Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2025 Updates
June 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux. The post Best Free and Open Source Software:…
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KDE Plasma 6.4.2 Improves the Kicker App Menu Widget, Spectacle, and More
Coming only a week after KDE Plasma 6.4.1, the KDE Plasma 6.4.2 update makes the “New!” badges applied to newly-installed apps in the Kickoff application…
Canonical Plans for a Fully Functional Desktop Session on RISC-V with Ubuntu 25.10
Last month, Canonical announced a significant change for RISC-V users that will drop support for most of the existing RISC-V hardware, as the company plans…
NordVPN Now Has a Graphical Linux Client and We Gave It a Look
In May, NordVPN got full scale on board with Linux when it released a Linux client. We just took it for a spin! The post…
GParted Live 1.7.0-8 Adds Mechanism to Reduce Random Order of Block Devices
GParted Live 1.7.0-8 open-source partition editor is now available for download with a mechanism to reduce the random order of block devices and removal of…
GStreamer 1.28 Promises Vulkan H.264 Encoder, AMD HIP Plugin, and More
GStreamer 1.28 open-source multimedia framework has entered development promising many new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect. The post GStreamer 1.28 Promises Vulkan H.264…
CachyOS July 2025 Update Finally Lets Users Choose the Shell During Installation
The CachyOS ISO snapshot for July 2025 is now available for download with a long-awaited requested feature and other improvements.. Here’s what’s new! The post…
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 is now available as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and…
The Curious Case of AUR Updates Fetching 30 GB of Data for Electron
I am using CachyOS on my primary system these days and pretty content with its performance. Since it is based on Arch Linux, I am…
Plasma Bigscreen, KDE’s TV Interface, is Back on the Air
KDE’s Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential. You’re…
Is Chrome OS Merging with Android? Apparently So
Consider this post a little apropos of nothing given that nothing has actually been formally announced yet, but it seems the long-rumoured merge of Google’s…
How to install PrestaShop on Debian 13
PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows users to create and manage their online stores. The platform provides a user-friendly interface and a range…
Darktable: The Open Source Lightroom Alternative Every Shooter Needs
Darktable brings advanced, nondestructive photo editing and management to Linux—no subscription or proprietary software required. The post Darktable: The Open Source Lightroom Alternative Every Shooter…
Lyon, France Adopts OnlyOffice: From Russia With Love
The city of Lyon is getting rid of most of its US software. Its choice of OnlyOffice instead of LibreOffice has me scratching my head.…
Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)
If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462,…