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Gedit, the classic GTK based text editor, released new 49.0 version few days ago.
For those who are new to Linux, Gedit was the default text editor for Ubuntu and Fedora etc Linux Distributions with GNOME desktop. And, it’s still the default in old Ubuntu LTS releases (e.g., 20.04, 18.04, 16.04) that are supported by either expanded security maintenance or legacy add-on.
GNOME 50, the default desktop for next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44, is going to add more feature options for parental controls.
As you may know, GNOME has a built-in “Parental Controls” application, allowing parents to restrict their children’s activity on computer or laptop screen.
Shotcut video editor released the Beta version of 26.1 today for testing purpose.
The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor fixed many bugs and added hardware decoding support for more processes.
For NVIDIA users, the latest nvidia-590 driver has been made available for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 25.10 and next Ubuntu 26.04.
NVIDIA 590.48.01 is the latest feature branch driver for Linux that was released almost one month ago. Ubuntu community is now building it into the multiverse repository.
GNOME 50, the default desktop for Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora Workstation 44, is now in alpha testing stage.
This development version is postponed by more than one week according to the release calendar. Features include entirely removed X11 support, week-start-day setting, and more.
Grub, the boot-loader that’s default in most Linux Distributions, released new 2.14 version yesterday.
It’s been more than 2 years since the last v2.12. The new version features better disk encryption support, new commands, various fixes and improvements.
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For KDE users, the new plasma desktop 6.6 is now in Beta stage for testing purpose.
The new version of this free open-source Linux desktop environment introduced many new features and tons of improvements.
Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games in Linux, macOS, and BSD, released new stable 11.0 version yesterday!
The new version finally fully supports the new WoW64 mode for running 32-bit Windows applications with 64-bit libraries on the host.
Firefox 147.0, the new monthly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download.
The new version is postponed by almost one week, but introduced many exciting new features.
Auto-CPUFreq, the CPU speed & power optimizer and power saving tool for Linux, released new 3.0.0 version yesterday.
The new version of this free open-source application added graphical and command line options to override the CPU turbo boost, and config file option to specify battery device manually.
