As we progress through December 2025, we are setting up plans for our branding to modernize it even further with many major changes, and we are talking about the root changes from buttons to layouts. However, the logo stays the same, because we'd like to preserve our value and our message, which is the "Prism of the Tech Future." The rebranding to Aptivi was…

After Samsung shut down the Beta program for the One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch6 LTE series, Samsung has released One UI 8 Watch for the Galaxy Watch6 LTE series officially, starting from the USA with Verizon plan applied. Regular users can now download the stable version of One UI 8 Watch. If your watch is from some cellular providers, such as…

Samsung has re-evaluated the supported devices list as of this month as of today, and you can see the updated list in full here. We have run a comparison of supported models, and the results are now in: The following devices have been added to the list: Quarterly security patches Galaxy Tab A11+ This means that the above devices' update schedule frequency is now known to adjust with the recent device releases.

Microsoft have recently released this month's preview patch for Windows 11 computers and laptops, and they usually contain new features that the normal patches will include. These new features, along with many improvements and bug fixes, will enhance your user experience by making some of the features easier to use. The official changelogs for this preview patch is: ​​​​​​​New! 

The wait is over, because Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Z TriFold today with the most advanced foldable yet. Competing the likes of Huawei Mate XT, which was released last year and is the first tri-fold phone in the whole world, Samsung has made an innovative tri-folding phone that gives you a completely immersive experience of what will be the revolutionary tri-folding smartphone, powered by the latest software, which is One UI 8.0.

After the release of the 2nd One UI 8 Watch Beta for the Watch5, Samsung was putting their final touches on the stable release for this smartwatch series. Today, Samsung has shut down the One UI 8 Watch Beta program for the Galaxy Watch5 series, starting from Korea, which means that the beta testers can now download the stable version of One UI 8 Watch.

Linux 6.18 is now live to the general public! All the interesting changes from performance improvements to bug fixes have been integrated to this final release, which is a massive milestone for this release. The official announcement from the kernel mailing list says: So I'll have to admit that I'd have been happier with slightly less bugfixing noise in this last week of the release, but while there's a few more fixes than I would hope for, there was nothing that made me feel like this needs more time to cook.

Every week, new Linux versions that are under a supported version series get released to incorporate bug fixes and other general improvements that are pushed to the servicing branches. This ensures that your Linux user experience gets better when latest versions fix some of the bugs. This week, the below Linux kernel versions are released:

The new year of 2026 is going to be so exciting! After more than a decade in being a tech community and computer repair and expertise center, we are still a tech community, but we've now also become a programming community that introduced various .NET libraries and applications. New ideas and new products have allowed us to move forward into what will eventually become a real company.

A global rollout for the One UI 8 Watch update has started on November 26th for the Galaxy Watch6, a week after the Korean version got it on the 19th. As you can see in the official changelogs, we have seen visual changes, as well as functional changes and other improvements over the One UI 6 Watch that was released last November.

A global rollout for the One UI 8 Watch update has started on November 26th for the Galaxy Watch6, a week after the Korean version got it on the 19th. As you can see in the official changelogs, we have seen visual changes, as well as functional changes and other improvements over the One UI 6 Watch that was released last November.

Two years after the last point release of Common Desktop Environment, a new point release has been released this year, bearing version 2.5.3. Unfortunately, it's nothing major; just a subset of bug fixes that are mostly development-related, such as compiler warning fixes to reduce the clutter during the build process. For those who like the old-school desktop UI that is similar to old HP-UX (

After Samsung shut down the Beta program for the One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch6 series, Samsung has released One UI 8 Watch for the Galaxy Watch6 series officially, starting from the USA. Regular users can now download the stable version of One UI 8 Watch. If you're on a cellular network, or your watch is from another region, you may have to wait a bit longer.

The fourth release candidate version of FreeBSD 15.0, RC4, is now live and available for download to the public for those who like testing pre-release operating systems. This version of FreeBSD aims to be more welcoming to new users and to maintain the reproducible builds, alongside many improvements to come. The ISO images can now be downloaded using the below button.

.NET 10.0 was released two weeks ago, and it brought many new features and improvements to enhance your modern and cross-platform .NET applications. While we are grateful that we're using this version of .NET across our projects, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon now includes the final release of .NET 10.0 in its official Ubuntu repository, which means that people can now install this version of .NET easily and straight from the official repository.

One UI 8.5 brings major aesthetic changes and new features, including the flexible quick panel configuration and redesigned user interface. This version of One UI is slated to appear on the Galaxy S26 series, which will be unveiled early next year. Getting ready for One UI 8.5 Beta Program is a major milestone for the Galaxy users, as the One UI 8.0 rollout to all the devices is about to finish.

Shortly after the Korean models received the One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch6, Samsung has shut down the One UI 8 Watch Beta program for the Galaxy Watch6 series in the USA. The beta testers can now download the stable version of One UI 8 Watch. This is according to the well-known tipster @theonecid. If you're not a beta tester, you're on a cellular network, or your watch is from another region, you may have to wait a bit longer.

Linux 6.18 RC7 is now live for developers and curious users to try out. All the interesting changes from performance improvements to bug fixes have been integrated to this release candidate. The official announcement from the kernel mailing list says: So the rc6 kernel wasn't great: we had a last-minute core VM regression that caused people problems.That's not a great thing late in the release cycle like that, but it was a fairly trivial fix, and the cause wasn't some horrid bug, just a latent gotcha that happened to then bite a late VM fix.

We are currently working on the next generation version of Nitrocid KS, and introducing features to this version of Nitrocid is something that we're working on in preparation for the release candidate, which is expected to come as early as December 25th, 2025 and as late as the last week of January 2026. We are fully confident that the release candidate will excite you by introducing a whole new set of features that will truly make Nitrocid KS in your style.

After eleven months of continuous development and blogging for everything related to technology and Aptivi-related projects, such as Nitrocid, Terminaux, and others, we're excited to announce that December 2025 is the chosen month to end the year with many exciting development. This is the foundational moment where we make plans for the new year that will come in no more than 40 days, and this is going to make things more exciting than never before.

Every week, new Linux versions that are under a supported version series get released to incorporate bug fixes and other general improvements that are pushed to the servicing branches. This ensures that your Linux user experience gets better when latest versions fix some of the bugs. This week, the below Linux kernel versions are released: