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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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Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Model Is Now Available at $120 USD

The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB model is now available for sale at $120 USD as a more powerful variant of the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer.
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Scribus 1.6.3 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Bug Fixes

Scribus 1.6.3 free, open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various bug and crash fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Firefox 134.0 is out! Touchpad Hold Gest&r HEVC Video A

Midori web browser announced new 11.5 release recently with some exciting new features. Midori was a popular lightweight web browser that was default in elementary OS and Bodhi Linux. It’s now a free open-source Firefox derived browser developed by Astian Foundation, and licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). The browser released new 11.5 recently, […]

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Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with XZ Packaging on Linux

Firefox 135 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with XZ packaging for faster updates and many other changes. Here’s what to expect!
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Firefox 134 Brings Touch Hold Gestures to Linux, Ecosia Search + More

Mozilla Firefox 134 has landed, making the browser’s first release of the new year. It’s been a month since Firefox 133 delivered time-saving tab overview access, beefed up bounce tracking protection, finessed flaws with Flatpak file openin…

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Firefox 134.0 is out! Touchpad Hold Gestures & HEVC Video Acceleration

A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser, version 134.0, is out today! Though, it’s not yet officially announced at the moment of writing. According to the Mozilla Github releases page, the new Firefox release added support for touchpad hold gestures for Linux. Meaning kinetic scrolling (aka momentum scrolling or inertia scrolling), the continuous […]

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Budgie 10.10 Desktop Will Be Wayland-Only as Work Continues on Budgie 11

Budgie 10.10 desktop environment is slated for release in Q1 2025 as a Wayland-only release defaulting to the Labwc compositor.
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Long-Time Ubuntu Contributor Steve Langasek Has Passed Away

Sad news from Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth today: longtime Ubuntu and Debian contributor Steve Langasek has passed away. In a touching post on the Ubuntu Discourse, Mark Shuttleworth shares: “Steve passed away at the dawn of 2025. His time wa…

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Mozilla Firefox 134 Is Out with Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on Linux

Mozilla Firefox 134 open-source web browser is now available for download with support for touchpad hold gestures on Linux and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine

If you’ve ever played around with customising Ubuntu (or any GNOME Shell-based Linux distribution) you’ll have encountered GNOME Tweaks, an official app giving you GUI access to options, settings, and controls not otherwise exposed in the U…

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Rally Racing Game Stunt Rally 3.3 Added 3 New Tracks

Stunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features. Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. It features 232 tracks in 40 sceneries and 33 vehicles, allowing users to play either in single mode or multiplayer and split […]

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Fedora-Based Nobara 41 Gaming Distro Switches to Open-Source NVIDIA Driver

Nobara 41 gaming distribution is now available for download based on Fedora Linux 41 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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PeaZip 10.2 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Qt 6 Package for Linux

PeaZip 10.2 open-source archive manager is now available for download with GUI support for Brotli and Zstandard maximum compression settings and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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10 Cool Changes Ubuntu Received in 2024

As another year transitions from present to past, I want1 to recap the notable new features, changes, updates and innovations Ubuntu saw over the past 12 months. And there was a fair bit: we got a noble new long-term support release in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS…

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KDE Plasma 6.2.5 Released as the Last Update in the Series with More Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.2.5 is now available as the fifth and last update to the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and other changes.
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Debian 13 “Trixie” Installer Alpha Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 Support

Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” installer is now ready for public testing with support for Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 support, a new default theme, and many other changes.
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Kdenlive is Adding One of Final Cut Pro’s Best Features

Removing backgrounds from video in Kdenlive, the free, open-source video editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, is about to get a whole lot easier. Developers are adding a “modern background removal tool” that uses machine learning to create …

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