Fedora Holds Off on Dropping i686, Citing Community Needs

• Post published:2025-06-30

Fedora 44’s proposal to drop i686 support has been withdrawn following backlash, especially over its potential impact on Linux gaming.

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Rename Audio Devices on Ubuntu with this ‘Simple’ App

• Post published:2025-06-30

How to easily rename audio devices on Ubuntu with the Simple Wireplumber GUI app. Replace technical audio device names with descriptive labels.

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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 26 (Jun 23 – 29, 2025)

• Post published:2025-06-30

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Deepin 25, Plasma 6.4.1, Firefox 140, Wine 10.11, the curious case of XLibre Xserver, Hyprland launches subscription plan, and more.

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Incus 6.14 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

• Post published:2025-06-29

Incus 6.14 is out now, bringing security fixes, performance boosts, and new features like S3 backup uploads and customizable snapshot expiry.

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Meet Wayback: A Bridge Between X Desktops and Wayland

• Post published:2025-06-29

Wayback is a new experimental minimal Wayland compositor that supports Xwayland, letting X apps function without a full X server.

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Torvalds Drops Bcachefs from Linux 6.17 Amid Maintainer Dispute

• Post published:2025-06-29

Disagreements over late-stage fixes and developer conduct led Linus Torvalds to drop Bcachefs from the upcoming Linux kernel 6.17 release.

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