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Top 10 Exciting Changes Coming to Ubuntu in 2025
As we transition into 2026, it’s worth reflecting on the significant developments within Ubuntu throughout the past year. The journey included the launch of two key stable releases: Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ and Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’. Canonical also made strides in enhancing its infrastructure and user experience. Here’s a summary of the most notable…
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Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Launched: Now with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images and a Systemd-Free Experience
The Devuan development team has announced the release of Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1, an update to their systemd-free distribution derived from Debian. This point release enhances the installation process for speech-synthesis packages and addresses a couple of bugs in the SLiM login manager. Devuan 6.1 builds on Debian 13.2 “Trixie” and is primarily a minor upgrade.…
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Envisioning Ubuntu 2026: Features and Innovations We Hope to See
Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 2025 was a landmark year for Ubuntu and the Linux environment, marked by significant advancements. The move to Wayland became stable, making it a standard across many distributions, and Linux gaming gained a level of mainstream acceptance thanks to Valve’s efforts. The Ubuntu desktop team continued to…
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IceWM 4.0 Released: Experience Enhanced Alt+Tab Switching in This Lightweight Window Manager
IceWM 4.0, the latest version of the lightweight window manager, has been released, showcasing significant upgrades, particularly to the Alt+Tab switching functionality. The new version allows users to swiftly navigate between multiple application windows in both horizontal and vertical formats. Key enhancements in IceWM 4.0 include: An improved Alt+Tab switch that supports a larger number…
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December 2025 Linux App Release Roundup: What’s New and Exciting?
Got time for a final blast through smaller Linux app updates to round out 2025? Before diving into another year, here’s a look at software updates that landed in December and deserve attention. Clapper 0.10.0 The Clapper media player has been updated to version 0.10.0, now featuring an enhanced plugin system. This includes MPRIS, Server,…
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Archinstall 3.0.15: Enhanced Support for rEFInd Boot Manager in Arch Linux Installer
Archinstall 3.0.15, the latest stable version of the Arch Linux Installer, has been released, introducing a suite of new features aimed at enhancing user experience. Key highlights of this update include support for the rEFInd boot manager, and CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) installation capabilities, alongside stable functionality for the COSMIC desktop environment. This release…
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Shotcut 25.12 Enhances Linux/X11 Screen Recording with NVIDIA NVENC Encoder Support
Shotcut 25.12 has been released, introducing new features and improvements for this free, open-source video editing software that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. This latest update adds support for the NVIDIA NVENC encoder, enhancing the screen recording capabilities for Linux/X11 users. Along with the encoder support, two new HTML presets—Chrome and Neon Flux—have been…
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Shotcut 25.12: Unlocking Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support!
A new version of Shotcut, a popular open-source video editor, has been released, marking an exciting time for video editing enthusiasts on Linux. The release, Shotcut 25.12, introduces full support for 10-bit video editing within the CPU pipeline, eliminating the previous limitations that forced users to choose between GPU effects or basic CPU filters. With…
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GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released: Explore New Options, Enhancements, and Bug Fixes!
GNU Wget has released version 2.2.1, introducing several new features and bug fixes to this popular command-line utility for retrieving files over the Internet using protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. One of the notable enhancements in this version is the new –show-progress option, which aims to improve backwards compatibility with earlier versions…
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Restoring Vertical Scrolling in the GNOME App Grid: A Simple Guide
A new GNOME Shell extension has been released that alters the app grid, allowing it to scroll vertically instead of the default horizontal layout introduced in GNOME 40. This modification responds to feedback from users who found horizontal scrolling less intuitive, especially when using a vertical mouse scroll wheel. The extension, called Vertical App Grid,…
