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I’m not a heavy user of snaps particularly on the Raspberry Pi 5. I find that installing software with Flatpak is a better solution than snap in most instances even though both are wasteful of disk space. But occasionally it’s useful to use a snap.

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Coming almost a month after KDE Gear 25.04.1, the KDE Gear 25.04.2 release is here to fix an issue with bin clip effects disappearing after disabling a timeline clip in the Kdenlive video editor, fix the inconsistent availability of undoing after the end of a game in the KReversi game, and fixes the “whatsnew” actions in KAddressBook.

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The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for June 8th, 2025, brings news about Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, VirtualBox 7.1.10, Rocky Linux 9.6, Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4, fwupd 2.0.11, Wireshark 4.4.7, KDE Gear 25.04.2, LibreOffice 25.2.4, Linux 6.16 RC, and more.

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Based on wlroots 0.19.0, which introduces support for the color-management-v1 protocol for HDR10 support and multi-GPU support for display-only devices, Sway 1.11 brings support for the linux-drm-syncobj-v1 protocol for explicit synchronization and support for the ext-data-control-v1 protocol as an alternative for clipboard managers.

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DXVK 2.6.2 is here more than two months after DXVK 2.6.1 with improvements for the Pirate Hunter, Red Orchestra: Ostfront, Rocketbirds 2, theHunter Classic, and Thumper video games, improved WSI backend selection in dxvk-native, and improved vendor ID override logic for D3D9.

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Following the decision of the GNOME project to remove support for the Xorg Server for a more secure, faster, and modern Linux desktop experience, Ubuntu devs decided to remove the Xorg-based Ubuntu session, which was known as Ubuntu on Xorg, from the Ubuntu 25.10 (codename Questing Quokka) release.

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Audacity 3.7.4 is a patch release for the Audacity 3.7 series, fixing a crash that occurred when closing a large unsaved project, an issue where the Studio Fade Out feature created a new clip when it was applied at the end of a video clip, and a crash that occurred when using real-time effects that activate delay compensation.

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Highlights of Rocky Linux 10 include support for the 64-bit RISC-V architecture, the implementation of a DHCP client as an internal subsystem of NetworkManager, support for administrative privileges by default for users, and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) by default for graphical remote access.

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In this article, you will learn how to navigate the Arch User Repository, clone packages, inspect PKGBUILD files, and install packages from AUR safely.

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The Orange Pi RV2 is a low cost RISC-V single board computer designed to be an affordable option to explore RISC-V technology.

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Node.js is a versatile, open-source JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 engine. It is designed to develop high-performance, scalable network applications. Whether you’re creating real-time communication tools, building APIs, or powering dynamic websites, Node.js offers complete control over your application’s logic and performance. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to install Node.js on Debian 13.

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Explore my favourite ways of installing new software on the Raspberry Pi 5.

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raspi-config is a script that offers an easy way to start configuring the Raspberry Pi 5.

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Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!

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Apple introduced a Swift-powered, open-source alternative to Docker for running Linux containers on macOS, focused on security and isolation.

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In the latest monthly newsletter, Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed one of the attractions of the forthcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release: a new in-house application for managing fingerprint authentication and configuration on computers with fingerprint readers.

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I have tried several distributions on it, including Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin), Ubuntu 24.04.2 (Noble Numbat), Fedora Linux 42, and openSUSE Tumbleweed. Ubuntu 25.04 didn’t work at all because it failed to recognize the keyboard and touchpad, but the rest worked fine.

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Since Linux 6.14 is not a long-term support (LTS) branch, it is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website, which means that it has reached end of life with the 6.14.11 point release published today by renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is urging users to move to the latest Linux 6.15 kernel series as soon as possible.

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This is the first article in a new series looking at both the Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Orange Pi 5 Max single board computers (SBCs) running Linux. These two SBCs are identical in almost all respects with the exception of their HDMI ports.

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