinux 2026.06 Rolling Brings Linux Kernel 7.1 Support:
    9to5linux.com/debian-based-spa

    Tails 7.9 Anonymous OS Rolls Out with Tor Browser and Firmware Updates:
    linuxiac.com/tails-7-9-anonymo

    openSUSE’s Agama 22 Installer Brings Usability and Accessibility Improvements:
    9to5linux.com/opensuses-agama-

    Shelly 2.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Released with New Features:
    9to5linux.com/shelly-2-4-gui-p

    Valve releases SteamOS 3.8 stable with Steam Machine support:
    videocardz.com/newz/valve-rele

    Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.7 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and More:
    9to5linux.com/slackware-based-

    Plasma 6 comes to Slackware:
    blog.slackware.nl/kde-plasma-6

    KDE Plasma 6.7 release brings per-monitor desktops, revives Oxygen:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/kde-pl

    Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Promises Support for the Nothing Phone, Beta Out Now:
    9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota

    Phosh Mobile Settings update:
    social.phosh.mobi/@phosh/statu

    Livi 0.5.0 mobile video player released:
    social.phosh.mobi/@phosh/statu

    (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

    #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AUR #Arch #Yay #Ubuntu #SparkyLinux #Tails #TailsOS #openSUSE #Shelly #SteamOS #Slackware #PorteuX #KDE #KDEPlasma #UbuntuTouch #UBports #Phosh #Livi #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #LinuxDistro #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #FosseryTech

  2. This week's Linux and FOSS news:

    LINUX NEWS

    Ubuntu 25.10 Released, Available to Download Now (with GNOME 49, TPM-backed disk encryption, Ptyxis terminal and Loupe image viewer preinstalled):
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ubuntu

    How To Fix Broken Flatpak Issue In Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka:
    ostechnix.com/fix-broken-flatp
    (Hmm, seems like they are testing how users react to not being able to install Flatpaks. They are using the Microsoft technique to do something their users don't like, undo it, then push it again later.)

    Xubuntu Linux 25.10 released with improved Wayland support and Xfce 4.20:
    betanews.com/2025/10/10/xubunt

    Ubuntu Reveal Codename of Next Year’s 26.04 LTS:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ubuntu

    Fedora 43 Landing Emergency Change To Increase /boot Due To NVIDIA GPU Firmware & Other Bloat:
    phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Bi

    Solus Linux Preparing To Remove Python 2, Big systemd Upgrade & Finish /usr Merge:
    phoronix.com/news/Solus-Linux-

    Introducing KRetro: a Libretro game emulator from KDE! (Alpha Release):
    blog.seshan.xyz/2025/10/05/int

    Proton Experimental brings fixes for The Quarry, For Honor, God of War: Ragnarok and more:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/prot

    Proton 10.0-3 release candidate live for testing better Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/prot

    Amazon Ditches Android — Launches 'Linux-Based' Vega OS for Fire TV:
    news.itsfoss.com/amazon-vega-o

    Ubuntu Touch (UBports) 24.04-1.0 released as the first version based on Ubuntu 24.04, with Fairphone 5 support, light mode, personal data encryption, etc.:
    ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-

    Phosh 0.50.0 released with some smaller changes, bug fixes:
    phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.50.0/

    (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

    #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Ubuntu #Flatpak #Xubuntu #Ubuntu2510 #ubuntu25_10 #Ubuntu2604 #Ubuntu26 #Fedora #Fedora43 #Solus #KRetro #KDE #LinuxGaming #Gaming #Proton #Amazon #VegaOS #FireTV #UbuntuTouch #Ubuntu_Touch #UBPorts #Phosh #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #Distro #LinuxDistro #LinuxDistribution #DistroRelease #DistributionRelease #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #FosseryTech

  3. Ho Ho How to make a device feel new again? Install a new OS! #UBports installer made it real easy to put #UbuntuTouch on my #FxtecPro1. I'm fine with CLI, but when it's just a couple of clicks to complete the process, why not? :) devices.ubuntu-touch.io/instal

    #gpdpocket