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Libreboot 25.06 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support

Libreboot 25.06 open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware is now available for download with support for new hardware, as well as other improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Swap Two- and Three-Finger Tap Actions in Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial shows how to remap touchpad tapping, so you Ubuntu will use 2-finger tap on touchpad as middle click (or paste), and 3-finger tap as right-click action. GNOME, the default desktop in Ubuntu, has switched to Wayland and is going to drop classic Xorg session, the old method to remap touchpad tap buttons does […]

Thunderbird 140 Adds ‘Mark as Spam’ and ‘Mark as Starred’ Actions to Notifications

Mozilla Thunderbird 140 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features and many bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff

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www @ Savannah: Malware in Proprietary Software – June 2025 Additions

The initial injustice of proprietary software often leads to further injustices: malicious functionalities.

The introduction of unjust techniques in nonfree software, such as back doors, DRM, tethering, and others, has become ever more frequent. N…

GNOME 49 Makes Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince

When Ubuntu 25.04 made Papers its default PDF viewer rather than keep shipping Evince, it did so knowing that the expectation was that upstream GNOME would do the same — now it has. The GNOME 49 Alpha release will ship Papers as a GNOME Core App, repla…

Ubuntu Fixes Missing File Thumbnails on Desktop

Image, PDF and other supported file thumbnails will once again appear on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop, after nearly a year of not showing.
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support

In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.

Converseen Image Converter Added Revert Check & New Themes

Converseen, the popular batch image converting / resizing application, released new 0.15.0.0 version yesterday. The new release of this popular free open-source app finally added options to choose a different theme, though only few choices are available so far. As you may know, Converseen is a cross platform application works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. […]

FSF Blogs: June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring Sixteen new GNU releases: GNUnet, Nettle, and more!

Sixteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2025):

FOSS Force’s Top Ten for June

Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of June, 2025.
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Darktable: The Open Source Lightroom Alternative Every Shooter Needs

Darktable brings advanced, nondestructive photo editing and management to Linux—no subscription or proprietary software required.
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10 Little-Known Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5

The post 10 Little-Known Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .After four highly appreciated and successful articles in our series on Lesser-Known Linux Commands, we’re excited to bring…

First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.15 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2025.07.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for July 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.15 and featuring an improved installation experience.
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Distribution Release: ExTiX 25.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new version of ExTiX, based on the recently-released deepin 25 and featuring the Deepin desktop: “I released a new version of ExTiX Deepin …

Distribution Release: ExTiX 25.7

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new version of ExTiX, based on the recently-released deepin 25 and featuring the Deepin desktop: “I released a new version of ExTiX Deepin …

Linux App Release Roundup (June 2025)

How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by but it did deliver a number notable Linux app releases to act as blurred mile markers as we hurtle into another month. The redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the F…

FSF Blogs: Call for volunteers: Help us with the GNU Press shop

People around the world are eagerly waiting to receive their GNU Press
shop orders, and we need a little help sending everything out. Would
you be willing to donate a little of your time to support the FSF’s
work while chatting and enjoying snacks…

digiKam 8.7.0 Release Offers Improved AI Tools

You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item coveri…