GNOME 42 – Top New Features and Release Details

We give you all the important GNOME 42 feature highlights and release information in this article. Read on.
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elementary OS 6.1 Released, This is What’s New

We look at elementary OS 6.1 “Jólnir”, which is available to download. An improved App Center experience and new Alt + Tab switcher is among the changes.
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Ubuntu 22.04 Theme Replaces Purple with Orange (Like, Everywhere)

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is going to be very orange. I didn’t want to write about this change quite so soon as a) it’s not finished or final and b) the code hasn’t landed in Ubuntu 22.04 daily builds yet. However, people have noticed and I do…

Kdenlive 21.12 Released with Multicam Editing and Improvements

Kdenlive 21.12 free video editor was finally released a few days later than other KDE Gear 21.12 apps. This release brings major updates and new features. We take a look at those and give you installation details.
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PeerTube 4.0 Free Video Platform Comes More Powerful Than Ever

PeerTube is open-source software that enables anyone to run their own tube site (like YouTube) very easily. PeerTube’s devs have finally released PeerTube 4.0. Here’s what’s new!
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Pop!_OS 21.10 Release with Linux 5.15 LTS, New Application Library

Coming almost six months after Pop!_OS 21.04, the Pop!_OS 21.10 release introduces a new Application Library feature for its GNOME-based desktop environment. This feature replaces the big Application Wall window that opened in full-screen when you want…

Nation-State Attackers, Ransomware Groups Take Aim at Apache Log4j Flaw

Nation-state cyber threat groups and ransomware attackers are moving in to exploit a critical flaw found in the seemingly ubiquitous Apache Log4j open-source logging tool, as attacks spread just days after the vulnerability that could affect hundreds o…

GNU nano 6.0 Text Editor Is Out with New Color Names, etc.

GNU nano 6.0 is here to introduce various new features and improvements to the popular command-line text editor, including a new option for hiding the title bar, status bar, and help lines. This release also introduces 14 new color names, including crimson, beet, brick, brown, ocher, plum, rosy, sage, sand, sea, sky, slate, tawny, and […]

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Compiz’s Iconic Window Closing ‘Fire’ Effect Comes to GNOME Shell

First came a GNOME extension reimplementing wobbly windows, then we saw the return of the cool 3D desktop cube effect — now comes the final part of the holy Compiz trinity: window fire. Intent on inducing nostalgia amongst Linux users of a certain vint…

Bottles Wine Prefix Manager Released with Stable Versioning Feature

Bottles is a graphical tool that makes it easy to run Windows software and games on Linux, via Wine. Learn about the Bottles Wine Prefix Manager release here. For handling Wine prefixes, the tool uses environments, which are combinations of ready-to-use settings, libraries, and dependencies. Wine / Proton, DXVK, and the required dependencies are downloaded […]

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Pop!_OS is Now Available for the Raspberry Pi 4

Pop!_OS is now available for the Raspberry Pi. The sweetly-named Pop!_Pi is available to download as a ‘tech preview’ alongside the latest Pop!_OS 21.10 release from System76. While Pop!_Pi is the first version of Pop!_OS to be available fo…

Pop!_OS 21.10 Released with New App Library Feature + More

System76 have slipped in to their Santa suits to deliver Linux users an early festive treat: Pop!_OS 21.10. Yes, the latest version of their Ubuntu-based Linux distro is available to download. It includes a new Linux kernel, the bulk of GNOME 40, a new…

digiKam 7.4 Professional Photo Management App Release

Coming five months after digiKam 7.3, the digiKam 7.4 release is here with a new tool that lets users share items on the network with a Motion JPEG stream server, as well as an improved Showfoto component that received a new left sidebar. This can host a folder-view to help users quickly explore images from […]

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Fwupd 1.7.3 Released with Several New Features

Fwupd 1.7.3 introduces support for Nordic Semiconductor nRF secure devices, adds a sync-bkc sub-command to ensure a known set of firmware versions, adds FuArchiveFirmware support for plugins that use archives as firmware files, adds sector size properties and a quirkable page to FuCfiDevice, and makes Upower and powerd support optional. On top of these enhancements, […]

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FontOnLake: a New Malware that Also Affects Linux Systems

FontOnLake is a new malware that can attack Linux systems. A somewhat unprecedented issue for this malware is the fact that developers are constantly tweaking modules so that they evolve to infect as many systems as possible. Learn more about FontOnLak…

Kdenlive Video Editor Gets a Blockbuster Update (Yes, New Pro Features)

Video editing on Linux is in a great place thanks to open source software like Kdenlive. And today it just got even better. Kdenlive is already the go-to video editor for Linux desktops, and today’s monster new release front-loaded with pro featu…

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Will Reach End of Life on January 20th, 2022

Ubuntu 21.04 will reach end of life on January 20th, 2022. At that time, Canonical will stop offering updates for the Hirsute Hippo release. Powered by Linux kernel 5.11 and built around the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment series (with support for GNOME 40 apps), Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) also introduced PipeWire support, nftables as the […]

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Kali Linux 2021.4 Comes with Updated Desktop Environments

Offensive Security has just released Kali Linux 2021.4. The latest version brings some significant feature additions and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Apache Log4j Zero Day Exploit Puts Large Number of Servers at Severe Risk

A critical vulnerability in the open-source logging software Apache Log4j 2 is fueling a chaotic race in the cybersecurity world, with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) issuing an emergency security update as bad actors searched for vulnerable serve…

First Look at Armbian Linux on Raspberry Pi 4

Every time I write an article about Armbian Linux, people ask: when will Raspberry Pi support be available? Well, the wait is (almost) over, as the Armbian community has finally added build framework support for the Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer. So of course I had to see Armbian Linux in action on my Raspberry […]

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