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Kdenlive 25.04.2 Video Editor Brings Subtle Workflow Enhancements

OnJune 10, 2025

Kdenlive 25.04.2 open-source video editing software is out with fixes for audio thumbnails, subtitle grabbing, OTIO path issues, and more.

MariaDB 11.8 LTS Lands with Vector Search and Extended Timestamp Support

OnJune 9, 2025

MariaDB 11.8 LTS open-source RDBMS is out, featuring full MariaDB Vector support, faster backups, improved replication, and more.

Sway 1.11 Wayland Tiling Window Manager Released

OnJune 9, 2025

Sway 1.11 Wayland tiling window manager is out, bringing wlroots 0.19 support, better screen capture, improved output handling, and more.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 23 (Jun 2 – 8, 2025)

OnJune 8, 2025

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Rocky 9.6, VirtualBox 7.1.10, KDE Gear 25.04.2, Linux Mint 20.x reaches EOL, without Hyprland in Debian 13, Xlibre - an attempt to save X11, and more.

KDE Encourages Windows 10 Users to Switch to Linux

OnJune 8, 2025
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"KDE for Windows 10 Exiles" is a new KDE initiative inviting Windows 10 users to switch to Linux and the Plasma desktop.

Linux Mint 20.x Reaches End of Life

OnJune 8, 2025

Linux Mint 20.x has reached end-of-life and is now officially unsupported. Fingwit, a smarter fingerprint login, arrives in Mint 22.2.

Debian Maintainers Request Delisting of Hyprland from Trixie

OnJune 7, 2025

Hyprland and related packages won't be part of Debian 13 "Trixie" after coordinated bug reports prompted their scheduled removal before the final release.