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KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Introduce Per-Window Screen-Recording Exclusions

OnNovember 22, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment will introduce per-window screen-recording exclusions, richer blur effects for dark themes, and more.

Bottles 60.0 Launches with Native Wayland Support

OnNovember 22, 2025

Bottles 60.0, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows apps on Linux, adds native Wayland support, a refreshed UI, and more.

Mozilla Resolves 21-Year-Old Bug, Adds Full XDG Directory Support

OnNovember 21, 2025
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Firefox 147 adds support for the XDG Base Directory Specification, ending a 21-year wait and aligning the browser’s Linux file storage with modern standards.

Calibre 8.15 E-Book Manager Adds Highlight Dates in Viewer

OnNovember 21, 2025

Calibre 8.15 e-book manager introduces highlight date tooltips, improved case-change handling, new shortcuts, and several key bug fixes.

Direct3D-to-Vulkan Library vkd3d 1.18 Brings HLSL Improvements

OnNovember 20, 2025

vkd3d 1.18, the Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation library used by Wine, adds HLSL constant folding, more legacy bytecode ops, and expanded shader targets.

PHP 8.5 Introduces URI Extension, Pipe Operator, and Syntax Improvements

OnNovember 20, 2025

PHP 8.5 introduces a new URI extension, the pipe operator, and key syntax upgrades, delivering faster performance and cleaner code.

Immich 2.3 Adds Multilingual OCR Models

OnNovember 19, 2025

Immich 2.3, a self-hosted photo and video management platform, adds multilingual OCR models and introduces maintenance mode.

Xen 4.21 Hypervisor Arrives With New PDX Compression

OnNovember 19, 2025

Xen 4.21 open-source type-1 hypervisor adds a new PDX compression algorithm, updated toolchain requirements, and improvements across x86, Arm, and RISC-V.