| by Arround The Web

Ignition is a Modern Startup Applications Utility for Linux

I won’t lie: it’s easy to add or remove startup apps, commands, and scripts in Ubuntu. Just open the Startup Applications tool, click ‘Add’, and away you go. But while Ubuntu’s utility is adequate, it’s not as user-f…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Arch Linux Installer Archinstall Gets Support for the Wayfire Wayland Compositor

Archinstall 3.0.2 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available with support for the Wayfire Wayland compositor, Btrfs improvements, disk partitioning enhancements, and more.
The post Arch Linux Installer Archinstall Gets Support for the Wayfire Way…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

VirtualBox 7.1.6 is out! RHEL 9.6 kernel Support & Screen Flickering Fix

Oracle announced new Virtualbox 7.1.6 release this Tuesday with various bug-fixes, performance improvements, and minor new features. VirtualBox had heavy screen tearing and flickering issue in Linux VMs running with recent Kernel and Wayland for a period of time, that’s why I switched to QEMU/KVM. Since the last 7.1.4, VirtualBox greatly improved the flickering, black […]

Read More
| by Arround The Web

VirtualBox Update Adds Support for Linux Kernel 6.13

VirtualBox 7.1.6 is out, the third maintenance release to the VirtualBox 7.1 stable series first released in September of last year. Headline offering in this update is initial support for the recently released Linux kernel 6.13 in Linux Guest Addition…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Wine 10.0 Released with New Drivers, Features & Changes

A cork has popped on a new stable release of Wine, the open-source compatibility layer that makes it possible to run Windows apps and games on Linux and macOS. Over 6 thousand changes were distilled in the Wine 10.0 release – changes collected, collate…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.13

VirtualBox 7.1.6 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 6.13 and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
The post VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.13 appea…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Wine 10 Released with Experimental Bluetooth Driver, New HID Pointer Driver

Wine 10 is now available for download with experimental Bluetooth driver, new HID pointer device driver, Wayland driver improvements, support for display mode virtualization, and more. Here’s what’s new!
The post Wine 10 Released with Experimental Blue…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Ubuntu Devs Debate Moving from IRC to Matrix

Ubuntu is mulling a switch to Matrix from IRC to handle real-time development discussion. Canonical’s Robbie Bask has has begin a discussion on the Ubuntu Developer Mailing list regarding a potential switch in an effort to find consensus for or a…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Ubuntu Devs Debate Moving from IRC to Matrix

Ubuntu is mulling a switch to Matrix from IRC to handle real-time development discussion. Canonical’s Robbie Bask has has begin a discussion on the Ubuntu Developer Mailing list regarding a potential switch in an effort to find consensus for or a…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

GNU Linux-Libre 6.13 Kernel Released for Software Freedom Lovers

GNU Linux-Libre 6.13 kernel is now available for download. This release is based on Linux kernel 6.13 and it’s targeted at those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers.
The post GNU Linux-Libre 6.13 Kernel Released for Software Freedom Love…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Refine (Advanced GNOME Settings Apps) Adds More Options

A clutch of new customisation and configuration options were added to Refine, a GTK4/libadwaita app in the vein of GNOME Tweaks (but better), over the weekend. Refine is compelling due to its goal of offering the “convenience to add or remove opt…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Linux Kernel 6.13 is out! NVMe 2.1, CPUFreq within VMs & Better Alienware Support

Linux Kernel 6.13 is released! Linus Torvalds announced it in lkml.org on Sunday: So nothing horrible or unexpected happened last week, so I’ve tagged and pushed out the final 6.13 release. It’s mostly some final driver fixes (gpu and networking dominating – normal), with some doc updates too. And various little stuff all over. The […]

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Fwupd 2.0.4 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features and Bug Fixes

Fwupd 2.0.4 open-source Linux firmware updater utility is now available for download with new features and various bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
The post Fwupd 2.0.4 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features and Bug Fixes appeared first on 9to5…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Linux Kernel 6.13 Released with Big Changes

The first new kernel release of the year has arrived — yes, Linux 6.13 has gone stable. Linux kernel 6.13 adds, as ever, a vast array of improvements, from an updated Raspberry Pi graphics driver promising speed gains, to lazy preemption logic, expande…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Linux Kernel 6.13 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Linux kernel 6.13 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more. Here’s what’s new!
The post Linux Kernel 6.13 Officially Released, …

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Ubuntu-Based Rhino Linux 2025.1 Is Out with Linux 6.12, Rhino Stampede, and More

Rhino Linux 2025.1 distribution is now available for download with new GRUB theme, dynamic workspaces, Linux kernel 6.12, new testing meta-package, Pacstall changes, and more.
The post Ubuntu-Based Rhino Linux 2025.1 Is Out with Linux 6.12, Rhino Stamp…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Dillo 3.2 Open-Source Web Browser Released to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Dillo 3.2 open-source web browser is now available for download with SVG support for math formulas, support for WebP images, and more. Here’s what’s new!
The post Dillo 3.2 Open-Source Web Browser Released to Celebrate 25th Anniversary appeared first o…

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Kodi 21.2 is Out! Significantly Faster Library Scan & Lots of Fixes

Kodi, the popular free open-source home theater software, released new 21.2 version today with many improvements and tons of bug-fixes. First, the new Kodi 21.2 features significant speed increase of library scans (back to v20 level) as well as faster artwork caching. For Linux users, the new release enabled/fixed HDR to SDR tone mapping on […]

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Linux Mint 22.1 Released, Here’s Everything New

A major new release of Linux Mint is now available to download. Linux Mint 22.1 is the first update in the Linux Mint 22.x series and, like that version, is built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and uses Linux Kernel 6.8 (though the distro plans to release …

Read More
| by Arround The Web

Ubuntu Patches Major Security Vulnerabilities in Rsync

Doing anything right now? Oh, you’re reading this – appreciated – but once you’re done go and install the pending update to Rsync, pushed out to all supported versions of Ubuntu desktop and server this week. Rsync is a command-line tool pre…

Read More