Firefox 87 Enters Beta with AVIF Support Enabled by Default
Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox 87 web browser is now available for public beta testing with the Backspace key disabled as a “Back” button and various other improvements.
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Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox 87 web browser is now available for public beta testing with the Backspace key disabled as a “Back” button and various other improvements.
Fwupd 1.5.7 open-source firmware updater is now available for download. This release adds initial support for BlueZ Bluetooth devices, support for the RTD21xx HDMI converter, and support for more pixart devices.
Firefox 86 web browser is now available for download. This release comes with AVIF support enabled by default, multiple Picture-in-Picture support by default, Stack Clash protection, and more.
Kodi 19 open-source media center/home theater is now available for download. This is a major release that coms with AV1 codec support, Python 3 support, new Matrix-inspired music visualization, and much more.
DXVK 1.8 open-source Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 on Linux/Wine is now available for download with improvements for Nioh 2, Hitman 3, F1 2020, Atelier Ryza 2, and other games.
NetworkManager 1.30 is now available for download. This major release comes with support for WPA3 Enterprise Suite-B 192 bit mode, Veth devices, new ethtool offload features, and many other improvements.
Fwupd 1.5.6 firmware downloader and updater for Linux is now available for download. This release adds support for System76’s keyboard, StarLabs’ Star LabTop Mk IV laptop, and more.
KDE Frameworks 5.79 open-source software suite arrives with more improvements to Dolphin, KNewStuff, KTextEditor, and various other bug fixes for many core components of the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
Xfce’s Apps updates for January 2021 brings improvements to Thunar, Mousepad, panel, xfwm4, screensaver, Catfish, Whisker Menu, Parole media player, as well as indicator, cpufreq, notes, stopwatch, and statusnotifier plugins.
Darktable 3.4.1 open-source and cross-platform RAW image editor is now available for download. This release adds better camera support, faster generation of thumbnails during import, and a bunch of bug fixes.
KDE’s Apps update for February 2021 is out now and it’s coming soon to a GNU/Linux distribution near you. This release introduces Kongress, a new conference timetable guide app, and improvements to various existing apps.
Audacious 4.1 open-source music player is available for download. This release comes with initial Qt 6 support, dual Qt + GTK build, as well as numerous improvements and bug fixes.
LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition office suite is now available for download. This new major release comes with various new features and improvements for Writer, Calc, Impress & Draw.
The popular Arduino IDE open-source electronics prototyping platform for Arduino development boards is now again maintained in Debian GNU/Linux and you can install the latest version from Debian Sid (Unstable).
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.
GParted 1.2 open-source partition editor software is now available for download with initial exFAT support via exfatprogs, as well as various 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.
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.