FFmpeg 9.0 released
https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

https://redd.it/1vexq8v
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To any KDE Flatpak users

If you are like me, you use KDE and Flatpak apps.

For a long time now, whenever I had to change some app's permissions, I used a dedicated tool called Flatseal. It works. However, KDE has a native alternative.

System Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Application Permissions -> Application Permissions -> (search and choose an app) -> optional: Manage Flatpak Settings -> optional: Advanced Permissions

It does exactly the same thing as Kubeseal, it's just native KDE/Qt instead of being Gnome/GTK. The one functionality Kubeseal has over it is the ability to set globals. But I think that's it.

If this is common knowledge, then disregard this. I didn't know about it, so I'm sharing it. KDE is awesome.

https://redd.it/1vf1q7r
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Pandoc - Twenty Years of Pandoc
https://pandoc.org/twenty-years-of-pandoc.html

https://redd.it/1vf3xc6
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Australian PC authority Morphix
https://redd.it/1vf1git
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NVIDIA is now supporting the LVFS
https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/

https://redd.it/1vfbmk7
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Lazyjournal: TUI for viewing logs from journald, auditd, file system, Docker and Podman containers, Compose stacks and Kubernetes pods
https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal

https://redd.it/1vfentw
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I've been daily-driving Linux and wondering: if I wanted to build a local tool to fix my own desktop friction, what would actually work?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I love Linux, but whenever I hit some weird driver snag or a legacy app issue, I find myself wishing I had a smart local assistant that could actually untangle my config files or trace system logs for me instead of me spending two hours digging through old forum threads.

​I'm curious what other people here do. If you were building or using a local tool to automate away the annoying, repetitive desktop headaches, what would you want it to target first?

Has anyone actually set up local agents or scripts that handle system troubleshooting well, or is it still more trouble than it's worth?

https://redd.it/1vfg558
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EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation
https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/

https://redd.it/1vfl2nq
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What was your first time?
https://redd.it/1vfx5nn
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Linux's Staging Area To Now Reject LLM-Generated Patches, Except For Real Security Fixes
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Staging-Reject-LLMs

https://redd.it/1vfnhcs
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KDE Plasma 6.7.4, Bugfix Release for August
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.4/

https://redd.it/1vfnfqj
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Is baeldung.com garbage?

Every now and then when I'm researching something linux related I'll see guides from baeldung.com pop up in the results. Today, I clicked one.

I was looking for some information on the keyring in fedora/gnome and came across what turned out to be a suspicious article.

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/unlock-keyring-fix

There's a section in there on disabling the keyring. The guide tells you to remove the password from your keyring, skip the warning that this means your passwords will be stored in cleartext, then says - Hey! You don't get prompted for a password anymore, the keyring is disabled!

Um....

> If we wish, we can disable the keyring feature by removing its password.

> By leaving the password blank, we disable the keyring feature

Sorry, but that isn't how it works. They do state that doing this "raises security concerns" but don't seem to make the connection that those concerns arise because the keyring is still enabled and doing its job, except now your passwords are stored in cleartext.

So not only do they not describe how to disable the keyring, they seem to think it's OK to guide people to doing this without much warning.

This was supposedly written by a human and reviewed by another human. I haven't looked into the author or reviewer much, but there's at least something there to indicate a real person. Even if it is a website that no longer exists, another website with an invalid ssl cert. There at least is an X account with posts going back a few years, though very rare.

However, don't think I'll be checking out any more of their articles.

Should I be willing to give them another shot?



https://redd.it/1vg3kn5
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rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy

https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2026/08/05/rust-langrust-is-adopting-an-llm-policy/

Second post I recently made about LLM usage policies but it's really just that I find the process of open source finding its way and adjusting to new realities rather interesting.

The "too long, didn't read" (Taken directly from the blog):

>What does the policy say?
>
>The policy summarizes itself this way:

>> It's fine to use LLMs to answer questions, analyze, distill, refine, check, suggest, review. But not to create.

>Uses in the first category are allowed, sometimes requiring disclosure. Uses in the second category are heavily restricted.

(Edit: but I recommend reading the blog...it's a bit more nuanced than the summery)

Edit2: messed up the link, added now

https://redd.it/1vg23x0
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KDE Material decoration with Locally Integrated Menu (and Search) sees its first official release
/r/kde/comments/1vg7lsr/material_decoration_with_locally_integrated_menu/

https://redd.it/1vg7ple
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RPCS3 says 90% of PS3 emulator users run Windows, despite better Linux performance
https://videocardz.com/newz/rpcs3-says-90-of-ps3-emulator-users-run-windows-despite-better-linux-performance

https://redd.it/1vgdtxf
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the worlds most popular software synthesizer (Serum 2) now has a linux version
https://redd.it/1vgbser
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Proxmox VE finally suports arm64!
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-virtual-environment-now-available-for-64-bit-arm-arm64.185526/

https://redd.it/1vgojoi
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Officially ditched my dual boot. My PC is now 100% Windows free
/r/pop_os/comments/1vguuj5/officially_ditched_my_dual_boot_my_pc_is_now_100/

https://redd.it/1vguuwz
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Distro Fighter: find your Linux distro & desktop
https://distrofighter.com/

https://redd.it/1vgp26t
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GNOME Boxes Nightly — The next-gen rewrite of GNOME Boxes
https://nightly.gnomeboxes.org

https://redd.it/1vgkssk
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HWiNFO64 style hardware monitoring software for Linux
https://github.com/pulpul-s/HWall

https://redd.it/1vghjap
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