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VibeOps Folks Rejoice! Warp Launches Oz for Managing AI Coding Agents in the Cloud

Can run many agents simultaneously, targets developer teams.

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Google Chrome 145 Released with JPEG-XL Decoding Support

Google Chrome web browser released new 145 version yesterday for Linux, Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, and Android users. The new version added support decoding JPEG-XL (.jxl) image format by using jxl-rs, a memory-safe pure Rust written decoder, instead of libjxl. The JPEG-XL decoding is disabled by default. User can go to chrome://flags page then search and […]

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Adios! Says Ubuntu to The Software and Updates Tool

Removed because it was deemed too complex and dangerous for normies.

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CrossOver 26 Released with Wine 11.0 and NTSync Support

CodeWeavers has announced the release of CrossOver 26, the latest version of their paid software that lets you run Windows games and apps on Linux and macOS. CrossOver 26 ships with Wine 11.0, the latest stable version released in January 2026. It ship…

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Ubuntu Drops the ‘Software & Updates’ Tool from New Installs

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will drop the Software & Updates utility from default desktop installs, with developers saying many of its features are “dangerous or too complex” for regular users. The concern centres on features like being able to di…

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Cine is a sleek, MPV-powered video player for GNOME

Cine is a new GTK4/libadwaita video player for Linux using an MPV backend. We take a look at the app as Ubuntu 26.04 prepares to swap Totem for Showtime.
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Seeed Studio's Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI

The 6-DoF arm handles 1.5 kg loads with a 650 mm reach, targeting desktop AI work.

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Linux Kernel 6.19 Released with Many New Hardware Support

Linux Kernel 6.19 was released! Linus Torvalds announced the kernel release on Sunday afternoon: No big surprises anywhere last week, so 6.19 is out as expected – just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today watching the latest batch of televised commercials. The betting man would expect them all to […]

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This Lesser Known Nextcloud Alternative's Latest Release Makes it More Suitable for Small Businesses

The open source groupware platform partners with Collabora to provide a paid feature for free. There is also a Kanban module along with time apporoval feature.

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Linux Kernel 6.19 Arrives! You Get Intel, AMD Improvements, and ASUS Armoury Support

Hardware support gets major buffs across multiple architectures.

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VS Code 1.109 Released with Claude Agent Support (Preview)

Visual Studio Code 1.109, the January 2026 release of Microsoft’s AI code editor, was released few days ago. The new monthly release introduced preview support for Claude Agent, allowing to delegate tasks to the Claude Agent SDK using the Claude models included in your GitHub Copilot subscription. It also improved the agent extensibility by allowing […]

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Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4

Linux 6.19 brings native Vulkan support to older AMD Radeon GPUs, hardware-accelerated HDR via the DRM Colour Pipeline API and ext4 speed boosts.
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GCompris 26.0 Released with 2 New Activities & Teachers Tool

GCompris, KDE’s educational software suite, released new 26.0 version few days ago. The new version introduced official companion tool for teachers, added two new activities, and fixed various bugs. For those who don’t know about the software, it’s a free open-source educational software for children aged 2 to 10, which works on Linux, Windows, BSD, […]

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Darktable 5.4.1 Released with Few Dozen Fixes [Ubuntu PPA Updated]

Darktable, the free open-source photography app and raw developer, released new 5.4.1 version one day ago. This is a minor release that focuses on bug-fixes, stability improvements, as well as camera support changes and translation updates, but no new features. First, the new version fixed possible crashes in the situations, when mounting a camera from […]

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Ubuntu 26.04 is coming to SpacemiT’s K3 (RISC-V RVA23 SoC)

SpacemiT and Canonical bring Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to the K3 RISC-V SoC, one of the first RVA23-compliant on sale. Ubuntu 24.04 support expands to the K1.
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Krita Released 6.0 Beta with Qt6 Port & Native Wayland Support

Krita, KDE’s digital painting software, released the first Beta of the next major 6.0 and 5.3 versions yesterday. The 2 versions were released in parallel. Krita 6 and 5.3 share all the same features, except, that 5.3 is built on top of Qt5, while 6.0 features Qt6 port and native Linux Wayland support. Thanks to […]

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DI.DAY (Digital Independence Day) Starts a Movement to Encourages People to Ditch Big Tech Services

A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.

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New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips

A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ an…

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LibreOffice 26.2 Released with Markdown Import/Export, Vertical Tabs

LibreOffice, the free open-source office suite that defaults in many Linux Distributions, released new major 26.2 version yesterday. The new version updates it UI with vertical tabs in left side for the dialogues. While user can easily switch back to use tabs on top, by going to Tools -> Options -> LibreOffce -> Appearance setting […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 Has Linux 6.17 HWE Kernel Backported

For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the Linux Kernel 6.17 backported from Ubuntu 25.10 is available ahead of the 4th point release (Ubuntu 24.04.4). As you may know, every Ubuntu LTS point release (except for the first one) has a hardware enablement (HWE) kernel major version update, that is the backport of the latest supported release, until […]

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