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(more Linux news in original post) KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-4-is-out-to-reduce-cpu-and-gpu-load-for-full-screen-windows KDE 4’s Air Theme Making a Comeback, Oxygen Gets Major Revamp for Plasma 6.7: https://9to5linux.com/kde-4s-air-theme-making-a-comeback-oxygen-gets-major-revamp-for-plasma-6-7 KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner: https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-25-adds-support-for-converting-momme-units-in-krunner GNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Amberol-2026.1 Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/miracle-wm-rust-plugins Phosh 0.54.0 released with status page for location quick setting, other smaller improvements: https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.54.0/ Ghostty terminal is now available in the Ubuntu repos: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ghostty-terminal-ubuntu-26-04-apt-install First Look at Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux: https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-shelly-a-modern-graphical-package-manager-for-arch-linux Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valve-dev-fixes-up-vram-management-on-amd-gpus-to-improve-performance/ Proton Experimental brings fixes for classic Resident Evil 1 & 2, Dino Crisis 1 & 2 and more: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-classic-resident-evil-1-2-dino-crisis-1-2-and-more/ Wine Staging 11.6 Ships Big Patch Series For Working On DirectComposition: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.6 D7VK 1.7 Brings More Improvements For Legacy Direct3D On Vulkan: https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.7-Released Flatpak 1.16.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Important Security Fixes: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-4-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-brings-important-security-fixes XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 Released To Protect Against Apps Trashing Arbitrary Host Files: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.20.4 PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices: https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-3-improves-raop-compatibility-to-make-it-work-on-more-devices GStreamer 1.28.2 Adds Caching Support to NVCodec Plugin to Speed Up Initialization: https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-2-adds-caching-support-to-nvcodec-plugin-to-speed-up-initialization Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-More-Uniwill-Linux-7.1 (FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #KDEPlasma #GNOME #MiracleWM #Phosh #Ghostty #Proton #Wine #D7VK #Flatpak #PipeWire #GStreamer #RustCoreutils #TUXEDO #Shelly #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread) Ghostty terminal is finally adding scrollbar support: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ghostty-linux-scrollbars-coming Split diffs are now available in Zed as the new default, replacing unified diffs: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/split-diffs-are-now-available-in-zed-as-the-new-default-replacing-unified-diffs/ Weblate 5.16 introduces billing permission update and resolves SSH security issue: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/weblate-5-16-introduces-billing-permission-update-and-resolves-ssh-security-issue/ WordPress.com launches an AI assistant that can edit site content, create media, and more: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/wordpress-com-launches-an-ai-assistant-that-can-edit-site-content-create-media-and-more/ Godot Engine suffering from lots of "AI slop" code submissions: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/godot-engine-suffering-from-lots-of-ai-slop-code-submissions/ Notepad++ v8.9.2 enforces double signature checks for update security: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/notepad--v8-9-2-enforces-double-signature-checks-for-update-security/ Vulkan 1.4.344 Released With New Extension From Valve: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.344-Released FreeBSD's KDE Desktop Install Option Ready For Testing: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Option-Testing GhostBSD To Use XLibre Server, MATE vs. Gershwin Desktop Decision In Future: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-Eyes-XLibre FosseryWeb page-builders progress report: The header and main content of cheatsheet pages can now be fully generated (except some edge cases in the main content), plus there's now an extra line in the generated code to credit the author(s) of the cheatsheet below the title (since starting from the next update of FosseryWeb, everyone will be able to submit cheatsheets, or modify existing ones (in latter case, the script will automatically handle crediting multiple authors). And soon, FosseryWeb Min support will also be added, the script will generate the cheatsheet page for both sites in one go. https://codeberg.org/fosseryweb/page-builders #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #News #Ghostty #Zed #Weblate #WordPress #GodotEngine #Godot #NotepadPlusPlus #Notepadpp #Vulkan #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #XLibre #BSD #CodeEditor #IDE #GameEngine #Terminal #TerminalEmulator #PageBuilder #FosseryWeb #OperatingSystem #OS #Graphics #FosseryTech