Last month I reported that GNOME’s plans to drop X11 support as soon as this year would have a major impact on Ubuntu, as it plans its next LTS release — today, Ubuntu confirmed as much. Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’ will not include…
Read MoreTo follow the upstream GNOME’s road-map, Ubuntu confirmed to remove the classic X11/Xorg session in the next Ubuntu 25.10 release! GNOME development team is planning to disable X11 session by default in next GNOME 49 and remove the code in v50. TLDR: The X11 session for GNOME 49 will be disabled by default and it’s […]
Read MoreAudacity 3.7.4 open-source audio editor is now available for download with variious bug fixes and improvements. Here are the details!
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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole reaches end of life July 10, 2025. All users will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin to continue receiving security updates.
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Canonical announced that they plan to remove the GNOME on Xorg (X11) session from the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” release.
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Linux kernel 6.14 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.15 kernel series as soon as possible.
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DXVK 2.6.2 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games and bug fixes.
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Orbit by Mozilla, the browser maker’s opt-in AI assistant add-on for Firefox, will shut down on June 26, Mozilla has announced. The extension, which has been in beta for over 6 months, adds an on-page AI assistant (floating orb, toggle flout, or …
Read MoreQDiskInfo, the free open-source S.M.A.R.T. utility, released new 0.4 version in last week! For those who don’t know about QDiskInfo, it’s a frontend for smartctl to control and monitor SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) Disks, such as SATA and NVMe SSD. As you see in the screenshot above, it offers the popular Windows app […]
Read MoreSway 1.11 tiling window manager and Wayland compositor is now available for download with explicit sync support and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Gradia is a new screenshot annotation tool for Linux that you can use to create engaging visuals for app stores, blogs, and social media – is it any good?
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Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!
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Linux Mint 22.2 adds fingerprint login and authentication support through a new desktop app called Fingwit, which boasts ‘smarter’ PAM integration.
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Linux Mint 22.2 operating system will feature fingerprint authentication capabilities with a brand-new app called Fingwit.
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Ubuntu developers are discussing whether to split the large linux-firmware package into smaller vendor-specific packages to reduce its size.
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LibreOffice 25.2.4 is now available for download as the fourth point release to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite with 52 bug fixes.
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This article was contributed by Vedrana Vidulin, Head of Responsible AI Unit at Intellias (LinkedIn). As AI becomes central to smart devices, embedded systems, and edge computing, the ability to run language models locally — without relying on the cloud — is essential. Whether it’s for reducing latency, improving data privacy, or enabling offline functionality, local AI […]
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Read MorePacket is a new Linux app supporting Android’s Quick Share feature, letting you wirelessly transfer files between devices. More details, and how to install.
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To old-timers like me Launchpad, the Canonical-run development hub, is synonymous with Bazaar (bzr), the open-source distribution version control system (VCS) Canonical helped develop. Like GitHub, Launchpad lets anyone sign up and create a repo, then …
Read MoreKDE Gear 25.04.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.04 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications.
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