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Firefox 142 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Why are Ubuntu devs building new “dangerous” daily builds?

Name: Ubuntu Dangerous (subject to change). Age: Yet to be born. Appearance: Er, like a normal Ubuntu development build, but with hidden potential for CHAOS. What’s this about? Ubuntu developers feel regular unstable daily builds are not dangerou…

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Ubuntu 25.10 Reveals New Wallpaper, Mascot Artwork

Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” default wallpaper features a line-art quokka motif, purple gradient, and a cute nod to the ‘questing’ part of the codename.
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Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Revealed

Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is coming soon in next few months. Now, the default wallpapers are out! As usual, the default wallpaper is made up of the mascot (quokka) in center, a type of wallaby from southwestern Australia, and a gradient background. As you see via the image below, this time it looks like […]

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Debian Trixie-Based Grml 2025.08 Is Out to Celebrate Debian’s 32nd Birthday

Grml 2025.08 live distro for system administrators is now available for download based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series. Here’s what’s new!
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GNOME 49 Beta Released with Per-Monitor Brightness Control

GNOME 49, the default desktop environment for next Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43, is available for Beta testing. This Beta is available more than a month after the first Alpha. There will also be a RC release, while, the final of GNOME 49 is planned for September 17. In last Alpha, the desktop added […]

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Kiro (Agentic AI) Limits Downloads, Introduces Paid Tiers

Usage tiers have been announced for Kiro, the ‘agentic’ AI IDE built on Code by a team at Amazon AWS — and bad news if you use it: they’re now in effect. I spotlighted the preview release of Kiro in mid-july, since the launch of an Am…

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GNOME 49 Beta Released for Public Testing on GNOME’s 28th Anniversary

GNOME 49 Beta desktop environment is now available for public testing with more new features and improvements ahead of the final release on September 17th, 2025. Here’s what’s new!
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Mini Floating Panel GNOME Extension Adds Much-Requested Features

A new version of the nifty Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension is available, and adds the sought-after ability to show/hide indicator and applet icons. To recap this add-on for those unfamiliar, Floating Mini Panel turns the GNOME Top Bar (the pa…

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VirtualBox 7.2.0 Released with Video Decoding Acceleration for Linux Host

After 2 Beta and 1 RC testing releases, Oracle VirtualBox finally announced the new major 7.2.0 release. VirtualBox 7.2.0 redesigned its main UI. Now, it has a left side-bar allowing to navigate between Virtual Machines, Extensions, Media, Network, Cloud, Resources, as well as Home to get started. Besides UI changes, the released added video decoding […]

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Ghostty Terminal Rewrites its GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues

Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.
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VirtualBox 7.2 Release Brings Big UI Change, Better ARM Support

VirtualBox 7.2.0 brings hardware-accelerated video decoding for Linux hosts, a rejigged interface, and support for running Windows on ARM.
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VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17

VirtualBox 7.2 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 6.17 and 6.16. Here’s what else is new!
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Linux Mint Released 22.2 Beta with Accent Color & Fingerprint App

Linux Mint, the popular Ubuntu LTS based Linux Distribution, released new 22.2 Beta version on Tuesday. It’s a new point release for current 22 release series, code-name “Zara”, features Linux Kernel 6.14, Ubuntu 24.04 package base, and 5 years of support until 2029. The 22.2 release finally introduced accent color feature that has been available […]

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Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Works with your Typos

I am what I choose to call an “inattentive typist”, so if I’m trying to launch apps in GNOME Shell, it can cause me issues. See, GNOME Shell is a “stickler for specificity”. You must type what you’re looking for in t…

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SparkyLinux 8.0 Is Out as One of the First Distros Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

SparkyLinux 8.0 is now available for download as one of the first stable distributions based on the Debian 13 “Trixies” operating system series. Here’s what’s new!
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KDE Gear 25.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements

KDE Gear 25.08 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here’s what’s new!
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Linux Firmware Service Calls on Hardware Makers to Help Fund It

Linux’s firmware hub, the LVFS, announces a new funding model with quotas for vendors to help firm up the future of the service, benefitting us all.
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Golang 1.25 Released with New Garbage Collector & New Packages

Go programming language released new 1.25 version on Tuesday after another 6 months of development. The new release introduced new Go command options, runtime and compiler changes, some new packages, and platform changes. The go doc command in the release introduced new -http option, to start a documentation server showing documentation for the requested object, […]

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NVIDIA 580.76.05 Released with Improved Wayland & VR Support

Just a week and one day after the Beta release, NVIDIA announced 580.76.05 as the latest production branch driver for Linux. As a production ready driver series, Ubuntu will likely provide the official packages for all current supported releases, e.g., Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.04. For Wayland, the released added fifo-v1 protocol support for applications […]

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