The default wallpaper set to ship in Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ has been unveiled. Each new Ubuntu release bears its own bespoke desktop background and animal mascot design, the upcoming release of the Plucky Puffin proving no exception. …
Dock to panel, the popular GNOME extension that merge the top-bar and bottom dock (aka the dash) into single classic Windows style panel, got big updates a few days ago. The new release added GNOME 48 support, meaning it now works in Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Workstation, though both are still in development at […]
GStreamer 1.26 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with H.266 Versatile Video Coding (VVC) codec support, as well as many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Mesa 25.1 open-source graphics stack will use Zink and NVK instead of Nouveau for NVIDIA GPU users in terms of the default graphics driver.
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KDE Plasma 6.3.3 desktop environment is now available with various improvements and numerous fixes for bugs, crashes, and other issues. Here are the details!
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IPFire 2.29 Core Update 192 open-source hardened Linux firewall is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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If you’re an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS user regularly experiencing issues with connecting to audio devices, there’s an important update to the Bluetooth stack rolling out this week. A slew of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users complained that certain paired Blu…
LXQt 2.2 desktop environment promises many Wayland improvements, QTerminal updates, and various other enhancements. Here’s what to expect from the upcoming release in mid-April 2025.
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Dolphin Emulator, the free open-source GameCude and Wii emulator, released new 2503 release on Monday. The new release improved the functionality to edit per-game basis graphics settings. In addition to the text interface, it now has visual interface to edit the settings from game properties tab. The new 2503 released introduced cheat code whitelist for […]
Audacity audio editor released new 3.7.2 version today. PPA updated for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Linux Mint 21/22. The new Audacity 3.7.2 is a maintenance release contains primarily bug-fixes. There’s however a new UUID system that automatically generates random numbers for each copy of the app. The UUID system will collect daily […]
Open source audio editor Audacity has issue a new patch release with a sizeable set of bug fixes, including an appreciable one for Ubuntu users using the official Audacity AppImage. Audacity 3.7.2, the second point update in the currently Audacity 3.7 …
Audacity 3.7.2 open-source digital audio editor and recording software is now available for download with improvements for Linux and various bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed!
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Refine, the graphical configuration tool for GNOME, got a new feature update few days ago. Refine is a GNOME Tweaks alternative app that provides a graphical interface to configure advanced and experimental features in GNOME Desktop. The app is in early development stage that keeps adding new features. And, now it supports re-arranging window title […]
GNOME 48, the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Workstation, is now in RC testing stage. While, the final stable release is planned for 2025-03-19. The new release candidate enhanced the new features that were introduced in last Beta and Alpha releases, fixed numerous bugs, as well introduced some new features. The […]
A big update to the perennially popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out, including new settings to go from Dash to Panel to dock mode! Admittedly, that doesn’t sound like a new feature given that Dash to Panel is based on code …
Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux. In a post on BlueSky, Kagi said: “We’re thrilled to announce that development of the Or…
Arch Linux-based Garuda Linux “Broadwing” distribution is now available for download with new Welcome app, new Mokka edition, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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GNOME 48 Release Candidate (RC) is now available for public testing ahead of the final release on March 19th, 2025. Here’s what’s new!
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Kdenlive video editor 24.12.3 released yesterday! KDE announced it within the release of KDE Gear 24.12.3. The is a minor release that only fixed two crashes and one audio issue. They are: crash on single item deletion in group. audio playback breaks when switching between bin clips. and crash pasting clips with a same track […]
Clonezilla Live 3.2.1 open-source and free disk cloning/imaging tool is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and many improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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