Category: News
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Using the GNOME Extension to Access Gemini AI in Ubuntu
If you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later and want to access the Google Gemini AI chatbot straight from your desktop outside of a web browser, you’re in luck! The Gemini AI ChatBot GNOME Shell extension (unaffiliated with Google; it’s not an official thing) gives you immediate access to Gemini at any time from the…
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New Release: Fedora Asahi Remix 40 Now Supporting Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6
The Fedora Project announced the availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 40 distribution today. This distribution has been developed in collaboration with Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project specifically for Apple Silicon Macs. Fedora Asahi Remix 40 is built upon the Fedora Linux 40 operating system and the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series.…
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Latest Steam Client Update Brings Default 150% Scale Factor for 4K Monitors on Linux
Today, Valve introduced a stable update for the Steam Client across Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms, featuring new Steam Input functions and an array of bug fixes. Linux gamers will note that this stable Steam Client update alters the default scale factor on 4K monitors from 200% to 150%, removes incompatible options from an application’s…
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Implications of Google’s Flutter Team Layoffs on Ubuntu Developers
Google’s recent ‘structural simplification’ resulted in the loss of roles for 200 people across several of its core development teams, including Python, Dart, and Flutter. Considering Canonical’s commitment to using Flutter for its own desktop apps, the news of layoffs in the team responsible for building the framework has raised some concern within the wider…
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The Scheduled Release of Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” on October 10th, 2024
Canonical, the company responsible for Ubuntu, is all set for their next big release, Ubuntu 24.10, aptly named the “Oracular Oriole”. The release has been scheduled precisely, with the date set as the 10th of October, 2024. The 41st installation in the Ubuntu series, the “Oracular Oriole”, is an intermediary release that will be receiving…
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Mark Your Calendars: Ubuntu 24.10 To Be Released on October 10, 2024
Canonical has announced a preliminary release timetable for Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’. Based on this schedule, the official stable release of Ubuntu 24.10 should be launched on Thursday, October 10, 2024. A six-month development phase is on the horizon, including a beta release of the ‘Oracular Oriole’ slated for September 19, with a subsequent release…
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Release Update: GIMP 2.10.38 Includes Backports of the Most-Requested GTK3 Features
The GIMP development team announced today the release and general availability of GIMP 2.10.38 as the latest stable version of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software. Coming six months after GIMP 2.10.36, the GIMP 2.10.38 release is here to backport several other features from GTK3 to GTK2, including updating the Print Dialog’s…
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Work-in-Progress: Ubuntu 24.04 Support for Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Laptop
Canonical kernel engineer Juerg Haefliger has provided an update about the Ubuntu compatibility with the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s (Gen 1) laptop. The 13-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is an ARM laptop that utilizes a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (3rd gen) processor with an Adreno 690 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and a reported…
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Unveiling the New Features of Officially Released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 as the fourth update to the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 operating system series adding new and enhanced capabilities. Highlights of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 include support to add customized files for SCAP security profile to a blueprint, support for the…
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Get Ready for the Summer Release of SuperTuxKart 1.5
Fans of open-source racing game SuperTuxKart will be stoked to hear devs are busy in the pit lanes pepping the next major update — and it’ll launch this summer. SuperTuxKart 1.4 was released back in 2022 with a ton of improvements. Successive updates in that series have fine-tuned, fixed-up, and finessed performance and stability, but…
