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Ubuntu introduced Myna Speech to Text project a few months ago. Now, it’s officially available for testing in Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04 through an official PPA.

The Ubuntu team announced the technology preview for Myna project yesterday in Ubuntu blog:

Today, we’re making it available as a technology preview to the wider Ubuntu community. Whether you regularly rely upon speech-to-text dictation, or only use it for certain use cases, we want to hear your feedback.

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Firefox 158.0, the new biweekly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download.

The new version of this popular web browser finally added out-of-the-box support for JPEG-XL image format, which has been available for testing in Firefox Labs since v152.0.

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BleachBit, the free open-source system cleaner app for Linux, Windows, and macOS, released new 6.0.5 Beta version a few days ago.

The new version of this popular CCleaner alternative application introduced significant performance improvements, new cleaning support, and various bug-fixes.
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Python, the popular general purpose programming language, released new major 3.15 version yesterday.

The new version is the result of 17 months of development, that features many new typing features, interpreter, standard, and C API library improvements.

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Opera, the popular Chromium based web browser, released new stable 137 version last night.

The new version of this multi-platform browser introduced some new features, including the long-requested per-window vertical tab state, and various bug-fixes.

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Auto-cpufreq, the automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux, released new 3.2.0 version yesterday.

The new version of this free open-source software added configure option to enable/disable Intel HWP dynamic boost, improved monitoring support, and fixed various bugs.
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Scrcpy 5.0 Released with GPU Accelerated Hardware Decoding

Published: October 6, 2026 — Last updated: October 9, 2026 — Leave a comment

Scrcpy, the popular application for mirroring / controlling Android screen on your computer, released new 5.0 version yesterday.

The new version of this free open-source application finally added hardware decoding support, which uses your computer’s GPU to accelerate the video playback.

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Darktable 5.6.2 Fixed OpenCL Support for Intel Compute Runtime 26.35

Published: October 5, 2026 — Last updated: October 5, 2026 — Leave a comment

Darktable, the popular photography workflow and raw developer software, released new 5.6.2 version today.

The new version is a maintenance release that mainly includes bug fixes covering OpenCL support, crashes, and memory leaks.

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Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps / games in Linux, macOS & BSD, released new 11.19 development release today.

The new version of this free open-source software introduced some new features and fixed various bugs for many Windows games and apps.

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The Document Foundation announced the first maintenance release for LibreOffice 26.8 yesterday.

The new version of this popular free open-source office suite for Linux, Windows, and macOS introduced a few dozens of bug-fixes, focusing on the compatibility for Microsoft OOXML file format.

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