Of note, Ubuntu 24.04 developer images are now available for the new OrangePi RV2 RISC-V single-board computer (SBC). The news underscores Canonical’s on-going interest in the fledgling, open-source architecture. Last year, DeepComputing released…
System76 has just announced the 7th alpha release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. As with earlier alphas, the focus remains on adding the features planned for inclusion in its first stable release (dubbed Epoch 1). It’s always worth…
COSMIC Alpha 7 desktop environment is now available with pinned workspaces, four new accessibility features, as well as various improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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GStreamer 1.26.1 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes, as well as other changes.
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Auto-CPUFreq, automatic CPU speed & power optimizer, released version 2.6.0 with some new features and many bug-fixes. For those who don’t know about auto-cpufreq, it is a free open-source Linux app, which can monitor and automatically manage CPU speed according to battery state, CPU usage, temperature, and system load. The app has a GTK user […]
If you installed Ubuntu 25.04 (or upgraded from 24.10 before the gate was closed due to various pernickety issues) you might have noticed that window buttons in GTK apps. Ubuntu user Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes certainly did, filing bug report to report t…
For Ubuntu 24.10 users who are going to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 25.04, the upgrade channel was temporarily suspended due to bugs! Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, is the latest Ubuntu version that was officially released in last week! As Ubuntu 24.10 has only 3 months support, it’s usually recommended to upgrade to the […]
QEMU 10.0 open-source virtualization software is now available for download as a major release that introduces many new features. Here’s what’s new!
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OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, GNOME 48, LXQt 2.2, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Time is nearly up on support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with standard software, bug fix and security updates coming to an end on May 29, 2025. Users on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS should consider upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (or newer) if possible, but if unable shou…
Ghostty terminal fans needn’t fear an upgrade to Ubuntu’s latest release, as a community packaging effort just added Ghostty DEB packages for Ubuntu 25.04. The Ghostty Ubuntu project was set up was the aim of providing “Ubuntu/Debian …
Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.4 version yesterday. This is a maintenance release for current 1.6 stable release series. It features only some bug-fixes and few minor new features. According to the official release note, Scribus 1.6.4 improved Python scripting support for advanced users, by adding new functions, and a […]
Linux kernel 6.13 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.14 kernel series as soon as possible.
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The fourth major release in the Parallels Desktop 20 series has been released, bringing a stack of fixes for running Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines on macOS. Yes, I did say macOS. I know; at first blush it seems odd for an Ubuntu blog to cov…
NVIDIA announced the first release of its 575 driver series for Linux few days ago. It’s NVIDIA 575.51.02, a Beta driver, that features NVIDIA Smooth Motion support for GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, which is also coming to RTX 40 series. It is a new driver-based AI model, similar to AMD Fluid Motion Frames, […]
The Ubuntu 25.04 release is packed full of fresh features, updated apps and other upgrades that deliver a practical, pleasing out-of-the-box experience. —Perhaps not a perfect one, though. I just installed Ubuntu 25.04 on my “couch potato” …
Kdenlive, the popular free open-source KDE video editor, released new 25.04.0 version few days ago. The new Kdenlive 25.04.0 can now import and export projects using the OpenTimelineIO format. Meaning, it can now import and export projects from/to other video editors that support this format. “OpenTimelineIO is an interchange format and API for editorial cut […]
Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, was officially released today! Ubuntu 25.04 is a short term release with 9-month support until Jan 2026. It features Linux Kernel 6.14, GNOME 48 desktop, updated toolkits and applications. The new Kernel in Ubuntu 25.04 introduced a new scheduling system sched_ext which provides a mechanism to implement scheduling policies as […]
Pull the party poppers and unpack the cake for today is Ubuntu release day — and Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is now available to download! Ubuntu 25.04 is arguably the most polished, performant release to date! As the latest short-term rel…
Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.14, GNOME 48, APT 3.0, and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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