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IPFire 2.29 Core Update 201 Linux Firewall Distro Released with DNS Firewall:
https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-201-linux-firewall-distro-released-with-dns-firewall

DietPi 10.3 brings Orange Pi 4 LTS image, Prometheus monitoring, USB auto-mount, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/dietpi-10-3-brings-orange-pi-4-lts-image-prometheus-monitoring-usb-auto-mount-and-more/

Grml 2026.04 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.19, Based on Debian 14 Forky:
https://9to5linux.com/grml-2026-04-linux-distro-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-19-based-on-debian-14-forky

Wine 11.8 Improves VBScript Compatibility, Finally Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.8-Released

Proton Experimental and Proton 11 Beta updated to fix issues with the EA App:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-and-proton-11-beta-updated-to-fix-issues-with-the-ea-app/

Proton Experimental updated to get Crimson Desert working again on Linux / SteamOS:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-updated-to-get-crimson-desert-working-again-on-linux-steamos/

D7VK 1.8 further improves retro Direct3D games on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/d7vk-1-8-further-improves-retro-direct3d-games-on-linux/

Someone got Ubuntu running on a PS5 – and played Steam:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ps5-linux-steam
(This is what Sony gets for adding DRM to their system lol)

Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-April-2026-Survey

Framework’s new Linux laptop is selling faster than its Windows one:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3123900/framework-new-linux-laptop-is-selling-faster-than-its-windows-one.html

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate:
https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-1-release-candidate

Copy Fail exploit lets 732 bytes hijack Linux systems and quietly grab root:
https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/copy-fail-linux-root-exploit/

Devuan developer working on reviving GTK2:
https://devuanusers.com/thread-gtk2-revival-thread--80

XWayland 24.1.11 released with bug fixes:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-April/062234.html

WayVNC 0.10 Released For Advancing This Leading VNC Server For Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/WayVNC-0.10-Released

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #IPFire #DietPi #OrangePi #Grml #Wine #Proton #ProtonExperimental #D7VK #LinuxMarketshare #FrameworkLaptop #LinuxKernel #GTK2 #XWayland #WayVNC #FosseryTech

WayVNC 0.10 porta funzioni avanzate per il remote desktop su Wayland, con supporto multi‑output e miglioramenti utili per utenti e sviluppatori. #Wayland #WayVNC #Linux #RemoteDesktop

https://www.linuxeasy.org/wayvnc-0-10-remote-desktop-wayland/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

WayVNC 0.10 migliora il remote desktop su Wayland

WayVNC 0.10 introduce acquisizione multi‑monitor, più endpoint, nuovo nome desktop e compatibilità con software legacy.

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GitHub - any1/wayvnc: A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors - any1/wayvnc

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Today I discovered #wayvnc. It's is a great tool!

Wayvnc v0.7.0 and Neat VNC v0.7.0 have now been released!

We now have multi-seat and websocket support and thanks to @[email protected] we now have two new authentication methods.

NVidia users can rejoice because their 24bpp pixel buffers will finally work with wayvnc.

I'm happy that wayvnc has been chosen as the default VNC solution for the upcoming release of Raspberry Pi OS and excited to see what will come of it.

See release notes for more: https://github.com/any1/wayvnc/releases/tag/v0.7.0

#wayvnc #neatvnc

Release v0.7.0 · any1/wayvnc

As usual, most of the work takes place in Neat VNC, and there is more to see in the release notes for Neat VNC: https://github.com/any1/neatvnc/releases/tag/v0.7.0 Highlights Each client can now h...

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"Hmm, I wonder if I can use the external screen of my other computer as an external screen for my laptop over wifi?"

2 minutes of Kagi'ing later...

`sway create_output`, `swaymsg output HEADLESS-1 resolution 2560x1440 scale 1.5`, `wayvnc -o HEADLESS-1 0.0.0.0`, and it works!

Seriously impressed now by #Wayland and #Sway now, this is much better than last time I tried something similar with Xorg. Kudos to everyone who made that possible! #wlroots #wayvnc

Just now, I added proper multi-seat support to #wayvnc that doesn't require a new wayland protocol (ext-transient-seat-v1).

You do have to enable a set amount of seats in the compositor though before running wayvnc. If you do that, clients will be assigned to unoccupied seats until they're all occupied. Then it will use the first seat that it found after that.

Measuring Latencies

I’ve been instrumenting Neat VNC, noVNC and wlvncc to track end-to-end frame latency for the last couple of days. It is surprising how good a job noVNC actually does of decoding and rendering into a canvas element. The figures that I’m seeing are comparable to wlvncc, which is written in C!

Andri is…

I've been experimenting a bit with the concept of "multiplayer" remote desktop this weekend.

Using wayvnc and sway with ext-transient-seat-v1 implemented, plus a few other modifications, I was able to create a script that changes the border colours of windows based on which seat last focused on them: https://github.com/any1/sway/blob/seat-features/contrib/seat-colours.py

Each VNC client gets a unique colour so everyone can see where their current focus is.

#wayland #sway #wayvnc #vnc #remotedesktop

sway/seat-colours.py at seat-features · any1/sway

i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Contribute to any1/sway development by creating an account on GitHub.

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I've just released #wayvnc v0.6.0 with a new and shiny control interface.

See release announcement here: https://github.com/any1/wayvnc/releases/tag/v0.6.0

Special thanks go to @lack for implementing the control interface.

As usual, this release is also accompanied by releases of the support libraries: Neat VNC and aml. See https://github.com/any1/neatvnc/releases/tag/v0.6.0 and https://github.com/any1/aml/releases/tag/v0.3.0

#wayland #vnc

Release v0.6.0 · any1/wayvnc

Thanks to Jim Ramsay, we now have a new control command named wayvncctl that can be used to configure the server while it's running. A non-exhaustive list of new features that are enabled by this a...

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