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Mozilla Firefox 131 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla Firefox 131 open-source web browser is now available for download with supports for text fragments, improved translations, temporarily site permissions, and more.
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Audacious 4.4.1 Open-Source Audio Player Brings New Features and Improvements

Audacious 4.4.1 open-source media player is now availablewith titlebar dimming for Winamp skins, improved control responsiveness, Qt 6 support for the Qt Multimedia output plugin, and more.
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FFmpeg 7.1 “Péter” Released with Full Native VVC Decoder, Vulkan Hardware Encoding

FFmpeg 7.1 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with a full native VVC decoder, a new MV-HEVC decoder, a new LC-EVC decoder, a new xHE-AAC decoder, Vulkan hardware encoding, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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qBittorrent 5.0 BitTorrent Client Adds Support for Systemd Power Management

qBittorrent 5.0 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.12 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect!
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VirtualBox 7.1.2 Adds Support for 3D Acceleration in ARM VMs

Oracle has release a new maintenance update for VirtualBox, its open-source virtualisation software. VirtualBox 7.1.2 is the first such point release since the VirtualBox 7.1 series debuted earlier this month. Naturally, it builds on that major release…

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MPV 0.39.0 Added Multi-touch, NVIDIA & Intel VSR Scaling Support

MPV, the popular free open-source Linux media player, released version 0.39.0 last week. Here are the new features and Ubuntu PPA for Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 users. The new MPV 0.39.0 introduced Video Super Resolution scaling support with Intel and NVIDIA RTX GPUs. It’s a technology that can use your GPU to upscale low resolution […]

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CachyOS ISO Release for September 2024 Brings Linux Kernel 6.11 and Optimizations

The CachyOS ISO release for September 2024 is now available for download with various performance improvements and optimizations. Here’s what’s new!
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New Cups Exploit Makes Desktop Linux Users Particularly Vulnerable — Update Now

By taking advantage of four separate vulnerabilities, an attacker can take control of a Linux system without having physical access to the targeted machine.
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VirtualBox 7.1.2 Released with 3D Acceleration Support for VMs Running on ARM

VirtualBox 7.1.2 is now available for download with a new option to change the remote display security method and other improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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LibreOffice 24.8.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 85 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 24.8.2 is now available for download as the second maintenance update in the LibreOffice 24.8 series with 85 bug fixes. All LibreOffice 24.8 office suite users must update to this version as soon as possible.
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Tor and Tails Merge to Fight Global Surveillance and Censorship

Tor Project & privacy-focused Tails Linux distro join forces to boost global internet freedom and enhance online privacy. Here’s more on that!
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Ubuntu Patches ‘Severe’ Security Flaw in CUPS

If you’ve cast a half-glazed eye over Linux social media feeds at some point in the past few days you may have caught wind that a huge Linux security flaw was about to be disclosed. And today it was: a remote code execution flaw affecting the CUP…

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COSMIC DE Alpha 2 Released, This is What’s New

Chocks away —British saying, don’t stare at me weirdly— as the second alpha of System76’s homegrown COSMIC desktop environment has been released. To make it easy for us all to try out the latest improvements a second alpha build of Pop!_OS …

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COSMIC Alpha 2 Released with Bluetooth Settings, Much-Improved File Manager

COSMIC Alpha 2 desktop environment is now available for public testing with new Bluetooth settings, a new Gallery feature in files, new density options, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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DXVK 2.4.1 Improves Support for God of War, GTA: San Andreas, and Other Games

DXVK 2.4.1 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games.
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Fwupd 1.9.25 Adds Support for Dell K2 Docks and More Intel USB4 Hubs

Fwupd 1.9.25 Linux firmware updater is now available with support for Dell K2 Dock, Intel USB4 Hub, and other devices, as well as various improvements.
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Fwupd 1.9.25 Adds Support for Dell K2 Docks and More Intel USB4 Hubs

Fwupd 1.9.25 Linux firmware updater is now available with support for Dell K2 Dock, Intel USB4 Hub, and other devices, as well as various improvements.
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Ubuntu 24.10 ARM ISO Supports the ThinkPad X13s

Ubuntu 24.10 supports the Snapdragon-powered Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop in the official ‘generic’ ARM64 ISO — a notable change. Although it is possible to use Ubuntu 23.10 on the Thinkpad X13s it requires using of a custom ISO spun-up spec…

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LXQt 2.1 Promises Experimental Wayland Session, Styling Improvements

LXQt 2.1 desktop environment promises experimental Wayland session, styling improvements, and various other enhancements. Here’s what to expect from the upcoming release in mid-November 2024.
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