The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The NetHydra project has published a new update of the Debian-based distribution. The latest version includes a handful of new tools and enables running as the root user by default. “In …
Read MoreGNOME Document Viewer, aka Papers, released new 51 Beta version one day ago. The new version of this GNOME core application for reading PDF / DejaVu documents as well as Comic Books archives introduced visual signature support. Visual signatures is less secure than digital signatures, as someone can simply copy and paste the image into […]
Read MoreCodenotary says Anthropic’s Claude for OSS program will help accelerate immudb development and improve code quality.
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News: FreeBSD to get Dockerbox, Haiku can redistribute Firefox port, Garuda revamps FireDragon, Ubuntu plans virtualization upgrades
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Check in for a roundup of the hottest Linux app release that landed in July 2026 (and not just hot because of the temperatures last month). Major updates last month included the Firefox 153 release, with container tabs confusing those who’ve had …
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AerynOS team have published an update to the experimental distribution. Snapshot 2026.08 includes improved filesystem support, including providing OpenZFS for data pools: “From a dev…
Read MoreDid you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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Rhythmbox, the default music player in Ubuntu (Extended selection), released new 3.5.0 version today. The new version of this free open-source GTK3 music player finally switched the audio playback backend from xfade to multistream. Multistream offers the same features as xfade, but with much less complexity, as it runs a separate pipeline instance for each […]
Read MoreGNOME is going to support uninstalling applications directly from the App Grid, by adding “Uninstall” option to app icons’ right-click menu. The feature is to be implemented by a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 project via a contributor from India. This proposal aims to add a simple built in way to uninstall applications directly […]
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The NetBSD project has announced the release of NetBSD 11.0, the 19th major release of the highly portable operating system. The new version includes a port to the RISC-V architecture, b…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Aditya Shakya has announced the release of Archcraft 2026.08.01, the latest stable release of the project’s Arch-based lightweight and fast Linux distribution. This release adds the Sway…
Read MoreThe Argentinian Linux distribution continues its minimalist approach with updated packages, new COSMIC changes, and support for multiple desktop environments.
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Times are changing, and Ubuntu’s keeping pace. In November, most of Canada will turn its clocks back an hour, but the Western Canadian province of Alberta won’t. It’s decided to stay on daylight saving time permanently rather than fal…
Read MoreFaugus, the free open-source application for running Windows games and Steam games in Linux, released new 2.0.4 (and 2.0.5) a few days ago. This simple and lightweight community-patched Proton based application added many new features, minor improvements, and bug-fixes in the past week. Since version 2.0.0, it added SteamGridDB interface mode that automatically download icons, […]
Read MoreAfter a few week of 26.7.16 pre-release testing, Shotcut 26.7.30 was finally released for Windows, Mac and Linux users. The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor is the latest stable release that features built-in emojis, new video filter, and various fixes. First, the new version introduced a new shake video […]
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The 4MLinux minimal distribution has published a new release, version 52.0. The new version includes several key package updates, simplified wireless network configuration, better suppor…
Read MoreArch Linux’s AUR faces a fresh security scare, prompting another round of lockdown measures from the project’s DevOps team.
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This update of the nano terminal editor brings crash fixes, key-binding restoration, and a small but useful option tweak.
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Missing Wi-Fi drivers in your Ubuntu PC or laptop? If you happen to have Realtek Wi-Fi adapter, this tutorial may help! Linux has out-of-the-box driver support for the most modern network adapters. But, there are always some devices lack of properly support due to various reasons. Thanks to the open-source community, there are always a […]
Read MoreKitty terminal’s functionality can be enhanced with kittens. You can create your own or use the default ones.
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