Phoronix Desktop ☆ Desktop
Starling, the open-source desktop environment written in Swift and with its own Wayland compositor too and written largely via Claude Code, has now rolled out its own AI-generated office suite.
☆ Desktop
Noctalia 5.3 introduces a redesigned app launcher, expanded bar and dock customization, lock screen improvements, and numerous bug fixes.
☆ Gaming
GE-Proton 11-9 (and GE-Proton 11-8 just before it) have been released to bring more improvements for Windows games on SteamOS / Linux.
☆ Desktop
KDE celebrates its 30th birthday and ships Plasma 6.8, which finally leaves X11 behind and runs on Wayland only.
☆ Desktop
KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is now available with triple buffering for NVIDIA GPUs enabled by default, a Wayland-only session, and much more.
☆ Desktop
KDE Plasma 6.8 arrives on KDE's 30th anniversary, dropping native X11 sessions and improving Wayland, performance, HDR, and remote desktop.
TUXEDO Desktop ☆ Desktop
On October 14, KDE’s 30th birthday, Plasma 6.8, the next version of the popular desktop environment, will be released.
Phoronix Apps ☆ Apps
With Firefox 158 released, Firefox 159 is now in beta ahead of its official release in two weeks...
☆ Desktop
Written in Rust, LumineCapture offers fast screenshots on Linux Wayland, with built-in editing, OCR, and support for KDE Plasma and COSMIC.