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Mozilla Firefox 134 Is Out with Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on Linux

Mozilla Firefox 134 open-source web browser is now available for download with support for touchpad hold gestures on Linux and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine

If you’ve ever played around with customising Ubuntu (or any GNOME Shell-based Linux distribution) you’ll have encountered GNOME Tweaks, an official app giving you GUI access to options, settings, and controls not otherwise exposed in the U…

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Rally Racing Game Stunt Rally 3.3 Added 3 New Tracks

Stunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features. Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. It features 232 tracks in 40 sceneries and 33 vehicles, allowing users to play either in single mode or multiplayer and split […]

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Fedora-Based Nobara 41 Gaming Distro Switches to Open-Source NVIDIA Driver

Nobara 41 gaming distribution is now available for download based on Fedora Linux 41 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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PeaZip 10.2 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Qt 6 Package for Linux

PeaZip 10.2 open-source archive manager is now available for download with GUI support for Brotli and Zstandard maximum compression settings and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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10 Cool Changes Ubuntu Received in 2024

As another year transitions from present to past, I want1 to recap the notable new features, changes, updates and innovations Ubuntu saw over the past 12 months. And there was a fair bit: we got a noble new long-term support release in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS…

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KDE Plasma 6.2.5 Released as the Last Update in the Series with More Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.2.5 is now available as the fifth and last update to the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and other changes.
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Debian 13 “Trixie” Installer Alpha Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 Support

Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” installer is now ready for public testing with support for Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 support, a new default theme, and many other changes.
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Kdenlive is Adding One of Final Cut Pro’s Best Features

Removing backgrounds from video in Kdenlive, the free, open-source video editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, is about to get a whole lot easier. Developers are adding a “modern background removal tool” that uses machine learning to create …

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Meet Orbit, Mozilla’s AI Assistant Extension for Firefox

Orbit by Mozilla is a new AI-powered assistant for the Firefox web browser that makes summarising web content while you browse as easy as clicking a button. After all, why read an article to understand what it says when you can read an AI summary rephr…

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GNOME’s New Image Viewer Adds Image Editing Features

Loupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, and not yet included i…

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GNOME’s New Image Viewer Adds Image Editing Features

Loupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, and not yet included i…

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Amarok 3.2 “Punkadiddle” Music Player Officially Released, Now Ported to Qt 6

Amarok 3.2 open-source music player app is now available for download with initial Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 port, as well as other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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New Open Source Terminal App Ghostty is One to Watch

We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late with the humble no-frills console being reimagined, rethought, and rewired to use GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (naturally) AI. Ghostty is a new, open-source and c…

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GIMP 3.0 RC2 Added New public API, Initial AppImage & Fixed 2.10 Migration

GIMP image editor announced the second release candidate for the next major 3.0 release a day ago on Friday! The new GIMP 3.0 RC2 fixed the issue migrating user’s 2.10 settings to GIMP 3.0. However, if you already used 3.0 RC1, then you need to delete those configurations first (backup of course), as otherwise RC2 […]

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Want to See Pinned Ubuntu Dock Apps in the Application Grid?

You may have noticed (or not) that if an app is pinned to the Ubuntu Dock you don’t see a shortcut for it in the applications grid. This approach is by design to avoid duplication since the dock is always visible (by default) so those app shortcu…

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AI Image Upscaler ‘Upscayl’ 2.15 Added Multiple Languages & TTA Mode

Upscayl, the popular free open-source AI image upscaler, announced new 2.15 released at Christmas! The release improved user experience for enlarging and enhancing low-resolution images by new AI module and improved module selection dialog. Instead of choosing from drop-down box, it now shows a pop-up screen. From where you may choose between modules with image […]

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Mixxx 2.5 Open-Source DJ App Released with Qt 6 Port, Improved Controller Support

Mixxx 2.5 open-source and free DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with Qt 6 port, improved controller mappings, and many new features. Here’s what’s new!
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Ruby 3.4 Released with ‘it’, Modular Garbage Collector, Improved YJIT

Ruby, the free open-source high-level general-purpose programming language, released new 3.4.0 (then 3.4.1 with quick fix) today at Christmas! The release introduced it block parameter reference, which behaves very much the same as _1. As the feature request descripted: it is implemented as a special case of getlocal insn, not a method. it without an […]

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4MLinux 47.0 Released with Installation Support for Virtual (KVM) Block Devices

4MLinux 47.0 Linux distribution is now available for download with support for installing on virtual KVM block devices and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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