Category: App
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Qt Creator 14 Released: New Support for Lua-Based Plugins in Open-Source IDE
The Qt Company released today Qt Creator 14 as the latest stable version of this open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for designing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in the Qt language. Coming more than three and a half months after Qt Creator 13, the Qt Creator 14 release introduces support for Lua-based plugins, which lets developers…
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Audacity 3.6 Released: New Master Effects and FFmpeg 7 Support Enhances Open-Source Audio Editing
Audacity 3.6 open-source, free, and cross-platform audio editor has been released today as a major update introducing several new features, a fresh new look, and various improvements. Coming almost three months after Audacity 3.5, the Audacity 3.6 release introduces master effects, which are effects that apply to the entire project at once, a new compressor…
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LibreOffice 24.2.5 Release: Download Now for Enhanced Performance and 78 Bug Fixes
The Document Foundation today announced the general availability of LibreOffice 24.2.5 as the fifth point release to the latest LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series fixing more than 70 bugs. Coming about five weeks after the LibreOffice 24.2.4 update, LibreOffice 24.2.5 is here to introduce more fixes for those annoying issues, bugs, crashes, regression, and other…
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DXVK 2.4 Update: Introducing Non-Native Refresh Rate Emulation and Direct3D 8 Support
DXVK 2.4, a Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine, is now available for download as a major update that introduces new features and improves support for multiple games. Highlights of DXVK 2.4 include D3D8 support as the Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translation D8VK has been merged into DXVK, support for…
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Firefox 129 Beta Released: Upgraded Reader View and New Features Unveiled
Now that Firefox 128 has rolled out today to all supported platforms as the new ESR series, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 129, to the beta channel for public testing. So, it’s time to take a first look at its changes. Firefox 129 appears to be a small update to the popular open-source…
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Mozilla Firefox 128 Released: Exciting New Features and Improvements You Need to Know
Mozilla has released the final build of the Firefox 128 open-source web browser, which will be officially announced on July 9th, 2024. Let’s explore the new features and improvements. Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 128 include a revamped dialog to clear user data, initially planned for Firefox 126. The new dialog allows users to easily clear…
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KDE Gear 24.05.2 Released: Essential Fixes for Your Favorite KDE Applications
“`html The KDE Project today announced the general availability of KDE Gear 24.05.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.05 suite of KDE apps for the Plasma desktop and other platforms. KDE Gear 24.05.2 is here three weeks after KDE Gear 24.05.1 to fix two regressions in the KCalc calculator app…
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Shotcut 24.06 Update: Exciting New Features with AVIF Image Support and SVT-AV1 Encoder Integration
Two months after the release of Shotcut 24.04, the open-source, cross-platform, and free video editor written in Qt has been updated today to version 24.06, a release that introduces new features, new filters, and other changes. Highlights of Shotcut 24.06 include support for AVIF (AV1) images, support for the SVT-AV1 encoder as a faster non-hardware…
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Arch Linux Text-Mode Installer Introduces Experimental LVM Support
The Archinstall 2.8.1 text-mode installer for the popular Arch Linux distribution was released today as a significant update introducing initial LVM support and many other improvements. Archinstall 2.8.1 is the first release of Arch Linux’s installer to offer LVM support, which will be available when choosing a default partitioning layout. While you can now install…
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OpenShot 3.2 Video Editor Introduces Remove Gap Feature, Fresh Themes, and Exciting Enhancements
OpenShot 3.2 open-source video editor was released over the weekend as a major update that introduces a better video editing experience through powerful new features, new themes, and performance enhancements. Highlights of OpenShot 3.2 include support for Blender 4.1 and improved Blender animations, support for the latest FFmpeg 7.0 multimedia framework, experimental support for Java…