KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Introduce Per-Window Screen-Recording Exclusions

• Post published:2025-11-22

KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment will introduce per-window screen-recording exclusions, richer blur effects for dark themes, and more.

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Bottles 60.0 Launches with Native Wayland Support

• Post published:2025-11-22

Bottles 60.0, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows apps on Linux, adds native Wayland support, a refreshed UI, and more.

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Self-Hosters Confirm It Again: Linux Dominates the Homelab OS Space

• Post published:2025-11-22

According to the 2025 Self-Host survey from selfh.st, Linux dominates self-hosting setups and homelab operating systems.

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The Raspberry Pi 500+ Works as a Standalone Keyboard (Well, Kinda)

• Post published:2025-11-22

Can the Raspberry Pi 500+ work as a standalone Bluetooth keyboard? Yes, using the open-source btferret project – but not without limitations, as I report.

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Mozilla Resolves 21-Year-Old Bug, Adds Full XDG Directory Support

• Post published:2025-11-21

Firefox 147 adds support for the XDG Base Directory Specification, ending a 21-year wait and aligning the browser’s Linux file storage with modern standards.

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Calibre 8.15 E-Book Manager Adds Highlight Dates in Viewer

• Post published:2025-11-21

Calibre 8.15 e-book manager introduces highlight date tooltips, improved case-change handling, new shortcuts, and several key bug fixes.

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