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A new root privilege escalation vulnerability was patched in the sudo program and it is now hitting the stable repositories of various GNU/Linux distributions. Please update your systems as soon as possible!
Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox 86 web browser is now available for public beta testing with AVIF image format and multiple Picture-in-Picture support enabled by default.
Nvidia 460.39 proprietary graphics driver is now available for Linux, BSD and Solaris systems. This release introduces support for GeForce RTX 3060/3070/3080 laptop GPUs, as well as for the GeForce GT 1010 GPU and various improvements.
Tails 4.15 Debian-based anonymous live system is now available for download. This release ships with Tor Browser 10.0.9, Mozilla Thunderbird 78.6, Linux kernel 5.9.15, and various improvements.
GParted 1.2 open-source partition editor software is now available for download with initial exFAT support via exfatprogs, as well as various improvements.
The alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 40 desktop environment is now available for public testing with a revamped Activities Overview and many other new features and improvements.
Mozilla’s Firefox 85 web browser is now available for download as the first release without Adobe Flash suppor, a brand-new privacy feature called Network Partitioning, and more.
Xfce’s Thunar file manager received a new development release that brought many new features and improvements, including split view and file creation times.
MX Linux project now offers a Raspberry Pi community edition with the Fluxbox window manager that you can try right now on your Raspberry Pi 3, 4 or 400 computer.
Gentoo-based exGENT 2021 live Linux distribution is now available for download. This release comes with the LXQt 0.15.1 desktop environment by default and Linux kernel 5.10 LTS.
System76 announces the 2021 refresh of their Darter Pro Linux laptop with Intel Tiger Lake processors, better battery life, as well as the latest and greatest Pop!_OS Linux distribution.
The beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop environment series is now available for public testing to give the Linux community a first taste on the new features and improvements.
The upcoming Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) operating system will ship with the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment by default instead of GNOME 40.
Meet Raspberry Silicon a.k.a. Raspberry Pi Pico, a brand-new microcontroller chip designed and developed in house by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and built on RP2040.
TUXEDO Computers launched a new Linux-powered laptop, the TUXEDO InfinityBook S 15, which features Intel Tiger Lake CPUs, Thunderbolt 4 support, and an ultra thin design.
VirtualBox 6.1.18 open-source virtualization software is now available for download. This release brings support for the latest Linux 5.10 LTS kernel series for both guests and hosts, along with various other improvements and bug fixes.
Snort 3.1 open-source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) software is now available for download. This is a major release that adds numerous new features and improvements.
Krita 4.4.2 open-source and cross-platform digital painting software is now available for download. This release comes with support for mesh gradients and transforms, new brushes, a new gradient editor, new halftone filter, and many improvements.
Enlightenment’s Terminology terminal emulator has been updated to version 1.9, a release that adds new color schemes, better compatibility with Debian-based systems, new functionality, and new language translations.
The PinePhone Mobian Community Edition Linux smartphone is now available for pre-order starting at $149.99 USD from PINE64’s online store.
