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Audacious audio player announced the 4.5 beta release few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu using PPA.
The new release of this lightweight free open-source XMMS fork added new plugins, new lyrics provider, fixed various bugs, and improved PipeWire output support.
For those who are interested in the next Ubuntu 25.10 release, the first snapshot of the development version is available to download for testing on desktop, server, WSL.
Ubuntu introduced new monthly snapshot releases policy few days ago. And, the first snapshot for Ubuntu 25.10 is out available to download for all supported platforms.
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NVIDIA announced the 575.57.08 driver yesterday as the latest new feature branch version for Linux users.
This is the first stable release in the 575 series, though it has only 2 bug-fixes compare to the last Beta which was released more than a month ago.
OBS Studio, the popular live streaming and screen recording software, released the first Beta for next major 31.1.0 version today!
The new release of this free open-source software added many new features, various improvements, and dozens of bug-fixes.
First of all, the release added initial support for Windows on ARM devices. Though the current ARM builds for Windows are NOT full featured and should be considered experimental.
Oracle VirtualBox announced the first beta for the next 7.2.0 major release few days ago.
The new release of this popular free open-source virtualization software updated the Manager app GUI. Now, it has side-bar with vertical menu options in left.
VirtualBox 7.2.0 Beta
SuperTuxKart, the free open-source arcade racing game, announced the release candidate for the next 1.5 release few days ago.
It’s been more than half a year since the last Beta release. And, the new RC release includes primarily bug-fixes and minor new features.
Linux Kernel released new 6.15 version yesterday. Linus Torvalds announced:
So this was delayed by a couple of hours because of a last-minute bug report resulting in one new feature being disabled at the eleventh hour, but 6.15 is out there now.
Apart from that final scramble, things looked pretty normal last week. Various random small fixes all over, with drivers as usual accounting for most of it. But we’ve got some bcachefs fixes, some core networking, and some mm fixes in there too. Nothing looks particularly scary.
The new 139.0 release of Firefox web browser is finally available to download after 10 beta testing releases.
The official release note for this version is not ready at the moment of writing. According to its Github releases page, it includes some exciting new features.
Terminator, the popular free open-source terminal emulator, release new 2.1.5 version yesterday.
Terminator terminal emulator is written in Python and uses GTK-3 for its user interface. It’s promoted as Multiple GNOME terminals in one window!
After 3 months of development, Apache NetBeans announced the new 26 release today.
The new release updated its UI with better HiDPI support. It now displays the dragged tab image and ensures to render SVG icons at full resolution on HiDPI screens. And, there are 150 more icons updated from GIF/PNG to SVG to look good on HiDPI/Retina screens.
