APT developer and Canonical engineer Julian Andres Klode took to LinkedIn to present the revamped APT interface powered by the upcoming APT 3.0 package manager that looks to give users a more concise and well-laid-out command-line output when updating,…
Gentoo Council forbids AI-generated content from being made in contributions due to copyright and quality concerns.
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Lubuntu developer Simon Quigley tells me that the upcoming Lubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) release will include a new tool he wrote to monitor the installation of Snap packages and inform the user about it during the first boot.
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VirtualBox 7.0.16 adds support for Linux kernel 6.9, addresses UBSAN warnings, updates Windows guest additions, and more.
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PuTTY’s security flaw (CVE2024-31497) in ECDSA P521 keys risks private data exposure. Urgent update is needed.
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LXQt 2.0 desktop environment is now available ported to the latest Qt 6 framework and advancing support for the Wayland display protocol. Here’s what else is new!
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The new FFmpeg 7.0 major release brings parallel processing, MPEG-5 EVC support, and more.
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The Lubuntu 24.04 LTS distribution will come with a Snap installation monitor tool to inform users when Snaps have been installed during the first boot.
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KDE Plasma 6.0.4 rolls out, packed with new translations and minor but crucial bug fixes. Here’s more on that!
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VirtualBox 7.0.16 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 kernels, improved support for building VirtualBox kernel modules with GCC 13.2, and more.
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Introduced a few days back in a very low-key manner, APT 2.9 (unstable) was released with an updated user interface that now sports colors, displays information in padded columns, and an organized package removals list.
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Highlights of the Calamares 3.3.6 release include improvements for systems using the Plymouth splash screen by adding the “splash” parameter to kernel parameters during the bootloader installation. It also adds support for using plymouth-set-default-th…
While Mozilla is still working on releasing Firefox 125, which was delayed due to a last-minute blocker bug, they’ve already promoted the next major release, Firefox 126, to the beta channel for public testing.
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The Calamares 3.3.6 open-source universal graphical installer for GNU/Linux distributions is now available for download. Here’s what’s new!
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Firefox 126 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with a simpler and more unified dialog for clearing user data, a new option to enable or disable the Split console feature in Developer Tools, and more.
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KDE Plasma 6.0.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series fixing more bugs and crashes, but also adding some performance and UI improvements.
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You know the drill by now: a new month rolls around, and a new version of the inimitable Mozilla Firefox rolls off the release server for us all to enjoy. And bang on cue, Firefox 125 has arrived. The big-ticket new feature in this update is URL paste …
A new file chooser portal is under works for GNOME, which might replace the GTK file chooser in the future.
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The latest OpenRazer 3.8 release adds support for Razer’s Cobra, Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed, BlackWidow V4, and more.
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Kodi, the well-known open-source media center, has recently rolled out its latest version, Kodi 21.0, after more than a year of development.
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