FSF Events: Free software education – Let’s get practical! at WHY 2025

Program manager Miriam Bastian will give a workshop on free software education at WHY 2025.

Toot, toot: Linux Mastodon App Tuba Gets a Major Update

Tuba 0.10 features a redesigned post composer, YouTube playback, timeline tweaks and more, making this open-source Linux Mastodon client even better.
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How To Install Tux Typing Game on Ubuntu 24.04

Tux Typing (or tuxtype) is free software education game designed for kids to learn keyboard typing and English vocabularies by playing. As part of The Tux4Kids Project, Tux Typing is a sibling to Tux Math, a similar education game but for studying math…

Guardians of Privacy: How Security-Driven Linux Distributions Are Rising to Meet Growing Digital Fears

by George Whittaker

In the last decade, the digital landscape has shifted from a space of casual convenience to a battleground for personal information. From constant corporate profili…

PyCharm 2025.2 Released as Last One with Community Edition

JetBrains announced the 2025.2 release of its PyCharm Python IDE today! 2025.2 will be the last supported version of PyCharm Community. In the next 2025.3, there will be only an unified PyCharm with core functionality (including Jupyter Notebook support) for free and a Pro subscription with additional features. The developer team will offer a seamless […]

Stop buying cheap travel adapters: I’ve tested dozens and this is the clear winner

Portable enough to fit in your palm, Rolling Square’s universal travel adapter works with outlets in over 200 countries.

health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS server 5.0 – VirtualBox image available

Dear community

I am happy to announce that we have released a virtualbox image

containing the GNU Health Hospital Management System 5.0 server

running on a Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

This virtual machine is a GNU Health “plug and pla…

4 Ways I am Encouraging My 4 Year Old Child to Help Learn Coding and Use Computer

You are never too old or too young to learn programming.

Distribution Release: Proxmox 9.0 “Virtual Environment”

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux, notably Proxmox Virtual Environment, an open-source virtualisation platform. Proxmox 9.0 Virtual …

7 rules to follow for the best home security camera footage (and places to avoid setup)

Follow these essential tips to boost performance and avoid common mistakes when setting up or adjusting your camera.

Development Release: openSUSE 16.0 RC

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The openSUSE project has published a release candidate for the upcoming Leap 16.0 version. The new snapshot presents a new system installer, offers Xfce running on a Wayland session, and…

5 Windows apps I always install first on a new PC – and they’re free to download

For productivity, entertainment, and a better overall experience, check out these services I use religiously.

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.

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.

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 […]

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…

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…

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).