OnePlus will give you a $300 smartwatch for free right now – here’s how to qualify

What’s the catch? OnePlus will only give away 700 smartwatches before supplies run out.

Audacious 4.5 Released with Playback History & LRCLIB Support

After more than a month of beta testing, Audacious music player version 4.5 was finally released today! The new release of this lightweight free open-source player features new plugin, new lyrics provider, and various other improvements. See what’s new & how to install for Ubuntu users. First, Audacious 4.5 introduced new Playback History plugin for […]

Unsure About the Future of Windsurf? Try These Alternative Vibe Coding Editors on Linux

Windsurf’s been a bit rocky lately. Time for a change?

Distribution Release: RELIANOID 7.7.0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. RELIANOID is a Debian-based Linux distribution for load balancing. The project’s latest release, version 7.7, introduces integration with more cloud services and introduces VPN support. …

Super Productivity: Open Source Project Manager That Does It All

Super Productivity isn’t just another checkbox in your workflow—it’s the upgrade your projects have been waiting for.
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Let Sudo Insult You When You Enter Incorrect Password

The post Let Sudo Insult You When You Enter Incorrect Password first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Sudoers is the default sudo security policy plugin in Linux; however, experienced system administrators can specify a custom sec…

Kiro, Amazon-Backed AI-Powered IDE, Enters Public Preview

Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its “spec-driven” workflow and VS Code compatibility.
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VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests

VirtualBox 7.1.12 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16 and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 7.8

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The SparkyLinux project has published an update to its Stable branch which also fixes a package conflict when working with some multimedia packages. “The 8th update of Sparky 7 – 7.8 is …

Blender 4.5 LTS Released with ‘Full Vulkan Support’

The new Blender 4.5 LTS release features major improvements, including full Vulkan support, faster startup, new Geometry Nodes, HDR and more.
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How Rust’s Debut in the Linux Kernel is Shoring Up System Stability

by George Whittaker

When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it didn’t merely introduce a new programming language, …

Blender 4.5 LTS Open-Source 3D Graphics App Makes the Vulkan Backend Stable

Blender 4.5 LTS open-source 3D graphics and modeling software is now available for download with various new featuers and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 is now available as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvments.
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The Curious Case of AUR Updates Fetching 30 GB of Data for Electron

No one has time for a 30 GB update, right?

Parabola GNU/Linux-libre: Manual intervention required for OpenRC

OpenRC now requires services local, localmount and netmount to be added to runlevel default.
This can be done with commands:
rc-update add local default
rc-update add localmount default
rc-update add netmount default

The update brings experimental u…

Parabola GNU/Linux-libre: Manual intervention required for OpenRC

OpenRC now requires services local, localmount and netmount to be added to runlevel default.
This can be done with commands:
rc-update add local default
rc-update add localmount default
rc-update add netmount default

The update brings experimental u…

Plasma Bigscreen, KDE’s TV Interface, is Back on the Air

KDE’s Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential.
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FSF Blogs: The work’s not over: Help us reach 200 members by July 18

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Is Chrome OS Merging with Android? Apparently So

Consider this post a little apropos of nothing given that nothing has actually been formally announced yet, but it seems the long-rumoured merge of Google’s Chrome OS and Android operating systems is indeed happening. That’s according to Sa…

CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell

Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That’s now a thing.