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After a few week of 26.7.16 pre-release testing, Shotcut 26.7.30 was finally released for Windows, Mac and Linux users.

The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor is the latest stable release that features built-in emojis, new video filter, and various fixes.

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Resources, the popular system monitor app that’s default in Ubuntu 26.04, released the Beta for the next 51 version yesterday.

As the version number indicates, the new Resources 51 aims to be the default system monitor app for the upcoming GNOME 51 desktop environment.
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COSMIC Epoch, the default desktop environment for Pop!_OS, released the new 1.5.0 version just a week since the last version.

The new version of this free open-source Linux Desktop includes mostly bug-fixes and stability improvements for better multiple monitor setup and hybrid-GPU laptops support.

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Dash to Dock, the popular Gnome Shell Extension that brings out the bottom dock launcher out of overview, released new 106 version a few days ago.

The new version of this extension that’s default in Ubuntu (known as Ubuntu Dock) added the upcoming GNOME 51 support, and explained why the “scroll over icon” switching workspace action does not work.

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Ubuntu announced a virtualization HWE stack for the latest Ubuntu 26.04 LTS one day ago. Check what it is and how to enable or disable it.

As you may know, Ubuntu LTS features hardware enablement (HWE) stack that backports most recent kernels and Mesa graphics drivers from newer Ubuntu releases, for example Ubuntu 24.04 now has Kernel 7.0 backported from 26.04. So, an older Ubuntu LTS release can support newer hardware.

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Fooyin, the Foobar2000 alternative music player with native Linux support, released new 0.12.0 version today.

The new version of this free open-source Qt music player added native PulseAudio audio output, audio conversion, three new visualization plugins, as well as many improvements and bug-fixes.

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Frame, the free open-source graphical front end for FFmpeg media library, released new 0.32.0 version for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

For those who never heard of Frame, it’s a Rust written application that use GPUI-CE (the community edition of GPU-accelerated user interface framework) for a modern graphical interface to manage FFmpeg operations.

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Mission Center, the modern popular Linux system monitor application, released new 1.2.0 version one day ago.

The new version of this free open-source Rust written and GTK4/LibAdwaita based application finally added monitoring support for laptop battery.

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After more than a year of development, the RawTherapee raw photo development program, was finally tagged the new 5.13 version.

The new version of this free open-source raw developer enhanced its built-in tools, improved HiDPI support, and added support for more cameras, raw formats, and color profiles.

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Auto-cpufreq, automatic CPU speed & power optimizer tool for Linux, released new 3.1.0 version an hour ago.

The new version of this free open-source tool improved its graphical user interface with some new functions, and fixed various bugs.

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