The first alpha release of GNOME Desktop 49 is out for testing purpose! The developer team announced the release of this alpha one day ago. And, if everything goes well, GNOME 49 will be default in Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43. First, GNOME 49 introduced new core apps Showtime video player and Papers document […]
Read MoreGNOME 49 Alpha desktop environment is now available for public testing with support for the X11 (GNOME on Xorg) session disabled by default and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Why is this GNOME fundraiser suggesting you donate less? Because steady beats flashy—and sometimes less means more.
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Karton is a new, still-in-development KDE-native virtual machine manager using libvirt, aiming to bring VM tools closer to the Plasma desktop experience.
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Packet, free open-source Android Quick Share app for Linux, updated with GNOME Files (aka Nautilus) context menu option support! For those who don’t know about Packet, it’s new Linux file transferring application written in Rust programming language, and uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for its modern interface designed for GNOME. The app has partial implementation of […]
Read MoreCalendar is the default calendar application on Ubuntu. Its main purpose is to show date, day, month and year. It also has features like scheduling, making appointments, reminders, synchronizing with your online calendars and so on. Now let’s start rea…
Read MoreCalendar is the default calendar application on Ubuntu. Its main purpose is to show date, day, month and year. It also has features like scheduling, making appointments, reminders, synchronizing with your online calendars and so on. Now let’s start rea…
Read MoreNeed to use your Linux laptop, desktop PC, or mobile screen as a second monitor for another Linux device? Here’s an application that can do the job easily. As you may know, GNOME since v41 added support Remote Desktop (RDP) protocol support with ability to create virtual monitors. And, I’ve written about how to manually […]
Read MoreLast month I reported that GNOME’s plans to drop X11 support as soon as this year would have a major impact on Ubuntu, as it plans its next LTS release — today, Ubuntu confirmed as much. Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’ will not include…
Read MoreTo follow the upstream GNOME’s road-map, Ubuntu confirmed to remove the classic X11/Xorg session in the next Ubuntu 25.10 release! GNOME development team is planning to disable X11 session by default in next GNOME 49 and remove the code in v50. TLDR: The X11 session for GNOME 49 will be disabled by default and it’s […]
Read MoreGiven the current political climate in the US and parts of Europe, it’s not surprising that the haters have been targeting one of open source’s most beloved projects.
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GNOME 48.2 desktop environment is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest GNOME 48 desktop environment series.
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GNOME is looking to jettison X11 session support – as soon as this year, which may impact Ubuntu’s plans for its next long-term support release.
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For those who need to compare files, folders, and version controlled projects regularly, Debian and Ubuntu are adding back the nautilus-compare extension for GNOME Files (aka Nautilus) in default repositories for current development releases. nautilus-compare is a Nautilus extension that adds “compare” option to right-click menu of selected files/folders, allowing to quickly launch Meld tool, […]
Read MoreDue to GTK4 port, GNOME introduced some new core apps to replace the old ones. They include Loupe Image Viewer, Gnome Console, Gnome Camera, Decibels Audio Player, Gnome Text Editor. Now, the developer team is going to replace the default video editor Totem with Showtime in the next 49 desktop release. Showtime is a video […]
Read MoreGNOME 48, the default desktop for Ubuntu 25.04 & Fedora 42, introduced built-in break reminders support to protect your eyes from eye strain. The Settings (aka GNOME Control Center) however offers only few configure options for it. For those who like this feature, there are more configure options about it, though hidden by default. And, […]
Read MoreRoll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have cast a new video player for a staring role in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream change now merged, the aged GTK3 video player Totem has been replaced by newer, f…
Read MoreLooking for a MacOS Hand Mirror alternative app for Ubuntu? Here’s one for the GNOME desktop. It’s CamPeek, an extension adds an icon on GNOME top-bar, allowing to one-click to preview your webcam. It’s lightweight and fast! And, it streams your webcam feed directly without recording or saving any data. This is ideal for quickly […]
Read MoreThe forty second release of Fedora GNU/Linux is here. It’s released on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 or near Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” release date. It is available in a lot of editions, mainly: Workstation, KDE Plasma Edition (new!), Server, IoT, Cloud …
Read MoreCongratulations to Canonical Ltd. and Free Software community for the release of Ubuntu 25.04! This release. codenamed Plucky Puffin, is out on Thursday 17 April 2024 or six months after the previous version 24.10 last year. We presented here a compila…
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