Sweeping staffing cuts have fallen at The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Mozilla tasked with advocating for web standards, internet privacy, and open-source. A huge 30% reduction in head count at the foundation cleaves away the entirety of th…
Read MoreIf it feels like the next major release of open source image editor The GIMP has been in the works forever, know that anticipation for its arrival has been building longer still – yet the wait will soon be over. Today, a GIMP 3.0 release candidate was …
Read MoreNew Steam Client update improves native Linux gaming, makes detection and passing of commands faster, and fixes multiple bugs. Here’s what’s new!
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All of this year’s presentations that took place in the three large “ballrooms” at the Raleigh Convention Center will be available online soon.
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KDE Plasma 6.2.3 desktop environment is now available with better support for HDR displays, as well as various bug fixes and improvements.
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LXQt 2.1 desktop environment is now available with initial Wayland support, as well as improvements to PCManFM-Qt, LXQt Panel, QTerminal, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Raspberry Pi has announced a new version of its 7-inch ‘Touch Display’ accessory. And given that the previous model was announced 9 years ago, some kind of update was arguably due for this device. The Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 runs at a …
Read MoreSomething to file under “won’t please many Linux users, but is nonetheless a good thing™ for choice”, Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux. Apple launched a web-based beta for its homegrown mapping service Apple Maps in July. Init…
Read MoreSomething to file under “won’t please many Linux users, but is nonetheless a good thing™ for choice”, Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux. Apple launched a web-based beta for its homegrown mapping service Apple Maps in July. Init…
Read MoreLinux Mint has announced it’s adding a native Night Light feature to the Cinnamon desktop. Earlier versions of Linux Mint included a third-party app called Redshift to provide similar ‘blue light’ filtering functionality. However, whe…
Read MoreLinux Mint distribution is getting a Night Light feature for the Cinnamon desktop environment and support for Framework laptops.
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The popular free open-source Audacity audio editor announced new 3.7.0 release few days ago! Unlike v3.5.0 or v3.6.0, this is NOT a feature release but maintenance updates with many bug-fixes and performance improvements. While, the developers are working on next major Audacity 4.0. The new release improved contrast in the light theme. Which, fixed the […]
Read MoreSystem76’s COSMIC desktop continues to take shape with the release of a third alpha snapshot. The first alpha brought the basics, the second alpha added a bunch of new features, and the third alpha fills in gaps, fixes bugs, and finesses the user…
Read MoreNitrux 3.7.1 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.11 and featuring the NVIDIA 565 graphics driver. Here’s what’s new!
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Python has overtaken JavaScript as the most-used language on GitHub, according to the code-hosting platform’s latest Octoverse report. The company attributes this momentum to a massive influx of “data science and machine learning on GitHub&…
Read MoreIt’s hallowe’en, and there’s a frightfully good treat waiting for fans of the free, open-source racing game SuperTuxKart – a new beta! The first beta of SuperTuxKart 1.5 offers an array of improvements, touching everything from …
Read MoreLibreOffice 24.2.7 is now available for download as the last update in the LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series with 57 bug fixes. Users are now urged to update to LibreOffice 24.8.
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Linux Lite 7.2 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, powered by Linux kernel 6.8, and featuring the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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The latest stable update to Google Chrome introduces an enhanced Memory Saver feature which could help you reduce the browser’s memory footprint. It’s fair to say that Google Chrome is infamous for being a memory hog. Is it deserved? Perhap…
Read MoreUbuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” operating system has been slated for release next year on April 17th, 2025, and it’s expected to come with the GNOME 48 desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.14.
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