Microsoft appears to be taking a cue from Linux with a new Command Palette Dock proposal for PowerToys. This would let Windows users add a second panel to their desktop with widgets, flexible positioning, and custom theming. Functionality that is standard across most Linux desktop environments (for decades), and a reminder of how inflexible Windows and its Taskbar are by default. The idea, posted by Microsoft designer Niels Laute on GitHub, is to add a Command Palette Dock in PowerToys to compliment the (popular) Command Palette. Command Palette is a newer PowerToys feature that provides a keyboard-driven launcher for extensions […]

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Running out of disk space on Ubuntu? Before you start uninstalling applications or clearing caches, you might want to check your snap revisions. I’ve been getting low disk space warnings on a 40GB Ubuntu partition. The usual tips to free space on Ubuntu weren’t enough, so I opened Disk Usage Analyser – or run sudo du -sh /var/lib/snapd – and found nearly 8GB was eaten up by old snap versions. Not active versions of Snaps I have installed; backups of every snap I have installed. There, idle, in the snapd folder consuming several gigabytes “just in case” I need to […]

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Transmission 4.1 adds support for IPv6 and dual-stack UDP trackers, sequential downloading, and improved µTP (Micro Transport Protocol) performance.

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Frosted blur effect is coming to System76's COSMIC desktop, giving apps and desktop elements a modern feel. These images shared by the team show how it looks.

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No more fighting with Wine dependencies: an unofficial Affinity v3 AppImage runs Canva's creative suite on Ubuntu via a simple, self-contained executable.

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Meet the Mecha Comet: a modular, open-source Linux handheld built for tinkerers. Features snap-on modules, Linux OS and AMOLED display – now on Kickstarter!

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Add custom command and script toggles to GNOME Shell's Quick Settings menu. Create up to 6 buttons to trigger any action you want, easily and in reach!

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FOSDEM, Europe's biggest open-source event returns to Brussels with keynotes on FOSS funding, AI security and digital sovereignty from January 31-February 1.

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A new app for streaming music from TIDAL on Linux has entered beta. Tonearm, which is unofficially, is built in GTK4/libadwaita and uses official TIDAL APIs.

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Want to add a note to a tab in Firefox? Well, soon you can. Mozilla developers are working on a new Tab Notes feature, and it's available to test early - here's how.

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NexPhone is a $549 Android smartphone that dual-boots with Windows 11, and runs a full Debian desktop when connected to a monitor. See specs, price and details.

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System76 adds window shadows and consistent corner rounding to COSMIC Desktop, harmonising appearance across GTK, Qt, and native apps on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.

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Intel's Core 3 (Wildcat Lake) aims to replace the popular N100 CPU, but if it isn't as affordable, better performance won't matter to the budget conscious.

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Wine patches finally fix Adobe Creative Cloud installer on Linux, letting you install Photoshop 2021 and 2025 without copying files from a Windows VM.

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The Multi-Column Dock extension for GNOME Shell lets you organise apps in collapsable groups with labels, colours, and for better dock management.

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Looking to run .NET 10 on Noble Numbat? The .NET 10.0.1 update is now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Latest SDK and runtime improvements – an apt command away.

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Opera confirms it's working on a Linux version of Opera GX, its gaming-focused browser. No release date yet, but after years of users asking it's happening.

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The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 costs $130 but with 40 TOPS and 8GB of onboard RAM it can run LLMs like Qwen 2 and DeepSeek R1 locally, opening up new use cases.

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An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.

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Ubuntu engineers are rebuilding all archive packages in Ubuntu 26.04 to ensures all hardware compatibility features are enabled – important for an LTS cycle.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of new system management tools.

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Wine 11.0 improves gaming performance with kernel-level synchronisation, legacy 32-bit Windows app support and expanded Wayland integration. Full details inside.

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Firefox 147 released with XDG directory support ending a 20-year Linux bug, auto Picture-in-Picture, better AMD video performance, and new web standards.

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Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS's updated hardware enablement stack (HWE) brings Linux Kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2.7 and a new set of Wayland Protocols – a nice uplift, right?

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