Ubuntu 26.04 has a new boot animation (blink and you’ll miss it)
Chances are Ubuntu boots so fast you rarely get time to stare at the boot screen, but if you’re somehow able to slow time down,…
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FOSS Weekly #26.12: GNOME 50 Release, Fedora for Apple, New Ageless Linux, Manjaro Drama and More
In the previous newsletter, I discussed how various distros are handling the age verification laws. At the end of the article, I speculated that we…
Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Arrives with Mac Pro Support and Beats Fedora to a Key Upgrade
Fedora Asahi Remix is a collaboration between the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project that has brought Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs.…
AI Companies Put $12.5M Into Open Source Security to Fix a Problem Their Tools Helped Create
The Linux Foundation has announced $12.5 million in grants to strengthen open source software security. The funding will be managed by Alpha-Omega and the Open…
GNOME 50 is Here, and X11 is Finally Gone
GNOME has had quite a journey so far, consistently evolving according to the community’s needs, gaining both loyal users and ardent haters. Each release has…
GNOME 50 released, this is what’s new
GNOME 50 is out today, bringing a new set of features to the open-source desktop environment that Ubuntu uses. The latest release, codenamed “Tokyo”, turns…
GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
GNOME 50 desktop environment is now available as a major release that introduces numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new! The post GNOME 50…
Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.6
Fedora Asahi Remix 43 distribution is now available for Apple Silicon Macs based on Fedora Linux 43 and the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment. Here’s…
Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project
Manjaro has long been one of the more popular Arch-based Linux distributions, known for making Arch Linux more accessible to everyday users. But it has…
Firefox is adding built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data
Mozilla has announced that a free, built-in VPN is coming to Firefox later this month. Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data,…
System76 Launches New COSMIC-Powered Thelio Mira High-Performance Linux PC
System76 launches the next-generation Thelio Mira Linux desktop computer with Pop!_OS Linux 24.04 LTS and the COSMIC desktop environment. The post System76 Launches New COSMIC-Powered…
TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop is now available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, up to 128 GB RAM, and…
KDE Plasma 6.6.3 Makes KWin’s Screencasting Feature More Robust for PipeWire 1.6
KDE Plasma 6.6.3 is now available as the third maintenance update in the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes.…
Blender 5.1 Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Released with Many New Features
Blender 5.1 open-source 3D graphics software is now available for download with hardware ray-tracing by for AMD GPUs and other changes. Here’s what’s new! The…
Ageless Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws
A new Linux distro has appeared. Not surprisinhg. We get new Linux distributions almost every month, sometimes even every week. This one is based on…