Linux handhelds are having a moment of late, yet few wear their geek cred as proudly as the Mecha Comet, a new open source, palm-sized computer crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The Mecha Comet is not a phone and it isn’t aiming to replace your your laptop. Instead, it’s a modular Linux device designed to be… Well, Whatever you need it to be, when you need it to be: adaptability is the USP [that’s enough “eees” – ed]. Three magnetic snap-on attachments change how the device functions. A gamepad panel provides familiar gaming input. A 40-pin GPIO header with I/O breakout caters […]

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Add custom command and script toggles to GNOME Shell's Quick Settings menu. Create up to 6 buttons to trigger any action you want, easily and in reach!

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FOSDEM, Europe's biggest open-source event returns to Brussels with keynotes on FOSS funding, AI security and digital sovereignty from January 31-February 1.

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A new app for streaming music from TIDAL on Linux has entered beta. Tonearm, which is unofficially, is built in GTK4/libadwaita and uses official TIDAL APIs.

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Want to add a note to a tab in Firefox? Well, soon you can. Mozilla developers are working on a new Tab Notes feature, and it's available to test early - here's how.

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NexPhone is a $549 Android smartphone that dual-boots with Windows 11, and runs a full Debian desktop when connected to a monitor. See specs, price and details.

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System76 adds window shadows and consistent corner rounding to COSMIC Desktop, harmonising appearance across GTK, Qt, and native apps on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.

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Intel's Core 3 (Wildcat Lake) aims to replace the popular N100 CPU, but if it isn't as affordable, better performance won't matter to the budget conscious.

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Wine patches finally fix Adobe Creative Cloud installer on Linux, letting you install Photoshop 2021 and 2025 without copying files from a Windows VM.

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The Multi-Column Dock extension for GNOME Shell lets you organise apps in collapsable groups with labels, colours, and for better dock management.

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Looking to run .NET 10 on Noble Numbat? The .NET 10.0.1 update is now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Latest SDK and runtime improvements – an apt command away.

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Opera confirms it's working on a Linux version of Opera GX, its gaming-focused browser. No release date yet, but after years of users asking it's happening.

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The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 costs $130 but with 40 TOPS and 8GB of onboard RAM it can run LLMs like Qwen 2 and DeepSeek R1 locally, opening up new use cases.

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An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.

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Ubuntu engineers are rebuilding all archive packages in Ubuntu 26.04 to ensures all hardware compatibility features are enabled – important for an LTS cycle.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of new system management tools.

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Wine 11.0 improves gaming performance with kernel-level synchronisation, legacy 32-bit Windows app support and expanded Wayland integration. Full details inside.

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Firefox 147 released with XDG directory support ending a 20-year Linux bug, auto Picture-in-Picture, better AMD video performance, and new web standards.

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Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS's updated hardware enablement stack (HWE) brings Linux Kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2.7 and a new set of Wayland Protocols – a nice uplift, right?

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Canonical's ARM64 Steam Snap brings x86 gaming to Ubuntu ARM systems via FEX emulation. Early testing shows 200+ FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. You can help test it.

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Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' reaches end of life on January 15, 2025. Users must upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 to keep receiving critical security updates.

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Elecrow's CrowView Note 15.6 addresses complaints from the original with a larger screen, USB-C charging, and expanded SBC support. Priced at $169.

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Bazaar Flatpak manager adds permission warnings showing app safety, Flathub account sync, verified-only filtering, and a neat new 'market stall' app icon.

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Dell revives XPS brand with redesigned 14 and 16-inch laptops. Ubuntu 24.04 support coming to XPS 14 later this year. Details and specs inside.

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