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COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 Improves Files, Terminal, and Wi-Fi Dialog Behavior

COSMIC Desktop 1.0.8 Improves Files, Terminal, and Wi-Fi Dialog Behavior

System76 has rolled out COSMIC 1.0.8, a small maintenance update delivered as part of its regular release cadence aimed at polishing the desktop and fixing issues promptly. Much of this release centers on improvements to the file manager. Users can…

Manjaro-Based Mabox Linux 26.02 Released with New Audio Menu

Manjaro-Based Mabox Linux 26.02 Released with New Audio Menu

Mabox Linux, a lightweight rolling-release distribution built on Manjaro and centered around the Openbox window manager, has introduced its new 26.02 release. One noticeable addition is an updated audio menu. Users can open it with the W-a shortcut or by…

KaOS Explains Why It’s Ending Its 12-Year KDE Plasma Era

KaOS Explains Why It’s Ending Its 12-Year KDE Plasma Era

Over the past week, discussion has grown around the new Plasma Login Manager introduced with KDE Plasma 6.6, which now requires systemd. Shortly after its release, KaOS unexpectedly announced that it would move away from Plasma as its default desktop…

Microsoft Hyper-V Lands Some Useful Improvements in Linux 7.0

Microsoft Hyper-V Lands Some Useful Improvements in Linux 7.0

For those running Linux guests on Microsoft Hyper-V, the Linux kernel 7.0 cycle delivers several meaningful virtualization improvements. These updates land alongside continued enhancements to KVM, making 7.0 a strong release overall for hypervisor and cloud workloads. Integrated Scheduler Support…

Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features

Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features

Linus Torvalds has officially closed the merge window with the release of Linux kernel 7.0-rc1. Although the jump to version 7.0 follows Torvalds’ usual habit of incrementing the major version after x.19 releases, this cycle is packed with substantial changes…

KVM in Linux 7.0 Adds Support For Virtualizing AMD ERAPS

KVM in Linux 7.0 Adds Support For Virtualizing AMD ERAPS

All of the KVM virtualization feature changes were recently merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel. KVM on x86 with Linux 7.0 now supports giving the guest full ownership of the PMU hardware, support for new Intel CPU instructions, fixes,…

Ardour 9.1 DAW Released With Editor Fixes and MIDI Improvements

Ardour 9.1 DAW Released With Editor Fixes and MIDI Improvements

Ardour 9.1 has been released as a hotfix update that resolves several issues introduced in version 9.0. Most notably, it restores the Editor’s bottom pane, which was unintentionally broken due to last-minute changes affecting region and track selection behavior. This…

What’s Up Docker 8.2 enables digest watching by default and adds support for TrueForge and Codeberg registries.

What’s Up Docker 8.2 enables digest watching by default and adds support for TrueForge and Codeberg registries.

What’s Up Docker (WUD), the self-hosted automation tool that keeps Docker containers updated, has released version 8.2 with expanded registry support and several functional improvements. This release introduces compatibility with two additional registries: TrueForge Container Registry and Codeberg. Users can…

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15 Adds dwproton and Fixes Lutris Wine-GE Directory

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15 Adds dwproton and Fixes Lutris Wine-GE Directory

ProtonUp-Qt, the open-source graphical tool that simplifies installing and updating Proton-GE and other Wine-based compatibility layers, has released version 2.15. Designed to help Linux gamers run Windows-only titles on their favorite distributions, the application now adds support for dwproton —…

Open-Source Community Launches MinIO Fork

Open-Source Community Launches MinIO Fork

After months of controversy that many felt contradicted the spirit of open source, MinIO has effectively reached the end of its open development era. Its GitHub repository has been archived and set to read-only, formally closing the chapter on active…