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KDE’s Plasma Mobile Gets Ported to KDE Frameworks 6 and Qt 6

While the KDE Project is also working hard on the Plasma 6 desktop environment series, Plasma Mobile users will be happy to learn that repository for Plasma Mobile packages was already ported to KDE Frameworks 6 and Qt 6.

System76 Announces New Gazelle Linux Laptop with a 13th Gen Intel CPU, 64GB RAM

The new Gazelle Linux laptop is powered by a 13th Gen Intel Core i9 13900H “Raptor Lake” CPU with 14 cores, 20 threads, 24 MB cache, integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics, and up to 5.4 GHz clock speed and features the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 dedicated graphics card, which makes it ideal for gaming and high-performance CUDA workloads on-the-go.

Qt Creator 10 Open-Source IDE Released with LLVM 16 Support, CMake Improvements

Qt Creator 10 comes more than four months after Qt Creator 9 and introduces new features like the ability to temporarily drag the progress details out of the visible area and support for the “Open as Centered Popup” option to remember the last search term typed into the input field.

Blender 3.5 Released with New Sculpting Feature, Light Sampling, and More

Highlights of the Blender 3.5 release include support for Vector Displacement Map (VDM) brushes for the Draw brush, a new Extrude Mode for the Trim tools, light sampling support for Cycles to more effectively sample scenes with many lights, as well as Open Shading Language (OSL) support for OptiX.

Arch Linux Installer Gets Initial Swapfile Prototype, Updated Sway Profile, and More

Archinstall 2.5.4 is here to implement an initial swapfile prototype to enable the creation of a swapfile and hibernation, an updated profile for the Sway window manager to allow you to install it with polkit or seatd, as well as the ability to generate a -fallback variant of boot entries for systemd-boot.

Finnix 125 Linux Distro Arrives for Sysadmins with Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS

Powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, Finnix 125 is here to introduce several new packages, namely the aespipe AES encrypting/decrypting pipe, iperf3 network performance measurement and tuning tool, ncdu disk utility, and netcat-traditional as the “classic” version of the netcat computer networking utility.

OBS Studio 29.1 Promises AV1/HEVC Streaming over RTMP, Lossless Audio Recording

OBS Studio 29.1 promises new features like support for streaming AV1/HEVC over RTMP for YouTube, support for surround sound for AJA capture cards, new lossless audio recording options for FLAC, ALAC, and PCM (including 32-bit float), as well as support for multiple audio tracks in Simple output recording.

Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix Becomes Official Ubuntu Flavor

Created and maintained by members of the Linux community, Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix is an Ubuntu derivative that features the modern Cinnamon desktop environment developed by the Linux Mint team. Cinnamon Remix aims to offer a traditional approach to the modern Linux desktop.

Pitivi 2023.03 Video Editor Brings Back Autoaligner, Adds More Precise Audio Waveforms

Pitivi 2023.03 has been in development for the past nine months, superseding the Pitivi 2022.06 release, but it doesn’t look like it’s a big update as it only adds a couple of new features and smaller improvements.

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MYIR unveils Renesas RZ/G2L based embedded modules

MYIR launched today a CPU module based on the Renesas RZ/G2L System-on-Chip optimized for HMI, IoT and embedded devices with video capabilities. The MYC-G2LX CPU module is equipped with up to 2GB DDR4, 8GB eMMC and support for Linux.

RAKwireless launches modules designed for LoRa and BLE5 connectivity

This month, RAKwireless launched a LoRa/BLE5 module based on the Ambiq Apollo3 Blue SoC and the Semtech SX1262 optimized for IoT applications. These new RAK11720 modules start at $7.99 and are compatible with Arduino programming.

Budgie 10.7 Desktop Environment Adds Dual-GPU Support, New Power Dialog

posted by Marius Nestor on Jan 29, 2023,
updated Feb 01, 2023

Budgie 10.7 arrives ten mounts after the Budgie 10.6 release and promises a more polished user experience thanks to the implementation of dual-GPU support in the Budgie Menu, allowing users to launch apps with a dedicated graphics card out of the box.

The Budgie Menu also received a new “personal user menu” feature that promises to let you open a file manager straight to predefined directories like Home, Documents, Download, Video, or Music. Moreover, Budgie Menu now features new buttons for launching Settings, Control Center, and the new Power Dialog.

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Update by Rianne Schestowitz

Budgie Desktop 10.7: A Sleek and Improved User Experience

Budgie is a GTK-based desktop environment built on GNOME technologies by the Buddies of Budgie organization, traditionally associated with Solus as its flagship desktop environment. The desktop emphasizes simplicity, minimalism, and elegance, featuring some unique aspects, including a sidebar.
The brand new Budgie Desktop 10.7, released today, offers a sleek and improved user experience that will impress both new and experienced users alike. So without further ado, let’s see what’s new.

Update by Rianne Schestowitz

Budgie 10.7 Release Brings in UX Improvements and New Tools

We recently covered the key feature additions arriving with Budgie 10.7 release. And now, the new release has landed. There are impressive things that you can expect with the upgrade. Here are the highlights.

Update by Roy:

Budgie 10.7 sounds like a great desktop to use on Linux

Budgie 10.7 is out now, refreshing many parts of this Linux desktop environment to improve the UI across many parts. Originally created for the Solus Linux distribution, nowadays it lives as an independent project and continues to impress.

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