The second release candidate of Linux Kernel 5.12 is out early because of a nasty swap file bug. And do not use Linux Kernel 5.12 RC1 for testing, you may lose data. In the Kernel mailing list, Linus Torvalds announced the early release of Linux Kernel 5.12…

SparkyLinux releases its first 2021 edition with the first-ever KDE Plasma flavor and it is based upon Debian 11 “Bullseye”. And this release brings all packages and desktop base to its latest versions. SparkyLinux is a desktop-based Linux distribution based…

With the prior KDE Plasma 5.21 is out and stable in the wild, we give you a glimpse of upcoming new features of KDE Plasma 5.22 and tentative release plans. World’s greatest and powerful Linux desktop – KDE Plasma, is gearing up for the upcoming KDE Plasma…

This guide explains the steps to update Ubuntu offline without an active internet connection. There are many situations where you may need to update your Ubuntu installation without an internet connection. You may be staying remotely or have a set of network…

Here is the DebugPoint.com review of the awesome KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop, released recently. We take a look at the features that it brings while looking at the improvement areas. KDE Plasma 5.21 Review Every KDE Plasma desktop release brings ‘real’ features.…

The free and open-source, cross-platform audio editor Audacity brings its latest major release – Audacity 3.0. This release is significant as it brings some important improvements over the prior stable release. Audacity is probably one of the few top-class…

Welcome to the DebugPoint.com weekly roundup series of weeks ending March 21, 2021. Here’s a quick recap of the happenings from the open-source world on the applications, distributions, and various updates. Software updates are very fast thanks to collaboration…

The Fedora team announced the release of Fedora 34 Beta with many new improvements and the latest packages. Here’s a summary of the new changes and how to download, test the Fedora 34 Beta. Fedora 34 brings a massive set of changes across desktop, server…

Here's a quick look at the new GNOME 40 overview in Fedora 34.
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The GNOME team announced the release of the GNOME 40 desktop environment with major design changes and many new features. This release brings some fundamental UX changes in the GNOME Shell itself. That means you might need to unlearn and learn a little to…

A tutorial on how to clean up Snap packages, residue system files and help you to reclaim the precious disk space.

Edge for Linux Brings Sync and Vertical Tabs. Here’s how to Enable it. In a recent announcement, the Edge dev team enabled the Sync, Sign-in, and Vertical tabs in the Linux build of Edge browser. Microsoft’s Chromium-based web browser Edge developer preview…

Here’s this week’s DebugPoint.com weekly roundup (Week Ending Mar 28, 2021) series, filtered for you from the Linux and the open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming highlights. Have a look. This…

Manjaro Linux is one of those Linux distributions which is slowly evolving to reach great heights of Linux desktops. Manjaro 21.0 was released a while back and hence it’s time for a Manjaro 21.0 review. It’s been a while I tested Manjaro. As per I remember…

Aligning to the release schedule, the Ubuntu team announced the release of the Ubuntu 21.04 Beta code-named ‘Hirsute Hippo’. The beta images are immediately available for download and test. Ubuntu 21.04 is a short-term release. Hence the changes, major features…

A good samaritan created a PPA which you can add and install GNOME 40 in Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo). And this is only for testing the packages. Warning: Use this PPA and add it in your system at your own risk. Things shall break. So do it for experiment…

Presenting this week’s DebugPoint.com weekly roundup (Week Ending April 4, 2021) series, cleaned up for you from the Linux and the open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, and major news. Take a look. This was a super…

The new Firefox design change – code-named “Proton” is almost ready for release. Let’s take a look at how it looks and how to enable it. The Proton design is in “work-in-progress” for quite some time and we reported a quick preview earlier. They were mostly…

This quick tutorial explains the steps to view saved WiFi password in Ubuntu and Other Linux. If you use wireless connections and frequently connect to a list of WiFi access points, then you tend to save the password for seamless connectivity in Ubuntu and…

Here’s a list of the top 10 cool gedit features which you probably not aware of, until now. Take a look. The gedit is the default text for the GNOME desktop. It is used by millions of people who use GNOME every day via Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions.…

Presenting this week’s DebugPoint.com weekly roundup series (Week Ending April 12, 2021) series, refined for you from the Linux and the open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, and major news. Take a look. A calm week…