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SuperTuxKart, the 3D kart racing game, announced the second release candidate for the next 1.5 release few days ago.
Due to inner team disagreement, the release of version 1.5 was delayed. And, it explained the reason by announcing SuperTuxKart Evolution (the name of the next major release) few days ago.
The release candidate (RC) of GNOME Desktop 49 is out for testing purpose!
This is the final development release for GNOME 49, while the stable release is planned for September 17th. It added some new features, various bug-fixes, and improvements.
Linux Mint, the popular Ubuntu LTS based Linux Distro, announced new 22.2 point release today.
Linux Mint 22.2, code-name “Zara”, is the second update for the 22 release series that’s based on Ubuntu 24.04 with support until 2029.
GIMP 3.1.4, the second development release for next major 3.2, was released few days ago!
The new release of this popular image editor introduced some exciting new features, including link layers, vector layers, MyPaint brushes version 2, and more.
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
