Firefox 143 is released. This update offers web app support, a new address bar feature for finding dates fast, in-browser access to Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot - and more!

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Firefox 143 Released with Copilot Chatbot, Web App Creation + More

Mozilla Firefox 143 brings new features and improvements, including access to Microsoft's AI chatbot, date info in the address bar, and web ap...

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GNOME 49 launches THIS WEEK! 🥳 It brings a slew of improvements, including new default apps (Showtime & Papers), lock screen media controls, per-monitor brightness adjustment, and more. Ubuntu users get these features in 25.10, out on October 9th.

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GNOME 49: New Apps, Lock Screen Features & Design Changes

GNOME 49 brings new apps, lock screen media controls, multi-monitor brightness controls, file manager changes and fractional scaling improvements.

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A quick run through of new features coming to Firefox, the iconic open source web browser.

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Firefox Adding Google Lens, Stock Data & AI “Page Buddy” Features

A rundown of new features in development for Firefox, including visual image search, more sponsored results in the URL bar, and (of course) more AI...

#firefox #opensource #ai

If you get ocular whiplash every time you use gestures to switch workspace in GNOME Shell, try the new 'Static Workspace Background' extension.

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Stop Wallpaper Moving When You Switch Workspace in GNOME

Stop distracting wallpaper movement in GNOME Shell workspace transitions with Static Workspace Background extension, keepings the background fixed.

#gnome #ubuntu #motionsickness

Dracut makes the cut, while initramfs-tools is given the boot, after feature freeze exception granted for Ubuntu 25.10.

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Ubuntu 25.10 Finally Makes Switch to Dracut

Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds switch to Dracut by default, after Feature Freeze Exception granted to replace initramfs-tools for a more modern boot pro...

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Cute: some automated bot /thing/ (from a single IP) has been hammering the on-site contact form today. The first 2 messages came through, but the other 5,000 went to spam. I disabled the contact form as several hundred messages were arriving every few minutes, which isn't ideal. ☮️ (Jetpack Forms don't provide captchas, alternative form plugins are $$, and things are fine usually).

Euphonica is a slick MPD client written in Rust and GTK4/libadwaita, and it's now available on Flathub.

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Euphonica MPD Client is Now Available on Flathub

Euphonica is a slick new MPD client for Linux, written in Rust and GTK4/libadwaita. It's currently in beta, but testing is easier as it's...

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Ubuntu 25.10 development builds receive a Yaru theme update, adding new icons – including a rubbish pair!

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New Icons, Theme Tweaks Land in Ubuntu 25.10

Yaru, Ubuntu's default theme, has received a refresh ahead of October's 25.10 release. The artwork drop adds new app icons, and improves ...

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ICMYI: Mozilla is finally pulling the plug on 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox, a decade after most rival browsers did.

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Firefox is (Finally) Ending Support for 32 bit Linux

Mozilla is FINALLY pulling the plug on 32-bit Firefox builds for Linux, a decade after Google Chrome did the same. Why now? It says they're ge...

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