If you’ve been itching to hear some progress about System76’s new desktop environment, you’re in luck! Developer Eduardo Flores went hands on with early development versions of several COSMIC components and written about his findings …
GNOME 42 could still feature in Ubuntu 22.04 when it arrives this April — but don’t expect to see too many GTK4 apps with it. Ubuntu developers say they ‘aim’ to include the bulk of GNOME 42 release in Ubuntu 22.04 but are currently t…
DXVK 1.9.3 is here to make the DLSS implementation work on supported games, in combination with dxvk-nvapi. Learn more about this new release here.
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It was inevitable that the popularity of viral word guessing game Wordle would inspire clones, and thus only a matter of time before one of them popped up on Linux. And lo, it has. elementary OS gets to call first-dibs with Warble. Built by Andrew Voja…
Extension Manager is a new, unofficial application to browse and install GNOME Shell extensions from your desktop, without having to use a web browser. Learn how to install and use Extension Manager here.
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KDE developers share the desktop wallpaper that will ship in KDE Plasma 5.24 this spring. The background was created using open source software tools.
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Linux Mint recently announced a partnership with Mozilla. According to Clement Lefebvre, this is both a commercial and technical partnership to improve the Firefox web browser in Linux Mint. Learn more here.
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Pre-orders for the PinePhone Pro ‘Explorer Edition’ are now live on the Pine Store. The powerful upgrade to the original PinePhone costs from $399.
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The end is nigh for the Hirsute Hippo, as official support for Ubuntu 21.04 ends on January 20, 2022. After this date it will get no further updates.
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We look at what’s new in Firefox 96, show a few screenshots, and give you a download link you don’t need as Ubuntu comes with Firefox pre-installed.
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KDE Frameworks 5.90 is here to improve the scroll behavior in QtQuick apps, especially in the Plasma Wayland session when using fractional scaling. It will also add a more modern style, without frames, to System Settings pages that display a single big grid or list, and improve file listing speed in directories that contain lots […]
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After two months of development, Linux kernel 5.16 is here to introduce the futex_waitv() kernel system call from Collabora, which promises to make your gaming experience faster when playing both native Linux games and Windows games via Wine. Linux kernel 5.16 also adds support for Intel’s Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) 64-bit programming paradigm for servers, […]
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Firefox 96 is here as the first release of the open-source web browser in 2022, bringing a handful of modest performance and security improvements to make your web browsing experience more stable, reliable, and secure. The new Firefox release significantly reduces the main thread load, improves noise-suppression and auto-gain-control, and slightly improves echo-cancellation to provide […]
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Linux Mint and Mozilla have announced a new partnership deal. Announced today, the commercial tie-up means Firefox will continue to remain Linux Mint’s default web browser but, crucially, no longer ship with Mint-specific customisations. Don̵…
Linux kernel 5.16 features a wealth of gaming related improvements, including support for FUTEX2 and drivers for the Nintendo Joy Cons and Pro controller.
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Still based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series, Linux Mint 20.3 Una is now available. Learn how to upgrade Linux Mint 20.2 to Linux Mint 20.3 here.
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It’s been more than seven months since the last GeckoLinux update. But 2022 is kicking off with several GeckoLinux new releases. Learn more here.
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Solo’s new open-source program BumbleBee will make it much easier to build Linux eBPF programs. Learn about Solo BumbleBee here.
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Canonical is making changes to the system used for creating Snap apps, outlining its plans in a blog titled ‘The Future of Snapcraft’. More details inside.
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Coming exactly one month after LibreOffice 7.2.4, which was an emergency update to address a critical security vulnerability, the LibreOffice 7.2.5 update is here to fix a total of 90 bugs. Learn more here.
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