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Fish Shell 4.2 Released with Improved Autosuggestions

OnNovember 10, 2025

Fish Shell 4.2 enhances history-based autosuggestions, defaults to UTF-8 encoding, clears transient prompts correctly, and more.

Trinity R14.1.5 Desktop Environment Released With Multi-Monitor Tiling

OnNovember 9, 2025

TDE R14.1.5 lightweight desktop environment adds tiling for multi-monitor setups, improved desktop stability, new artwork, and updated distro support.

Budgie 10.9.4 Desktop Environment Released, No UI Changes

OnNovember 9, 2025

The Budgie 10.9.4 desktop environment modernizes its plugin system but brings no new features or visual changes for end users.

Bottles 52.1 Released With Playtime Tracking

OnNovember 8, 2025

Bottles 52.1, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows apps on Linux, adds playtime tracking support, script arguments, and resolves sandbox-related issues.

KDE Plasma 6.6 Introduces QR Code Wi-Fi Connections, Boosts Performance

OnNovember 8, 2025
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The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6 adds QR code Wi-Fi setup, memory optimizations, and refinements across System Settings and Breeze.

Hyprland 0.52 Adds Input Rotation, Forceidle, and Rendering Tweaks

OnNovember 7, 2025

Hyprland 0.52, a tiling Wayland compositor, lands with improved rendering, per-device rotation support, and bug fixes.

Kdenlive 25.08.3 Arrives With Stability Fixes and SVG File Support

OnNovember 7, 2025

Kdenlive 25.08.3 open-source video editor adds SVG file support, improves image rendering, and refines subtitle handling on Linux.

Google Releases Magika 1.0: AI-Powered File Type Detection Tool

OnNovember 7, 2025
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Magika 1.0 debuts as Google’s AI-driven open-source file identification tool rebuilt in Rust, doubling file type coverage and delivering 99% accuracy.