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Toot, toot: Linux Mastodon App Tuba Gets a Major Update

Tuba 0.10 features a redesigned post composer, YouTube playback, timeline tweaks and more, making this open-source Linux Mastodon client even better.
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Linux App Release Roundup (July 2025)

Roundup of July’s smaller Linux app releases: Shotcut and Kdenlive video editors, Plank Reloaded dock, Krita performance fixes, and more.
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Thunderbird 141 Adds ‘Archive’ Notification Action & Fixes

Thunderbird 141 brings minor changes to the email client, including a new notification action, OpenPGP key warnings, and better Exchange login support.

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Firefox 141 Adds AI Tab Grouping, Reduces Memory Use on Linux

Firefox logo in front of white 141 numbers; red background.Firefox 141 is out, featuring AI-powered tab groups, lower memory usage on Linux, a new unit converter, and expanded PiP support. See what’s new.

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Screenshot Tool Gradia Adds Code Snippet Generator, Snap Install

Gradia 1.7 adds code snippet generator, more text tool outlines, image rotation, and arrives on the Canonical Snap Store for easier installation on Ubuntu.

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4 Critical Security Flaws Patched in VMware Workstation Pro

Virtualisation choices on Linux are, as I’m sure you’re know, varied – even more so since VMware made its Workstation Pro software entirely free to download and use on Windows and Linux, even for commercial purposes, no license key ne…

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ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors Get a Bug Fix Update

A bug fix update that tackles a number of glaring issues and compatibility hiccups in the recent major ONLYOFFICE 9.0 release is available to download.
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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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Calibre 8.6.0 Delivers Dramatic Database Speed Boost

A sizeable database performance boost is available in the latest release of open source ebook manager, view and converter Calibre, plus plenty of bug fixes.
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Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine

A new version of free music player Amarok has been released, ported to Qt 6 and no longer using the Phonon audio backend. Details on what’s new inside.
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OBS Studio 31.1 Adds Linux Multitrack Video Support + More

Are you in the mood to stream or screen-record? If so, a new version of OBS Studio is out with an appreciable set of improvements you’ll want to take advantage of! OBS Studio 31.1 adds support for multitrack video on Linux (and macOS) having been…

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Thunderbird 140 ESR Released with New Features

Thunderbird 140 ‘Eclipse’ is the latest ESR release of this famed open source email client. See the new features, changes and how to upgrade to it in this post.
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Gradia Screenshot Tool Just Keeps Getting Better

Gradia makes it easy to annotate add text to screenshots in Ubuntu, and now it lets you upload them directly to image hosting sites like Imgur.
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Vivaldi 7.5 Browser Adds Tab Stack Colours, New DNS Settings

Colourful tab stacks and concise tab context menu are the headline changes on offer the latest update to the Vivaldi web browser.
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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…

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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…

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Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR

Firefox 140 released with tab unloading, custom search engines, and more. ESR users gain major new features like tab grouping and vertical tabs.
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ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released with New Themes, AI Tools + More

A new version of open source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is available, packed out with another round of welcome improvements. ONLYOFFICE 9.0 introduces two new theme options: Modern Light and Modern Dark. Both offer restyled UI elemen…

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High Tide (GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL Client for Linux) Hits Flathub

High Tide, the GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL client for Linux, is now available on Flathub. The app has been in development for a while but installing (and updating) the app has thus far required going to the project’s GitHub page, finding the latest Fla…

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Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4 Released with Various Changes

A new version of the Raspberry Pi Imager, an open source and cross-platform image writing tool, has been leased for macOS, Windows and Linux.
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