‍Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today the codename of the next release of the popular, Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution, Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”, along with the codename for LMDE 7.


Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” will be based on Canonical’s long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, just like the Linux Mint 22 series. The Linux Mint project leader also unveiled the codename of the upcoming LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 distribution as "Gigi".


While Linux Mint 22.2 will pretty much look and feel exactly like Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia", the team plans to improve the default Mint-Y theme by adding a little bit of blue to "make grey slightly more metallic looking and appear more modern", according to Clement Lefebvre.


[su_quote]"Pure grey is neutral, it can be perceived as cold or warm based on its surroundings. By bumping the blue we force it to look cold," said Clement Lefebvre. "Another reason this makes the UI look more modern is because this is done a lot nowadays, but it wasn’t done so much 10 years ago. Like with all new trends, sticking to past standards can make things feel outdated."[/su_quote]


Also for Linux Mint 22.2, the devs plan to add support for accent colors to the XDG Desktop Portal XApp to change the accent color in Flatpak libAdwaita applications based on your current GTK theme. This is supposed to work not only in the flagship Cinnamon edition, but also on the MATE and Xfce editions.


Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" will probably be released in June or July 2025. It will probably still be powered by Linux kernel 6.8, just like its predecessors, Linux Mint 22.1 and Linux Mint 22. However, since Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS comes with Linux kernel 6.11 from Ubuntu 24.10, users will be able to install the newer kernel if they want to.


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Linux hardware vendor System76 announced today a refreshed version of its Serval WS laptop featuring important upgrades for engineering and gaming.


Powered by the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU featuring 24 cores and threads, the new Serval WS laptop features a brand-new 16-inch display with 2560x1600 (2K) resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, and 16:10 aspect ratio, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics, up to 96GB of DDR5 5600 MHz RAM, and up to 12TB PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 storage.


The new Serval WS laptop also features 2.5 GbE Ethernet, WiFi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, a multitouch touchpad, a multi-color backlit chiclet US QWERTY keyboard, Thunderbolt 4 and HDMI (with HDCP) video ports, a 5.0MP HD camera, a 2-in-1 audio Jack for headphone and microphone, and a microSD card reader.


As with all of System76's laptops, the new Serval WS comes pre-installed with the company's in-house Pop!_OS Linux 22.04 LTS distribution based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, or with the newer Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system. System76 is still working on the upcoming COSMIC desktop environment written in Rust and Pop!_OS Linux 24.04 LTS.


[su_quote]"System76 is working on COSMIC, their new open source desktop environment created for Pop!_OS. COSMIC is soon entering the beta phase. Once cleared for release, users can look forward to more battery life, cooler temperatures, more features, and an overall intuitive software experience," said System76.[/su_quote]


You can configure and buy the new Serval WS Linux laptop right now from System76's online store. The price starts from $2,999 USD for the basic configuration with 32 GB DDR5 5600 MHz RAM and 1 TB PCIe4 SSD storage. Shipping will begin in late May 2025.







































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Perplexity is an AI search engine that answers questions by combining real-time web results with conversational, natural language responses. Installing Perplexity's official MCP server on your Mac or Windows PC allows querying Perplexity from any AI model in VS Code GitHub Copilot. Enabling your AI to search the web for the latest updates is a must-have feature for scripting or working in the terminal.
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Выпуск композитного сервера Hyprland 0.49


Доступен композитный сервер Hyprland 0.49, использующий протокол Wayland. Проект ориентирован на мозаичную (tiling) компоновку окон, но поддерживает и классическое произвольное размещение окон, группировку окон в форме вкладок, псевдомозаичный режим и полноэкранное раскрытие окон. Предоставляются возможности для создания визуально привлекательных интерфейсов: градиенты в обрамлении окон, размытие фона, анимационные эффекты и тени. Для расширения функциональности могут подключаться плагины, а для внешнего управления работой предоставляется IPC на базе сокетов. Код написан на языке С++ и распространяется под лицензией BSD.

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Выпуск дистрибутива Clonezilla Live 3.2.1


Опубликован релиз Linux-дистрибутива Clonezilla Live 3.2.1, предназначенного для быстрого клонирования дисков, при котором копируются только используемые блоки. Задачи, выполняемые дистрибутивом сходны с проприетарным продуктом Norton Ghost. Размер iso-образа дистрибутива - 484МБ (amd64).

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Выпуск Lazarus 4.0, среды разработки для FreePascal


После полутора лет разработки опубликован релиз интегрированной среды разработки Lazarus 4.0, основанной на компиляторе FreePascal и выполняющей задачи, сходные с Delphi. Среда рассчитана на работу с выпуском компилятора FreePascal 3.2.2. Готовые установочные пакеты с Lazarus подготовлены для Linux, macOS и Windows.

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Выпуск дистрибутива OmniOS CE r151054, построенного на технологиях OpenSolaris


Опубликован релиз дистрибутива OmniOS Community Edition r151054, основанного на наработках проекта Illumos, продолжающего развитие ядра, сетевого стека, файловых систем, драйверов, библиотек и базового набора системных утилит OpenSolaris. OmniOS примечателен предоставлением поддержки гипервизоров bhyve и KVM, виртуального сетевого стека Crossbow, файловой системы ZFS и средств запуска легковесных Linux-контейнеров. Дистрибутив может применяться для построения масштабируемых web-систем, виртуализации и создания систем хранения.

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Новая версия дистрибутива Raspberry Pi OS


Разработчики проекта Raspberry Pi представили новую версию дистрибутива Raspberry Pi OS 2025-05-06 (Raspbian), основанного на пакетной базе Debian 12 и ядре Linux 6.12. В репозитории доступно около 35 тысяч пакетов. Среда рабочего стола базируется на композитном сервере labwc, использующем библиотеку wlroots от проекта Sway. Для загрузки подготовлены три сборки - сокращённая (494 МБ) для серверных систем, с базовым рабочим столом (1.1 ГБ) и полная с дополнительным набором приложений (2.7 ГБ), доступные для 32- и 64-разрядных архитектур. Дополнительно сформировано обновление для старой редакции Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy), основанной на ядре Linux 6.1 и пакетной базе Debian 11.

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‍Calibre 8.4 was released today by developer Kovid Goyal as yet another maintenance update to the Calibre 8.x series of this open-source, cross-platform, and free ebook management software for Linux, macOS, and Windows.


Highlights of Calibre 8.4 include a new option to generate KEPUB files that have better text justification at the cost of gaps in highlighting when used on a Kobo ebook reader and support for extending the background image specified in the Style section of the E-book viewer preferences under the page margins.


The E-book viewer received more attention in this release as the developer also fixed a regression that broke the "show book in main calibre program" link, an issue where some links weren't processed correctly for very large EPUB files that contained many internal HTML files, and the ability to handle links to missing internal files with an error pop-up.


In addition, Calibre 8.4 improves tag merging in the Metadata Review dialog, updates the ebooks.com plugin in the Get Books component, fixes the 'Next' and 'Previous' links in News Download, and adds a workaround for a Qt/Wayland bug that prevented the menu of the Layout button from showing.


Other than that, this release prevents recursion when creating the base temporary folder if something on the system deletes the created temporary folder, adds Frieze Magazine as a new news source, and improves the NYTimes Book Review, Washington Post, Hindu, Economist, tagesschau, and Economist Espresso news sources.


Check out the release notes for more details about the changes included in Calibre 8.4, which you can download right now from the official website for 64-bit and AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems, as well as for macOS and Windows systems. You can also install Calibre as a Flatpak app from Flathub.

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Microsoft recently updated the administrative templates for the Office suite, introducing a significant number of new settings. Most of these are designed to control the interaction with the built-in AI features. In addition, the update includes several security-related policies for individual applications.
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