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FOSS Weekly #26.46: Mint 27 Features, Kora OS, de-Googled Life, Passbolt, Package Manager and More Linux Stuff
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Speaking of AI, Asahi Linux, the project behind Linux on Apple Silicon Macs, is moving every repository from MIT to GPL v2 or later. The team says people were lifting unreleased code and rewriting it with AI to hide its origin. That hints at Omarchy but DHH told us in an interview that he really doesn't care about this license move.
Linux Mint 27 “Adrien,” due around Christmas. We have created a roundup of its main features so that you can see all the new stuff it will be offering.
Firefox 160 can send a full tab, or just a box you draw around part of a page, into a Mini Window. We tested it and shared this new feature.
Closing a kitty session no longer means losing your layout. The 0.50 release can save every window, tab, and scrollback at logout and restore them at the next launch, once you enable the setting.
Hate Chromium? Domicile is a Rust-based Wayland compositor that draws your entire desktop as a web page using a patched Chromium build ☠️. It only runs on x86_64 machines for now.
Nautilus, or Files, GNOME's file manager, may soon get a neater way to browse long folders. Developers are testing optional section headers that sort files into groups, though this is an early build, so things could change.
Synaptics has sent a cease-and-desist to developer Mike Lothian over Vino, his open source DisplayLink driver. The letters claim patent infringement, and Mike has had to pull the repository from public view.
The company behind GameOS, Playtron, is now KORA Systems. Its new desktop OS, also called KORA, puts AI models and agents right into a Linux base, with a launch planned for later in 2027.
LabEx offers interactive, hands-on learning experience on Linux, devops and cybersecurity. There are labs and challenges to practice your learnings straight into the 'playground' offered by LabEx.