Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:<p>This week's Linux and FOSS news:</p><p>LINUX NEWS</p><p>Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha released with new COSMIC desktop:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/you-can-now-download-pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-desktop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/you-ca</span><span class="invisible">n-now-download-pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-desktop</span></a><br>(COSMIC looks pretty solid. In fact, I can imagine using it as my daily driver once it will become stable.)<br>(Btw if someone is interested, here's a video from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxEXP</span></a></span> : <a href="https://tilvids.com/w/pxd43bxo52G4rNSZCELpN4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/w/pxd43bxo52G4rNSZ</span><span class="invisible">CELpN4</span></a> )</p><p>Manjaro experiments with new immutable edition, utilizing Arkdep toolkit developed for Arkane Linux:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/manjaro-immutable-experiment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/manjaro-immut</span><span class="invisible">able-experiment/</span></a><br>(You definitely don't do this to solve stability issues, right... RIGHT?)</p><p>Ubuntu going to include newer kernel versions:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/canonical-announce-major-ubuntu-kernel-change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/canoni</span><span class="invisible">cal-announce-major-ubuntu-kernel-change</span></a></p><p>Official GNOME extension released for system tray icon support:<br><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/gnome-official-status-icons-extension" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/gnome-</span><span class="invisible">official-status-icons-extension</span></a></p><p>KDE Plasma 6.1.4 released with several improvements, bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-1-4-desktop-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-1-4</span><span class="invisible">-desktop-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes</span></a></p><p>KDE Frameworks 6.5 released with Wayland and Dolphin improvements, bug fixes:<br><a href="https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-5-released-with-plasma-wayland-and-dolphin-improvements" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6</span><span class="invisible">-5-released-with-plasma-wayland-and-dolphin-improvements</span></a></p><p>Heroic Games Launcher receives initial GOG Galaxy support on Linux:<br><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/8/heroic-games-launcher-update-brings-initial-gog-galaxy-support-for-linux-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alternativeto.net/news/2024/8/</span><span class="invisible">heroic-games-launcher-update-brings-initial-gog-galaxy-support-for-linux-users/</span></a></p><p>GNOME Matrix client, Fractal version 8 released, it saves draft messages per room, got some UI improvements, authorization, account recover got more streamlined, it saves collapsed state of categories on sidebar, code blocks in messages got code highlighting:<br><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/fractal-8-release/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/fractal-8-rel</span><span class="invisible">ease/</span></a><br>(Space support when?)<br>(Btw if you're interested in Matrix, check out my video: <a href="https://tilvids.com/w/mDFsB8USHUSW4JpFofRf6y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span 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