Rust-Written Redox OS Now Has A Working Web Server

The Redox OS project that is a from scratch open-source operating system written in the Rust programming language now has a working web server, among other improvements achieved during the month of July...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-Working-Web-Server

Firefox 129 Now Available With HTTPS Replacing HTTP As Default Protocol

Mozilla Firefox 129.0 is now available for download ahead of its formal release announcement on Tuesday. Making Firefox 129 notable is that for non-local sites it's now replacing HTTP with HTTPS by default. Firefox will now aim for HTTPS as the default protocol on non-local sites...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-129-Released

In 2024 Another Attempt To Get The Apple Touch Bar In Good Shape For Linux On x86 Macs

A set of nine patches were posted for review on Tuesday in aiming to get the Apple Touch Bar working well under Linux for the x86 T2-based Macs...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Touch-Bar-Linux-2024

System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha Desktop - It's Looking Quite Interesting

System76 today is releasing an alpha build of Pop!_OS 24.04 that is built atop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and making it very interesting is that it includes the alpha version of their Rust-written COSMIC desktop environment. I've been playing around with this Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha in advance of today's embargo lift and it's been working out quite well...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/System76-COSMIC-Alpha

Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code For Ubuntu Releases

Following decisions like exploring -O3 package builds for Ubuntu Linux, another newly-announced change by Canonical I must applaud is their decision to commit to shipping the very latest upstream kernel code at release time...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Releases-Fresher-Kernels

Niri 0.1.8 Compositor Implements Gradient Borders, Output Management Protocol

Niri as a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor inspired by PaperWM is out with a new feature release. Niri 0.1.8 is the new release out today and it also marks the project's one year birthday...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Niri-0.1.8-Wayland-Compositor