A brand new version of Audacity, the open-source audio workstation, has been released. Audacity 3.4 includes a number of new features and improvements, include new music workflows that will greatly enhance the editor’s appeal with musicians. One …
Mozilla Firefox 119 has been released. The latest update to the open-source web browser brings a set of improvements that enhance its usefulness, both for those using it full-time and those looking to make a switch to it. For example, when importing da…
A new version of the Raspberry Pi Imager app is available to download. This cross-platform tool makes it easy to download OS images designed for the Raspberry Pi and flash them to connected USB drives and SD cards. And in Raspberry Pi Imager 1.8.1 it&#…
A new version of ONLYOFFICE, an open-source productivity suite for Windows, macOS, and Linux, is available to download. ONLYOFFICE 7.5 includes the usual grab-bag of improvements across its 4 core components (document editor, spreadsheet app, presentat…
Linux kernel 6.6 might not be out yet (it’s due in the next few weeks) but that’s not stopped Oracle adding initial support for it in the latest release of VirtualBox. VirtualBox shouldn’t need much of an introduction, of course. It&#…
A new version of VLC, the hugely popular open-source media player, is out. VLC 3.0.19 introduces a number of noteworthy new features and enhancements, plus a bunch of bug fixes to correct errant behaviour, resolve stability issues, and improve overall …
A new version of Ymuse, a nimble front-end to the Music Player Daemon (MPD) is out. Ymuse 0.22 ‘Xylophone’ intros support for drag-and-drop in the play queue (a real doozy of a feature), adds a single-track repeat option, and debu…
Ding – users of Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 LTS just got new e-mail …client updates to install. Yes, Thunderbird 115 has finally hit the Ubuntu repos, allowing users to upgrade from Thunderbird 102 to 115 without needing PPAs, Flatpaks, or Snaps. And upgrad…
Managing app permissions isn’t a sexy task (if such things exist) but it’s a task we sometimes have to do – and for Flatpak app there’s no better tool than…
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Reading websites written in other languages is made MUCH easier in the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, which rolls out across all supported platforms today. You no longer need to copy and paste text in another language into an online translator to f…
A new version of the Tuba Mastodon app for Linux is rolling out on Flathub. Tuba 0.5 features an array of UI changes, many the result of the new widgets…
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A new version of Linux RSS client NewsFlash is out – and newsflash: it’s looking good! I’ve written about this app in detail in the past so I won’t cover its core feature set in this post, except to say: it’s a desktop RSS reade…
A new version of Polari, a terrific looking IRC client for Linux desktops, is out. Much of the improvement comes by way of the latest libadwaita, with Polari v45 adding…
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The latest point release of Thunderbird 115 – aka the new version you’ve no-doubt heard people raving about — features a flurry of fixes. For one, Thunderbird 115.2 makes the…
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Mozilla Firefox 117 is now rolling out to users across Windows, macOS, and Linux. But don’t get too excited about its arrival, okay? Given the rapid release cadence this browser uses, the days of blockbuster, feature-packed Firefox updates are lo…
When I watch videos on KDE Plasma I do so using Haruna, a Qt-based media app with a pleasant UI and a potent feature set. Haruna 0.12.0 is the latest…
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A new version of Tokodon, a Qt-based Mastodon app for KDE Plasma, features in the latest KDE Gear release. And what an update it is! Tokodon 23.08.0 comes with a…
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The superb system monitoring tool Mission Center has been updated. I covered this GTK4/libadwaita app last month and the reaction to it was, if you can overlook the pun, off…
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LibreOffice 7.6 is available to download. This update lands exactly on schedule, some 6 months after the LibreOffice 7.5 release (which included visual tweaks, major PDF export enhancements, and other changes). LibreOffice 7.6 sees its devs build out f…
A new version to the free (but not open-source) WPS Office is available for Linux. It’s been an age since I last mentioned WPS Office on this blog. The main reason for this is I don’t use office software (and if I even need to, LibreOffice …