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Ubuntu Adds Support for Unicode’s Newest Emoji

A paint splatter, super-tired face, and a harp are among new emoji users of Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 LTS will be able to see and type after installing an update to the Noto Color Emoji font. Ubuntu, which has shipped the font by default since 2017, is pr…

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System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop with 2K Display

System76 refreshed their AMD-powered Pangolin Linux laptop with a 2K display, AMD Ryzen 8945HS CPU, up to 96GB DDR5 RAM, and up to 16TB SSD storage.
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Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 distribution is now available for Apple Silicon Macs based on Fedora Linux 41 and the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment. Here’s what else is new!
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Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools

Kali Linux 2024.4 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with Raspberry Pi 500 support, new tools, GNOME 47 support, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools

Kali Linux 2024.4 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with Raspberry Pi 500 support, new tools, GNOME 47 support, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More

A new version of Tuba, the open-source Mastodon client for Linux desktops, is out – and it’s a whopper! Tuba 0.9.0 delivers a wide array of new features, enhancements, and general finesse touching nearly every aspect of the client’s top-tie…

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Apps Updates Round-up: Audacity 3.7.1, Octave 9.3, Scrcpy 3.1

Linux world got some big updates, such as XFCE 4.20, RHEL 10.0 Beta, and Linux Mint 22.1 Beta, in last days. While, many free open-source apps also released updates recently you may care about. And, here I’m going to introduce some of them for you. They include Audacity 3.7.1, GNU Octave 9.3.0, Scrcpy 3.1, VS […]

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Xfce 4.20 Released, This is What’s New

Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 is the latest stable release of this lightweight desktop environment.  A clutch of new features,…

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Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20

PorteuX 1.8 is now available for download as the first distribution to ship with the Xfce 4.20 desktop environment. Here’s what else is new in this release!
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XFCE 4.20 Released! Hybrid Sleep, Power Profiles, Initial Wayland Support

XFCE, the popular GTK based Linux Desktop environment, announced new 4.20 release yesterday on Sunday! It’s a new major release with the effort of almost 2 years of development, features include initial Wayland support, revamped Thunar file manager, power profiles daemon, and more! Wayland has being default in GNOME for a few years, and many […]

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Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Released with Experimental Wayland Support

Xfce 4.20 desktop environment is out now with new features and improvements to the file manager and panel, experimental Wayland support, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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CentOS Stream 10 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, and DNF 4.20

CentOS Stream 10 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and featuring the GNOME 47 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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KDE Frameworks 6.9 Released with New Symbolic Icon for Wine, Various Fixes

KDE Frameworks 6.9 is now available with a new symbolic icon for Wine, the ability to convert to and from the CFP franc currency, as well as various bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Transmission 4.1.0 Beta is out! Sequential Downloading & IPv6 UDP Trackers

Transmission, the popular free open-source BitTorrent client, announced the Beta release of next 4.1.0 version today! The new release features optional sequential downloading support. Which, is useful when you want to watch large videos/movies while they are being downloaded. However, I don’t find a graphical option to do the job, but only command line option […]

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Transmission 4.1.0 Beta is out! Sequential Downloading & IPv6 UDP Trackers

Transmission, the popular free open-source BitTorrent client, announced the Beta release of next 4.1.0 version today! The new release features optional sequential downloading support. Which, is useful when you want to watch large videos/movies while they are being downloaded. However, I don’t find a graphical option to do the job, but only command line option […]

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New Version of Mir-Based Tiling Window Manager Miracle-WM Out

A new version of Miracle-wm, a Mir-based tiling window manager, is out. Miracle-wm 0.4 continues to make inroads in fleshing out its support for i3 IPC, vital work needed to make sure popular tools like waybar, nwg-shell, etc work well as well here as …

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Linux Mint 22.1, code-name “Xia”, is Now in Beta Stage

Linux Mint, the popular Ubuntu based Linux Distribution, announced the beta release of 22.1 today! The new Linux Mint 22.1, code-name Xia, is based on Ubuntu 24.04 with long term support until 2029! It features Cinnamon Desktop 6.4, that includes new default theme with rounder design and flat style buttons. Following GNOME and Plasma 6’s […]

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Linux Mint 22.1 Beta is Now Available to Download

A beta version of Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” is now officially available to download, ahead of an anticipated stable release at the end of December. Linux Mint 22.1 is an in-series update to Linux Mint 22, released earlier back in July. As such,…

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KDE Gear 24.12 Officially Released, Finally Ports Dolphin to Mobile Devices

KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and the Linux ecosystem is now available with many new features and improvements for your favorite KDE apps. Here’s what’s new!
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Advanced Weather Companion GNOME Shell Extension

macOS 15.2 is rolling out today (December 11), and my tech feeds are hyped with its highlights. Among the (non-AI) changes I spotted: the option to display weather info in the menu bar – native, built-in, ready to go. Seeing a “news peg” (a…

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