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GIMP 3.0.6 Is Now Available for Download with Improved Photoshop Brush Support

Coming four and a half months after GIMP 3.0.4, the GIMP 3.0.6 release introduces a new toggle in the Brushes and Fonts dialogs to allow brush and font previews to optionally follow the color theme, an alpha channel for certain transforms and on filter merge, and improves Photoshop brush support.

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R1 Neo Meshtastic Device Introduced with GPS and nRF52840 Processor

The R1 Neo from Muzi Works is a compact, water-resistant Meshtastic device designed for long-range communication and GPS-based location tracking. Developed and assembled in Atlanta, it is the company’s first model built on a custom PCB featuring a dedicated I/O controller and integrated power management.

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This new Linux desktop environment gives us what Microsoft never did with Windows

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 06, 2025

Since I've made the switch from Windows to Linux as my primary go-to OS on laptops, I've tried a few desktop environments, from Cinnamon, to GNOME, and eventually settled on KDE Plasma as a personal favorite. But recently, a new contender has entered the discussion, and it comes from a familiar group: System76, the team behind Pop!_OS.

The new COSMIC desktop entered beta just a couple of weeks ago, after spending over a year in alpha testing, and I decided to jump in and give it a shot. And from what I've seen so far, it's looking very promising as an alternative to the existing desktop environments. Plus, it comes with one feature that Microsoft promised Windows users for years before giving up on it.

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