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GNOME Is the Winner of Microsoft’s FOSS Fund for May 2022

OnJune 16, 2022

Microsoft's FOSS Fund program provides $10,000 to sponsor open source projects. For May, the award will go to GNOME.

GIMP 2.10.32 Image Editor Comes with a Host of New Features

OnJune 15, 2022

GIMP 2.10.32 comes with support for 8 and 16-bit CMYK TIFF files, support for localized glyphs, and many other features.

KDE Plasma 5.25 Comes with Another Dose of Customization Capabilities

OnJune 14, 2022

New touchpad gestures, syncing the accent color, and touch mode are some new features in the KDE Plasma 5.25 Desktop Environment.

Microsoft’s GitHub Retires Atom Source Code Editor in Favor of VS Code

OnJune 11, 2022

Microsoft-owned GitHub will decommission the popular Atom open-source code editor on December 15, 2022.

openSUSE Leap 15.4 Is Now Available, Here’s What’s New

OnJune 8, 2022

The latest minor release of the openSUSE fixed release distro, openSUSE Leap 15.4, is out, bringing many updates to the existing package base.

Orange Pi 800, An Integrated Into Keyboard PC Running Open Source OS

OnJune 6, 2022

The Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC has a similar design to the Raspberry Pi 400, although Rockchip RK3399 power it.

Arch Linux Topped the List as the Most Used Linux Platform for Steam

OnJune 2, 2022

Arch Linux surpassed Ubuntu 20.04 as the leading Linux distribution on the Steam game market in May.

Linux Lite 6.0 Comes with Updated Window Theme, Accessibility Improvements

OnJune 1, 2022

The lightweight Linux distribution Linux Lite has released version 6.0, including enhancements and bug fixes.

Deepin Linux 20.6 Is Here with Updated Apps and New Features

OnMay 31, 2022

Deepin 20.6 arrives precisely two months after the previous version's release, bringing a new set of changes and improvements.