News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
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.
Linux Mint 22.3, code-name Zena, is available to download after almost one month of beta testing.
The new version of this popular Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based distribution features Kernel 6.14, Cinnamon Desktop 6.6.4, redesigned start menu (aka application menu), and new tool to configure the boot menu.
Budgie, the independent free open-source desktop environment, released new 10.10 version today.
This is the final feature release in the 10.x series, as the dev team has formally put it into maintenance mode, and focus on the development of the next Budgie 11.
RustDesk, the free open-source alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk, released new 1.4.5 version today.
The new version of this Rust written remote desktop software introduced new relative mouse mode, which is useful for first-person shooting and 3D applications, e.g., AutoCAD.
Visual Studio Code 1.108, the December 2025 version of this free open-source code editor, was released yesterday.
The new version introduced experimental Agent Skills support, to customize the agent behavior for specialized tasks.
