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  1. This week's Linux and FOSS news

    LINUX NEWS

    GNOME 50.4 Desktop Environment Released with Various Improvements:
    9to5linux.com/gnome-50-4-deskt

    GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up:
    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

    GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Added Native Background Blur:
    ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2

    GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help Thanks To Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship:
    phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Design

    AI Slop Keeps Flooding GNOME Extensions, So They Wrote a Manual for Bots Instead:
    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

    KDE Plasma 6.7.4 Is Out to Improve Spectacle, Discover, and Emoji Selector:
    9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-4

    KDE Plasma Development Roundup: Remote Desktop Gets Faster, Clipboard Cuts Back on RAM, and Kup 0.11.0:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

    KDE Reveals First Quarterly Update on €1M German Sovereign Tech Funding, Highlighting Foundational QA and Protocol Modernization:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

    KDE neon 20260806 Released: Plasma 6.7.4, Per-Screen Desktops, and Restored Oxygen Theme:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

    KDE Linux Making For Easier First-Run Experience Of Java & DOS Apps:
    phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-Ju

    Ubuntu’s turning another system Deb package into a snap:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu

    Curl dropped from Ubuntu 26.04 minimal cloud images by mistake:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu
    (Another week, another mistake lol)

    Ubuntu’s ready for Alberta and Morocco time zone changes:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu

    AerynOS 2026.08 Released with Linux 7.1, GNOME 50.3, COSMIC 1.5, and More:
    9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-08-

    ML4W OS 2.15 Lands With Full Quickshell Migration and New Scratchpad Workflow:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/ml4w

    Ubuntu Touch update brings printing, notch support & a modern browser:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu

    (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

    #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GNOME #KDE #Ubuntu #AerynOS #ML4W #GNOMEBoxes #Mutter #KDEPlasma #KDENeon #KDELinux #LinuxDesktop #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDistro #MobileLinux #UbuntuTouch #FosseryTech

  2. Banks and other public services must not become the bottleneck for more and better freedom of mobile choice.

    If policy supported Apple and Android for 15 years, it can support more platforms or, better, platform-independent access.

    #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #NixOS #murena_eos #fairphone #GrapheneOS

    runarcn.no/android-to-linux

  3. #installfest je v plném proudu a člověk se nezastavi, přijďte se podivat na stanek #ubuntutouch nebo mé firmy #ProRocketeers

    k vidění jsou telefony, dockovany fairphone5 s monitorem, klavesnici myši, nebo nalepky, odznaky

    #installfest26

  4. @privacyguides I think #LinuxMobile is the only real path forward for freedom.

    Instead of hoping in #Google, it would be better in the long run if concerned users rallied behind #Linux options (mainline or #Halium-based), and there are quite a few now, existing and upcoming.

    #MobileLinux #FLX1 #FLX1s #FuriLabs #Librem5 #LibertyPhone #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Droidian #Brax3 #JollaC2 #LiberuxNexx #DawnDrums #DawnOS #Pinephone #Mobian #gnuLinux #LibrePhone #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FreedomTech #LibreTech

  5. Lilbits: Phosh 0.50.0, unofficial Windows Subsystem for FreeBSD, and Google Japan’s impractical keyboards

    Some folks at Google Japan have a habit of designing impractical keyboards. A few years ago we saw a single-row keyboard with every letter, number and character laid out along a 5.4 foot strip. There are also Teacup, bubble wrap, and spoon bending keyboards, among others.

    Now the company has introduced its latest horribly inconvenient keyboard: the Gboard Dial Version is made of rotary dials […]

    #fsf #FuriLabsFLX1 #gboard #gboardDialVersion #googleJapan #jolla #Librem5 #librephone #lilbits #LinuxMobile #linuxsmartphones #mobian #mobileLinux #MobileLinux #phosh #pinephone #PinePhonePro #postmarketos #sailfishos #SPIRITsmartphone #UbuntuTouch #windowsSubsystemForFreebsd #wsfb

    Read more: liliputing.com/lilbits-phosh-0