📰HarfBuzz 14.0 Released With New GPU Accelerated Text Rendering Library
HarfBuzz is the open-source text shaping engine originally born out of the FreeType project and now widely-used by GNOME, KDE, Java, Flutter, Godot, Chromium, LibreOffice, and countless other applications. HarfBuzz 14.0 released today and making this release quite exciting is introducing a GPU-accelerated text rendering library...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/HarfBuzz-14.0-Released
#kde#opensource#chromium#gnome
📰KDE Gear 26.04 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps
KDE Gear 26.04 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-04-software-suite-is-out-with-many-improvements-for-kde-apps
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📰 digiKam 9.0 Leading Open-Source Digital Photo Manager Software Released
The KDE/Qt-aligned digiKam software for managing RAW digital photos is out today with the big digiKam 9.0 release...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/digiKam-9.0-Released
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📰The EU is betting over €1 million that KDE can challenge Microsoft's desktop dominance
The technological world of the European Union has been having a major shake-up recently. Rattled by how much they depend on proprietary software in key areas of government and public services, the EU has been working toward breaking free from closed-source software and moving toward more open-source options. For instance, France's government is ditching Windows for Linux after calling US tech dependence a strategic risk.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-eu-is-betting-1-million-that-kde-can-challenge-microsofts-desktop-dominance/
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📰 Rocky Linux Becomes a KDE Patron
Rocky Linux has become a KDE patron, joining organizations like Canonical, Google, and SUSE in supporting the KDE open-source ecosystem.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/rocky-linux-becomes-a-kde-patron/
#linux#opensource#kde
📰 LXQt 2.4 Released With More Wayland Fixes/Improvements
The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source desktop party alongside the likes of the recently debuted GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and others...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.4-Released
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📰 BleachBit’s new TUI lets you clean without a desktop environment
Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit’s existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is fully interactive, you navigate the interface with your keyboard (there’s limited mouse support) to select, preview and clean out cruft.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/bleachbit-tui
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📰 MuseScore Studio 4.7 Notation App Adds New Guitar Features
MuseScore Studio 4.7 open-source notation app adds new engraving tools, guitar notation features, playback improvements, MP4 export, and more.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/musescore-studio-4-7-notation-app-adds-new-guitar-features/
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📰 Dusk is a reverse-engineered reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess comes to PC thanks to a new open source reverse-engineered reimplementation called Dusk.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dusk-is-a-reverse-engineered-reimplementation-of-the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess
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📰 Restriced by the West, Huawei's Open Source HarmonyOS Now Powers 55 Million Devices
It seems that Huawei has managed to create an ecosystem of hardware as well as software.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17338103/harmony-os-rises-china
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📰 Audacious 4.6 Media Player Promises File Browser Plugin, Beta Out Now
Audacious 4.6 open-source media player is now available for public beta testing with a File Browser plugin, a macOS Now Playing plugin, support for playing Musepack SV8 files, and much more.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/audacious-4-6-media-player-promises-file-browser-plugin-beta-out-now
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📰 Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 adds controller hotkeys and auto-reconnect
The free and open source Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 has another useful new release out now, bringing a few more features to make it easier.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nintendo-64-emulator-gopher64-adds-controller-hotkeys-and-auto-reconnect/
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