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Tiling Shell’s Newest Feature Speeds Up Window Snapping

Window snapping GNOME extension Tiling Shell —not that you need an introduction to it by now— adds a nifty new feature in its latest update. Tiling Shell v16 introduces Windows Suggestions, a feature the add-on’s author described as being able to…

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VLC Developers Working on AI-Powered Real-Time Subtitles

Real-time AI subtitling is in the works for VLC, the phenomenally popular open-source media player. VideoLAN, the non-profit in charge of VLC development, demoed automatic subtitle generation in VLC during CES 2025 —where not using AI made you stand ou…

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Sigil 2.4 Open-Source EPUB Ebook Editor Released with New Features and Bug Fixes

Sigil 2.4 open-source and cross-platform EPUB ebook editor is now available for download with new features and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Debian 12.9 “Bookworm” Arrives with 72 Bug Fixes and 38 Security Updates

Debian 12.9 is now available for download with 72 bug fixes and 38 security updates for the Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series.
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Kdenlive 24.12.1 is out with more than a dozen of bug-fixes

Kdenlive, the popular KDE video editor, released the first maintenance update for the 24.12 series few days ago. It’s not officially announced in its website at the moment of writing, but the source tarball is out for those who want to compile by themselves. And, the Flatpak package has been updated for most Linux users. […]

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Shortwave Now Supports Play Internet Radio in the Background

Shortwave, the modern free open-source internet radio player, finally adds background playback support! Shortwave is an internet audio player designed for GNOME Desktop, though it also works in most other Linux desktops and even Linux phones. The app features a station database with over 50,000 stations, custom library, automatic recognition of songs, recording, and play […]

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Linux Foundation & Google Form New Group to Manage Chromium

Google is teaming up with the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Meta, and Opera to form a new Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers group. Members of the group, managed by the Linux Foundation, will work together, pool resources, talent, time, and expertise…

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Now Works on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Development Board

Canonical partners with SiFive and ESWIN Computing to enable Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board.
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Scribus 1.6.3 Released! 3 New Script Functions & Various Fixes

Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced new 1.6.3 version on Wednesday! This is a maintenance release that contains primarily bug-fixes, though there are also a few new features included in the release. For scripting, Scribus 1.6.3 added three Python script functions for working with points and the document unit. They include: pointsToDocUnit […]

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Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes

Calibre 7.24 open-source suite of e-book software is now available for download with new features and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player

The 5th alpha version of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment from System76 is now available for public testing with various changes. Here’s what’s new!
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COSMIC Alpha 5 Brings Media Player App, User Account Editing + More

A big alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment is out, bringing new apps, more settings, and plenty of performance tuneups and pesky bug fixes. This is the 5th alpha preview of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. Further alphas are …

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Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

Flatpak 1.16 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download. This is a major release that brings several new features and improvements.
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Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

Flatpak 1.16 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download. This is a major release that brings several new features and improvements.
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Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for £115/$120

Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The l…

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KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New

KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with many new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect in the final release!
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KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in KRunner

KDE Frameworks 6.10 open-source software suite is now available with support for convert between “rack units” and other units of length, as well as other improvements.
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RetroArch 1.20.0 Released with PipeWire Audio Driver, Qt6 Support

RetroArch, the popular free open-source front-end for emulators and game engines, released version 1.20.0 a few days ago. The new release added illuminance sensor support for Linux users. Meaning you can play Boktai with real light, just as intended. While, it’s also working on sunlight and camera support. Also for Linux, the release added audio […]

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KDE Gear 24.12.1 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Kate, NeoChat, and Other KDE Apps

KDE Gear 24.12.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications.
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Tails 6.11 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Critical Security Fixes

Tails 6.11 amnesic incognito live system distribution is now available for download with support for detecting partitioning errors and fixes for critical vulnerabilities.
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