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For LibreOffice users who are sticking to the native .deb packages, the Ubuntu packaging team finally made the packages through PPA.
LibreOffice 25.2 was released 2 months ago with custom theme support, automatic sign document in “Save as” dialog, import/export connections.xml in OOXML, read and write support for ODF 1.4, and many other new features. See HERE for more.
GNU Octave, the free open-source programming language for scientific computing and numerical computation, rolled out the new 10.1.0 release.
The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. Though, the source tarball was made available to download since last week. And, I’ve made the package into PPA for all current Ubuntu releases.
Inkscape 1.4.1, the free open-source vector graphics editor, is out with new features and many bug-fixes.
The new version is not officially announced yet, but the source tarball is out and the official PPA has been updated for Ubuntu users.
A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser is out. It’s Firefox 137.0!
The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. But according to the Github release notes page, Firefox 137.0 introduced new experimental tab group feature, allowing to group open tabs together with unique name, color code, which are always saved and can be closed then reopen later.
Shotcut, the free open-source non-linear video editor, released new 25.03 few days ago with enhancements.
The new release of this cross-platform MLT based video editor introduced some new features and fixed various bugs. First, it now displays the video mode in window title-bar, including the video resolution, FPS, and audio channel info.
HPLIP, the free open-source HP developed Linux drivers for HP’s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.25.2 version last week.
The new driver release added many new printer devices support. They include:
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After more than a year since the last release, DeaDBeef music player is finally updated version v1.10.0 few days ago.
The new release add support for FFmpeg 7, so it builds in recent Linux Distributions (e.g, Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora 41) without patch. The release also introduced some new features and various bug-fixes.
The Ubuntu team announced the Beta release of Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, on Mar 27.
The final release of Ubuntu 25.04 is expected on April 17, 2025. It’s a short term release with 9-month support until Jan 2026.
Flowblade, the free open-source MLT video editor, released new 2.20 version few days ago.
For native Wayland support, the new release of this Linux video editor moved to SDL2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0) video playback for Flatpak package and all systems with MLT 7.30+.
Zorin OS, the beginner friendly Linux Distribution for users switching from Windows, released new 17.3 version on March 26.
The new Zorin OS is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with official support until 2027. It features Kernel 6.8 and a customized GNOME Desktop (GNOME 43) with extensions for the Windows style panel (task-bar) and start menu.
Zorin OS 17.3
