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Reminder: Ubuntu 23.10 Support Ends July 11 – Time to Upgrade!
Those still making use of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ should be aware that official support for this version of Ubuntu ends on July 11, 2024. Which, to orient the blissfully slow who, like me, remain convinced 2024 has only just started, is this week: July 11 is on Thursday. As an interim/short-term support release, Ubuntu…
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Proton Unveils Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Docs: A New Era of Secure Collaboration
Proton, once famed for a VPN, now provides a suite of secure online services, including e-mail, cloud storage, and password manager (Proton Pass Linux app launched last month). Now, it’s adding another string to its privacy-focused bow, and takes aim at Google Docs in the process. This week Proton announced Docs in Proton Drive, a…
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Exciting New Update: Raspberry Pi OS Introduces Enhanced UI and Expanded Settings
The Raspberry Pi Foundation today released a new update to their Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS operating system for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers adding numerous UI improvements and new settings. The new Raspberry Pi OS release, versioned 2024-07-04, updates the panel and the PCManFM file manager with support for customizing more than two desktops. The…
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Audacious Music App Shifts to GTK3 by Default, Introduces New Plugins
A new version of the Audacious music player popped out a few weeks back, but I totally missed hearing about it until today (when sifting through my GitHub stars to make sure no other apps I like have joined the FOSS graveyard). Audacious 4.4 is a sizeable update which existing fans of this feature-packed, lightweight…
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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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KDE Plasma 6.1.2 Released: Enhanced Overview Effect and Critical Bug Fixes
The KDE Project announced today the release of KDE Plasma 6.1.2, the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop environment, featuring additional bug fixes and minor enhancements. KDE Plasma 6.1.2 arrives just a week after KDE Plasma 6.1.1, improving the Overview effect by making window title labels more readable and adding bell…
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Miracle-WM 0.3 Released: Enhanced Visuals, Bug Fixes, and Improved i3 IPC Support
If you’re yet to try Miracle-WM, a tiling window manager made for the Mir Wayland compositor, the latest version would be a stellar place to start. Created by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek (in his free time; it’s not an official Canonical project), miracle-wm aims to pair the efficiency tiling window managers such as i3 and…
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Explore the New Features: Linux Mint 22 Beta Released with Cinnamon 6.2 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base
The Linux Mint team has released today the beta version of the upcoming Linux Mint 22 operating system series, which can be downloaded and tested right now. Linux Mint 22 is codenamed “Wilma” and it’s planned for release in late July 2024. The beta version is here to give us an early glimpse at the…
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Linux Mint 22 Beta: Now Available for Download!
And we’re off – the Linux Mint 22 beta release is now available to download. The beta of Linux Mint 22 ‘Wilma’ arrives ahead of an expected stable release in late July or possibly early August, depending on how many bugs, issues, and quirks are found and fixed during the formal beta testing period. Linux…
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New EndeavourOS Release Features KDE Plasma 6.1 and Restores ARM Support
The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability of EndeavourOS “Endeavour” the latest stable snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro that features the KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop environment. Powered by Linux kernel 6.9, the new EndeavourOS release ships with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop environment series, along with updated components…