What’s new in Ubuntu 24.04.2? Kernel 6.11, better graphics, and more

The latest point release of the LTS version of Ubuntu has been released with a new kernel and plenty of other improvements.

Enable 4-finger & Pinch Touchpad Gestures in Ubuntu 24.04 | 24.10

This tutorial shows how to enable touchpad 4-finger swipe and pinch gestures in Ubuntu 24.04 and 24.10 with default GNOME Desktop on Wayland. GNOME since version 40 supports 3-finger swipe gestures to switch between workspaces and trigger overview screen. And, there’s an extension Gesture Improvements to enhance the features with 4-finger and pinch gestures support. […]

5 Modern VnStat PHP Replacements for Bandwidth Monitoring

The post 5 Modern VnStat PHP Replacements for Bandwidth Monitoring first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Network bandwidth monitoring is essential for system administrators to track data usage, analyze traffic patterns, and optim…

How to Install Kernel 6.13 in Ubuntu, Debian and Mint

The post How to Install Kernel 6.13 in Ubuntu, Debian and Mint first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Periodically new devices and technology coming out and it’s important to keep our Linux system kernel up-to-date if we wan…

Trisquel GNU/Linux

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Framework Announces Framework Desktop and 2-in-1 Framework Laptop 12

Framework announced the Framework Desktop and Framework Laptop 12, along with an updated Framework Laptop 13. Here are the details!
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OSI’s Continually Changing Election Story

As OSI attempts to do damage control on social media without admitting that it made a mistake that needs to be rectified, more evidence surfaces indicating that the organization might be trying to change facts after the fact.
The post OSI’s Conti…

Linux Meets AI: Top Machine Learning Frameworks You Need to Know

by George Whittaker

Introduction

Linux has long been the backbone of modern computing, serving as the foundation for servers, cloud infrastructures, embedded systems, and supercompute…

KDE Plasma 6.3.2 Released with Animated WebP and GIF Support for Spectacle

KDE Plasma 6.3.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and other improvements.
The post KDE Plasma 6.3.2 Released with Animated WebP and GIF Support for Spectacle a…

App Grid Wizard Puts GNOME Shell Shortcuts into Folders

The application picker (aka app grid) in GNOME Shell is pretty perfect as it comes, showing launchers for installed apps plus the ability to rearrange them using drag and drop and create custom folders to group apps together. Some folks prefer a little…

7 Linux Terminals From the Future

Just when I thought the terminals cannot be innovated, there is an influx of modern terminal emulators with interesting new features.

NetBeans 25 Released! PHP 8.4 Support & Parallel Test with Gradle

Apache NetBeans announced new 25 release a few days ago. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu. NetBeans 25 was released after 2 release candidates. It updated the user interface with another batch of SVG icons for better HiDPI display support, and switched SVG loading routine in ImageUtilities from the […]

FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, March 7, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, March 7 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, February 28, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, February 28 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

gettext @ Savannah: GNU gettext 0.24 released

Download from https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.24.tar.gz

New in this release:

Programming languages support:

JavaScript:

xgettext now parses recursive JSX expressions correctly.

Rust:

xgettext now supports Rust.

‘msgfmt -c…

gettext @ Savannah: GNU gettext 0.24 released

Download from https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.24.tar.gz

New in this release:

Programming languages support:

JavaScript:

xgettext now parses recursive JSX expressions correctly.

Rust:

xgettext now supports Rust.

‘msgfmt -c…

HandBrake 1.9.2 Released with Few More Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

Just few weeks after the last release, HandBrake video transcoding released new 1.9.2 version with few more fixes. In new HandBrake 1.9.2, it now allows muxing NVENC AV1 and VCN AV1 in WebM container. It also fixed a crash that could happen when a source contains chapters with no titles. For Windows, the release also […]

Plank Reloaded: Desktop Dock App for Cinnamon

At one time, Linux dock apps were a plentiful species, with innovative ‘panel painters’ like GNOME Do/Docky to unashamed bling-kings AWN, DockBarX and Cairo Dock. Yet it was the modest Plank which stayed the course and outlived them. Thing …

Distribution Release: Armbian 25.2.1

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM development boards. It is usually based on one of the stable or development versions of Debian or Ubuntu and it supports a wide variety o…

OSI to Faraone: Too Friggin’ Bad

Remember the classic headline from the 1970s: “Ford to city — drop dead?” Well, this is how it looks, transcribed to open source in the 21st century. It’s a different scale, but…
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