Ventoy, the popular multi-boot utility for creating bootable USB drives from ISO files, has just released a brand-new version, 1.1.08. The standout change in this version is support for FreeBSD 15.0, extending Ventoy’s already broad compatibility across Linux, BSD, Windows, and various utility images. The brand-new FreeBSD 15.0, released just a...

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 represents a fundamentally different approach to Office deployment compared to the subscription-based Microsoft 365. LTSC stands for Long Term Servicing Channel, which signals its purpose: providing organizations with a stable, unchanging version of Office that receives security updates but no feature updates throughout its lifecycle. What's...

It's been just over a month since System76 dropped the first stable COSMIC desktop (Epoch 1.0) with Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS on December 11, 2025. The Rust-based environment has been receiving rapid point releases, and hot on the heels of the recent addition of system-wide rounded corners and window shadows (now...

Fastfetch, a widely adopted tool by Linux enthusiasts for showcasing a sleek summary of system information right in the terminal, has just launched version 2.58. The most notable breaking change is the removal of the de.slowVersionDetection option. Slow version detection is now always enabled, a requirement for non–FHS-compliant distributions such as NixOS....

The Windows 11 Pro 25H2 MICRO edition represents a streamlined version of Microsoft's latest operating system, specifically optimized for virtual machine environments like VMWare. This build (26200.7462) offers users a lightweight alternative to the full Windows 11 installation while maintaining professional-grade features. Key Features Build Information: Version: 25H2 (Build 26200.7462)...

Six months after switching to immutable design with its major 25 release, a Debian-based Deepin 25.0.10 ISO has been officially released as a feature-enhanced, bug-fix release, powered by Linux kernel 6.12. One of the most notable changes is the updated system installer, which, during full-disk installations, now offers clearer formatting prompts...

Myrlyn, a Qt-based front end that runs on top of the libzypp package engine (the same backend used by Zypper), aiming to replace YaST’s role in installing and managing software on openSUSE’s Leap and Tumbleweed editions, has reached version 1.0. One of the most notable changes in the new release is...

Two months after the major 25 release, MX Linux has rolled out MX-25.1 “Infinity,” a new point update that refreshes installation media across all supported editions and restores one of the project’s long-standing distinguishing features: dual init support. With that said, in MX-25.1, users can now choose between systemd and sysvinit...

The Debian GNOME team has formally announced its intention to remove GTK2 (initially released in March 2002) from the Forky development branch ahead of the release of Debian 14, planned for mid-2027. The reason is simple: GTK2 has been unmaintained upstream since the end of 2020, when GTK4 was released....

Using a proxy server can be essential in environments where direct internet access is restricted or monitored, such as corporate networks. If you are running an Ubuntu or Debian system behind a proxy server, you may have unsuccessfully tried to install packages. If you filled in your proxy information during installation, the APT configuration...