5 Tools to Enhance Your AppImage Experience on Linux

Love using AppImages but hate the mess? Check out these handy tools that make it super easy to organize, update, and manage AppImages on your Linux system.

5 Tools to Enhance Your AppImage Experience on Linux

Love using AppImages but hate the mess? Check out these handy tools that make it super easy to organize, update, and manage AppImages on your Linux system.

Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. PorteuX, a Slackware-based Linux distribution whose main goal is to be super fast, small, portable, modular and immutable, has been updated to version 2.0: “This release introduces the a…

KDE Plasma 6.3.4 Is Out Today to Fix the Most Common Crashes and Other Bugs

KDE Plasma 6.3.4 is out today as the fourth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and other changes.
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Inkscape 1.4.1 is out! Initial Linearity Curve Import & Splash Screen

Inkscape 1.4.1, the free open-source vector graphics editor, is out with new features and many bug-fixes. The new version is not officially announced yet, but the source tarball is out and the official PPA has been updated for Ubuntu users. As you see via the screenshot above, the new release introduced a startup splash screen […]

Firefox 138 Is Out for Public Beta Testing with New Contrast Control Settings

Firefox 138 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with support for copying links for background tabs using the tabstrip context menu and other changes.
The post Firefox 138 Is Out for Public Beta Testing with New Contrast Con…

Valve’s Latest Steam Client Release Brings Faster Download of Updates on Linux

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update on April 1st, 2025, to further improve the download speed of Steam Client updates on Linux and fix various bugs.
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Tab Groups & Address Bar Revamp Land in Firefox 137

Tab grouping is the latest big-ticket feature addition to get added to Mozilla Firefox, which sees a new stable release roll out from today. Last month’s Firefox 136 update delivered long-requested support for vertical tabs, a redesigned sidebar …

Mastering Linux File Permissions and Ownership

by George Whittaker

In the world of Linux, where multi-user systems and server security are foundational principles, understanding file permissions and ownership is crucial. Whether yo…

FSF Blogs: March GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of March 31, 2025):

Ubuntu 25.10 Codename Revealed – Or is a Prank?

Will Ubuntu 25.10 be codenamed the Quizzical Quokka? It’s an adjective + animal moniker Canonical’s marketing team tersely tweeted earlier today—sans context—but, importantly, today is April 1, aka April’s Fools Day, aka the day when …

Distribution Release: GoboLinux 017.01

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. After an absence of a new release since nearly five years ago, the GoboLinux project has sprung to life with a leadership change and a new bug-fix release labelled 017.01. GoboLinux is a…

Firefox 137.0 is out with Tab Group & HEVC Playback for Linux

A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser is out. It’s Firefox 137.0! The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. But according to the Github release notes page, Firefox 137.0 introduced new experimental tab group feature, allowing to group open tabs together with unique name, color code, which are always […]

Fixing PPA Error: Repository Does Not Have a Release File on Ubuntu

The post Fixing PPA Error: Repository Does Not Have a Release File on Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .When managing software packages on Debian/Ubuntu-based systems, it’s common to add external repositories or Person…

Linux App Release Roundup (March 2025)

March was another stellar month for Linux software updates, with big improvements to essential privacy tools like KeePassXC, creative apps such as Shotcut and DigiKam, and many more — updates that didn’t warrant dedicated articles on this blog. W…

Is Open Source Initiative Staring Into the Face of Irrelevancy?

To the extent that Open Source Initiative is known, today it is perhaps best known for controversy rather than for its guardianship of open source.
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Akamai Will Host kernel.org

The organization dedicated to cloud-based solutions has agreed to host kernel.org to deliver long-term stability for the development team.

Developer Revives Iconic Desktop Weather App for Linux

An iconic desktop weather app from Linux’s past has just blown in — yes, Typhoon is back! Typhoon’s conceit is simple: display current conditions at a location plus a 4 day forecast on a customisable coloured background. Weather data is via…

How to Install WildFly Application Server with Nginx Reverse Proxy on Debian 12

WildFly formerly JBoss is a free and open-source application server that helps you build and deploy Java web applications. In this guide, you will learn how to install WildFly or JBoss application runtime on a Debian 12 server.

Shotcut 25.03 Released with Smart Bin & New Filters

Shotcut, the free open-source non-linear video editor, released new 25.03 few days ago with enhancements. The new release of this cross-platform MLT based video editor introduced some new features and fixed various bugs. First, it now displays the video mode in window title-bar, including the video resolution, FPS, and audio channel info. Shotcut 25.03 introduced […]