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Applications
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ wget Removed from Ubuntu Server 25.10 Default Install
Ubuntu Server 25.10 removes wget from its default installation, in favour of the wcurl tool. Here's why the change was made and if it'll affect you.
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Barry Kauler ☛ StreamTuner2 in Easy Excalibur
On the "home run" to Easy Excibur 7.0-final, fixing a few things, and looking at any final changes...
We have PupRadio, in the Multimedia menu. This was created a long time ago by Mick (01micko in the forum). Very simple and tiny, works OK, so I'll leave it in. It has the option to record, using 'Precord', which is a problem, as cannot get recording to work.
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Games
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Boiling Steam ☛ New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Fumes and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - 2025-08-03 Edition
Between 2025-07-26 and 2025-08-02 we selected 11 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. Lots of good stuff in the past week. While standout titles like Ninja Gaiden (from the creators of the excellent, bloody and disturbing Blasphemous) and the live-action horror hybrid Dead Take made the cut, one game truly stood out: Fumes. Fighting with cars armed to the teeth in the Wasteland is always fun - that was the main thing that made the Mad Max open-world game really great. Here’s the full list below.
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wget Removed from Ubuntu Server 25.10 Default Install (And No, It's Not Because of Rust)
Ubuntu Server 25.10 will no longer include wget by default, switching to wcurl instead. Fresh installations will see this change when 25.10 releases in October.
wget has been the standard command-line download tool on Linux systems for years. Most server administrators and scripts rely on its straightforward syntax for file downloads.
On the other hand, wcurl is a simple curl wrapper that lets you download files without remembering curl parameters, using curl under the hood with sane defaults.