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KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Released with Plasma Discover Improvements and Many Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.3.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series with numerous bug fixes and a few improvements.
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Ubuntu LTS Users Could Soon Get Frequent Intel GPU Updates

This week sees the (belated) release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, the first point release update in the noble series to bring an updated hardware enablement (HWE) stack with it. Ubuntu’s HWE backports newer Linux kernel and Mesa GPU drivers to LTS user…

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HandBrake Released 1.9.1 with Various Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

HandBrake video transcoder released new 1.9.1 version a few days ago. Here are the changes and native .deb packages for Ubuntu users. The new HandBrake 1.9.1 contains primarily bug-fixes. It fixed FFV1 pixel format selection when an hardware decoder is used, causing incorrect bit depth output. It also fixed loading video files when chapters titles […]

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GNOME 48 Beta Released with Screen Time & HDR Settings

GNOME 48, the Linux desktop environment that will be default for Ubuntu 25.04 & Fedora 42 Workstation, now is in Beta stage. The release team announced it just a few hours ago in GNOME Discourse, along with an installer image for testing and porting extensions. GNOME added experimental HDR support since version 44. It’s a […]

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GNOME 48 Beta Is Now Available for Public Testing with Adwaita Fonts, More

GNOME 48 Beta is now available for public testing with a new GNOME Display Control utility, support for configuring HDR via the DisplayConfig D-Bus API, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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GNOME 47.4 Released with Performance Improvements for Nautilus, Bug Fixes

GNOME 47.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 47 desktop environment series with more bug fixes, improvements, and updated translations.
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openSUSE Replaces AppArmor with SELinux on New Tumbleweed Installations

openSUSE Linux announced earlier this week that they are adopting SELinux as the default mandatory access control (MAC) system for new openSUSE Tumbleweed installations. Until …
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Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Expands Window Suggestions

A new version of Tiling Shell, the flexible window snapping assistant for GNOME Shell, is available. Tiling Shell v16.2 now surfaces nifty ‘Window Suggestions’, a feature introduced in last month’s v16.0 release, when using edge tilin…

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gThumb Released 3.12.7 with Better WebP Images Support

gThumb, the free open-source image viewer and organizer designed for GNOME, released new version 3.12.7 a few days ago. Like past few releases, gThumb 3.12.7 includes only minor new features, bug-fixes, and translation updates. For WebP image format, the release can now save the EXIF data, meaning the metadata about camera settings, date and time, […]

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TLP 1.8.0 is out! Charge Threshold Support for DELL, Chromebook, & Framework Laptops

TLP, the laptop battery power saving tool, released new 1.8.0 version few days ago! The new release add battery charge threshold support for new laptops, including Chromebooks, DELL, and Framework laptops. With Linux Kernel 6.12 or later, TLP 1.8.0 finally supports for setting start and stop battery charge threshold for DELL laptops. With Linux Kernel […]

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KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More

KDE Frameworks 6.11 open-source software suite is now available with new search providers for KRunner, keyboard navigation improvements, as well as other changes.
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Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish

Fwupd 2.0.6 open-source Linux firmware updater utility is now available for download with support for HPE Gen10/Gen10+ devices using Redfish, new features, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish

Fwupd 2.0.6 open-source Linux firmware updater utility is now available for download with support for HPE Gen10/Gen10+ devices using Redfish, new features, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes

Calibre 7.26 open-source ebook management software is now available for download with various new features and several bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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Ubuntu’s Icon Theme Fixing Its Not-So-Obvious ‘Bug’

Ever looked at Ubuntu’s default icon theme Yaru and found yourself thinking: “Eh, some of those icons look too big”? —No, can’t say I had either! But it turns out some of the icons are indeed oversized. The Yaru icon theme in Ub…

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Go 1.24 Released with Fully Generic Type Aliases Support

After 6 months of development, Go language announced new 1.24 release few days ago on Tuesday. Go 1.24 now fully supports generic type aliases. Type aliases, a concept introduced in Go 1.9, allows to create a new name for an existing type without creating a new type. Previously, it didn’t support type parameters. But this […]

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Darktable 5.0.1 Released with Various Fixes & New Cameras Support

Darktable, the popular free open-source photography software and RAW developer, released new 5.0.1 version one day ago. This is a maintenance release that includes various bug-fixes, some performance improvements, and updates camera devices and profiles support. According to the Github releases page, the new 5.0.1 release improved performance of discarding history of selected images, added […]

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Ubuntu 24.04.2 Delayed, Won’t Be Released This Week

Bad news for anyone expecting Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS to drop tomorrow – the release has been delayed by a week. An ‘unfortunate incident’ caused some Ubuntu 24.04.2 images to be built without the HWE kernel on board (Linux 6.11), Canonical&#821…

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HandBrake 1.9.1 Open-Source Video Transcoder Improves AV1 Video Decoding

HandBrake 1.9.1 open-source video transcoder is now available for download with improved support for SRT files with overlapping subtitles and various bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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GNOME’s Website Just Got a Major Redesign

GNOME rolled out a huge revamp to its official website today, and I have to say: it’s a solid improvement over the old one. The official GNOME website has an important role, serving as both showcase and springboard for those looking to learn more…

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