New releases of free applications: browsers, office suites, graphics, multimedia, messengers and tools for Linux – plus Flatpak, Snap and AppImage.
PhoronixAppsReleased at the end of August was Haiku R1 Beta 6 and over the course of September, further improvements continued to land for this BeOS-inspired project now in its 25th year of development...
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Teedy is a lightweight document management system with OCR, full-text search, workflows, encryption, metadata and document sharing.
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors, the open-source office suite for Linux, Windows, and macOS, released new 10.0.0 version last night. The new major release is a fully rebuilt application.
Bolls Bible is a free and open source Bible reader with multiple translations, parallel reading, dictionaries, search and offline access.
Kdenlive 26.08.2 is out with fixes for crashes, proxy clips, audio recording, project files, and several timeline and title editor issues.
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A new version of free, open-source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE is out, bringing more than a thousand bug fixes and an expanded set of AI features.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 158 open-source email client is now available for download with updated ExtensionSettings policy, improved quick filter responsiveness, and numerous bug fixes.
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There's something crazy going on with AI right now, people have decided to shift there attention to cracking open and rewriting proprietary software like the Adobe suite and Microsoft suite in the …
ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 introduces AI tools, modular apps, faster spreadsheets, improved PDF editing, and over 50 new features.
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Firefly Synth 2 is a flexible open source software synthesizer with deep modulation, audio routing, unison, effects and microtuning support.
word-sys's PDF Editor edits PDF text, images and annotations, manages pages and exports documents to editable office file formats.
FOSS ForceAppsA new logo separates the foundation from its flagship software -- and arrives as the open source office status quo is in turmoil.
Mozilla unveils Firefox Enterprise, offering self-hosted browser management, centralized policies, security controls, and AI governance.
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Institutions are recalculating who controls the technology they rely on. Mozilla has an independent option to offer. For years, organizations consolidated
Firefox 158.0, the new biweekly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download. The new version of this popular web browser finally added out-of-the-box support for JPEG-XL image …
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Firefox 159 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with Wayland improvements, better support for importing Google Chrome bookmarks, and other changes.
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Linux Magazine NewsAppsThe latest release features a pre-installed AI agent to help perform tasks.
For a long time there has been a problem on Linux where knowing which terminal to open for a terminal app isn't entirely clear but there's a new freedesktop protocol being worked on to clean that …
Selah is a cross-platform Bible study app offering offline reading, notes, highlighting, Strong's numbers, cross references and search.
Pixcil is a pixel art editor with an almost infinite canvas, PNG editing, animation frames, and web and VS Code interfaces.
Pinchflat-ngx builds on the original YouTube downloader with a redesigned interface, better download controls, PostgreSQL support, and more.
A new update to the Calibre ebook manager is out and it brings more natural sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, as well as AVIF image support and better
Firefox is teaming up with AEG and taking to the main stage at Berlin’s biggest and best indoor arenas. Starting this October, as the indoor music scene
Opera, the popular Chromium based web browser, released new stable 137 version last night. The new version of this multi-platform browser introduced some new features, including the long-requested …
Linux Magazine NewsAppsLinux users can now test the official Office 365, thanks to Mirko Brombin's work on Bottles.
One hundred days ago, Mozilla released Over The Edge 2.0, the second independent report from leading experts on deceptive design Dr. Harry Brignull and Cen
Every October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds us the importance of protecting our digital lives. The theme for 2026 is ‘Don’t Make It Easy for T
The unofficial GNOME theme for Firefox has been updated to work with the Firefox 157 release and its newer, rounder Nova theme. It is not a traditional
Darktable, the popular photography workflow and raw developer software, released new 5.6.2 version today. The new version is a maintenance release that mainly includes bug fixes covering OpenCL …
You'd think an office suite wouldn't be a point of debate that anyone cares about but it turns out on Fedora that may not be the case.
