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For NVIDIA users with GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs (e.g., 4060, 4090), it finally supports Smooth Motion frame generation for better gaming performance in Linux.
NVIDIA Smooth Motion is a feature designed for games without native DLSS support. It uses AI to generate additional frames between two rendered frames for overall smoothness of game-play.
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Just Perfection, the popular tool to configure Gnome Shell behavior and UI elements, release new 35.0 version few days ago.
In case you don’t know about it, it’s an extension for GNOME desktop that provides a graphical interface to toggle visibility of the desktop elements, and change the common desktop behavior.
Ubuntu 25.10 snapshot 4, the new monthly snapshot release of the next Ubuntu release, is available to download.
This is the final snapshot release for 25.10, as next will be the Beta release planned for September 18, while Ubuntu 25.10 stable release will be available on October 9.
CopyQ, the free open-source clipboard manager, released new 11.0.0 version few days ago.
The new release of this Qt-based advanced clipboard manager added some new features and improved scripting support with new class and other changes.
CopyQ window without title-bar and border
FFmpeg, the popular free open-source multimedia library, released new major 8.0 version almost a year since the last 7.1.
The new FFmpeg 8.0, codename “Huffman”, added native decoding support for Samsung’s Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec, Apple’s ProRes RAW, Sanyo LD-ADPCM, RealVideo 6.0, G.728, and ADPCM IMA Xbox.
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Fooyin, the free open-source Foobar2000 inspired music player, released new 0.9.0 (and 0.9.1 with quick fixes) version few days ago.
In case you didn’t know Fooyin, it’s a music player features Foobar2000 look like appearance and Qt6-based user interface designed for KDE desktop.
Fooyin Music Player
LibreOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, release new 25.8 version today!
LibreOffice 25.8 is a new major release that features user interface improvements, many new spreadsheet functions, faster file loading, and many other new features.
Kdenlive, the popular KDE video editing software, released new 25.08.0 version yesterday.
The new 25.08.0 is a new feature release that added 10 bit x265 encoding for NVIDIA, and 10 bit export profiles in the render dialog, though it will be converted to 8 bit when using compositing or non-avfilter effects.
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Firefox 142.0, the August release of the free open-source web browser, is available to download.
The official release note for the new version is not ready at the moment of writing, though the source tarball and installers for Windows, Linux, and macOS are out!
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is coming soon in next few months. Now, the default wallpapers are out!
As usual, the default wallpaper is made up of the mascot (quokka) in center, a type of wallaby from southwestern Australia, and a gradient background.
As you see via the image below, this time it looks like a quokka that’s hopping and bounding to Ubuntu (the small logo) on the earth.
Ubuntu 25.10 Default Wallpaper (optimized for loading fast)
