Category: News
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Pinta 3.0 Launches: Exciting New Effects and GTK4 Port Enhance the Experience
Pinta has released its much-anticipated version 3.0, enhancing casual creativity through a variety of new features and improvements. This cross-platform raster graphics tool, inspired by the popular image editor Paint.NET, has undergone a significant upgrade with the transition to GTK4 and libadwaita, bringing a modernized user interface that improves usability and performance. In this release,…
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Pinta 3.0 Released: New GTK4 Port and Exciting Effects in Open-Source Painting Software
Pinta 3.0 has officially been released, marking a significant upgrade to this open-source, cross-platform paint program developed with GTK#. The new version is compatible with GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms, and it comes with a range of new features following nearly a year of development. The highlight of Pinta 3.0 is its port to the…
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IPFire Linux Firewall Embraces Post-Quantum Cryptography for Enhanced IPsec Tunnel Security
IPFire 2.29 Core Update 193 has officially launched, introducing post-quantum cryptography support for IPsec tunnels. This update enhances security by utilizing the Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) and enables the use of several strong algorithms such as Curve448, Curve25519, and other NIST-certified elliptic curve algorithms including RSA-4096 and RSA-3072. According to the IPFire developers, this addition…
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Linux Mint Enhances Nemo with New Regex Filter Features
Linux Mint is set to enhance the search capabilities of its Nemo file manager by introducing improved regex (regular expressions) filters. This feature will debut with the upcoming version of Nemo, likely released around the same time as Cinnamon 6.5 and bundled in Linux Mint 22.1 due out in the summer. Currently, Nemo includes regex…
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Introducing OpenSSL 3.5: Enhanced Security with PQC Algorithms and Server-Side QUIC Support
OpenSSL 3.5 has officially launched, marking a significant update for this open-source library that enables secure communications over networks for various applications and websites. This new version comes just over six months after the previous OpenSSL 3.4 release. One of the notable features in OpenSSL 3.5 is support for server-side QUIC (RFC 9000) along with…
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DXVK 2.6.1 Enhances Gaming Experience for Assassin’s Creed Origins and AMD Vega GPUs
DXVK 2.6.1 has been released, bringing enhancements for several games, including significant improvements for Assassin’s Creed Origins and support for AMD Vega GPUs. This latest version addresses issues that previously caused instability due to the use of sparse buffers, which were introduced in DXVK 2.6. In addition to better performance on AMD Vega GPUs, the…
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Exploring Firefox’s Experimental Link Previews: Get AI-Summarized Content at Your Fingertips!
Mozilla Firefox has introduced an experimental feature in its latest nightly builds that allows users to access AI-generated summaries of web pages before visiting them. This feature aims to save time by giving a preview of content without requiring a click. The AI summaries are generated locally on the user’s device, which enhances privacy since…
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Celluloid 0.28 Introduces Lua Module Support and a Revamped User Interface
Celluloid 0.28 Brings UI Refresh and Lua Module Support Celluloid, an open-source video player, recently released version 0.28, which includes notable enhancements to its user interface and new support for Lua modules. This updated version aims to simplify user interaction with the highly configurable MPV media player, which serves as the backend for Celluloid. In…
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Linus Torvalds Unveils First Release Candidate for Linux Kernel 6.15
Today, Linus Torvalds announced the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) for the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel series, aimed at public testing. This milestone follows two weeks after the release of Linux kernel 6.14, and now that the merge window for 6.15 is closed, developers and users are encouraged to trial the RC versions…
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APT 3.0: The New Debian Package Manager with a Revamped Command-Line Interface
The Debian Project has released APT 3.0, a significant update for the Debian command-line package manager. This new version unveils a revamped user interface designed for improved usability. The updated command-line output is now presented in a clear, columnar layout, equipped with color coding—red for removals and green for changes—making it simpler for users to…
