Big performance improvements are on offer in the latest update to Audacity, the open source audio editor, as well as new shortcuts and several UI tweaks.
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A big update to open source graphics app Krita is available. Krita 5.0 includes a huge number of enhancements as well several major new features.
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Video editing on Linux is in a great place thanks to open source software like Kdenlive. And today it just got even better. Kdenlive is already the go-to video editor for Linux desktops, and today’s monster new release front-loaded with pro featu…
Read More‘Video Trimmer’ is a small, supremely-focused editing too for cutting down video clips. It just got a new release with a few new features – details inside.
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Mozilla Firefox 95 is now available to download. The latest stable release of this flagship FOSS browser comes with a couple of interesting feature tweaks, improved online security, and lower CPU usage too. We’ll start with the most obvious chang…
Read MoreA new version of the free 3D creation software Blender is out and it looks phenomenal. Blender 3.0 comes with new features and updates like an upgraded ‘Cycles X’ rendering engine, 2-3 times better mesh editing performance, and much faster …
Read MoreThe image editing app Pinta has a new bug-fix release out. Pinta 1.7.1 is intended as the final update in the GTK2-based series, with a GTK3 build (dubbed Pinta 1.8) said to be nearly ready for release. Building on the feature set introduced in last ye…
Read MoreScrcpy is a super-useful Android mirroring tool for desktop PCs. The tool gains physical keyboards simulation and a high-res app icon in the latest update.
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Firefox 94 is rolling out to Ubuntu users. The latest version carries a considerable set of changes aimed at improving the browser’s performance on Linux.
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A new development version of GIMP is available to download and it comes with a couple of interesting changes. More details, and download links, inside.
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Softmaker FreeOffice 2021 is now available to download. As with previous versions of this free (but not open source) alternative to Microsoft Office, the full suite of apps is available across Windows, macOS, and Linux with no feature limitations or pa…
Read MoreSlimbook Battery 4 is out. Its goal: to extend battery life of Linux laptops. The open source energy-tuning utility can also improve performance too.
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Firefox 93 adds support for AVIF image files, makes PDF form filling more robust, and protects against insecure downloads. More details? Find ’em inside.
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The Thumb 3.12 release is here and it’s full of improvements, including native support for the HEIF and AVIF image formats, as well as Apple’s HEIC.
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It’s a bug that has irritated me for the past 12 months but, at last, Spotify devs have fixed it in the latest update to the official Spotify Linux client.
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Mozilla Firefox 92 is now available to download. The latest release of the popular open-source web browser is a modest one, containing only minor changes. Among the improvements the resurgent web browser gains are more secure HTTPS connections and full…
Read MoreA new version of OpenShot video editor is available to download. We checkout the new features and video effects, and show you how to install it on Ubuntu.
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LibreOffice 7.2 is now available to download. ”Over 60% of code commits for the brand new version […] are focused on interoperability with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats,” The Document Foundation say of the update, the first major release since F…
Read MoreWhat do a GTK audiobook app, a classy desktop dock, and a RGB peripheral control tool have in common? They have all had new releases recently.
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Thunderbird 91 is out with substantial improvements to the way this open source email client feels and functions. Want to take a closer look? Read on!
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