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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 6th, 2025

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Geany 2.1 Open-Source IDE Released with Improved UI and File Type Support

Geany 2.1 is here more than one year and eight months after Geany 2.0 with new features like support for searching the Messages and Compiler output, support for modern platform-native file selection dialogs, the ability to regroup file types by letter, and new filters for opening the documents sidebar and keybindings preferences.

DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV

Coming about three weeks after DXVK 2.6.2, the DXVK 2.7 release adds support for the VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer Vulkan extension by default on newer AMD and NVIDIA GPUs to significantly reduce CPU overhead in games like Final Fantasy XIV, God of War, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Watch Dogs 2, and others.

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PANZER-LITE93 with Ubuntu 24.04 Ready for Compact AIoT Edge Computing

MayQueen has introduced the PANZER-LITE93, a compact fanless edge computing device built on the NXP i.MX93 processor, featuring integrated neural network acceleration and flexible connectivity in a lightweight 3D-printed enclosure for AIoT, IIoT gateways, robotics, and other low-power edge applications.

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Gradia Screenshot Tool Just Keeps Getting Better

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jul 06, 2025

Quoting: Gradia Screenshot Tool Just Keeps Getting Better - OMG! Ubuntu —

Gradia was already a solid app with a focused feature set and a UI that, dare I say it, is delightful to use1, making it easy to add text to screenshots in Ubuntu along with arrows (great for bug reports). But it can open and work with any image file, not just screenshots.

Read on for a quick rundown of the cool new features Gradia’s developers have added in the latest release.

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