Kiro, an IDE with AI-powered agentic features, has announced pricing tiers with usage limits and restricted new downloads by implementing a waitlist.
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A new version of the nifty Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension is available, and adds the sought-after ability to show/hide indicator and applet icons.
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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates.
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Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.
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VirtualBox 7.2.0 brings hardware-accelerated video decoding for Linux hosts, a rejigged interface, and support for running Windows on ARM.
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For decades, the humble terminal has been one of the most unchanging parts of the Linux desktop. Text streams flow in monochrome grids, and while the underlying libraries have evolved, the experience has remained more or less the same. Ubuntu, however, is preparing to rewrite this narrative. The distribution is adopting Ptyxis, a fresh terminal emulator designed for modern computing, and one of its standout qualities is that it leans on the GPU for rendering rather than relying solely on the CPU.
This shift is more than cosmetic. It represents a rethink of how command-line tools should perform in an era of container-heavy development, high-DPI displays, and demanding workloads. Let’s unpack what makes Ptyxis a different breed of terminal, why Ubuntu is betting on it, and what it means for everyday users and power developers alike.
The Origin Story of PtyxisPtyxis is not an accidental side project. It was initially prototyped under the name GNOME Prompt by Christian Hergert, a well-known GNOME contributor also behind GNOME Builder. Early experiments showed there was space for a terminal designed from scratch with today’s GNOME ecosystem and GPU pipelines in mind.
To avoid conflicts with existing software, the project was later rebranded as Ptyxis. The application has since matured rapidly, and major distributions such as Fedora and Ubuntu have committed to it. Ubuntu introduced it in experimental form in 24.10, and by the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”, it is expected to replace the aging GNOME Terminal as the default choice.
A New Kind of Terminal Experience GPU Acceleration as the CoreTraditional terminals typically rely on CPU-bound rendering stacks, often through libraries like Cairo and Pango. This works fine until you throw thousands of lines of log output or try to run full-screen text-based UIs that push rendering to its limits. Ptyxis sidesteps these bottlenecks by shifting the drawing work to the graphics processor, taking advantage of Vulkan or OpenGL backends supplied by GTK4.
The result is immediately noticeable: smooth scrolling, responsive updates, and consistent performance even with massive amounts of text on screen. It’s not just about speed, either, offloading rendering to the GPU reduces CPU strain, leaving headroom for the processes you’re actually running.
Go to Full ArticleGNOME Shell search asks for perfect spelling, but fuzzy search extensions let you find apps even with typos – and a new one has just appeared to help.
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Linux's firmware hub, the LVFS, announces a new funding model with quotas for vendors to help firm up the future of the service, benefitting us all.
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Welcome to the August 2025 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter.
This month, the Linux Foundation welcomed a groundbreaking project, expanded our India‑based open source footprint, and amplified developer collaboration across continents.
HighlightsRead on for more news and opportunities from across the Linux Foundation.
Kagi's privacy-focused Orion browser for Linux hits Milestone 2 with working tabs, bookmarks, and performance parity with GNOME Web/Epiphany.
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CrossOver 25.1.0 brings Microsoft Office 2016 stability buffs, fixes for EA and Ubisoft launchers, better Xbox and 8BitDo controller support, and more.
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For most of the last decade, talk about Wayland on KDE sounded like a promise: stronger security, modern graphics, fewer legacy foot‑guns, once the pieces land. With Plasma 6, those pieces finally clicked into place. Plasma 6.1 delivered two changes that go straight to how frames hit your screen, explicit synchronization and smarter buffering, while 6.2 followed with color‑management and HDR work that makes creators and gamers care. Together, they turn “Wayland someday” into a desktop you can log into today without caveats.
The frame pipeline finally behaves Explicit sync: the missing handshakeOn X11/older Wayland setups, graphics drivers and compositors often assumed when work finished (“implicit sync”), which is fine until it isn’t, especially on NVIDIA, where that guesswork frequently produced flicker or glitches. Plasma 6.1’s Wayland session speaks the explicit sync protocol instead. Now the compositor and apps exchange fences that say “this frame is done,” reducing visual artifacts and making delivery predictable. If you run the proprietary NVIDIA driver, this is the change you’ve been waiting for: NVIDIA added explicit‑sync support in the 555 series, and XWayland 24.1 gained matching support so many games and legacy X11 apps benefit as well.
What you’ll notice: fewer one‑off hitches, less tearing in XWayland content, and a general sense that motion is “locked in” rather than tentative, particularly with the 555.58+ drivers.
Dynamic triple buffering: fewer “missed the train” stuttersTraditional double buffering is cruel: miss a vblank by a hair and your framerate can fall in half. KWin 6.1 added triple buffering that only kicks in when the compositor predicts a frame won’t make the next refresh, letting another frame be “in flight” without permanently increasing latency. One of KWin’s core developers outlined how it activates selectively, tries not to add avoidable lag, and works regardless of GPU vendor. It sounds simple; it feels like the end of random judder during heavy scenes.
VRR/Adaptive‑Sync polishVariable refresh is no longer a roulette wheel. KDE’s devs chased down stutter/flicker under Adaptive‑Sync, and those fixes landed in the same timeframe as Plasma 6.1. If your monitor supports FreeSync/G‑Sync Compatible and the GPU stack is sane, frame pacing is noticeably calmer.
Go to Full ArticleLinux Mint 22.2 "Zara" beta brings fingerprint login, improved theming, new Hypnotix viewing modes, and a fair bit more – do you fancy testing it?
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Ubuntu 25.10 may ship with a Linux 6.17 release candidate kernel due to timing conflicts, marking the first Ubuntu release with an "unstable" kernel.
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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. We are also happy to tell you about our latest Gaming Notebook from Slimbook.
Slimbook MANJARO III SpecsCPU: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Graphics: Nvidia RTX 4070 8GB
Display: 15.3" WQHD 2560*1600p 120 Hz
Keyboard: RGB
Material: aluminum
Ports: 3x USB 3.2, 1x USB-C 3.2, HDMI 2.1, MiniDP
Connectivity: RJ45, Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
RAM memory: up to 96GB DDR5
Storage: 2x SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 up to 8TB
Keyboard: multiple languages
Operating System: Manjaro Gaming Plasma 6
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Firefox's new AI tab groups is causing high CPU usage and battery drain. Find out why users are complaining and how to disable the feature.
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Looking for Ubuntu icon alternatives? Hatter offers vibrant, well-designed icons that integrate cleanly with GNOME while respecting app's brand identity.
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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates.
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