After more than a month of beta testing, Audacious music player version 4.5 was finally released today! The new release of this lightweight free open-source player features new plugin, new lyrics provider, and various other improvements. See what’s new & how to install for Ubuntu users. First, Audacious 4.5 introduced new Playback History plugin for […]
Read MoreKiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its “spec-driven” workflow and VS Code compatibility.
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VirtualBox 7.1.12 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16 and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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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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Blender 4.5 LTS open-source 3D graphics and modeling software is now available for download with various new featuers and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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KDE Plasma 6.4.3 is now available as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvments.
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KDE’s Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential.
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Consider this post a little apropos of nothing given that nothing has actually been formally announced yet, but it seems the long-rumoured merge of Google’s Chrome OS and Android operating systems is indeed happening. That’s according to Sa…
Read MoreSeeking a fast, modern terminal for Ubuntu? Rio is a cross-platform, hardware-accelerated terminal emulator built in Rust with novel features.
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The CachyOS ISO snapshot for July 2025 is now available for download with a long-awaited requested feature and other improvements.. Here’s what’s new!
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GParted Live 1.7.0-8 open-source partition editor is now available for download with a mechanism to reduce the random order of block devices.
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With the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release, Canonical plans to achieve a fully functional desktop session on the RISC-V architecture.
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GStreamer 1.28 open-source multimedia framework has entered development promising many new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect.
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VS Code 1.102, the June release of Microsoft’s IDE, was released few days ago on Wednesday. Since the release, Copilot Chat is finally open-sourced under the MIT license. And, the source code, is available at this github page. As you see in the screenshot, the chat view has a new “Configure Chat” gear menu, allowing […]
Read MoreA 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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You can customise GNOME Shell notifications, including position on screen, RegEx filtering, and custom colours using the Notification Configurator extension.
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KDE Frameworks 6.16 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop. Here’s what’s new!
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Calibre 8.6 open-source ebook manager is now available for download with various new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users are getting a new HWE update with Linux 6.14 and Mesa 25.0, delivering a big gaming boost and support for newer hardware.
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Linux users can now install the official Mozilla VPN client from Flathub, making access to its paid-for, privacy-minded service more readily accessible to Linux users. The Mozilla VPN Flatpak is current in the process of verification (reminder: Linux M…
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