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You Can Now Test Exchange Email Accounts in Mozilla Thunderbird
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How-To Geek
You Can Now Test Exchange Email Accounts in Mozilla Thunderbird
The long-awaited support for Exchange email accounts is working in test builds of Thunderbird.
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GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS
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OMG! Ubuntu
GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS
GNOME is looking to jettison X11 session support - as soon as this year, which may impact Ubuntu's plans for its next long-term support release.
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SteamOS is officially ready for the Legion Go S and ‘other AMD handhelds’
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PCWorld
SteamOS is officially ready for the Legion Go S and ‘other AMD handhelds’
The latest stable version of SteamOS says it's good to go on Lenovo's Steam-powered handheld. Valve is also working on support for more devices.
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Mozilla Kills Pocket & Fakespot to Focus on Firefox
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OMG! Ubuntu
Mozilla is Shutting Down Pocket to Focus on Firefox
Pocket, the popular "read it later" service Mozilla bought in 2017, is shutting down on July 8. Users have until October to export data. Why? Well…
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Norton’s new Neo browser wants to bring AI to the search bar
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NixOS 25.05 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS and 6.14 Kernels, GNOME 48, and More
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9to5Linux
NixOS 25.05 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS and 6.14 Kernels, GNOME 48, and More - 9to5Linux
NixOS 25.05 independent distribution is now available for download with Linux 6.12 LTS and 6.14 kernels, GNOME 48, and more.
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KDE Plasma 6.4 Adds Time-Of-Day Wallpapers, Disabling Adaptive-Sync By Default
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Phoronix
KDE Plasma 6.4 Adds Time-Of-Day Wallpapers, Disabling Adaptive-Sync By Default
KDE developers have been busy addressing bugs within the Plasma 6.4 desktop ahead of its stable release in June
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This Extension Adds Night Light Intensity Slider to Quick Settings
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OMG! Ubuntu
This Extension Adds Night Light Intensity Slider to Quick Settings
No need to hunt through GNOME Settings to adjust Night Light temperature intensity as this nifty extension adds an intensity slider control in the Quick Settings menu.
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Armbian 25.5 Released with Support for Banana Pi M2+ and BeagleBone AI-64 SBCs
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9to5Linux
Armbian 25.5 Released with Support for Banana Pi M2+ and BeagleBone AI-64 SBCs - 9to5Linux
Armbian 25.5 distribution for ARM devices is now available for download with support for new boards, Linux kernel 6.14, and various changes.
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Mozilla Firefox 139 Brings Custom New Tab Wallpapers
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OMG! Ubuntu
Firefox 139 Brings Custom New Tab Wallpapers, Better Upload Speeds
Firefox 139 adds custom New Tab wallpapers, improved HTTP/3 performance, and AI-powered link previews, but nothing flashy - for the first time in a while.
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Firefox 140 Enters Beta Testing as the Next ESR (Extended Support Release) Series
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9to5Linux
Firefox 140 Enters Beta Testing as the Next ESR (Extended Support Release) Series - 9to5Linux
Firefox 140 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing as the next ESR (Extended Support Release) series.
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AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released - Unlike RHEL 10, It Continues Supporting x86-64-v2 CPUs
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Phoronix
AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released - Unlike RHEL 10, It Continues Supporting x86-64-v2 CPUs
Building off the recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, AlmaLinux 10.0 stable is now available as this RHEL-derived popular community Linux OS alternative.
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The beloved Arc browser is in stasis, cast aside for an AI future
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PCWorld
The beloved Arc browser is in stasis, cast aside for an AI future
The Browser Company of New York says that no new features are being added to the Arc browser, as it essentially transitions to its next AI browser, Dia.
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Thunderbird 139 Lands with Granular Notification Controls
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Linuxiac
Thunderbird 139 Lands with Granular Notification Controls
Mozilla Thunderbird 139 open-source email client lands with granular notification controls, message actions in alerts, folder sorting, and more.
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KaOS May 2025 ISO Drops Qt5 for Good, Marks Full Transition to Qt6
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Linuxiac
KaOS May 2025 ISO Drops Qt5 for Good, Marks Full Transition to Qt6
KaOS Linux 2025.05 drops Qt5 by default, embraces Qt6 across the board, and ships with Plasma 6.3.5, KDE Gear 25.04.1, and Frameworks 6.14.
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Miss TweetDeck? A former dev made a similar app for Bluesky
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PCWorld
Bluesky has its own TweetDeck-like app for power users — and it’s free
deck.blue promises a better user experience with the Bluesky social network.
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Linux Kernel 6.15 Boosts Virtualization, GPU, and CPU Performance
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The New Stack
Linux Kernel 6.15 Boosts Virtualization, GPU, and CPU Performance
Sysadmins managing Linux servers with large quantities of RAM, lots of virtual machines, or are concerned about Spectre v2 vulnerabilities will be particularly happy with this release.
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Helwan Linux: A Made-in-Egypt Linux Distribution
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It's FOSS
Helwan Linux: A Made-in-Egypt Linux Distribution
Check out what this distro out of Egypt has to offer.
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaches End of Standard Support
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Linuxiac
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaches End of Standard Support
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS officially entered Extended Security Maintenance on May 29, 2025, ending its standard five-year support lifecycle.
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Alpine Linux 3.22 Released with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2
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9to5Linux
Alpine Linux 3.22 Released with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2 - 9to5Linux
Alpine Linux 3.22 distribution is now available for download with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXQt 2.2, and Linux kernel 6.12 LTS.
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CachyOS ISO Snapshot for May 2025 Improves Support for Older NVIDIA GPUs
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9to5Linux
CachyOS ISO Snapshot for May 2025 Improves Support for Older NVIDIA GPUs - 9to5Linux
The CachyOS ISO snapshot for May 2025 is now available for download with better support for NVIDIA GPUs and other changes.
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