Kodi 21.0 “Omega” Open-Source Media Center Is Here with Major Changes
Kodi 21.0 open-source and free home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media is now available with major changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Kodi 21.0 open-source and free home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media is now available with major changes. Here’s what’s new!
Netplan 1.0 open-source network management utility is now available with simultaneous WPA2 and WPA3 support, Mellanox VF-LAG support for high-performance SR-IOV networking, and more.
FFmpeg 7.0 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with Dolby Vision profile 10 support in AV1, important AArch64 optimizations for HEVC, and many other changes.
Fwupd 1.9.16 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the zstd compression algorithm for compressing metadata, support for new devices, and a bunch of bug fixes.
Qt Creator 13 open-source IDE is now available for download with offline and online installers for Linux on ARM, as well as various improvements. Here’s what’s new!
Linux kernel 6.7 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.8 kernel as soon as possible.
Linux firmware update utility fwupd is moving away from XZ Utils and will use zstd (Zstandard) for future releases for compressing metadata.
System76’s Oryx Pro Linux-powered laptop has been updated with a 14th Gen Intel HX-Class CPU and up to 96GB DDR5 5200MHz RAM.
Debian-based and systemd-free Nitrux 3.4 distribution is now available for download with the KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.7.11.
Linux Mint 22 will ship with the Mozilla Thunderbird email client as a DEB package rather than a Snap app, PipeWire as the default sound server, localization improvements, and other goodies.
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for March 31st, 2024, brings news about XZ backdoor, Fedora 40 beta, Blender 4.1, Tails 6.1, KDE Plasma 6.0.3, LibreOffice 24.2.2, new Arch Linux ISO release, Marknote note-taking app, as well as all the latest distro and software releases.
Arch Linux 2024.04.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for April 2024 powered by Linux kernel 6.8 and featuring an improved installation experience.
Marknote is a new application for the KDE Plasma desktop environment that lets you create rich text notes and organize them into notebooks.
Red Hat warns Fedora Linux users about a backdoor in the upstream XZ/liblzma packages leading to SSH server compromise.
LibreOffice 24.2.2 is now available for download as the second point release to the LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series fixing more than 70 bugs for improved stability and robustness.
Tails 6.1 anonymous Linux distribution is now available for download with patches for the latest RFDS Intel CPU vulnerabilities.
Blender 4.1 open-source 3D computer graphics software is now available for download with quality of life improvements and performance enhancements all across the board.
KDE Plasma 6.0.3 is now available as the third update to the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series addressing various bugs, regressions, crashes, and other issues.
Fedora Linux 40 is now available for public beta testing with the GNOME 46 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.8, as well as an up-to-date GNU/Linux toolchain.
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for March 24th, 2024, brings news about GNOME 46, Firefox 124, NVIDIA 550.67, a new Linux laptop, 4MLinux 45.0, Firefox 125 beta, first KDE Gear 24.02 point release, as well as all the latest distro and software releases.