A sneak peek at the upcoming System76’s COSMIC desktop Alpha release with stunning apps, improvements and a modern look.
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Renowned kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today on the Linux kernel mailing list the release of Linux 4.14.336 as what appears to be the last maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 4.14 kernel series, which is now marked as EO…
While it’s not ready for prime time due to the lack of real consumers, this change to OBS Studio, which combines the PipeWire media framework and Camera portal, promises to be the future of cameras on the Linux desktop, according to developer Georges S…
Linux Mint 21.3 is now available to download — the first version to offer Wayland support in the Cinnamon desktop. Following a successful bout of bug-busting in last month’s beta release, Mint devs have gone ahead and rubber-stamped a stable rele…
As of today, the Linux-powered notebook is also certified for the security-oriented Qubes OS distribution. Qubes OS is a unique distro that leverages Xen-based virtualization to provide users with top-notch security for their needs through isolated com…
Yes, I know: I’m writing about yet another system monitor extension for GNOME Shell — I’m sorry; I’m not obsessed, I promise! But I couldn’t not cover this one since it was only released today (yesterday depending on your timezo…
Min 1.31 (Lightweight Browser) introduces the ability to select and manage multiple tabs seamlessly, improved userscript customization experience, and more.
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Codenamed “Virginia,” Linux Mint 21.3 features the latest Cinnamon 6.0 desktop environment for its flagship editions, which comes with an experimental Wayland session for those who want their Linux Mint flavor on top of Wayland.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS users received a nice surprise today in the form of a new HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel from the newer Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) release, namely Linux 6.5, which will be the default kernel of the upcoming fourth point release i…
Kodi 20.3 “Nexus” debuts with bug fixes and backports; no new features, but essential updates included. Here’s what’s new!
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Kodi, formerly XBMC media center, released version 20.3 this Wednesday! According to the announcements, this is the last release of the 20.x “Nexus” series. While Kodi 21 “Omega” now is in Beta 2 stage. The release mainly includes bug-fixes and some backports. They include an assortment of fixes for Estuary, including home categories’ focus position, […]
The latest Chromium browser code has integrated Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support for the Linux Ozone/Wayland platform.
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Today is a big day for OpenTofu! After four months of work, we’re releasing the first stable release of OpenTofu, a community-driven open source fork of Terraform. OpenTofu, a Linux Foundation project, is now production-ready. It’s a drop-in replacement for Terraform, and you can easily migrate to it by following our migration guide. Read more […]
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You can now upgrade to Linux kernel 6.5 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS — no PPAs, additional repos, or edge packages required. Ubuntu routinely back-ports newer Linux kernels from “interim” releases to its latest long-term support release. The Linux 6…
A new GNOME Shell extension makes it easier to check Bluetooth battery status in Ubuntu 23.10. Emphasis on easier as we can already see battery level for connected Bluetooth devices from the Settings > Power pane, no extensions required. But out of sig…
Dubbed “Resilience,” Solus 4.5 is here six months after Solus 4.4 and introduces a new Xfce edition that replaces the previous MATE edition, which is no longer maintained, featuring the latest Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. Existing users a…
Plasma 6’s thriving community ensures financial success, hitting goals 50 days before the desktop environment’s launch.
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Vim 9.1 comes one and a half years after the major Vim 9.0 release and implements a handful of new features like smooth scroll support, a new :defer command to help clean up a function, support for adding virtual-text to a buffer, as well as support for Vim9 classes and objects for the Vim9 scripting […]
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The alpha version of the GNOME 46 desktop environment should be out for public testing any day now for early adopters and enthusiasts who want to get an early taste of the newly implemented features, one of them begin support for headless remote logins…
Firewalld, the service daemon with the D-Bus interface, released the latest minor version 2.1, with improvements.
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