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PacHub Is a Sleek GTK4 Frontend for Arch's Pacman and AUR
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (384+ words) PacHub gives Arch Linux users a sleek GTK4 app for browsing, installing, and managing packages from official repos and the AUR. PacHub is a new, great-looking open-source app for Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions that provides a graphical frontend for pacman…...
PeaZip 11.0 Released With Faster Archive Browsing
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (365+ words) PeaZip 11.0 archive manager improves archive browsing speed, updates 7z/p7zip to 26.0, adds batch archive testing, and refines the file manager. Two months after the 10.9 release, PeaZip, a versatile cross-platform open-source file archiver, has unveiled version 11.0, with a strong focus on speed. This…...
Ventoy 1.1.11 Improves Windows UEFI Booting
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (163+ words) Ventoy 1.1.11 fixes Windows and WinPE UEFI boot display issues, adds KylinSecOS support, and brings several Linux-side improvements. Ventoy, a widely used multi-boot utility for creating bootable USB drives from ISO files without reformatting, has been updated to version 1.1.11 with a…...
Debian Project Leader Addresses New Age Verification Laws
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (294+ words) Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille says Debian has made no decision on age verification compliance and is still awaiting legal analysis. Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille has addressed the ongoing debate over age-verification laws and their potential impact on free…...
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Raises Desktop Minimum RAM Requirement
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (303+ words) Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) will increase the minimum RAM requirement for Desktop users from 4 GB to 6 GB. According to Canonical's documentation, the upcoming Ubuntu Desktop 26.04 LTS, scheduled for release on April 23, will require more memory than the current LTS release....
Gentoo GNU/Hurd Port Is Real, Despite the April 1 Joke
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (255+ words) Gentoo's joke about replacing the Linux kernel with Hurd was fake, but the project's new experimental GNU/Hurd port is real. Gentoo has turned an April 1 joke into a real development story. The original post's claim that Gentoo was switching…...
Pidgin 3.0 Messaging Client Moves from Experimental Build to Alpha
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (377+ words) Pidgin 3.0 has entered the alpha stage with version 2.95, featuring updated account settings and ongoing development of Zulip protocol support. Remember Pidgin? The long-running messaging client is still under active development, and more than a year after its first experimental Pidgin…...
Arch-Based Omarchy 3.5 Brings Full Intel Panther Lake Support
3+ day, 32+ min ago (330+ words) Arch-based Omarchy 3.5 adds Intel Panther Lake support with a patched Linux kernel 6.19, Dell XPS 2026 fixes, and new features. Omarchy, a preconfigured Arch Linux setup packaged as a distro that ships with a Hyprland tiling window manager and a curated set…...
Wine 11.6 Brings Android Driver Work, Game Mod Fixes
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (260+ words) Wine 11.6 brings early Android driver revival work, better game mod support through DLL load order changes, more VBScript fixes, and 28 bug fixes. The Wine Project, a compatibility layer that allows Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has released…...
Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (258+ words) Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs. Artix Linux has released its first official ISO for 2026, powered by Linux kernel 6.19. For readers unfamiliar with the project, it is an Arch-based rolling-release…...