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The Fedora Project has long stood at the forefront of Linux innovation, often acting as a proving ground for transformative technologies later adopted by the wider …
To follow the upstream GNOME’s road-map, Ubuntu confirmed to remove the classic X11/Xorg session in the next Ubuntu 25.10 release! GNOME development team is planning to disable X11 session by default in next GNOME 49 and remove the code in v50. TLDR: The X11 session for GNOME 49 will be disabled by default and it’s […]
Audacity 3.7.4 open-source audio editor is now available for download with variious bug fixes and improvements. Here are the details!
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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole reaches end of life July 10, 2025. All users will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin to continue receiving security updates.
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Canonical announced that they plan to remove the GNOME on Xorg (X11) session from the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” release.
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If you’re looking to use Linux as a gaming OS, there are some things you should take into consideration.
Linux kernel 6.14 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.15 kernel series as soon as possible.
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DXVK 2.6.2 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games and bug fixes.
The post DXVK 2.6.2 Improves Support for Rocketbirds 2, Red Orchestra: Ostfront, and Mor…
As you may know, GIMP provides official Linux packages through Flatpak and AppImage. The Flatpak package however does NOT automatically switch app color to light or dark depends on system color scheme. That’s because Flatpak is running in sandbox environment. The sandbox isolation enhances security and makes easy to distribute newer software releases without worrying […]
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.3, the project’s latest point release which will be supported until 30 June, 2026. The release brings support for the 802.11ac netw…
A quick tutorial about to fix the Dummy Output issue on Linux distributions for MacBook computers that have no sound out of the box.
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Emmabuntus is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution. The project has published a development snapshot which is based on Debian’s upcoming version 13 “Trixie” launch. The release annou…
The developers of Rhino Linux are in the process of switching to a Plasma-based desktop environment for the distribution, and, if they play their cards right, it could be something special.
Orbit by Mozilla, the browser maker’s opt-in AI assistant add-on for Firefox, will shut down on June 26, Mozilla has announced. The extension, which has been in beta for over 6 months, adds an on-page AI assistant (floating orb, toggle flout, or …
QDiskInfo, the free open-source S.M.A.R.T. utility, released new 0.4 version in last week! For those who don’t know about QDiskInfo, it’s a frontend for smartctl to control and monitor SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) Disks, such as SATA and NVMe SSD. As you see in the screenshot above, it offers the popular Windows app […]
Sway 1.11 tiling window manager and Wayland compositor is now available for download with explicit sync support and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for June 8th, 2025, brings news about Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, VirtualBox 7.1.10, Rocky Linux 9.6, Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4, fwupd 2.0.11, Wireshark 4.4.7, KDE Gear 25.04.2, LibreOffice 25.2.4, Linux 6.16 RC, and more.
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Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0
News: Murena partners with phone markers, Redox developer ports X11 and GTK, GNOME testing its own distro on real …
Gradia is a new screenshot annotation tool for Linux that you can use to create engaging visuals for app stores, blogs, and social media – is it any good?
You’re reading Gradia is a Slick New Screenshot Annotation Tool for Linux, a blog post from OMG! …