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New Simple Scan Designs Emerge; Seeking Devs to Implement Them

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Simple Scan is one of my personal favourite and perhaps even one of the "essential" apps on the Linux desktop for me. It does what it says on the tin: it's simple and it scans, with a nice preview system and enough options to be decently functional. Some new designs for the app have…

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Xfce 4.13 Development COPR Repo Available for Fedora

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For those wanting to try out the latest development version packages for Xfce 4.13 (which will become 4.14 at the stable release) in Fedora, user 'nonamedotc' has set up a COPR repo to try out. The COPR repo provides packages for Rawhide, Fedora 25 and Fedora 26 and as one can imagine, anything…

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KDE Plasma gets Google Drive Integration

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KDE Plasma and Google Drive users rejoice - you will soon get Google Drive integration in the KDE desktop, allowing you to browse your files in the Dolphin file manager and Plasma Folder View applets. Elvis Angelaccio announced it today on his blog. Apparently it's pretty much ready to go, though…

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Over a Month On - Conclusion to the GNOME Shell Challenge

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Over a month ago I embarked on my own personal challenge to use GNOME Shell (otherwise just known as GNOME 3) for an entire week. That week happened and went, I wrote some thoughts I had after that initial week, but did not officially end my usage of the Shell. Fast forward to now... I'm still…

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First Release Of KDE's Plasma 5 Desktop Arrives

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For those looking forward to the next-gen incarnation of the KDE Plasma Desktop, the first release of Plasma 5 has now arrived. A polished up UI, new default desktop theme and high-DPI support are some of the big obvious changes while still managing to maintain the traditional design and workflow.…

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Corebird, An Alternative GTK+3 Twitter Client

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If you're like me, you may not have heard much about Corebird, a native GTK+3 Twitter client. Which is a bit surprising really, as Corebird is a very nice and stable application that holds it's own with any of the other clients out there and deserves more love. There's a few Linux Twitter clients…

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GNOME Shell Challenge Update - Analysis and Revelations

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Well, amazingly, it's already almost been a full week since I started the GNOME Shell Challenge. I know updates have been slow to come, but rest assured I have been and still am using GNOME Shell full-time since the challenge began. First of all, a few points from my experience so far: GNOME…

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The GNOME Shell Challenge

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The mission: use GNOME Shell as the primary desktop for an entire week. Do I choose to accept it? Yes. It's easy enough to try something for a short time and discard it in a negative manner, which has been the case for me with GNOME Shell in the past, but perhaps it can be fun to challenge yourself…

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How To Install MATE 1.8 In Ubuntu 14.04 And Give It A Classic Ubuntu Look And Feel

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If there's one thing that's undeniable in the GNU/Linux world at the moment, is that users' tastes can be as diverse as the choices of desktop interfaces we have available and that there is no true one-size-fits-all desktop. In addition to this, there is no doubt a vocal group of users who reject…

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Is Ubuntu's Unity Really All That Bad Nowadays?

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Now, don't get me wrong - when it comes to choice of desktop interface it's a very subjective matter and often a matter of taste and what you, as the user, finds most comfortable and/or productive. Still, browse through various forums, comment sections or blogs across the internet concerning Unity…

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How to Install HandBrake on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

This tutorial provides detailed steps for installing the handbrake on Ubuntu. We will install it on Ubuntu and Linux Mint systems using the Flatpak method.

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How to Install Bitwarden on Manjaro

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Bitwarden on Manjaro. In today’s digital age, password management is crucial for maintaining online security. Bitwarden, a secure and free password manager, is an excellent choice for managing your passwords across all your devices.

The post How to Install Bitwarden on Manjaro appeared first on Linux Today.

How to Install Apache Spark on Ubuntu 22.04

Apache Spark is a free, open-source, and general-purpose data processing engine used by data scientists to perform extremely fast data queries on a large amount of data. This guide will show you how to install Apache Spark on Ubuntu 22.04.

The post How to Install Apache Spark on Ubuntu 22.04 appeared first on Linux Today.

Tails 6.1 Released: Enhancements in Security and User Experience

New in Tails 6.1: Tor Browser 13.0.13 and Thunderbird 115.9.0, as well as major fixes, including Persistent Storage enhancements.

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10 Most Used Linux Distributions of All Time

In this article, we will review the 10 most used Linux distributions based on the huge availability of software, ease of installation and use, and community support on web forums.

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The Journey of Linux’s ext2 Filesystem Comes to an End

The 30-year-old ext2 filesystem is marked as deprecated in the upcoming Linux kernel 6.9 for lacking dates support beyond 2038.

The post The Journey of Linux’s ext2 Filesystem Comes to an End appeared first on Linux Today.

How to Install Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

This guide shows how to install Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish LTS. It includes steps from installing the required Python packages to creating a Python virtual environment and then connecting to the web UI.

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How to Install Nagios XI on Ubuntu 22.04

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to install Nagios XI on Ubuntu 22.04, making monitoring your systems easier and more efficient.

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KDE Plasma 6.0.3 March’s Bugfix Release Is Here

KDE Plasma 6.0.3 streamlines the desktop experience with critical bug fixes in the system monitor, SDK, and startup sound settings.

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Blender 4.1: Where Quality Meets Efficiency in 3D Design

Blender 4.1 3D creation suite releases with game-changing performance boosts and quality-of-life improvements. Here’s more on that!

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Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps

After repeatedly suffering issues with scam apps making it onto the Snap Store, Canonical maker of Ubuntu Linux have now decided to manually look…

PUNKCAKE Délicieux just added Linux support to a whole bunch of games

PUNKCAKE Délicieux are a game dev duo that release small fun games around once a month, and they've just now given all of their available…

SDL 3 will prefer Wayland Over X11, if certain protocols are available

Less than a week ago, SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) developers restarted the discussion regarding whether Wayland should be configured as the…

EA anticheat arrives for Battlefield V in April, will break it on Linux / Steam Deck

Following on from adding EA anticheat into FIFA 23, Battlefield 2042 and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 we're about to see another game broken…

4D Golf is making my brain melt away

Released on March 22nd, 4D Golf is about exploring higher dimensions through Golf. It's absolutely wild visually and I think you need to see this.

Now you too can lose all your time in Lost For Swords with the demo

Back in July 2023 I wrote about Lost For Swords, a roguelike deck-builder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. It…

No Man's Sky 4.6 'Orbital' adds starship customization and a space station overhaul

God damn this sounds great. No Man's Sky just got another free huge upgrade in update 4.6 "Orbital" that comes with a bunch of big new…

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy from the ATOM RPG team has a demo and Kickstarter live

The team behind the post-apocalyptic ATOM RPG have launched a demo and crowdfunding campaign for Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy, a fantasy cRPG inspired…

KDE Plasma app Ark gets support for self-extracting .exe archive files

In another of their regular update blog posts, KDE's Nate Graham has highlighted some recent new KDE Plasma features coming soon to the desktop.

Free and open source action-adventure RPG 'Veloren' update 0.16 out now

It's free, it's open source and it's looking good! Veloren is a action-adventure role-playing game set in a vast fantasy world and a brand new…

Sci-fi deck-builder Hyperspace Deck Command has a demo out now

Hyperspace Deck Command is the next game in the Hyperspace Anthology from Sleeper Games that includes their two previous games Swirl W@tch and…

Nova, a Rust-based Linux driver for NVIDIA GPUs announced

Danilo Krummrich who is a Red Hat display driver team Software Engineer, announced the Nova project, a Rust-based GSP-only driver for Nvidia GPUs.

chiaki4deck the PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck tweaks rumble

Continuing to push out small but useful sounding tweaks, the unnoficial PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck, chiaki4deck, has another little…

Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599

After being revealed early in February, the upcoming Orange Pi Neo that will come with Manjaro Linux now has a price, and there will be multiple…

GOG begin funding indie devs with Loco Motive releasing this Summer

GOG have announced that they're getting into game funding, with the first partnership being a boost for developers from Robust Games and publisher…

Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming

At last! Users from Ubuntu 24.04 onwards that's scheduled to release on April 25th should hopefully see a smoother Linux gaming experience.

Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest

Running through until April 1st at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, the Steam Deckbuilders Fest is live filled with games with cards of all sorts.

Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos

Trackline Express is a train and track building game from Bubblebird Studio that's planned to release on April 18th, and it sure does look like some…

Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice

Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux…

Cinematic narrative adventure Until Then releases May 23rd

Polychroma Games and Maximum Entertainment have announced the cinematic narrative adventure Until Then is going to release on May 23rd.

SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API

Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for…

Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft

After a interesting take on the strategy management sim? Taking a heavy dose of inspiration and naming from the very popular Mini Metro and Mini…

MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6

GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.

Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam

Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux…

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions

Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update on March 22nd, and with it a bunch of bug fixes for both Steam Deck and Desktop Steam.

Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK

Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games…

Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released

Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.

Humble brings back a bunch of boomer shooters for this game bundle

In the new Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Humble Bundle, you can grab some hot action for cheaps and they all work well on Linux…

Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 announced and coming soon

Bitwave Games are doing it again, giving us a healthy dose of nostalgia with the Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 that's due to release…

Backpack Battles has sold 500,000 copies in two weeks on Steam

Backpack Battles, one of my current — uh, fixations shall we say, has managed to blow away expectations on Steam selling over 500,000…

System76 release upgraded Lemur Pro laptop, plus a desktop sale now on

Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux developers System76 have revealed a fresh upgrade for their ultraportable laptop, the Lemur Pro. Plus, they have a…

In my future I foresee a whole lot of hours in Dungeon Clawler

Dungeon Clawler from Stray Fawn Studio (The Wandering Village) was just announced with Native Linux support and a demo available, and this blending…

2D soulslike adventure-RPG 'Tails of Iron 2' launches later this year

Odd Bug Studio are back with a fun announcement, as a sequel to their 2021 hit Tails of Iron is coming later this year with Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers…

Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed

As reported by Eurogamer at GDC (Game Developer's Conference), during the Game Developers Choice Awards where Baldur’s Gate 3 won Game of the…

GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA

Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a…

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition has officially arrived on Steam, and thankfully it does work on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements

During GDC, AMD announced the latest big upgrade to come for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 3.1 planned to launch in Q2 2024.

3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss

Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.

GOG revives Alpha Protocol along with a Spring Sale

After being removed from various stores back in 2019, GOG have revived Alpha Protocol from Obsidian Entertainment along with the launch of their own…

Red Dead Redemption 2 gets AMD FSR 2.2 and HDR10+

A rare update for Red Dead Redemption 2 has landed, and for those who want a little more performance, you might like this one especially if you're on…

The Last of Us Part I added AMD FSR 3 with Frame Generation

For those of you interested in getting the most out of The Last of Us Part I on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck, you may want to check out patch v1.1.3.

GE-Proton 9-2 released, ULWGL gets renamed to umu (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher)

Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released the latest GE-Proton 9-2 with a bunch of upgrades, plus some news about the Unified Linux Wine…

Halo Infinite added Easy Anti-Cheat - it's enabled for Linux / Steam Deck

Halo Infinite had an update that amongst other things added in Easy Anti-Cheat, which thankfully has been enabled so it still works on Linux Desktop…

Proton Experimental fixes up classic EA games and fixes more regressions

A really fun release of Proton Experimental has landed for Linux and Steam Deck, fixing up some issues with a bunch of classic EA games that recently…

Explicit Sync Wayland Protocol Merged, Wayland Protocols 1.34 released

Some fun times in Wayland land as not only has the explicit synchronization protocol been merged in, but Wayland Protocols 1.34 is also out now.

Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now…

GNOME 46 is out now with experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support

The release many GNOME fans have been waiting for is here and it's looking really fancy. GNOME 46 available now brings on experimental variable…

Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others) announce Golden Lap

Golden Lap is a new minimalistic racing strategy game announced by the developers Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others).

DXVK version 2.3.1 released with more efficient shader code generation on NVIDIA GPUs

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Respawn release statement and update on the Apex Legends hacking situation

Recently I reported on Apex Legends pro players getting hacked during the Global Series tournament, and now the developer Respawn Entertainment has…