Hear that? It’s the sound of a cork popping off the latest release of Wine, the open source compatibility layer that lets Windows apps run on Linux. The new Wine 7.0 release features a year’s worth of development distilled from over 9,000 c…
The first alpha release of GNOME 42 is now available to download, so in this post I showcase some of the key changes it brings. Now, this isn’t a fully detailed, commit-by-commit or blow-by-blow rundown of everything that’s been updated, up…
A couple of new Star Trek-esque effects have been added to the ‘Burn my Windows’ GNOME Shell extension. If you’ve not yet heard about this bling-tactic add-on, it animates closing windows (and optionally dialogs) in some spectacularly…
GNOME devs plan a ‘big cleanup’ of code related to background wallpaper handling in GNOME Shell, which would result in the removal of several features.
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Ubuntu 22.04 is due for release on April 21, 2022. In this post we look at the various new features and key changes that are planned for the release. Development of Ubuntu 22.04 is still at a somewhat early stage but we do have a good idea of what to e…
Intel is working to provide the Linux kernel with the ability to allow BIOS updates without a reboot. The upcoming pfr_update driver is set to be introduced in Linux kernel 5.17.
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Flatpak 1.12.3 is an important update that fixes two critical security issues. Learn more about the new release here.
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As of January 4, 2022, openSUSE Leap 15.2 reached end-of-life and will no longer receive security and maintenance updates. Learn what that means for users here.
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If you’ve been itching to hear some progress about System76’s new desktop environment, you’re in luck! Developer Eduardo Flores went hands on with early development versions of several COSMIC components and written about his findings …
GNOME 42 could still feature in Ubuntu 22.04 when it arrives this April — but don’t expect to see too many GTK4 apps with it. Ubuntu developers say they ‘aim’ to include the bulk of GNOME 42 release in Ubuntu 22.04 but are currently t…
DXVK 1.9.3 is here to make the DLSS implementation work on supported games, in combination with dxvk-nvapi. Learn more about this new release here.
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It was inevitable that the popularity of viral word guessing game Wordle would inspire clones, and thus only a matter of time before one of them popped up on Linux. And lo, it has. elementary OS gets to call first-dibs with Warble. Built by Andrew Voja…
Extension Manager is a new, unofficial application to browse and install GNOME Shell extensions from your desktop, without having to use a web browser. Learn how to install and use Extension Manager here.
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KDE developers share the desktop wallpaper that will ship in KDE Plasma 5.24 this spring. The background was created using open source software tools.
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Linux Mint recently announced a partnership with Mozilla. According to Clement Lefebvre, this is both a commercial and technical partnership to improve the Firefox web browser in Linux Mint. Learn more here.
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Pre-orders for the PinePhone Pro ‘Explorer Edition’ are now live on the Pine Store. The powerful upgrade to the original PinePhone costs from $399.
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The end is nigh for the Hirsute Hippo, as official support for Ubuntu 21.04 ends on January 20, 2022. After this date it will get no further updates.
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We look at what’s new in Firefox 96, show a few screenshots, and give you a download link you don’t need as Ubuntu comes with Firefox pre-installed.
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KDE Frameworks 5.90 is here to improve the scroll behavior in QtQuick apps, especially in the Plasma Wayland session when using fractional scaling. It will also add a more modern style, without frames, to System Settings pages that display a single big grid or list, and improve file listing speed in directories that contain lots […]
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After two months of development, Linux kernel 5.16 is here to introduce the futex_waitv() kernel system call from Collabora, which promises to make your gaming experience faster when playing both native Linux games and Windows games via Wine. Linux kernel 5.16 also adds support for Intel’s Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) 64-bit programming paradigm for servers, […]
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