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Windows 11 tests a faster, customizable File Explorer context menu Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned File Explorer context menu to Windows Insiders that opens faster, removes clutter, and lets users control both built-in commands and third-party app extensions. The update is available in preview build 29648.1000 and is part of a broader effort to make File Explorer more responsive and reliable. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-11-tests-a-faster-customizable-file-explorer-context-menu/

📰 Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment Kubuntu 26.04 gets three years of fixes for the desktop, frameworks, and apps. 🔗 Source: #kde #plasma 👉@sysadminoff https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/sponsor-gives-kde-plasma-66-the-lts-treatment/5288531

Claude Code’s /design command turns terminal prompts into UI mockups Anthropic is testing a new `/design` command in Claude Code that lets developers create and refine UI mockups without leaving the terminal or desktop app. Claude generates several editable artboards, adapts them to the project’s existing visual style, and can then use the selected design as a starting point for implementation. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/claude-codes-design-command-turns-terminal-prompts-into-ui-mockups/

Firefox 154 released with small translation, AI feature and UI tweaks Mozilla has released Firefox 154 with some small AI changes, better full-page translations and up to 10x faster video seeking (only on macOS, that one). It is also the final monthly release of Firefox before the browser switches to a faster, twice-monthly release schedule. You’ll be hearing “Firefox 155 released” in two weeks, rather than the usual four weeks between releases. So what’s new? Firefox’s been expanding its range of address bar actions in recent releases. We got tab muting action in v152 and an colour picker in v153. In 154, we get a quick link to the browser’s AI […] You're reading Firefox 154 released with small translation, AI feature and UI tweaks, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/firefox-154-released

📰 The Xen Project is Serious About Safety, So It Formed a Committee Founding members AMD, EPAM, and Renesas already put in the groundwork, and there's a new Premier Plus membership tier to go with it. 🔗 Source: #amd 👉@sysadminoff https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17422118/xen-project-safety-committee

📰 Lenovo Lands New Watchdog Driver In Linux 7.3 For Their SE30G2 + SE60 Edge AI Computers When it comes to the watchdog driver changes for Linux 7.3, standing out is the new Lenovo driver for their upcoming ThinkEdge AI edge computing systems... 🔗 Source: #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Watchdog

📰 I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful Rewaita makes it easy to recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps with popular palettes, custom colors and a few extra visual effects. 🔗 Source: #gnome 👉@sysadminoff https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17422068/rewaita

📰 CISA Flags Actively Exploited Ray Flaw That Can Trigger Browser-Based RCE The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Ray to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.Ray is an open-source, Python-native distributed computing framework designed to scale artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. As of writing, the GitHub project has more than. 🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cisa-flags-actively-exploited-ray-flaw.html #opensource #python 👉@sysadminoff

Windows 11 WinRE will reuse saved Wi-Fi profiles during recovery Windows 11 Insider build 26220.9202 gives the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) access to eligible Wi-Fi profiles saved in the main operating system, including supported certificate-based networks. The change removes a major obstacle for connected recovery tasks and is expected to reach Windows 11 version 26H2 later this year. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-11-winre-will-reuse-saved-wi-fi-profiles-during-recovery/

📰 Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it (un)helpfully informs me: “Something went wrong. We’re sorry, but we’re not sure what the error is.” While I sympathise with its honesty and the general sense of unease in imparts – I say something similar, looking at the state of the... 🔗 Source: #distro #ubuntu 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-app-center-something-went-wrong

5 Ways to Test TCP and UDP Ports in Linux Using nc, nmap, ss, and Bash The post 5 Ways to Test TCP and UDP Ports in Linux Using nc, nmap, ss, and Bash first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Telnet is missing from almost every modern Linux install, but you can still test TCP or UDP ports with nc, The post 5 Ways to Test TCP and UDP Ports in Linux Using nc, nmap, ss, and Bash first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.tecmint.com/test-open-ports-linux-without-telnet/

📰 EFS & FreeVxFS File-Systems Get Booted While FailFS Merged For Linux 7.3 Among the early pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle were removal of some ancient file-systems while adding in a new pseudo file-system... 🔗 Source: #kernel #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-File-System-Changes-7.3

Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it (un)helpfully informs me: “Something went wrong. We’re sorry, but we’re not sure what the error is.” While I sympathise with its honesty and the general sense of unease in imparts – I say something similar, looking at the state of the world right now – isn’t it the software’s job to know what’s wrong? You can see the dialog in question here, in situ […] You're reading Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-app-center-something-went-wrong

📰 Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary – but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently discovered Wordbook, a modern English-English dictionary powered by OpenEnglish WordNet and eSpeak for pronunciations, that works entirely offline. Wordbook is in GNOME Circle; the GTK4/libadwaita UI is a good fit for the desktop. 🔗 Source: #gnome 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gnome-wordbook-dictionary-offline

Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary – but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently discovered Wordbook, a modern English-English dictionary powered by OpenEnglish WordNet and eSpeak for pronunciations, that works entirely offline. Wordbook is in GNOME Circle; the GTK4/libadwaita UI is a good fit for the desktop. Wordbook uses a lexical database, with words grouped into ‘synsets’ based on their meaning. It makes it easier to explore related words, distinguish between words that look similar (but have different meanings) and find different precise alternatives. A random word […] You're reading Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gnome-wordbook-dictionary-offline

📰 Aura Glass Gives the GNOME Desktop a Complete Frosted-Glass Makeover Aura Glass gives the GNOME Desktop a polished glassmorphism makeover with dynamic blur, multiple color schemes, custom styling, and an interactive installer. 🔗 Source: #gnome 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/aura-glass-gives-the-gnome-desktop-a-complete-frosted-glass-makeover/

📰 FFmpeg Lands H.265 Vulkan Encode Performance Optimizations The FFmpeg multimedia library can now enjoy faster H.265/HEVC video encoding with the Vulkan-powered encode path. With the optimizations merged today, the H.265 encode performance should be roughly at parity to the H.264 encode speed... 🔗 Source: #ffmpeg 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Faster-HEVC-Encode

TheHatman claims 3.64 million employee records stolen from Azure tenants The alleged theft of 3.64 million employee records from nine companies’ Azure and Entra environments appears more consistent with compromised identities than an Azure vulnerability, Hudson Rock’s analysis suggests. TheHatman is selling the data, but the claims remain unconfirmed: Tata Consultancy Services and Gap say they found no evidence that their corporate systems were breached. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/thehatman-claims-3-64-million-employee-records-stolen-from-azure-tenants/

📰 AnduinOS is Windows without the frustration, and it just cracked the top 15 distros AnduinOS has beocme a very popular Linux distro, and it's easy to see why Windows users might want to switch to it. 🔗 Source: #distro #linux 👉@sysadminoff https://www.xda-developers.com/anduinos-windows-without-frustration-cracked-top-15-distros/

📰 ARCTIC Fan Controller: The Best Fan Controller For Linux Desktops, Less Than $10 USD Back in March were patches posted by ARCTIC Cooling for an ARCTIC fan controller driver for Linux. Typically we aren't used to seeing desktop/enthusiast focused vendors providing such Linux drivers for peripherals directly but the sad fact is most often it's left up to the open-source community to reverse engineer and create such drivers for Linux. 🔗 Source: #linux #opensource 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/review/arctic-fan-controller