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Show HN: I spent 3 months making desktop automation stop lying to AI agents

That's a bold claim. But I genuinely feel like I might have actually solved computer use (demo: https://x.com/mdlahfir/status/2088109763783700827?s=20)For context, I've been building agent-desktop (Inspired by agent-browser by Vercel Labs), an automation CLI for desktop apps. It's like Playwright but for desktops, not just native, but for Chromium apps as well. Trust me, yes, Chromium apps whose accessibility tree is dense.MacOS is GA; I'm almost clos

Show HN: Tmail – The Mailbox You Own

Access locally or remotely with authenticated service. Encrypt your communications E2E by publishing your PGP key to your node.Minimal distraction free UI.Optional 2FA access for additional security.Host on linux, macOS, or termuxFind it here!<a href="https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/tmail" rel="nofollow">https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/tmail</a>

Show HN: Homelander – free desktop app that applies for apartments in Germany

I built Homelander because searching for apartments in Germany was taking too much time.It collects listings from multiple searches on ImmoScout24 and applies for you. I decided to build it because alternatives were either too techy or too expensive (like 100 euros per months).I originally built it for myself, then released it as a free and open-source desktop app. The first release got much more attention than I expected, and the project is now at 92 GitHub stars.It currently supports Mac, Wind

Show HN: Feature-packed 6MB Rust+Tauri free bookmarking app

https://shelf-bookmarks.stupidlabs.lolI have been using raindrop.io for years now, and it has worked perfectly for me. Seriously, no issues.But, bookmarks are something that are a bit too personal... they allow profiling you. And I don't want anyone doing that to me,Hence, this app. It's 100% offline and free.It's built in Rust using Tauri, is roughly 6MB only, is beautiful to look at, and packs more features than commercial ones.Make sure to checkout the "All featu

Wayland, Pipewire, Open Source Slowly Closing?

I am kinda depressed over these factors. I have used linux since 2015 and really never ran into problems until the past five years.I am a composer with a prolithic output; and had a steady workflow for most of the years until musegroup bought out audacity and musescore. (which i have been able to get musescore 2 in a few distros; as i prefer this over any of the post-musegroup alterations.)the same goes for audacity; prior to their changes it worked... everything flowed beautifully; and boom so

Show HN: Velorn – an open-source desktop video editor with MCP agent control

Hi HN, I’m Jaime. I’m a VFX artist with over 20 years of experience, and I’ve been building Velorn as a solo developer.Velorn is a GPLv3 desktop video editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It has a multi track video/audio timeline and works as a normal editor without any AI generation setup. You can import existing media, edit and layer clips, add effects, text and keyframes, transcribe locally with Whisper, mix audio, and export through FFmpeg.For me, AI generated footage is raw material.

NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming for Linux levels up and leaves Beta

Cloud gaming on Linux levels up officially today with the full release of the NVIDIA GeForce NOW app for Linux after being in Beta since January.

Linux Mint 22.3 HWE released with Linux kernel 7.0

A refreshed Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena) OS installer is available for download, powered by Linux kernel 7.0. The distro made the first Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISO

Epic Games Store Is Getting Official Linux Support “Soon”

Epic Games confirms Linux support is coming soon for the Epic Games Store, potentially giving Steam Deck users an official ...

ChatGPT desktop app is now available for Linux (in preview)

OpenAI has announced a preview release of the official ChatGPT Desktop app for Linux. Compared to using ChatGPT in a browser tab, the GUI desktop app can ...

This free tool lets you run Windows apps on Linux

If you’re Linux-curious but don’t want to give up your favorite Windows software overnight, Wine is a must-have tool. For more details, check out our more in-depth guide on how to use Windows software ...

Sparky Linux just restored 32-bit support - why that still matters

Got an old 32-bit computer lying around? Don't throw it away - Sparky Linux has decided not to give up on the aging architecture.

I tried the new ChatGPT desktop app for Linux - but I'll stick to my browser for now

I tried the new ChatGPT Desktop App for Linux - but I'll stick to my browser for now ...

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT, Work, and Codex to Linux in Desktop Preview

OpenAI’s ChatGPT desktop app reaches Linux in preview, combining ChatGPT, Work, and Codex for supported Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora systems.

I used OpenFactory to build my own Linux distro overnight - this AI tool is going to be big

I used OpenFactory to build my own Linux distro overnight - this AI tool is going to be big ...

Show HN: Daedalus, Artful D2 Diagrams

I am generally discontent with the state of diagraming tools. They are clunky, lock you into their format and end up making unmaintainable or unintelligible diagrams.So, I made a new tool that combines code-based diagraming with manual layout. The hope is to get the maintainability of code and the visual clarity of of hand-crafted layouts.Give it a try and let me know your feedback. I made is as a desktop tool because there should be no reason to need to be online to use it. But I understand it

We built a job board where the employers aren't human. Here's what broke

Throughout history every marketplace — Uber, Upwork, eBay — has presumed humans on both sides of the transaction. It's baked so deep that nobody questions it. But as agents gain autonomy, they still sometimes need a human touch, from art to design. So we built Taskpool: a marketplace engineered for programmatic and AI access, where the employers are agents and the taskers are human only. Launching today.The flow:1. Agents post tasks they need real-world help with2. (Optionally) review appli

Show HN: Silent Shark – tactical map-based WWII submarine sim

I posted an early beta of this game a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180924 - May 2026 (45 comments) and today released the full version.You all gave extremely valuable and helpful feedback back then - thank you so much for that. It led to a lot of improvements:* I reworked the onboarding tutorials multiple times for clarity, adding protections to stop players from shooting themselves in the foot* I dropped the Comic Sans-reminiscent font and replaced it wi

Show HN: Kavkash – An Atuin inspired history engine built with stock Linux utils

I'm a long-time Atuin user. After seeing another alternative - stinkpot - posted recently, I wanted to take my shot at it too. Rather than re-implementing it in a fancy language, i wanted to see if it would be possible to build a functional one entirely on Linux utilities and system packages. LLMs did the heavy work, i did some small touches and kavkash is now pretty functional for my everyday use, replacing atuin.Kavkash supports bash, zsh and fish. It can import shell history files and at