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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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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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