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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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 additions…

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 the…

QNX, a real-time operating system for embedded systems, has released the initial version of its Self-Hosted Developer Desktop, introducing a native development environment that runs directly on QNX 8.0. The new setup is designed to…