Post by @fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

@fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

2026-09-13 10:57 UTC

(more Linux news in original post) KDE Plasma 6.7.5 Desktop Environment Is Out with Many Improvements and Fixes: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-5-desktop-environment-is-out-with-many-improvements-and-fixes KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-8-desktop-environment-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing KDE Gear 26.08.1 Is Out with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps: https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-1-is-out-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps KDE Frameworks 6.30 Improves Baloo File Indexer, KWallet, and System Monitor: https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-baloo-file-indexer-kwallet-and-system-monitor KDE’s new Photos app offers a sleek alternative to Gwenview: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/kde-photos-app-replace-gwenview COSMIC 1.8 Desktop Environment Is Officially Out, Improves Touchscreen Support: https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-8-desktop-environment-is-officially-out-improves-touchscreen-support Option to set default terminal is coming to GNOME Settings: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/default-terminal-gnome-settings Gitte As Git Client For GNOME Continues Maturing Quite Nicely: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gitte-0.10-Released Liquid Glass GNOME Shell extension uses real refraction shaders: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/liquid-glass-gnome-shell Noctalia 5.1.0 Ships With Screenshot Editor, Cellular Support, and Enterprise Wi-Fi: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/noctalia-510-ships-with-screenshot-editor-cellular-support-and-enterprise-wifi/ MangoWM 0.17.0 Released: dwl-Based Wayland Compositor Hits Feature Milestone: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mangowm-0170-released-dwlbased-wayland-compositor-hits-feature-milestone/ Calamares 3.4.3 Linux Graphical Installer Improves Disk Partitioning, Locale: https://9to5linux.com/calamares-3-4-3-linux-graphical-installer-improves-disk-partitioning-locale Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support: https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-3-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-appimage-support CoolerControl app for Linux v5.0 brings a big overhaul: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/coolercontrol-app-for-linux-v5-0-brings-a-big-overhaul/ (more Linux and FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDEGear #KDEFrameworks #COSMIC #GNOME #GNOMESettings #Noctalia #MangoWM #Calamares #Shelly #CoolerControl #DesktopEnvironment #FosseryTech

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@fosserytech@social.linux.pizza 2026-09-13 10:57

(more Linux news in previous posts) GOverlay 1.9.1 Adds MAKO, lsfg-vk 2.0, and FSR Selector to Linux Gaming: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/goverlay-191-adds-mako-lsfgvk-20-and-fsr-selector-to-linux-gaming/ GOverlay 1.9.2 Patches Gamescope Regression in Rapid Follow-Up to 1.9.1: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/goverlay-192-patches-gamescope-regression-in-rapid-followup-to-191/ FEX 2609 Released With Speedier JIT Performance, JIT Disk Cache Option: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2609-Released Bottles 67.4 Lands with Battle.net Crash Fix and New Soda Bundle: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bottles-674-lands-with-battlenet-crash-fix-and-new-soda-bundle/ Bottles Brings Hope for Windows-only Software on ARM Devices: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17442721/bottles-arm64-support Legendary 0.21.1 Drops with 75% Smaller Linux Binaries and Flatpak Support: https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/legendary-0211-drops-with-smaller-linux-binaries-and-flatpak-support/ (The name of this app reminds me when I used to play Hearthstone back in the days, and the Innkeeper shouted "WOW LEGENDARY!" when I opened a legendary card lol) Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/ DLSS5VKLayer Wires Up NVIDIA DLSS 5 For Native Linux Games & Steam Play: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DLSS5VKLayer NVIDIA 615 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Vulkan-Native Games: https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-615-linux-graphics-driver-improves-support-for-vulkan-native-games NVIDIA NVK Driver Lands Improvement To Help With Valve's Gamescope: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-NVK-BAR-Host-Cached Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17445336/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look (more Linux and FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GOverlay #FEX #Bottles #ProtonExperimental #DLSS5 #NVIDIA #NVK #NVIDIADriver #LinuxGaming #FosseryTech

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@lily_linck@mastodon.social 2026-09-13 15:31

@fosserytech@social.linux.pizza Of course Liquid Glass extension is performance heavy, doing complex effects with shaders is a problem even for games. The past two weeks working in shaders for my own game taught me how easily things can get out of hand even in far simpler cases.

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@lily_linck@mastodon.social 2026-09-13 15:33

@fosserytech@social.linux.pizza The "/s" at the end of Noctalia 5.1.0 news is sending to a 404, removing it makes the link work correctly. :P

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