November 2026 5 posts
Mounting Fritzbox Shares on Linux: GNOME, Plasma and fstab Compared by Speed
A Fritzbox makes a handy mini NAS, but on Linux several routes lead to the files. Nautilus, Dolphin, mount.cifs, smbclient and FTP measured against each other: which one suits which …
FlatPark: A Signed Flatpak Remote for Apps Missing on Flathub
FlatPark is an additional Flatpak remote with 230 reviewed apps, including AI applications and the Helium browser. Setup and installation, tested on CachyOS.
Petition: Open source work should count as volunteering in Germany – about 15,000 signatures still missing
A petition to the German Bundestag calls for open source work to be recognized as volunteer work, on a par with sports clubs or the rescue services. Roughly half of …
ghostty-config 2.0: Settings for Ghostty right in the terminal
Ghostty knows 211 options but has no settings dialog. ghostty-config 2.0 puts themes, fonts and the window into an interface inside the terminal, writes every change as a line of …
PlanetFOSS: Weekly review, Bluesky and a search with filters
Every Monday, PlanetFOSS sums up the past week as a small magazine page: cover story, supernovas, new releases and the week in numbers. On top of that, PlanetFOSS now posts …
October 2026 17 posts
New in TUXEDO OS in October 2026
In October 2026, five issues of “This Week in TUXEDO OS” and three news posts about TUXEDO OS appeared. Among them: “KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released”. KDE apps: KDE Photos, …
PlanetFOSS: Support your favorite sources directly
Blogs, magazines and publishers can now add a link to their subscription or donation page on PlanetFOSS. It shows up as a box on the source page, as a heart …
Ghostty 1.4: Leaner Linux terminal with drag-and-drop splits
Ghostty 1.4 compresses its scrollback and saves up to 90 percent memory. On Linux, text looks sharper, and you can now move splits with the mouse.
Pulsgeber 0.5.3: Ready for TUXEDO Control Center 3.1
TUXEDO Control Center 3.1 reworked quite a bit under the hood. Pulsgeber 0.5.2 catches up: the menu entry is back, and the TCC tray can be reliably turned off under …
AI Ban on r/opensource: Who Actually Reviews the Code?
r/opensource and r/fossdroid are locking out AI-assisted projects, while the Linux kernel is dropping its label for AI code. Language models are a huge opportunity for free software, but somebody …
