OpenH264 has been removed from Freedesktop SDK.
Freedesktop SDK Bids Adieu to OpenH264
Freedesktop SDK removes OpenH264 due to maintenance issues, replacing it with a more reliable solution.
news.itsfoss.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
OpenH264 has been removed from Freedesktop SDK.
"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more!
blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t...
#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop
blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t...
#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop
March 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more!
blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t...
#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop
blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t...
#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop
or freedesktop discourse
June 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
or freedesktop discourse
writing a freedesktop style .desktop file to launch my oomfie,,
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
writing a freedesktop style .desktop file to launch my oomfie,,
fastest solution to this is giving freedesktop, gnome, and kde $10M each i thinks
August 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
fastest solution to this is giving freedesktop, gnome, and kde $10M each i thinks
FreeDesktop SDK 26.08 Released With Snap Support Dropped, Bootstrap Changes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeDesktop-SDK-26.08
FreeDesktop SDK 26.08 Released With Snap Support Dropped, Bootstrap Changes
The newest FreeDesktop SDK is now available for this collection of components used for Flatpak runtimes as well as for building out of containers and other software stacks...
www.phoronix.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:13 AM
FreeDesktop SDK 26.08 Released With Snap Support Dropped, Bootstrap Changes - https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeDesktop-SDK-26.08
8.93% are Using It Wrong
June 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
8.93% are Using It Wrong
I have learned that Luna has joined the Freedesktop Discord. People expressed feeling unsafe, but the admin shut down discussion immediately.
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have learned that Luna has joined the Freedesktop Discord. People expressed feeling unsafe, but the admin shut down discussion immediately.
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Le FHS, aka Filesystem Hierachy Standard, est enfin adopté et intégré au projet FreeDesktop depuis hier. Pour rappel, le FHS est un ensemble d'exigences et de recommandations concernant l'emplacement des fichiers/répertoires pour les OS de type UNIX
specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/i...
specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/i...
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Le FHS, aka Filesystem Hierachy Standard, est enfin adopté et intégré au projet FreeDesktop depuis hier. Pour rappel, le FHS est un ensemble d'exigences et de recommandations concernant l'emplacement des fichiers/répertoires pour les OS de type UNIX
specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/i...
specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/i...
I did ChromeOS on a 4GiB RAM Surface Go bc it has better touch/slate support than Freedesktop Linux, but it was basically just for docs, signing PDFs and VLC. That's all I can think of though.
September 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I did ChromeOS on a 4GiB RAM Surface Go bc it has better touch/slate support than Freedesktop Linux, but it was basically just for docs, signing PDFs and VLC. That's all I can think of though.
what was the (i think freedesktop?) project that has a lynx in its logo
September 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
what was the (i think freedesktop?) project that has a lynx in its logo
I don't know... Luna literally has zero contributions to Freedesktop. It isn't even the usual "well this is a valued contributor" stuff...
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I don't know... Luna literally has zero contributions to Freedesktop. It isn't even the usual "well this is a valued contributor" stuff...
🦨Freedesktop Platform? in this economy?
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🦨Freedesktop Platform? in this economy?
Freedesktop Home Of Everything Has A Server Crisis
YouTube video by Brodie Robertson
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ugh. "Don't bring up the topic even if you feel uncomfortable being in the community now but we don't want to look like we're picking a side even though we're definitely picking a side."
The Freedesktop leadership are, apparently, cretinous fucking cowards.
The Freedesktop leadership are, apparently, cretinous fucking cowards.
I have learned that Luna has joined the Freedesktop Discord. People expressed feeling unsafe, but the admin shut down discussion immediately.
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ugh. "Don't bring up the topic even if you feel uncomfortable being in the community now but we don't want to look like we're picking a side even though we're definitely picking a side."
The Freedesktop leadership are, apparently, cretinous fucking cowards.
The Freedesktop leadership are, apparently, cretinous fucking cowards.
Mozilla Thunderbird 144 Updates the Flatpak Runtime to Freedesktop SDK 24.08 9to5linux.com/mozilla-thun...
#Linux #OpenSource
#Linux #OpenSource
Mozilla Thunderbird 144 Updates the Flatpak Runtime to Freedesktop SDK 24.08 - 9to5Linux
Mozilla Thunderbird 144 open-source email client is now available for download with an updated Flatpak runtime and various bug fixes.
9to5linux.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Mozilla Thunderbird 144 Updates the Flatpak Runtime to Freedesktop SDK 24.08 9to5linux.com/mozilla-thun...
#Linux #OpenSource
#Linux #OpenSource
Linuxiac - Article
"freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal"...
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
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#librecanada #linux #opensource
"freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal"...
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
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#librecanada #linux #opensource
freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal
A proposed age verification interface for Linux desktops has been closed in the freedesktop XDG specs, following strong community feedback.
linuxiac.com
March 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Linuxiac - Article
"freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal"...
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
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#librecanada #linux #opensource
"freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal"...
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
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#librecanada #linux #opensource
GNOME also did a lot of the grunt work for the Linux desktop via freedesktop etc. and was far ahead of the curve on Linux desktop security when it was basically a joke
The @gnome.org team got a lot of hate for GNOME 3 because people don't like change, but they really nailed the UI/UX long-term
September 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
GNOME also did a lot of the grunt work for the Linux desktop via freedesktop etc. and was far ahead of the curve on Linux desktop security when it was basically a joke
fun fact this guy's xorg patches were so fucking broken that NVIDIA of all people, yes, the company that loves having broken linux drivers, had to step in and say "yeah no this fucking sucks"
eventually he got banned from freedesktop and now thinks "big tech" is out to get him
eventually he got banned from freedesktop and now thinks "big tech" is out to get him
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
fun fact this guy's xorg patches were so fucking broken that NVIDIA of all people, yes, the company that loves having broken linux drivers, had to step in and say "yeah no this fucking sucks"
eventually he got banned from freedesktop and now thinks "big tech" is out to get him
eventually he got banned from freedesktop and now thinks "big tech" is out to get him
i like how it's also bad on larger gitlab instances like. sometimes i'd have days where freedesktop, kde, gnome, activitypub.software's instances just don't load for me
November 11, 2024 at 2:08 AM
i like how it's also bad on larger gitlab instances like. sometimes i'd have days where freedesktop, kde, gnome, activitypub.software's instances just don't load for me
A proposed age verification interface for Linux desktops has been closed in the freedesktop XDG specs, following strong community feedback.
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
#Linux #OpenSource
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
#Linux #OpenSource
freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal
A proposed age verification interface for Linux desktops has been closed in the freedesktop XDG specs, following strong community feedback.
linuxiac.com
March 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
A proposed age verification interface for Linux desktops has been closed in the freedesktop XDG specs, following strong community feedback.
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
#Linux #OpenSource
linuxiac.com/xdg-age-veri...
#Linux #OpenSource
Bluefin Dakota Alpha 6 dropped tonight, our vision of the present. A new team is taking over what is now Bluefin Classic as some of us focus on this release. Enjoy!
docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-...
docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-...
Dakota Alpha 6 | Bluefin
Dakota Alpha 6 is out. This one is brought to you by Ahmed Ahdan/ Built against GNOME 51 and freedesktop-sdk 26.08.1, running Linux 7.2.6, NVIDIA 615.71.09. Kernel OGC 7.2.6-ogc1 for your gaming needs...
docs.projectbluefin.io
September 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Bluefin Dakota Alpha 6 dropped tonight, our vision of the present. A new team is taking over what is now Bluefin Classic as some of us focus on this release. Enjoy!
docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-...
docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/dakota-...