KDE Plasma 6.6 Brings Screenshot OCR, App Volume Control + More
KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to save custom themes. The update also introduces new components, including on-screen keyboard, login manager and OEM setup wizard. All are offered alternatives rather than replacements. This is the seventh major update to KDE Plasma 6 since Plasma 6.0 arrived in February 2024, which saw the popular Linux desktop environment ported to Qt 6. It is dedicated to the memory of KDE contributor Björn Balazs. Users of Ubuntu-based KDE Neon as well as rolling-release distributions like Arch will […]
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is changing how hardware support updates are handled, splitting its single linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific sub-packages. The new approach aims to reduce the size of routine firmware updates for most users. Currently, firmware files are contained in a single package, which has grown to more than 500MB in download size in recent releases (and uses as much as 1GB disk space when installed). As such, if a security fix is applied to even specialised hardware like a 100KB update to Netronome or Mellanox network cards, mainly used in enterprise data centres, all Ubuntu users […]
Official mascot artwork for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ has been revealed. As the upcoming release dubbed ‘Resolute Racoon’, the monochromatic mascot naturally features its namesakes’ characteristic masked face and tail, albeit rendered in Ubuntu’s trademark geometric style. The tail is incorporated into a spiralling sunburst. You can expect to see Ubuntu’s new mascot artwork on the new default wallpaper (due to be unveiled shortly), and glimpse it in the various promotional materials and social media posts Canonical and the wider Ubuntu project will put out as we approach April. As source code is made available, community creations can make […]
Linux Mint 23 will expand its System Administration tool (mintsysadm) with a new Users section, enabling post-install home encryption and more.
Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS is now available to download. This is the fourth point release in the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ series since it launched in April 2024. The new installer image (ISO) contains all of the security, bug and software updates released since the Ubuntu 24.04.3 release last August. More notably, Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS ships an updated hardware enablement stack (HWE) with Linux kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2.8, both back-ported from Ubuntu 25.10 and available to install on existing Ubuntu 24.04 systems – no fresh install required. Updated Wayland Protocols are also included in the Ubuntu 24.04.4 HWE update. […]