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Amazon will sell you the Samsung S25 Edge for $400 off right now – it’s lowest price ever

The Galaxy S25 Edge pairs a top-tier camera with Samsung’s slimmest, lightest design yet – making this deal tough to ignore.

Ptyxis: Ubuntu’s Leap Into GPU-Powered Terminals

by George Whittaker

For decades, the humble terminal has been one of the most unchanging parts of the Linux desktop. Text streams flow in monochrome grids, and while the underlying lib…

Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Works with your Typos

I am what I choose to call an “inattentive typist”, so if I’m trying to launch apps in GNOME Shell, it can cause me issues. See, GNOME Shell is a “stickler for specificity”. You must type what you’re looking for in t…

Could a tablet survive a real hike? This Samsung Galaxy model did – and I’d bring it again

With hot-swappable dual batteries and multiple physical buttons, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro is built for top-tier performance in the field.

My perfect MacBook Pro replacement is this powerful Windows laptop I didn’t see coming

One of the thinnest gaming laptops I’ve tested, the Razer Blade 14 is an ultraportable powerhouse that’s worth even non-gamers’ attention.

Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 8.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. SparkyLinux is a lightweight, Debian-base distribution. The project has published version 8.0 which is based on Debian 13 “Trixie”. “A new version of SparkyLinux 8.0, code-named ‘Seven S…

SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

SparkyLinux 8.0 is now available for download as one of the first stable distributions based on the Debian 13 “Trixies” operating system series. Here’s what’s new!
The post SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 “T…

KDE Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements

KDE Gear 25.08 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here’s what’s new!
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FOSS Weekly #25.33: Debian 13 Released, Torvalds vs RISC-V, Arch’s New Tool, GNOME Perfection and More Linux Stuff

The universal operating system sees a new major release.

Linux Firmware Service Calls on Hardware Makers to Help Fund It

Linux’s firmware hub, the LVFS, announces a new funding model with quotas for vendors to help firm up the future of the service, benefitting us all.
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FSF News: Org Mode, GNU Guix et Mattermost, entre autres projets, participeront au hackathon de la FSF

BOSTON, Massachusetts (États-Unis), le mercredi 16 juillet 2025 – La Free Software Foundation (FSF) annonce aujourd’hui les projets qui participeront au hackathon virtuel FSF40 du 21 au 23 novembre et déclare ouverte l’inscription générale.

Org Mode, GNU Guix et Mattermost, entre autres projets, participeront au hackathon de la FSF

BOSTON, Massachusetts (États-Unis), le mercredi 16 juillet 2025 – La Free Software Foundation (FSF) annonce aujourd’hui les projets qui participeront au hackathon virtuel FSF40 du 21 au 23 novembre et déclare ouverte l’inscription générale.

FSF Events: Meet up with FSF staff and free software supporters at HOPE_16

Are you going to HOPE_16 this week in Queens, New York? Join the FSF’s copyright and licensing associate Craig Topham and local FSF members for an informal meetup near the St. John’s University campus.

FSF Events: Workshop on evaluating a program’s free software licensing

The FSF’s copyright and licensing associate Craig Topham will give a workshop at HOPE_16.

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Available for Testing

Some interesting new additions and improvements are coming to Linux Mint. Check out the Linux Mint 22.2 Beta to give it a test run.

Golang 1.25 Released with New Garbage Collector & New Packages

Go programming language released new 1.25 version on Tuesday after another 6 months of development. The new release introduced new Go command options, runtime and compiler changes, some new packages, and platform changes. The go doc command in the release introduced new -http option, to start a documentation server showing documentation for the requested object, […]

NVIDIA 580.76.05 Released with Improved Wayland & VR Support

Just a week and one day after the Beta release, NVIDIA announced 580.76.05 as the latest production branch driver for Linux. As a production ready driver series, Ubuntu will likely provide the official packages for all current supported releases, e.g., Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.04. For Wayland, the released added fifo-v1 protocol support for applications […]

Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 3.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Exactly one year after Kaisen Linux’s most recent release candidate, the project has announced version 3.0 of its Debian-based, desktop distribution. In an unusual move, the release anno…

Download Debian 13 LTS "Trixie" Full Editions with Mirrors, Torrents and Checksums

Debian 13 “Trixie” GNU/Linux operating system is
finally released on Saturday,  9 August 2025. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release with five years of support until 2030 and has been developed
for two years since the previous release. It in…

Slow Android phone? My 4-step refresh routine can speed it up fast

A few quick taps and swipes are all it takes to make your old phone feel like new again.