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cURL Gets Rid of Its Bug Bounty Program Over AI Slop Overrun

Daniel Stenberg says the inflow of AI slop has become unsustainable for the curl security team to handle.

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Tonearm, New Unofficial TIDAL Client for Linux, Hits Beta

Tonearm is a new GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL client that delivers what the streaming service itself doesn’t: a native Linux app with solid desktop integration – albeit unofficially, of course. It’s the third unofficial client for Linux I’ve…

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Not An April Fool's Joke, You Can Run Linux and Windows on This Android Smartphone

This $549 rugged smartphone runs Android 16, launches Debian Linux as an app, and dual-boots Windows 11.

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Fastfetch updated with COSMIC Desktop & Bedrock Linux Support

Fastfetch, the neofetch like system information tool, updated recently with many new features. For those who don’t know about the app, it is a free open-source command line tool that can fetch and display system information for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc operating systems. The app can output the current running system and […]

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Espressif Launches "Radio Co-Processor" ESP32-E22

The new SoC comes loaded with some utility-focused bits. Engineering samples are available right now.

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Open Source Project LLVM Says Yes to AI-Generated Code, But Not Without Conditions

The new "human in the loop" policy holds contributors accountable for reviewing and understanding all AI-assisted submissions.

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14 Years Later than Planned, NexPhone is Up for Preorder

NexPhone is available for pre-order, some 14 years after it was first announced to the world – back then it planned to ship with Ubuntu for Android. Created by Nex Computer, the company behind the NexDock laptop shells, the NexPhone aims to deliver on …

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Richard Stallman to Speak on Software Freedom and AI at Georgia Tech

The free software pioneer returns to campus. Richard Stallman will be speaking on Software Freedom and AI at Georgia Tech university.

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Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop

System76 has updated the COSMIC Desktop with window shadows and consistent corner sizing across all applications, a change available on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS right now and coming to users on other Linux distributions soon. Both features apply the effects c…

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Ubuntu's Snap Store is Under Siege from Scammers, and The Gates are Open

After years of crypto wallet theft, scammers have escalated to domain takeovers.

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KDE Has A New Infinite Whiteboard Tool Work-In-Progress

Looking for an infinite whiteboard tool for Linux Desktop? KDE has one that’s in development! It’s Drawy, a free open-source C++ written application that aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the amazing web-based Excalidraw. This app provides a simple Qt6 and KDE Frameworks based user interface, for product managers, designers, and anyone who need […]

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Easy Effects 8.1.0 Released with Crusher Plugin & Many Improvements

Easy Effects, the popular audio equalizer and effects application for Linux desktop, released new 8.1.0 version few days ago. The new version of this free open-source software added new plugin for input/output effects, fixed some bugs, and introduced some other features. Version 8.0.0 switched the UI frameworks from GTK4 to Qt6 and QML, which however […]

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Will Intel’s Core 3 Replicate the N100’s Budget Mini-PC Success?

Intel’s Core 3 (Wildcat Lake) aims to replace the popular N100 CPU, but if it isn’t as affordable, better performance won’t matter to the budget conscious.
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Photoshop Installer Runs on Linux Despite Adobe Not Giving a Damn For Years

Still early to say whether this will make it into Wine officially, this should rekindle some hope for Linux users and users-to-be who have been missing Adobe's creative suite on the platform.

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Gedit Text Editor Released 49.0 with Much Faster Big File Loading

Gedit, the classic GTK based text editor, released new 49.0 version few days ago. For those who are new to Linux, Gedit was the default text editor for Ubuntu and Fedora etc Linux Distributions with GNOME desktop. And, it’s still the default in old Ubuntu LTS releases (e.g., 20.04, 18.04, 16.04) that are supported by […]

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Linux Gamers Are Finally Getting Their Own Browser

As Linux gaming continues growing past the 3% mark on Steam, Opera finally commits to native support.

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GNOME 50 will Support Bedtime & Daily Screen Time Parental Controls

GNOME 50, the default desktop for next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44, is going to add more feature options for parental controls. As you may know, GNOME has a built-in “Parental Controls” application, allowing parents to restrict their children’s activity on computer or laptop screen. The app however moves slowly, and the latest […]

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Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to Linux

Wine patches finally fix Adobe Creative Cloud installer on Linux, letting you install Photoshop 2021 and 2025 without copying files from a Windows VM.
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Multicolumn Dock GNOME Extension Rethinks What a Dock Can Do

A dock is a dock, right? A line of icon shortcuts for quick access to your apps. The Multi-Column Dock extension for GNOME 45-47 takes that simple idea, but adds organisational features. A GitHub description describes this as: “a customizable mul…

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Shotcut 26.1 Beta added Hardware Decoding for Preview Scaling & Export

Shotcut video editor released the Beta version of 26.1 today for testing purpose. The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor fixed many bugs and added hardware decoding support for more processes. Preview Scaling, the feature that lowers the resolution of video shown in the preview monitor, now supports hardware […]

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