Download of the Week

The Nvidia App is adding G-Sync controls and RTX HDR support for multi-monitor setups, enabling HDR in games without native support. It's also introducing a new driver rollback feature.

LibreOffice 24.8.2 is the second release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family which introduces more privacy features, a new password-based ODF encryption, improved support for multi-page floating tables, and general UI enhancements.

Zorin OS requires only 1.5 GB of RAM and 15 GB of storage, making it ideal for reviving old PCs or for those looking to try a lightweight operating system. The most recent 17.2 release is powered by Linux Kernel 6.8.

Windscribe allows you to hide your IP address and encrypt your online activity, ensuring private browsing while also giving access to blocked content. It's a good free VPN to have handy if you need it casually. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and browser extensions.

The Windows App allows you to access your Windows PC, Azure Virtual Desktop, or Remote Desktop from almost any device. It is available for Windows, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. The app supports multiple monitors, USB redirection, and customizable home screens, though it is currently limited to Microsoft work and school accounts.

Discord is introducing passwordless login through biometric passkeys, such as Face ID and Touch ID. Also, Discord is migrating audio and video calls (but not text messaging) to a new system that features end-to-end encryption by default.

FireAlpaca is a free, easy-to-use painting tool with customizable brushes, layers, and animation features. Version 2.13 introduces a new Brush Store so you can download a wide variety of brushes, expanding creative possibilities.

Steam Families consolidates the management of your family's games in one location, while introducing new parental controls. The latest Steam client also improves library performance.

VirtualBox's refreshed UI brings a more modern feel, including a switch from simplified controls for beginners to full settings for experienced users, and more.

Kali Linux 2024.3 introduces several new tools, including gsocket for communication between machines on different networks, mxcheck for scanning email servers, and hekatomb for extracting and decrypting credentials.

SpeedFan comes in handy for adjusting your system fan speeds based on internal temperatures, allowing you to improve cooling while reducing noise and power consumption.

Visual Studio Code is offering improved test generation and chat history with GitHub Copilot, full project Intellisense and package typings on vscode.dev, and various other improvements on its latest release.

A new MS PowerToys utility called Workspaces lets you create, save, and launch sets of applications with a custom layout and configuration on your desktop with one click.

VMware Workstation has been updated with support for Windows 11 23H2, Server 2025, Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40. Also, the vmcli command-line tool allows users to create new virtual machines, VM templates, power on VMs, and more settings through direct access to the hypervisor.

Despite its early stage, Zen includes useful features like split view, a sidebar, and a compact mode for more screen real estate. It is compatible with most desktop operating systems, including older ones.

DLSS Updater automatically scans your installed games and updates them to the latest Nvidia DLSS DLL version available. It supports games installed via Steam, Epic store, Ubisoft, GOG, EA and Battle.net.

Shotcut is introducing a new subtitle panel for adding subtitles to a project. Subtitles can be imported in SRT, VTT, ASS, and SSA formats.

The newly revamped PlayStation Accessories app lets you create and switch between different custom profiles for your DualSense Edge controller on Windows PCs. Additionally, you can update DualSense's firmware via a wired connection or Bluetooth.

Minecraft 1.21.22 Bedrock Edition solves several gameplay crashes, improves add-on loading in the marketplace, and fixes a bug where all custom blocks were rotated 180 degrees.

Among the changes in Visual Studio 2022 17.11.1, we find AI breakpoints to help you debug more efficiently, improved symbol recognition, and other productivity enhancements.

OBS Studio lets you broadcast to YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and other platforms, as well as record videos from multiple sources including browser windows, webcams, and more. It's free and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Geekbench AI uses real-world machine learning tasks to evaluate AI workload performance on your CPU, GPU, or NPU usage. It provides three scores: full-precision, half-precision, and quantized data.

GPU-Z 2.60 also includes support for AMD Zen 5 CPU temperature monitoring and several bug fixes.

The VPN service has a goal of "defeating censorship"

This 90s classic has been modded to include ray tracing giving it a whole new feel. For those nostalgists, you can download Doom 2 with Ray Tracing, as well as the classic version, right here.