Wine is a free and open source tool that makes it possible to run many Windows apps and games on Linux and other operating systems including Android, macOS, and FreeBSD. And the latest version brings a number of significant new features and improvements. Updates in Wine 7.0 include improved support for theming, improved graphics, support […]
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ReactOS 0.4.14 brings new features, more hardware support to the open source Windows clone
9 Comments on ReactOS 0.4.14 brings new features, more hardware support to the open source Windows cloneReactOS is an open source operating system designed to be compatible with Windows applications. It’s been in development for more than two decades and is still very much work-in-progress software, but the first major release in more than a year brings a handful of new features and support for additional hardware. ReactOS 0.4.14 is now […]
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Raspberry Pi OS gets a legacy version to offer extended stability
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the release of its first Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy). It’s a new-but-old OS aimed at giving developers a platform that won’t see major changes quite as often as the main branch of the operating system. Legacy will be based on the Debian oldstable release — which is currently Debian […]
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Samsung is pulling the plug on DeX for Mac and Windows 7
Samsung’s DeX software lets you use supported phones or tablets as if they were desktop computers thanks by connecting a mouse, keyboard, and display. A few years ago the company also rolled out Windows and Mac apps that also let you just plug your phone into a computer to get the DeX experience. Now the […]
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SerenityOS offers a Unix-like experience with 90s computing vibes
Microsoft is busily working away on Windows 11 and its redesigned, modern interface. Andreas Kling, meanwhile, is building the wonderfully retro Unix-like SerenityOS from the kernel on up. Maybe Fluent has really struck a chord with you. If, however, you feel like Windows interfaces peaked with Windows 2000, you’ll love the aesthetic in SerenityOS. Kling […]
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KDE Connect now supports Windows as well as Linux and macOS (link your phone to your PC)
3 Comments on KDE Connect now supports Windows as well as Linux and macOS (link your phone to your PC)KDE Connect is a free tool that lets you pair a smartphone with a PC to do things like share links and files between devices, view phone notifications on your PC, use your phone as a remote control for presentations or to control media playback on your computer (or use your PC to control media […]
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Boxedwine is an emulator that can run Windows apps on the web (or Linux, Mac, or… Windows)
Comments Off on Boxedwine is an emulator that can run Windows apps on the web (or Linux, Mac, or… Windows)The free and open source Wine utility that makes it possible to run some Windows applications on Linux and Mac computers is not an emulator, but rather a compatibility layer. The name is actually an abbreviation for Wine Is Not an Emulator. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do some pretty cool things when you […]
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Audacity 3.0 released with new project file format (Open source, cross-platform audio editor)
8 Comments on Audacity 3.0 released with new project file format (Open source, cross-platform audio editor)Audacity is a popular free and open-source audio editing utility available for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. Under development for more than two decades, the software now has a robust and powerful set of tools that you can use to record, edit, and apply post-processing effects to music, podcasts, or any other type of audio. […]
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LibreOffice 7.1 Community edition is here
The Document Foundation has released a new build of the popular cross-platform, open source LibreOffice suite of tools for creating, editing, and viewing spreadsheets, presentations, text, and other documents. LibreOffice 7.1 Community is now available for download, and it brings several new features including a dialog that lets you set the user interface on first […]
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Vivaldi Mobile web browser for Android goes stable (Vivaldi 3.0 for desktop is also here)
7 Comments on Vivaldi Mobile web browser for Android goes stable (Vivaldi 3.0 for desktop is also here)Vivaldi is a web browser designed for folks who want to be able to customize the heck out of the tools they use to surf the web. The first version of Vivaldi for desktop computers was released in 2015, but the first public beta of Vivaldi Mobile for Android was released just last year. Now […]