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Like It Or Not, Rust Is Coming To Debian's APT Package Manager

Memory-safe Rust to power the beloved package manager.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 3 Nov 2025

Like It Or Not, Rust Is Coming To Debian's APT Package Manager

Ubuntu Unity Maintainers Sound the Alarm, Official Flavor Needs Help!

Without help soon, the beloved Unity desktop Ubuntu flavor may not survive much longer.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 28 Oct 2025

Bug in Coreutils Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System

The fix came quickly, but this highlights the challenges of replacing core GNU utilities with Rust-based ones.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 27 Oct 2025

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I Tested Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta: A Few Hits and Misses But Mostly on the Right Track

COSMIC has come a long way, but is it enough?

By Sourav Rudra

/ 18 Oct 2025

A Bug Broke Flatpaks on Ubuntu 25.10 [Patch Released]

Critical Bug Prevents Flatpak Apps from Installing on Ubuntu 25.10

By Sourav Rudra

/ 10 Oct 2025

Broken flatpak issue in Ubuntu 25.10

Microsoft Kills Windows 11 Local Account Setup Just as Windows 10 Reaches End of Life

Local account workarounds removed just before Windows 10 goes dark.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 8 Oct 2025

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openSUSE Leap 16 Released with 24 Months of Free Support and Major Modernization

A new openSUSE Leap release with major changes.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 6 Oct 2025

Fedora's Balancing Act: New Guidelines on Vibe Coding Contributions

The Fedora Project is looking for feedback on this.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 30 Sep 2025

AI Comes to Open Source eBook Reader Calibre

Calibre levels up with an AI feature and other changes.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 29 Sep 2025

Zorin OS 18 Beta Released With Fresh Design, Smarter Tiling, and Aim to Target Windows Migrants

Zorin OS 18 Beta debuts with sleek design and new features!

By Sourav Rudra

/ 23 Sep 2025

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Git 3.0 May Make Rust Mandatory as Developers Discuss Transition

Git might be heading down the Rust way soon.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 22 Sep 2025

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LMDE 7 "Gigi" Beta Released With Debian 13 Base

LMDE 7 is shaping up well, but you will need to wait a little longer for the final release.

By Sourav Rudra

/ 22 Sep 2025

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