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Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong

I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it (un)helpfully informs me: “Something went wrong. We’re sorry, but we’re not sure what the error is.” While I sympathise with its honesty and the general sense of unease in imparts – I say something similar, looking at the state of the world right now – isn’t it the software’s job to know what’s wrong? You can see the dialog in question here, in situ […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-app-center-something-went-wrong

📰 Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME

They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary – but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently discovered Wordbook, a modern English-English dictionary powered by OpenEnglish WordNet and eSpeak for pronunciations, that works entirely offline. Wordbook is in GNOME Circle; the GTK4/libadwaita UI is a good fit for the desktop.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gnome-wordbook-dictionary-offline

Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME

They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary – but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently discovered Wordbook, a modern English-English dictionary powered by OpenEnglish WordNet and eSpeak for pronunciations, that works entirely offline. Wordbook is in GNOME Circle; the GTK4/libadwaita UI is a good fit for the desktop. Wordbook uses a lexical database, with words grouped into ‘synsets’ based on their meaning. It makes it easier to explore related words, distinguish between words that look similar (but have different meanings) and find different precise alternatives. A random word […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gnome-wordbook-dictionary-offline

📰 Aura Glass Gives the GNOME Desktop a Complete Frosted-Glass Makeover

Aura Glass gives the GNOME Desktop a polished glassmorphism makeover with dynamic blur, multiple color schemes, custom styling, and an interactive installer.

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https://linuxiac.com/aura-glass-gives-the-gnome-desktop-a-complete-frosted-glass-makeover/

📰 FFmpeg Lands H.265 Vulkan Encode Performance Optimizations

The FFmpeg multimedia library can now enjoy faster H.265/HEVC video encoding with the Vulkan-powered encode path. With the optimizations merged today, the H.265 encode performance should be roughly at parity to the H.264 encode speed...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Faster-HEVC-Encode

TheHatman claims 3.64 million employee records stolen from Azure tenants

The alleged theft of 3.64 million employee records from nine companies’ Azure and Entra environments appears more consistent with compromised identities than an Azure vulnerability, Hudson Rock’s analysis suggests. TheHatman is selling the data, but the claims remain unconfirmed: Tata Consultancy Services and Gap say they found no evidence that their corporate systems were breached.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/thehatman-claims-3-64-million-employee-records-stolen-from-azure-tenants/

📰 AnduinOS is Windows without the frustration, and it just cracked the top 15 distros

AnduinOS has beocme a very popular Linux distro, and it's easy to see why Windows users might want to switch to it.

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#distro #linux

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https://www.xda-developers.com/anduinos-windows-without-frustration-cracked-top-15-distros/

📰 ARCTIC Fan Controller: The Best Fan Controller For Linux Desktops, Less Than $10 USD

Back in March were patches posted by ARCTIC Cooling for an ARCTIC fan controller driver for Linux. Typically we aren't used to seeing desktop/enthusiast focused vendors providing such Linux drivers for peripherals directly but the sad fact is most often it's left up to the open-source community to reverse engineer and create such drivers for Linux.

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#linux #opensource

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https://www.phoronix.com/review/arctic-fan-controller

Возобновлена разработка планировщика задач MuQSS и набора патчей "-ck" для ядра Linux

Кон Коливас (Con Kolivas) возобновил работу над планировщиком задач MuQSS (Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler) и набором патчей "-ck для ядра Linux, нацеленных на повышение отзывчивости и интерактивности при выполнении пользовательских задач и игр. Разработка данных проектов была прекращена в 2021 году из-за потери мотивации и нехватки времени. Теперь Кон вернулся к прежней деятельности и выпустил набор патчей ck и планировщик MuQSS для ядра Linux 7.2. Отмечается, что вопрос нехватки времени удалось решить благодаря применению AI-инструментов, которые упростили разработку и адаптацию изменений к новому ядру.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66088

Google puts A2A under Linux Foundation governance alongside MCP

Google is transferring its Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), placing the standard for communication between AI agents under the same neutral umbrella as Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP). The move gives enterprises a clearer foundation for connecting agents built with different vendors and frameworks as multi-agent systems expand.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/google-puts-a2a-under-linux-foundation-governance-alongside-mcp/

📰 AMD Working On A New Backend For Improving ROCm Compute In QEMU/VMs

AMD engineers are working on enhancing the open-source ROCm compute stack for better handling GPU virtualized compute under QEMU...

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#amd #opensource #qemu

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-Better-QEMU-VM

📰 Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 154 open-source web browser is now available for download with a new “Manage AI” quick action, support for clearing and updating cached favicons, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-154-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

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Anthropic keeps stronger Model 2 internal as AI risk rating rises

Anthropic says its unreleased Model 2 is more capable than Mythos 5, but has no plans to offer it publicly as the company raises its assessment of high-stakes AI misalignment risk from “very low” to “low.” The decision comes as Anthropic observes faster progress in automated AI research and development, a capability that could also make misuse more dangerous.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/anthropic-keeps-stronger-model-2-internal-as-ai-risk-rating-rises/

📰 ARM64 BBML3 Feature Ready With Linux 7.3, NVIDIA Olympus Workarounds

AI/LLM patch craziness hurt ARM64 development for the Linux 7.2 cycle that no real features landed for that kernel version on AArch64. Fortunately, the ARM Linux developers are more prepared now and for Linux 7.3 are introducing some new ARM64 features...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM64-Linux-7.3

Microsoft assigns CVE and starts patching ShieldBreak Defender zero-day

Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-69414 to the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation zero-day and says it is developing a security update. The flaw, which bypassed Microsoft's RoguePlanet fix, allows a local attacker with limited permissions to reach SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-assigns-cve-and-starts-patching-shieldbreak-defender-zero-day/

📰 Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies."While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/evooo1bot-linux-botnet-exploits-known.html

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📰 GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu Released Following More Driver Cleaning

Following yesterday's release of the Linux 7.2 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu is now available for this kernel downstream that strips out support for drivers depending upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load closed-source kernel modules, and other restrictions in the name of software freedom...

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#gnu #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-7.2

📰 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed

Good for players on Linux / SteamOS and modders - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is now free from Easy Anti-Cheat.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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#linux

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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-has-easy-anti-cheat-removed/

GitHub Copilot update makes model switching the default

GitHub’s latest Copilot update turns model choice into a core workflow rather than a one-time setting, adding Kimi K3, MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, and per-turn switching in Visual Studio Code. The flexibility comes with an enterprise concern: Copilot still does not provide a reliable record of which model generated or changed specific code.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/github-copilot-update-makes-model-switching-the-default/

📰 Linux is now adopting a CPU requirement Windows already demands, but don't worry, it's not TPM 2.0

In fact, if you're reading this line, your computer's CPU is most definitely still supported.

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#linux

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https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-is-now-adopting-a-cpu-requirement-windows-already-demands-but-dont-worry-its-not-tpm-20/