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Linux Mint Update: Unverified Flatpaks to Be Hidden in Software Manager
The Software Manager application in Linux Mint 22 is set to offer quicker start-up times and will implement a major security feature concerning search results. If you’re unfamiliar (seriously, have you been living on Mars? ;P), the Linux Mint Software Manager (package name mintinstall) enables users to install DEB packages from the Ubuntu/Linux Mint repositories…
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NixOS 24.05 Release: Featuring Linux 6.6 LTS, GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and Lomiri Enhancements
The autonomous distribution NixOS, whose package assortment is applicable on other GNU/Linux distributions and on macOS, has unveiled its latest version, NixOS 24.05. This version, named “Uakari”, has been released six months following NixOS 23.11 “Tapir” and incorporates the new LTS (Long Term Support) kernel series, specifically Linux 6.6 LTS. This should deliver better hardware…
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Amarok 3.0.1 Update Enhances User Experience with Improved Wikipedia Applet
Amarok 3.0.1 has been released shortly after Amarok 3.0, introducing several new features. These include a functionality that allows users to copy images from the Wikipedia applet directly into their clipboard. Additionally, there’s a new interactive notification that appears when a user clicks on a non-Wikipedia link, and enhancements that highlight the active search in…
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Introducing the New App that Simplifies Converting Text Documents on Ubuntu
Converting documents on Ubuntu can be achieved easily and quickly using the desktop application Morphosis. Morphosis, a desktop application developed with Python and GTK4/libadwaita, utilizes the capabilities of Pandoc, a robust command-line document converter available for Windows, macOS, Linux, complemented by WebkitGTK. While Pandoc is a potent tool, not everyone is at ease using command-line…
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Arch Linux Rolls Out Its First ISO Release Featuring Linux Kernel 6.9
The June 2024 Arch Linux ISO snapshot is now accessible, featuring the Linux kernel 6.9, ideal for anyone looking to install the well-known rolling-release distribution on fresh systems. This release, Arch Linux 2024.06.01, is the initial version to incorporate the newly launched Linux 6.9 kernel series as a standard, enhancing hardware detection capabilities not only…
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NetworkManager 1.48 Enhances 6 GHz Band Detection for Wi-Fi Devices: What You Need to Know
NetworkManager 1.48, the open-source tool dedicated to managing network connections on Linux-based systems, has recently been released. This significant update brings new functionalities and enhancements. The release of NetworkManager 1.48 follows its predecessor NetworkManager 1.46 by over three months, deploying features such as IPv6 SLAAC and the assignment of static IPv6 DNS servers for modem…
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WSL Updates Announced by Microsoft: Introducing New Settings App
Users who are using Ubuntu on Windows via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) may be interested to know that significant updates are coming. In a blog post from the recent Microsoft BUILD event, the senior product manager for Windows developer platforms, Craig Loewen, outlined what’s in store for WSL users. Many of the experimental…
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Introducing System76’s Darter Pro Linux Laptop: Now with 16:10 Display and Intel Core Ultra CPUs
System76, a Linux hardware vendor, today revealed the newest iteration of their Darter Pro Linux-operated ultrabook. This model incorporates Intel Core Ultra processors and Intel Arc graphics, in addition to an improved display and various other enhancements. The last update to the Darter Pro was over three years ago. The current version of this Linux-operated…
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Mozilla Firefox 126.0.1 Resolves Drag and Drop Issue on Linux: Update Details
This month’s Firefox 126 release brought with it a modest set of improvements for Linux users — as well as an annoying bug which temporarily breaks drag and drop actions in the browser. And that bug was easy to trigger: select some text or an image on a web page, then ‘drag’ it out but…
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Release of Transmission 4.0.6: Open-Source BitTorrent Client with Multiple Fixes
Open-source, free, and cross-platform BitTorrent client, Transmission 4.0.6, is out today. As a bugfix-only release in the 4.0.x series, it addresses various issues users reported from previous versions. Transmission 4.0.6 comes about six months after Transmission 4.0.5. It’s here to enhance the parsing of the HTTP tracker announce response, update the Flatpak release metainfo, improve…