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A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser, version 134.0, is out today! Though, it’s not yet officially announced at the moment of writing.
According to the Mozilla Github releases page, the new Firefox release added support for touchpad hold gestures for Linux.
Meaning kinetic scrolling (aka momentum scrolling or inertia scrolling), the continuous scrolling after lifted fingers from touchpad, can be interrupted by placing two fingers on the touchpad.
Stunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features.
Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. It features 232 tracks in 40 sceneries and 33 vehicles, allowing users to play either in single mode or multiplayer and split screen for up to 6 players.
GIMP image editor announced the second release candidate for the next major 3.0 release a day ago on Friday!
The new GIMP 3.0 RC2 fixed the issue migrating user’s 2.10 settings to GIMP 3.0. However, if you already used 3.0 RC1, then you need to delete those configurations first (backup of course), as otherwise RC2 won’t try to import the 2.10 preferences.
Upscayl, the popular free open-source AI image upscaler, announced new 2.15 released at Christmas!
The release improved user experience for enlarging and enhancing low-resolution images by new AI module and improved module selection dialog.
Instead of choosing from drop-down box, it now shows a pop-up screen. From where you may choose between modules with image previews.
Upscayl – AI mode selection dialog
Ruby, the free open-source high-level general-purpose programming language, released new 3.4.0 (then 3.4.1 with quick fix) today at Christmas!
The release introduced it block parameter reference, which behaves very much the same as _1. As the feature request descripted:
itis implemented as a special case ofgetlocalinsn, not a method.itwithout an argument is considered_1or a normal local variable if defined.itis considered a method call only when it has any positional/keyword/block arguments.
Mixxx, the free and open-source DJ software, released new major 2.5.0 version today!
The new release now uses Qt6 by default for its user interface, offering improved performance and enhanced compatibility with modern systems. Qt5 is still supported, but will be removed in the next 2.6 release series.
Probably due to this change, Ubuntu 20.04 is no longer officially supported, though user can choose to use the Flatpak package run in sandbox environment.
OpenShot, the free open-source beginner friendly video editor, released new 3.3 version yesterday with exciting new features!
This is a new major release that includes many new exciting features. First, the release uses new default “Cosmic Dusk” theme that works great for the dark style desktop environment.
The new theme is more compact than the previous ‘Humanity: Dark’ (which is still available for choice) that has better support for small displays.
OpenShot with new default theme
Darktable, the popular free open-source photography and RAW developer, released new 5.0.0 version yesterday. PPA updated for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10.
Darktable 5.0.0 is a new major feature release. It now shows a splash screen at startup, including app loading process bar, which is useful for the user who has a large library. For choice, it can be disabled in the Preferences dialog, under miscellaneous tab.
Darktable startup splash screen
Kdenlive, the popular Qt-based free open-source video editor, released new 24.12 version a few days ago.
The new release package was made available on December 14. KDE.org announced it within KDE Gear 24.12, though there’s still no official release note in kdenlive website at the moment of writing.
Flowblade, free open-source non-linear video editor, announced new 2.18 feature release today!
The new release introduced Credits Scroll Generator, allowing to add animated texts with scrolling or paging effects, like the list of names involved in making a film or TV show. And, text presentation and layout changes are controlled using a bit of MarkDown inspired markup.
