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Nextcloud vs. CryptPad: Which Privacy-First Collaboration Tool is Right for You?

Two offerings that promise privacy and control, yet each takes a different path.

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Flameshot Screenshot App Gets First Major Update in 3 Years

Flameshot 13.0 marks the screenshot tool’s first major update in over 3 years, adding Qt6 support, disabling Imgur uploads by default, and improving its tools.
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There’s a New Linux AI Assistant in Town

Newelle is a Linux AI assistant that can work with different LLMs and includes document parsing and profiles.

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Chrome 140 Plans to Enable Auto Wayland Detection

Chrome’s Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active.
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Flameshot Screenshot Tool Released 13.0.0 After 3 Years of Development

Flameshot, the popular free open-source screenshot tool, released new 13.0.0 version today with Qt6 port and many new features. Flameshot is a powerful yet simple to use screenshot tool that features on-screen editing support. The app has been moving slowly since the last 12.1.0. And, it finally released new version after more than 3 years […]

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Parabola GNU/Linux-libre: ‘zabbix’ users: manual intervention may be required

From Arch:
Starting with 7.4.1-2, the following Zabbix system user accounts (previously shipped by their related packages) will no longer be used. Instead, all Zabbix components will now rely on a shared zabbix user account (as originally intended b…

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Parabola GNU/Linux-libre: ‘zabbix’ users: manual intervention may be required

From Arch:
Starting with 7.4.1-2, the following Zabbix system user accounts (previously shipped by their related packages) will no longer be used. Instead, all Zabbix components will now rely on a shared zabbix user account (as originally intended b…

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FSF Blogs: July GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring seventeen new GNU releases: Bash, Cflow, and more!

Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month (as of July 31, 2025).

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3 Apple devices you shouldn’t buy this month, and 10 I recommend

Check this list out before you hit the Apple Store to make any big purchases.

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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1133

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: Expirion 6.0
News: Debian addresses decades old issue, FreeBSD community discusses potential issues with its new package base, CDE ported to Ope…

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Newelle, ‘Virtual Assistant’ for GNOME, Hits Version 1.0

For most Ubuntu users, interacting with an AI chatbot means opening your web browser) or (increasingly, your IDE for code-related tasks). Newelle, a GTK4/libadwaita app, offers a different approach — and it just hit version 1.0. Newelle bills itself as…

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KDE Plasma Adding Auto Day/Night Theme Switching

KDE Plasma 6.5 will finally include automatic day/night theme switching, to change light/dark Global Themes based on the time of the day.
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libinput 1.29.0 Released with New Tablet Pad Debugging Tool

Libinput, the free open-source input library and driver, released new 1.29.0 version few days ago. Libinput is a popular input library, that’s default in Ubuntu, Fedora, and many other Linux Distributions, for handling mice, keyboards, touchpads/touchscreens, and other input devices. The new release of the library introduced new libinput debug-tablet-pad command line tool. As you […]

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 3rd, 2025

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 3rd, 2025, brings news about Audacious 4.5, GNU Linux-libre 6.16 kernel, 4MLinux 49.0, PorteuX 2.2, NetworkManager 1.54, and more.
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How I unlocked another 15GB of Gmail storage for free (and kept my old files, too)

No matter which Google account you use, this simple process lets you back up every message and photo at no extra cost.

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VirtualBox 7.2.0 RC1 is Available for Testing

VirtualBox 7.2.0 RC1, the third development release for the next major version of Oracle’s virtualization software, is available to download few days ago. Compare to the last Beta, the RC1 release added explicit unattended installation support for Oracle Linux 10, while others are mostly bug-fixes. VirtualBox 7.2.0 is the new feature release, that might be […]

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I stopped leaving these 7 common household devices plugged in, and my energy bill noticed

You’ll be surprised to learn how many ‘vampire devices’ could be silently draining power in your home. Here are the most popular culprits.

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wget Removed from Ubuntu Server 25.10 Default Install

Ubuntu Server 25.10 removes wget from its default installation, in favour of the wcurl tool. Here’s why the change was made and if it’ll affect you.
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KubeSphere Drops Open for Fauxpen — Blames It On AI or Something…

Yet another company has evidently failed to realize going in that open source means open, and is changing to a new proprietary license with “open source” in the name.
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Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Slackware-based PorteuX project has published a new release, version 2.2, which introduces several changes to the kernel and includes a fix for Xfce not locking the desktop properly….

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