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Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility

A new stable release of Flatpak is out with a wealth of improvements in tow. Flatpak 1.16.0 is the first stable release in the new 1.16.x series, coming more than two years after the Flatpak 1.14.x cycle began and containing features, fixes, and other …

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Firefox 134 Brings Touch Hold Gestures to Linux, Ecosia Search + More

Mozilla Firefox 134 has landed, making the browser’s first release of the new year. It’s been a month since Firefox 133 delivered time-saving tab overview access, beefed up bounce tracking protection, finessed flaws with Flatpak file openin…

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Kdenlive is Adding One of Final Cut Pro’s Best Features

Removing backgrounds from video in Kdenlive, the free, open-source video editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, is about to get a whole lot easier. Developers are adding a “modern background removal tool” that uses machine learning to create …

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Bah Hum-bugfix – it’s the Christmas Update to Calibre!

In deep mid-winter nothing beats curling up with a good book, in-front of a roaring fire – the crackle of all the unwanted Christmas tat your nearest and dearest bought you chars, melts, and burns providing a warm aural soundtrack. Thankfully, not ever…

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Kdenlive Update Adds New Subtitle Tools, Effects + More

A sizeable update to the free, open-source video editor Kdenlive is now available to download. Kdenlive 24.12 arrives stuffed like a seasonal bird with bug fixes, performance tweaks, and usability enhancements. Additionally, the editor’s develope…

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VMware Workstation Pro Update Brings Linux Fixes

Broadcom has released updates for VMware Workstation Pro for Windows and Linux, the first to arrive since the software became entirely free to use. Earlier this year, Broadcom made VMware Workstation Pro and its Mac equivalent Fusion Pro free for perso…

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Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More

A new version of Tuba, the open-source Mastodon client for Linux desktops, is out – and it’s a whopper! Tuba 0.9.0 delivers a wide array of new features, enhancements, and general finesse touching nearly every aspect of the client’s top-tie…

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OBS Studio Update Adds New Features, Drops 22.04 Support

For high-quality screen recording and streaming few apps comes close to the power and versatility as the cross-platform and open-source OBS Studio – and a new version is out. OBS Studio 31.0 intros a slate of new features and capabilities. Among them, …

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HandBrake 1.9 Brings Lossless VP9 Encoding, Intel QSV VVC Decoding

A major new update to the powerful open source video converter HandBrake is available. In the 6 months (give or take) since the HandBrake 1.8 release arrived with its GTK4 (but not libadwaita) GUI in tow, the team has furnished this free media conversa…

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HandBrake 1.9 Brings Lossless VP9 Encoding, Intel QSV VVC Decoding

A major new update to the powerful open source video converter HandBrake is available. In the 6 months (give or take) since the HandBrake 1.8 release arrived with its GTK4 (but not libadwaita) GUI in tow, the team has furnished this free media conversa…

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Discord Screen Share Sound Finally Works on Linux

If you’re an avid user of the Discord Linux app and been annoyed that screen share audio doesn’t work, there’s good news: it now does! The latest version of Discord for Linux at long last includes the option to ‘share system aud…

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Calibre 7.22: Better eReader Support, New Restart Option

Calibre 7.22 is out — and yes, I’m making extra special effort to not mangle the version number this release as I always seem to insert an extra period in the string whenever I cover the the app! Unwieldy looking though it can seem, the open-sour…

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Firefox 133 Released with Faster Access to Tabs on Other Devices

Mozilla Firefox 133 was released today, furnished with some new features and UI refinements long-time users are sure to appreciate. In the 4 weeks since Firefox 132 brought us certificate compression, tweaked the way the ‘copy link without site t…

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FreeCAD 1.0 Released After 22 Years in Development

Good things come to those who wait, and for 3D modelling professionals with a preference for open-source software, the wait for the FreeCAD 1.0 release has been a long one – over 22 years! At long last, this free, open-source alternative to expensive e…

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Blender 4.3 Brings Hardware-Accelerated Ray-Tracing to Linux

Feeling creative? After you’ve scanned out slew of changes shipping in the new Blender 4.3 release, you’ll find it hard not to! Blender 4.3 is the latest stable release of the phenomenally powerful open-source 3D modelling software. Its cre…

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Rhythmbox’s New Release Fixes Its Broken DAAP Server

A new version of the GTK-based music player Rhythmbox has been released, the first major update in over a year. Rhythmbox 3.4.8 is billed as a ‘minor improvement release’ so there are no shiny new features or (some would say overdue) UI cha…

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VMware Workstation is Now Free for Commercial Use Too

Back in the spring, VMware did something unexpected: it made its desktop hypervisor software free to download and use on Windows, macOS, and Linux. No trial period, no in-app purchases, no feature limitations; the full version of VMware Workstation Pro…

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Calibre 7.2.1 Brings Read Aloud Fixes, New Audio Overlay

Calibre ebook manager, converter, and reader is out with a new update, and it adds an enticing sounding new feature. For a while now Calibre has offered a ‘read aloud’ feature that does exactly what you think it does: a computer voice reads…

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GIMP 3.0 Release Candidate is Ready for Testing

If it feels like the next major release of open source image editor The GIMP has been in the works forever, know that anticipation for its arrival has been building longer still – yet the wait will soon be over. Today, a GIMP 3.0 release candidate was …

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Google Chrome Update Offers More Control Over Memory Usage

The latest stable update to Google Chrome introduces an enhanced Memory Saver feature which could help you reduce the browser’s memory footprint. It’s fair to say that Google Chrome is infamous for being a memory hog. Is it deserved? Perhap…

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