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Submission + - Spaceballs 2 Trailer Drops (ign.com)

Submitted by TronNerd82 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @07:10PM

TronNerd82 writes: IGN announces that Mel Brooks and Amazon MGM Studios are hard at work on the long-awaited sequel to Brooks' 1987 classic, Spaceballs, a tongue-in-cheek parody of Star Wars replete with Mel Brooks' signature brand of off-color humor. Reports indicate that Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are set to return to the roles of Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, respectively.

The film is looking towards a release to theaters in 2027 (2027?! That's the combination to my luggage!!) and has just seen a teaser trailer drop, viewable on YouTube. Very likely this will be the last film of Mel Brooks' career, as he approaches the age of 99.

Submission + - COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6 Releases (linuxiac.com)

Submitted by TronNerd82 on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:36PM

TronNerd82 writes: I'm not sure if this has already been reported on here on Slashdot, but here you go anyway.
Linuxiac reports that the 6th alpha release of the COSMIC desktop environment has released. They report that the new alpha release includes zooming, desktop icon management, some new scaling options, and improved accessibility features. Also included in the release are a number of bug fixes. These include, but are not limited to:
Fixing a crash issue in Steam, and fixing certain issues for Radeon RX GPUs
Fixing a bug that prevented icons from appearing in screenshots
Adding a layer of polish to the COSMIC Files application by adding folder size metadata and preventing crashes

Also of note are a number of memory usage reductions across the board. COSMIC alpha 6 also replaces the default font from Fira Sans to Open Sans, with Noto Sans Mono as the default monospace font.
A number of additional changes can also be found on System76's official announcement.

Submission + - Linux Mint 22 Beta released (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by TronNerd82 on Thursday July 04, 2024 @03:19PM

TronNerd82 writes: Linux Mint 22 Beta, codenamed "Wilma" has been released, with the full release planned for late July.
It is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), is powered by the Linux kernel 6.8 series, and features Cinnamon 6.2, MATE 1.26, and XFCE 4.18. Included are Ubuntu HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernels, Pipewire by default, better language support, Debian DEB822 support, GTK4 theme support, and improve HiDPI support on boot.
Mint 22 comes with Mozilla Thunderbird as a native DEB package, and will disable unverified Flatpak apps in Software Manager by default. Mint 22 also includes a new preinstalled web app called Matrix, which connects users to the Matrix chat network, as well as a new thumbnailer for GIMP .xcf files, among various improvements.
Linux Mint 22 will be a long-term support release which will be supported until 2029, and is available to download from the official release announcement made on the Linux Mint blog.

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