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Geany 2.1 Released with New Filetypes & LSP Plugin (Ubuntu PPA)

After more than one and half year of development, the free open-source geany text editor released new major 2.1 version! The new release of this lightweight IDE is named “Yage”. It added geany-themes, the separated color schemes in built-in. Meaning users can now easily change the color scheme from “View” menu, without downloading & installing […]

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GNOME 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default

GNOME 49 Alpha desktop environment is now available for public testing with support for the X11 (GNOME on Xorg) session disabled by default and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Geany 2.1 Open-Source IDE Released with Improved UI and File Type Support

Geany 2.1 open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is now available for download with new file type support, UI enhancements, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Ubuntu Security Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Full Disk Encryption

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “critical” security vulnerability on Linux that can give attackers full system access — even on devices using full disk encryption. A report published by ERNW demonstrates the exploit on Ubuntu 25…

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Gradia Screenshot Tool Just Keeps Getting Better

Gradia makes it easy to annotate add text to screenshots in Ubuntu, and now it lets you upload them directly to image hosting sites like Imgur.
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DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV

DXVK 2.7 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with new features and other improvements for various games.
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GPD MicroPC 2: Souped-Up Successor to Original Pocket PC

Everything receives a sequel eventually, and so it is so for the GPD MicroPC. A souped-up, second-gen successor to the small, serial-port-packing original goes on sale this summer. It boasts a bigger, brighter screen that rotates, a beefier Intel-based…

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GIMP 3.2 Adds New Painting Mode, Photoshop Patterns + More

GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support.
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Debian 13 Installer Now Supports Rescuing of Btrfs Systems Installed via Calamares

Debian 13 “Trixie” installer gets a second Release Candidate with support for rescuing Btrfs systems installed via the Calamares installer, as well as other enhancements.
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KDE Gear 25.04.3 Released as the Last Update in the KDE Gear 25.04 Series

KDE Gear 25.04.3 is now available as the third and last maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.04 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications.
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Vivaldi 7.5 Browser Adds Tab Stack Colours, New DNS Settings

Colourful tab stacks and concise tab context menu are the headline changes on offer the latest update to the Vivaldi web browser.
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Libreboot 25.06 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support

Libreboot 25.06 open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware is now available for download with support for new hardware, as well as other improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Thunderbird 140 Adds ‘Mark as Spam’ and ‘Mark as Starred’ Actions to Notifications

Mozilla Thunderbird 140 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features and many bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
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GNOME 49 Makes Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince

When Ubuntu 25.04 made Papers its default PDF viewer rather than keep shipping Evince, it did so knowing that the expectation was that upstream GNOME would do the same — now it has. The GNOME 49 Alpha release will ship Papers as a GNOME Core App, repla…

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Ubuntu Fixes Missing File Thumbnails on Desktop

Image, PDF and other supported file thumbnails will once again appear on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop, after nearly a year of not showing.
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Converseen Image Converter Added Revert Check & New Themes

Converseen, the popular batch image converting / resizing application, released new 0.15.0.0 version yesterday. The new release of this popular free open-source app finally added options to choose a different theme, though only few choices are available so far. As you may know, Converseen is a cross platform application works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. […]

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First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.15 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2025.07.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for July 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.15 and featuring an improved installation experience.
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Linux App Release Roundup (June 2025)

How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by but it did deliver a number notable Linux app releases to act as blurred mile markers as we hurtle into another month. The redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the F…

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digiKam 8.7.0 Release Offers Improved AI Tools

You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item coveri…

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KDE Plasma 6.4.2 Improves the Kicker App Menu Widget, Spectacle, and More

KDE Plasma 6.4.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more fixes.
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