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I found a free Google Maps alternative that doesn’t track my location (or kill my phone battery)

Comaps features voice-guided directions and offline search, prioritizing privacy over the controversial practices of Google Maps.

KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland: the Payoff for Years of Plumbing

by George Whittaker

Why this release cycle feels different

For most of the last decade, talk about Wayland on KDE sounded like a promise: stronger security, modern graphics, fewer leg…

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” beta brings fingerprint login, improved theming, new Hypnotix viewing modes, and a fair bit more – do you fancy testing it?
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Development Release: Linux Mint 22.2 Beta

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux Mint team has published a new beta snapshot for the project’s upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release. The development snapshot mostly focuses on visual improvements, touching up the …

Debian 13.0 Officially Released

After two years of development, the latest iteration of Debian is now available with plenty of under-the-hood improvements.

Upcoming Changes for MXLinux

MXLinux 25 has plenty in store to please all types of users.

Your Country’s Digital Sovereignty Index Score — and Why It Matters

Think your country’s got its digital act together? The Digital Sovereignty Index might have a few surprises for you.
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Ubuntu 25.10 May Ship with an “Unstable” Linux Kernel

Ubuntu 25.10 may ship with a Linux 6.17 release candidate kernel due to timing conflicts, marking the first Ubuntu release with an “unstable” kernel.
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HandBrake 1.10.0 Released with New Presets [PPA Updated]

HandBrake, the popular free open-source video transcoder, released version 1.10.0 version few days ago. See what’s new and how to install in Ubuntu. The new release added “Social 10MB” presets, making easy to convert your media into 720p, 540p, or 360p H.264 video and AAC stereo audio in MP4, with 10MB or less file size, […]

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1134

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: Rhino Linux 2025.3
News: Fedora fights denial of service attack, NetBSD unveils new features for version 11, Ubuntu changes some command line to…

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 10th, 2025

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 10th, 2025, brings news about Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS , Linux Mint 22.2 beta, Linux 6.17 RC, Mesa 25.2, NVIDIA 580 beta graphics driver, KDE Plasma 6.4.4, Calibre 8.8, GStreamer 1.26.5, Tails 7.0 RC, Audac…

Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining “Garbage” AI in Firefox

Firefox’s new AI tab groups is causing high CPU usage and battery drain. Find out why users are complaining and how to disable the feature.
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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now

Linux Mint 22.2 beta is now available for download with the Cinnamon 6.4, Xfce 4.20, and MATE 1.26 desktops, based on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS.
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Amarok 3.3.1 Music Player Released with Improvements to Scripting Support

Amarok 3.3.1 open-source music player is now available for download with improvements to the scripting support and bug fixes.
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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.17 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!
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Hatter Icon Theme

If you’re bored of staring at Ubuntu’s Yaru icons and want to give your desktop a fresh new look, the Linux icon set Hatter — which reader Mark B. tipped me to recently — is worth a look. Hatter is a colourful, rounded-square icon theme designed …

Debian 13 Released with RISC-V Support, but Dropped i386

Debian, the upstream Linux Distribution that Ubuntu is based on, released new stable 13 version! Debian 13, code-name “trixie”, will be supported for the next 5 years. It features Linux Kernel 6.12, updated desktop environments, toolkits, and new CPU architecture type support. First, Debian 13 added officially support for 64-bit RISC-V hardware. And, it removed […]

I changed 6 settings on my iPad to instantly improve the battery life (by hours)

A few simple tweaks, and you’ll quickly find yourself with a tablet that lasts longer than usual.

15 Co-Op Games for Linux Steam Gamers in 2025

Squad up with your friends in these awesome co-op games!

AOL Says ‘Sayonara’ to Dial-Up, Ending an Internet Era

After 34 years of beeps, boops, and busy signals, AOL is finally hanging up on dial-up. One last ‘you’ve got mail’ before an internet era fades into history.
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