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Michael H/Getty Images Nick Woods has a vision: he wants to develop the world’s most intelligent airports. This vision isn’t just a long-term dream — Woods is already putting his ideas into practice. “I think we’re well on the way,” said Woods, CIO at MAG Group, the largest UK airport operator that runs Manchester, London […] More

The Meta Quest 3 gets a price drop this fall. Jason Hiner/ZDNETAt the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Meta announced that not only would it discontinue the 128GB version of the Meta Quest 3 VR headset, it would also drop the price of the 512GB version More

Matthew Miller/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?The Apple Watch Ultra 2 More

A tweak of the desktop to get a light theme does require a log out and log in. Jack Wallen/ZDNETArch Linux is not for the faint of heart. The reason for this is the installation, which is no walk in the park (unless said park is a convoluted mess of climbs, pitfalls, rope ladders, and monsters). That’s why, years ago, several distributions started popping up to help make Arch a bit easier. Those distributions focused on greatly simplifying the OS installation and subsequent software installs. Also: 10 Linux apps I can’t do without – and whyFor the most part, those distributions have succeeded in their mission. One of those spin-off distributions, Manjaro, has done a truly fantastic job of bringing Arch Linux to the masses, and with the latest release, the development team behind the distribution has created a brilliant take on Arch Linux.It’s easy to use, rock-solid, and beautiful. After testing Manjaro 24.1 for a few days, I came away seriously impressed and with only a single gripe.What’s new in Manjaro 24.1?First, Manjaro “Xahea” ships with kernel 6.10, which adds even better performance, stability, and hardware compatibility. Along with the new kernel, you also get the latest version of the Z File System (v 2.2.6), System d 256.6, Mesa 24.2, LibreOffice 24.8.1, and Firefox 131.For desktop environments, you get Plasma 6.1.5 and KDE Gear 24.08, GNOME 46, or XFCE 4.18. Also: The best tiling window managers for Linux, and what they can do for youManjaro is a rolling release distribution, which means all of the software is maintained in a constant state of newness. If you prefer to always have the latest releases of your OS and included software, a rolling release is the way to go. The Manjaro team also follows a cascading stability approach, which allows you to select which version of the OS you want to use. You can select between base, unstable, testing, and stable. Unless you like the idea of testing software, I would always stick with the stable release. There are also the home and business versions of the OS, of which you will clearly want the home edition.As you can see, other than the new kernel, updated software, and latest toolchains, the “newness” comes by way of the desktop environments. Also: How to run a Windows app on Linux with WineI tested the Plasma Desktop version of Manjaro and came away duly impressed. More

ZDNETOctober Prime Day is nearly here (it kicks off tomorrow), and it’s a great time to start gift buying for the holidays. It’s also just as good of a time to snag extra savings on everyday products and affordable tech. Plus, with other major retailers like Walmart More

HP Gaming desktops can get pretty expensive, but right now you can snag the HP Victus 15L<!–> direct from HP.com for 43% off with this post-Labor Day deal. And just because this PC is $480 doesn’t mean it skimps out on quality components. This configuration is built with an Intel Core i5-13400 processor, Intel Arc […] More

Adam Breeden/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?While we’re waiting for Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, Best Buy is offering the 65-inch TCL QM8 More