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Scammers invade Snap Store
Ubuntu’s Snap Store is Under Siege from Scammers, and The Gates are Open.After years of crypto wallet theft, scammers have escalated to domain takeovers. Malicious actors are doing everything at their disposal to undermine modern IT infrastructure. Some are motivated by the usual monetary gains, while others have more sinister intents. Canonical’s Snap Store is…
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Linux Mint “Zena” is Out
Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New AppsA fresh menu, troubleshooting tools, and other improvements arrive in this point release. A few months ago, Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” was introduced with many useful changes, like Linux kernel 6.14, support for accent colors on XDG Desktop Portal XApp, blur effects on the…
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Updates to GUIs Launched for 2026
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship.Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig. The new year brings releases from opposite ends of the Linux GUI spectrum: IceWM, an X11 window manager from the late 1990s, and Budgie, a newer full desktop environment that has gone Wayland-native.…
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Mint “Zena” Now Available
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena”. Linux Mint 22.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of…
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Install COSMIC on Ubuntu
How to Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTSA step-by-step guide to installing the COSMIC desktop environment on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS via a PPA repository. The first stable release of System76’s COSMIC desktop is now available, making its debut in Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS. Beyond that, many Linux distributions have already started offering COSMIC through their…
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Arduino to Remain Open Source
Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’Arduino has defended the changes, claiming its commitment to open source hardware remains unchanged. Dec 14th, 2025 6:00am by David Cassel The open source hardware community is debating Arduino’s new Terms and Conditions following the company’s acquisition by Qualcomm. Chief microcontroller rival Adafruit has argued that the new…
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