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Debian 12.7 is here only two months after Debian 12.6 as the sixth point release of Debian Bookworm. Yes, sixth, because Debian 12.3 was never released so it doesn’t count. Like previous updates, Debian 12.7 is powered by the Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, which will be supported until December 2026.
Shotcut 24.08 makes rendering subtitles on videos easier and quicker via the new Subtitles panel that’s accessible from the View > Subtitles menu. This can be used to add subtitles to a project on the Timeline (not on the playlist or clips).
To ensure a safe upgrade process for existing Ubuntu LTS users, Canonical opens the upgrade path from the previous Ubuntu LTS release to the new Ubuntu LTS release about six months after the launch of the latter, once it publishes the first point release, in this case, Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.
Designed as a collection of security patches and software updates that have been released since April 2024, the Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS point release is here for those who want to deploy Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on new computers without having to download hundreds of updates from the repositories during or after the installation.
Highlights of Wireshark 4.4 include automatic switching of profiles by associating a display filter with a configuration profile, support for Lua 5.3 and Lua 5.4, the ability to implement display filter functions as libwireshark plugins, and the ability to translate display filters to pcap filters.
GNU Screen 5.0 is here more than a year after the last release in the 4.x series and more than two years after version 4.9, introducing a revamped authentication mechanism, escape %T to show the current TTY for a window, escape %O to show the number of currently opened windows, and support for wcwdith() instead of UTF-8 hard-coded tables.
VersaLogic’s Swift is an upcoming high-performance embedded computer powered by Intel’s 6-core Xeon-E processor. This unit is designed for industrial applications, featuring robust capabilities such as up to 32 GB of error-correcting RAM, fast NVMe storage, and multiple expansion slots.
This tutorial will help you install GIMP image editor on Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat". GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP is an advanced photo retouching free software that works in the same fields to Adobe Photoshop. Below we offer you step by step procedurs to get GIMP running on your Ubuntu machine as well as an alternative method via Snap if you want a development version newer than what you can get with default method. We also included our tutorial series "GIMP for Authors and Beginners" so you can start learning quickly. Lastly, we would love to say thank you The GNU Project and The GIMP Project for developing the best desktop free software we are using for many years today. Now let's start installing it and happy editing!
Tux Machines places great emphasis on covering both GNU and Linux. We occasionally also cover other Free and Open Source operating systems, as well as games, applications, instructional posts, and, very occasionally, relevant proprietary software.