GIMP is (finally) working on a new project file format
A new project file format is in the works for GIMP, as the existing one can’t handle larger, complex projects. Since 1997, the famed FOSS image editor has used the binary .xcf format to save projects so layers, effects and anything else can be edited and adjusted again – which doesn’t happen in a flat file export to JPEG or PNG. But, writing in a recent development update, the team has said it’s finding “more and more limitations” in the current format. And with major new features, like animation and multi-page documents, on GIMP’s near-term roadmap, it’s begun working on a […]
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You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already has Yaru, Adwaita, Paprius, Big Sur and other icon styles built-in (the dynamic versions don’t depend on the icon sets themselves), so you see real-time clock, date and weather info on icons that look like their static equivalents. Two new icon choices land in latest update, v9, released this week (17 August 2026), Stylish and Pure: In the screenshot above, you can see how […]
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If you’ve been eyeing up one of PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now is the time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will stop “producing more Linux devices” for the time being, and said it expects its existing stock of certain devices, including the PineNote and PineTab 2, to sell out in the next three months. RAMaggeddon is to blame. The AI infrastructure boom continues apace, with demand for memory and storage chips continuing to reduce supply and drive up costs. If seeing the price of even modest tech – £290 Raspberry Pi 5, anyone? […]
Mozilla has released Firefox 154 with some small AI-related changes, an ‘improved’ full-page translations and faster video seeking on “all operating systems”. Firefox 154 serves as the final monthly release of Firefox before browser switches to a faster, twice-monthly release schedule early September. That means you’ll be back here, reading “Firefox 155 released” in a couple weeks, rather than the usual four weeks. But enough what’s coming; what’s new now? Firefox 154’s main changes Firefox’s been expanding its range of address bar actions in recent releases. We got tab muting action in v152 and an colour picker in v153. Firefox […]