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IceWM 4.0 Window Manager Brings Smarter Navigation and HiDPI Enhancements

IceWM 4.0 Window Manager Brings Smarter Navigation and HiDPI Enhancements

The lightweight IceWM window manager has kicked off the new year with its 4.0 release, delivering significant improvements to window navigation, modern graphics support, and enhanced usability for high-resolution displays. Released on January 1, 2026 (IceWM) , this major update…

SDL 3.4 Brings Native PNG Support and Expanded GPU Rendering Features

SDL 3.4 Brings Native PNG Support and Expanded GPU Rendering Features

SDL 3.4, an open-source, cross-platform library that helps software developers build multimedia applications and games more easily on multiple platforms, has been released. The new version delivers a wide range of improvements across graphics, input, audio, and platform integration, with…

Flathub Sees Over 435 Million Downloads in 2025

Flathub Sees Over 435 Million Downloads in 2025

The Linux application ecosystem reached a significant milestone in 2025 as Flathub, the leading distribution platform for Flatpak applications, recorded over 435 million downloads. This achievement underscores the growing acceptance of universal packaging formats and represents a major shift in…

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches With COSMIC Desktop 1.0 Stable

After years of development and anticipation, System76 has officially released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS featuring the stable version of their custom-built COSMIC Desktop Environment 1.0. This landmark release marks a significant shift in the Linux desktop landscape, introducing a modern, Rust-based…

Archinstall 3.0.15 Brings COSMIC Desktop Support to Arch Linux Installation

Archinstall 3.0.15 Brings COSMIC Desktop Support to Arch Linux Installation

The Arch Linux installation tool just got a significant update that will excite fans of System76’s ambitious desktop environment project. Archinstall 3.0.15 has been released, and its headline feature is official support for the COSMIC desktop environment. What’s New in…

Micro Text Editor 2.0.15 Released After More Than a Year of Development

Micro Text Editor 2.0.15 Released After More Than a Year of Development

The popular terminal-based text editor Micro has released version 2.0.15, marking its first update in over a year and bringing a host of improvements to the lightweight editing tool beloved by developers and system administrators alike. A Long-Awaited Update Micro…

Mabox Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal

Mabox Linux 25.12 Released With Panel Improvements and GTK2 Removal

Mabox Linux, a lightweight, rolling-release Linux distribution based on Manjaro and designed around the Openbox window manager, has released version 25.12. 25.12.One of the most visible changes is the improved panel and its dynamic menus. The volume icon by the…

CachyOS Plans New Server Edition With Hardened Defaults

CachyOS Plans New Server Edition With Hardened Defaults

Here is some news that both excited me and gave me pause. In its annual 2025 retrospective, published today, Arch-based CachyOS, widely popular among Linux gamers and heavily focused on performance optimization, reveals plans I did not expect: an expansion…

Winux Tries to Mimic Windows While Staying Fully Linux

Winux Tries to Mimic Windows While Staying Fully Linux

Over the years, I’ve often thought that, despite how fast-moving the desktop Linux ecosystem is, there’s not much left that could truly surprise me. Yet I keep being proven wrong, and that’s a good thing. Winux, one of the newest…

How to Install VS Code on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

How to Install VS Code on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Visual Studio Code has become the go-to code editor for developers worldwide, and if you’re running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, you’re in the right place. After installing VS Code on dozens of Ubuntu systems over the years, I’ve found that while…