This quick guide explains the steps to enable Legacy Kickoff Menu in KDE Plasma 5.21. KDE Plasma 5.21 was recently released with many new features and improvements across the desktop. One of the important change is the redesigned application launcher. The…

Learn how to install the popular, lightweight Cinnamon desktop in Arch Linux with step-by-step guide and instructions.

The GNOME team announced the availability of the official GNOME 40 Beta images in an email announcement. You can download and try the images now to experience the design overhaul. You are probably aware that GNOME 40 is bringing complex and compelling design…

Think about this. What if, you buy a laptop today and can simply swap and upgrade hardware components when needed and use that device for decades. Sound interesting isn’t it? Introducing Framework Laptop. The startup company called Framework announced a modular…

The merge window for Linux Kernel 5.12 is closed and with that, Linux Kernel 5.12 RC-1 (release candidate) is now released for testing. This release brings many new features and improvements. Linux Kernel 5.12 is going to be the second Kernel release of 2021…

A comprehensive step-by-step guide to fix the failed to start Light Display Manager (lightdm) error - seen mostly in Arch-based distributions.

The team announced the immediate availability of the offline update feature in the KDE Neon unstable edition. Here’s how it works. One of the important features of any operating system is the offline update. In theory, the offline update feature downloads…

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…