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Audacious 4.5 Open-Source Audio Player Adds Playback History Plugin, Winamp 2.9 Skin

Audacious 4.5 open-source media player arrives with a new Playback History plugin, Winamp 2.9 skin, improved PipeWire output plugin, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.16 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!
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FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-07-25

Check out the important work our volunteers accomplished
at today’s Free Software Directory (FSD) IRC meeting.

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Testing New Linux Kernels on Ubuntu is About to Get Easier

Canonical announces a new strategy for Ubuntu development releases, now offering upstream Linux kernels for earlier testing and (hopefully) better stability.
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How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free – and 4 other methods to give it a boost

A soundbar is the first step to bringing cinematic sound into your home, but a few simple tweaks can elevate the experience even further.

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Bad battery life on your Android phone? Changing these 12 settings will do you wonders

Consider these 12 expert-approved tips and tricks to make your device last up to hours longer – no matter what model or brand you own.

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Slow home internet? Here are 3 things I always check first to regain fast Wi-Fi speeds

Here’s how to adjust your router settings to dial into the best internet speeds – no expensive upgrades required.

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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer

FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.

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How Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap are changing software distribution

Modern-day package systems solve some problems posed by classic formats like DEB and RPM. We look at Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap and describe how they differ.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:33

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on isolating patch submissions by type, and quantum security.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:29

Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest bookmarking service, a fish-themed maze game, and some promising offerings from Microsoft.

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Custom-built security tools

The Debian-based Securonis Linux features a comprehensive set of graphical security tools. We talk to its creator about some of its custom features.

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The Kettle Boils

Several years ago, the Linux crowd was spending a lot of time waiting for Linux to arrive and explode onto the general PC consumer market. Every year was supposed to be "the year of the Linux desktop." Ubuntu, in particular, had grand ambitio…

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Project automation with the Just task runner

Just is a command runner that lets you define project-specific tasks in a declarative justfile.

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A next-gen CoW filesystem enters the mainline

Bcachefs is a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel, offering a feature-complete, high-performance copy-on-write design for scalable, reliable storage.

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Build a Long-Range Sensor Network with  ChirpStack

ChirpStack’s LoRaWAN implementation lets you set up long-range wireless traffic for sensors even if you are far from a WiFi access point.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:06:01

In the news: CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell; Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features; Bugs Found in sudo; Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support; ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI; Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws Discovered in Linux; New TUX…

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Integrated security with Wazuh

This versatile security app checks for vulnerabilities, watches logs, and acts as a single interface for other tools.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-07-28 11:05:58

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

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Updating an offline Debian system

This new utility lets you update a system that is not connected to the Internet.

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