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 […]
Read MoreBudgie 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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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…
Read MoreMozilla 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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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…
Read MoreStunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features. Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. It features 232 tracks in 40 sceneries and 33 vehicles, allowing users to play either in single mode or multiplayer and split […]
Read MoreNobara 41 gaming distribution is now available for download based on Fedora Linux 41 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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PeaZip 10.2 open-source archive manager is now available for download with GUI support for Brotli and Zstandard maximum compression settings and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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As another year transitions from present to past, I want1 to recap the notable new features, changes, updates and innovations Ubuntu saw over the past 12 months. And there was a fair bit: we got a noble new long-term support release in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS…
Read MoreKDE Plasma 6.2.5 is now available as the fifth and last update to the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and other changes.
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Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” installer is now ready for public testing with support for Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, RISCV64 support, a new default theme, and many other changes.
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Removing backgrounds from video in Kdenlive, the free, open-source video editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, is about to get a whole lot easier. Developers are adding a “modern background removal tool” that uses machine learning to create …
Read MoreOrbit by Mozilla is a new AI-powered assistant for the Firefox web browser that makes summarising web content while you browse as easy as clicking a button. After all, why read an article to understand what it says when you can read an AI summary rephr…
Read MoreLoupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, and not yet included i…
Read MoreLoupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, and not yet included i…
Read MoreAmarok 3.2 open-source music player app is now available for download with initial Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 port, as well as other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late with the humble no-frills console being reimagined, rethought, and rewired to use GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (naturally) AI. Ghostty is a new, open-source and c…
Read MoreGIMP image editor announced the second release candidate for the next major 3.0 release a day ago on Friday! The new GIMP 3.0 RC2 fixed the issue migrating user’s 2.10 settings to GIMP 3.0. However, if you already used 3.0 RC1, then you need to delete those configurations first (backup of course), as otherwise RC2 […]
Read MoreYou may have noticed (or not) that if an app is pinned to the Ubuntu Dock you don’t see a shortcut for it in the applications grid. This approach is by design to avoid duplication since the dock is always visible (by default) so those app shortcu…
Read MoreUpscayl, the popular free open-source AI image upscaler, announced new 2.15 released at Christmas! The release improved user experience for enlarging and enhancing low-resolution images by new AI module and improved module selection dialog. Instead of choosing from drop-down box, it now shows a pop-up screen. From where you may choose between modules with image […]
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