KDE Update Turns Off Effect That Could Cause Seizures
KDE Plasma 6.4.1 turns off a visual desktop effect which could, in rare cases, post a risk of triggering seizures in users with photosensitive conditions. You're reading KDE Update Turns Off Effect That Could Cause Seizures, a blog post from OMG! Ubunt...
Mozilla Formally Discontinues Its DeepSpeech Project
One of the interesting projects engaged in by Mozilla that directly wasn't related to their web browser efforts was DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine. To not much surprise given the lack of activity in recent years, last week they f...
Fairphone 6 Announced With Same-Day Linux Support Patches
Dutch electronics company Fairphone today announced their Fairphone Gen 6 smartphone as the successor to the Fairphone 5. Fairphone 6 continues to be repair-friendly and was just announced this morning while already the Linux support patches have hit t...
KDE Continue Work on Slick New ‘First Run’ Setup Tool
Setting up KDE Plasma on a new device will soon be far more engaging, as KDE developers work on revamping the ‘first run experience’. If you’ve ever unboxed a new laptop with Windows or macOS you’ll have been greeted by a slick, guided setup to...
KDE Slick New ‘First Run’ Setup Tool Taking Shape
KDE devs have revived the KISS setup tool, aiming to create a polished first-boot experience for Linux users to rival onboarding on Windows and macOS. You're reading KDE Slick New ‘First Run’ Setup Tool Taking Shape, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. D...
Linux Kernel's gconfig Finally Ported From GTK2 To GTK3
While the GIMP image editor received a bad rap for the amount of time it took to see a stable release based on the GTK3 toolkit rather than GTK2, only today patches have emerged for taking the Linux kernel's gconfig graphical kernel configuration utili...