High Tide (Linux Tidal Client) Adds Gapless Playback, Replay Gain

A more responsive Tidal experience with gapless playback is on offer in the latest update of High Tide, a GTK4/libadwaita Tidal client for Linux.

22 August 2025

Kdenlive 25.08 Enhances Audio Mixer, Adds 10-bit H.265 Support

Kdenlive 25.08 brings improved audio mixing, enhanced Titler, 10-bit H.265 encoding for NVIDIA GPUs, and plenty of bug fixes to this FOSS video editor.

21 August 2025

Thunderbird Pro Features Detailed in New Update

Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on German servers.

21 August 2025

Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them

Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users' browsing and uploading them to a remote server.

20 August 2025

LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance

LibreOffice 25.8 released with PDF 2.0 export, 30% faster file opening, new Calc functions, better performance, and various user-interface tweaks.

20 August 2025

For a Quick Way to See Disk Space in Ubuntu, Try This Extension

Monitor disk space in GNOME Shell with this extension. An alternative to the now-gone Other Locations panel in Nautilus, it gives glanceable filesystem usage checks.

19 August 2025
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Firefox 142 Adds New Tab Topics, Local AI in Extensions + More

Firefox 142 lets US users curate stores on the new tab stories by topic and lets web extensions use local AI models, among other changes. Highlights inside.

18 August 2025

Smaller, Cheaper Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 Announced

Raspberry Pi launch a 5-inch Touch Display 2, ideal for interactive projects. It features 720×1280 resolution and supports five-finger touch gestures.

18 August 2025

Ubuntu’s New “Dangerous” Daily Builds – What Are They?

Ubuntu devs are creating new "dangerous" daily builds with edge channel snaps pre-installed, designed to help with testing spikes at Canonical.

18 August 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 Reveals New Wallpaper, Mascot Artwork

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" default wallpaper features a line-art quokka motif, purple gradient, and a cute nod to the 'questing' part of the codename.

17 August 2025
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Kiro (Agentic AI IDE) Tightens Free Access, Adds Paid Tiers

Kiro, an IDE with AI-powered agentic features, has announced pricing tiers with usage limits and restricted new downloads by implementing a waitlist.

16 August 2025
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Mini Floating Panel Extension Adds Sought-After Features

A new version of the nifty Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension is available, and adds the sought-after ability to show/hide indicator and applet icons.

15 August 2025