xfce-4.20:-best-new-features

A quick glance into the new features of Xfce 4.20 desktop environment. Xfce 4.20 desktop environment has arrived a few weeks back, and it’s packed with features and updates. This major release comes after two years since Xfce 4.18. Hence, it’s now more evolved, bringing experimental Wayland support, UI refinementsContinue Reading

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The latest update to open-source desktop email client Thunderbird has a tranche of improvements in tow. Thunderbird 145 now supports Microsoft Exchange via the Exchange Web Services API (EWS). Though it is currently limited to email only, support for accessing calendars and address book is expected to arrive in aContinue Reading

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Australian flag carrier Qantas is currently undergoing an exciting fleet renewal process. This year has seen theoneworld founding member begin to take deliveries of next-generation Airbus A321XLR narrowbody twinjets, and it is also edging ever closer to the arrival of its ‘Project Sunrise’ Airbus A350-1000s.Continue Reading

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If you use Linux on a laptop you’ll know the only battery stat that matters is the one that tells you how long it’ll be before you’ve diving at a power socket, which is I always enable battery percentage in the top bar. Job done. It’s practical, it’s prominent, andContinue Reading

China’s Tech Giants Race to Replace Nvidia’s AI Chips

This post originally appeared on Recode China AI.For more than a decade, Nvidia’s chips have been the beating heart of China’s AI ecosystem. Its GPUs powered search engines, video apps, smartphones, electric vehicles, and the current wave of generative AI models. Even as Washington tightened export rules for advanced AI chips…Continue Reading

We planted two woody meadows a decade ago to see what would thrive—now, it’s popular across Australia

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First Vera Rubin Observatory image reveals hidden structure as long as the Milky Way trailing behind a nearby galaxy — Space photo of the week

In its debut image, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed a vast stellar stream coming from the nearby galaxy M61. (Image credit: Romanowsky et al. 2025, RNAAS) QUICK FACTS What it is: Barred spiral galaxy Messier 61, AKA NGC 4303 Where it is: 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo When it wasContinue Reading

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The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading

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Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading

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Here are the steps you need to upgrade your Fedora 41 workstation edition to Fedora 42. Fedora 42 is officially available for download and the upgrade channels are now available. This release brings the latest and greatest GNOME 48 desktop for workstation editions, refinements to KDE Plasma desktop, new CosmicContinue Reading