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Dash to Panel Update Adds GNOME 49 Support + More

14 September 2025 at 05:29

The words "Dash to panel" in white text surrounded by a box.Popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is updated for GNOME 49, but all of its changes, fixes and improvements are available on earlier releases too.

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Linux Mint 22.3 Plans App Menu Revamp, Better Wayland Support

14 September 2025 at 02:57

Linux Mint 22.3 is due for release in December, and we just got our first idea of what's planned: redesigned app launcher, new applets, and Wayland integration.

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GNOME 49: New Apps, Lock Screen Features & Design Changes

13 September 2025 at 00:30

GNOME 49 glassGNOME 49 brings new apps, lock screen media controls, multi-monitor brightness controls, file manager changes and fractional scaling improvements.

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Firefox Adding Google Lens, Stock Data, AI β€œPage Buddy” Features

12 September 2025 at 01:33

Firefox logo with a white outline centred on a colourful gradient background.A rundown of new features in development for Firefox, including visual image search, more sponsored results in the URL bar, and (of course) more AI integration.

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Spotify Finally Adds Lossless Audio Streaming Option

11 September 2025 at 06:48

Spotify logo on a blue background.Spotify Premium users can now stream music in lossless audio quality at no extra cost. The desktop Spotify Linux app is likely to add support for it too.

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Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Dracut by Default

11 September 2025 at 01:57

Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds switch to Dracut by default, after Feature Freeze Exception granted to replace initramfs-tools for a more modern boot process.

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Stop Wallpaper Moving When You Switch Workspace in GNOME

10 September 2025 at 20:47

Stop distracting wallpaper movement in GNOME Shell workspace transitions with Static Workspace Background extension, keepings the background fixed.

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Linux 6.17 Kernel Arrives in Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds

10 September 2025 at 04:46

Linux kernel 6.17 is now baked-in to the latest Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds, which means this will be the kernel version the next Ubuntu releases ships with.

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Firefox is Ending Support for 32 bit Linux

8 September 2025 at 10:31

Mozilla is FINALLY pulling the plug on 32-bit Firefox builds for Linux, a decade after Google Chrome did the same. Why now? It says they're getting hard to build.

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Slick MPD Client Euphonica is Now Available on Flathub

8 September 2025 at 09:03

Euphonica is a slick new MPD client for Linux, written in Rust and GTK4/libadwaita. It's currently in beta, but testing is easier as it's finally arrived on Flathub.

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New Icons, Theme Tweaks Land in Ubuntu 25.10

8 September 2025 at 02:41

Icons and a paint roller. orange and dark.Yaru, Ubuntu's default theme, has received a refresh ahead of October's 25.10 release. The artwork drop adds new app icons, and improves theme consistency.

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KDE Release First Alpha of its New Linux Distribution

6 September 2025 at 19:30

KDE has launched its own immutable Linux distribution in alpha. It acts as a 'reference implementation', offering atomic updates, Flatpak apps and more.

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Raspberry Pi Launches Own-Brand 1TB SSD for $70/Β£67

6 September 2025 at 00:18

Raspberry Pi has begun selling a 1TB M.2 2230 SSD for use with the Raspberry Pi 5. It joins the company's PCIe Gen 3 256 & 512GB SSDs announced earlier this year.

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Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds

5 September 2025 at 22:24

Firefox Nightly builds add CoPilot to the chatbot sidebar, expanding the browser's range of third-party AI service integrations. Plus: new New Tab Page widgets.

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Miracle-wm 0.7 Released, Completes IPC Implementation

5 September 2025 at 01:02

miracle-wm article thumbnailA new version of miracle-wm, the Mir-based compositor/tiling window manager looking to rival Hyprland, is out with a welcome set of improvements.

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GNOME 49 Restores Ability to Launch X11 Desktop Sessions

4 September 2025 at 10:07

GNOME desktop foot logoGNOME 49 re-enables X11 session support in GDM after it broke the ability to launch other desktop environments. It plans full removal in GNOME 50.

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Linux Mint 22.2 Finally Released, This is What’s New

4 September 2025 at 06:40

Laptop with white text in front reading "Linux Mint 22.2 New Release"The new Linux Mint 22.2 release is available for download. It features theme changes, fingerprint support, and updated apps. More details inside.

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Warp (AI Coding Tool) Touts New β€˜Prompt to Production’ Workflow

4 September 2025 at 00:57

Warp, the Agentic Development Environment, for Windows, macOS and Linux has launched a suite of new features to improve prompt-based coding.

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Google Can Keep Paying for Firefox Search Deal, Judge Rules

3 September 2025 at 06:43

US judge in antitrust case rules Google can keep paying Mozilla and other companies for default search placement, but bans exclusive contracts.

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GIMP 3.1.4 Dev Release Adds Link Layers, Vector Support

3 September 2025 at 01:31

GIMP 3.1.4 is out, a fresh development snapshot of what will become the next major stable release. It introduces two long-awaited new features.

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