GNOME 48 introduced “Wellbeing” settings panel, allowing to monitor and limit screen time usage. It also has Break Reminders options that can remind user to take a break in given time interval. If you like this feature, but running on old GNOME (e.g., Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04) or other desktop environments, then there’s a […]
Flatpak 1.16.1 was released today as the latest stable version of this popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework and the first maintenance update to the Flatpak 1.16 series.
Flatpak 1.16.1 brings various enhancements like the …
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The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.14 as the latest version of this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt, providing commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop.
KDE Frameworks 6.14 continues the monthly …
Curiosity, more than sustainability, drove me to add Bluetooth features to my old speakers and thus play Spotify and other players wirelessly through it.
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Colin Percival has sent out an announcement that the FreeBSD team have rekeased of a new development snapshot, FreeBSD 14.3-BETA2. The new snapshot includes several bug fixes, particular…
We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v1.0.
Ubuntu is one of the leading Linux distributions for RISC-V hardware thanks to Canonical’s strategic partnerships with companies like DeepComputing – who just announced their powerful new RISC-V AI PC running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The DC-ROMA RISC-V …
The cross-platform free open source motor-sport simulator, Speed Dreams, released new 2.4.1 version a few days ago. Speed Dreams is a fork of the famous Open Racing Car Simulator TORCS, that features high-quality 3D graphics and an accurate physics engine. The last 2.4.0 release introduced a in-game download manager, allowing to easily fetch new cars […]
Stay up to date with the latest version of Mozilla Firefox 138 by downloading it now. Learn about the new features and improvements that come with this update.
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Avocado OS is an open-source Linux platform designed for embedded systems, offering flexibility and customization for developers. Learn more about this innovative operating system.
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Visual Studio Code 1.100, the April 2025 release of Microsoft’s IDE, was released one day ago on May 8. The new version now uses GPT-4.1 as the default base model in AI chat, though it’s a progressive roll-out feature that may not yet be available to all users. It implemented support for OpenAI’s apply patch […]
Calibre 8.4 was released today by developer Kovid Goyal as yet another maintenance update to the Calibre 8.x series of this open-source, cross-platform, and free ebook management software for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Highlights of Calibre 8.4 inc…
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have cast a new video player for a staring role in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream change now merged, the aged GTK3 video player Totem has been replaced by newer, f…
The post How to Run Old DOS Games and Apps Using DOSBox-X first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Ever wanted to play classic DOS games or run old compilers like Turbo C++ or MASM for assembly programming? If
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The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. Wellbeing controls were one of the flagship features of GNOME …
The new upgrade to System76’s Serval WS reminds us of an old song by The Band because, “it’s a gamer’s dream if we ever did see one.”
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by George Whittaker
Ubuntu has long relied on APT and DEB packages for software management, with Snap becoming increasingly prevalent in recent releases. However, a third contender has…