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LibreOffice 25.2.5 Rolls Out with Over 60 Bug Fixes

OnJuly 17, 2025

LibreOffice 25.2.5 rolls out with over 60 bug fixes, addressing crashes and compatibility issues across Writer, Calc, Impress, and Base.

WebGPU Lands in Firefox 141 on Windows, Eyes Linux and macOS Next

OnJuly 17, 2025

Firefox 141 introduces WebGPU on Windows for powerful GPU-based web apps, with Linux and Mac support also on Mozilla’s roadmap.

Rescuezilla 2.6.1 Released with Ubuntu 25.04 Base

OnJuly 16, 2025

Rescuezilla 2.6.1 disk imaging and recovery adds Ubuntu 25.04 support, improves touchpad gestures, fixes swap partition restore failures, and more.

ProtonUp-Qt 2.13 Rolls Out with New Compatibility Tools for Steam and Lutris

OnJuly 16, 2025

ProtonUp-Qt 2.13 improves Lutris support and adds new compatibility layers for better game performance across multiple Linux launchers.

Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes

OnJuly 16, 2025

Hyprland 0.50 tiling Wayland compositor drops legacy rendering, adds triple buffering, and packs in new features for better Wayland compositing performance.

GStreamer 1.26.4 Rolls Out with Bug Fixes and Performance Tweaks

OnJuly 16, 2025

GStreamer 1.26.4 multimedia framework is out with important bug fixes, improved RTP handling, better AWS MediaLive compatibility, and more.

Plasma Bigscreen Gets a Fresh Boost from the Community

OnJuly 16, 2025

The Plasma Bigscreen TV-focused UI sees a fresh life as a KDE contributor revives it, modernizing the design, settings, and controller support for Plasma 6.