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The Mozilla Firefox 78 web browser is now available for download. This release introduces new minimal system requirements for GNU/Linux distributions and it’s now the latest ESR (Extended Support Release) series.
Introducing Rolling Rhino, a command-line tool that lets you convert your regular Ubuntu Linux releases into a rolling release that tracks the devel series.
Meet Fosshost, a not-for-profit hosting provider that wants to help the free and open source software community by providing them with semi-dedicated virtual private servers, shared mirrors and domain registration.
Ubuntu-based Nitrux 1.3.0 distribution is now available for download. This release comes with the latest KDE Plasma 5.19 desktop environment and KDE Applications 20.04.2 software suite, as well as various other improvements.
By popular request, Star Labs now offers the lightweight, systemd-free and Debian-based MX Linux distribution pre-installed on their Linux laptops. So you can now buy a Linux laptop from them with MX Linux pre-installed.
Canonical released new Linux kernel and NVIDIA graphics drivers security updates to address three vulnerabilities that affect the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 19.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS releases.
System76’s latest Oryx Pro Linux laptop is now on sale! It features System76’s Open Firmware and Embedded Controller Firmware, as well as hybrid Intel and Nvidia graphics and a 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10875H CPU.
Nvidia released the Nvidia 440.100 proprietary Linux graphics driver with support for new GPUs better support for Pascal-based notebooks, and new “Connector-N” display device aliases in the X configuration.
Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” is now available for download as Cinnamon, Xfce and MATE flavors, based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Linux kernel 5.4 LTS. Here’s everything that’s new in this major version!
Flatpak 1.8 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with improved P2P support, new systemd unit, more efficient downloads, and other enhancements.
The KDE Plasma 5.19.2 desktop environment update is now available with a bunch of bug fixes and improvements and it’s coming soon to your favorite GNU/Linux distribution.
Canonical and Dell launched today the powerful and premium Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux laptop pre-loaded with the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system for an out-of-the-box experience.
The Linux kernel 5.6 series is now marked as EOL (End-of-Life) on the kernel.org website. All users are urged to update their GNU/Linux distributions to the latest Linux kernel 5.7 series as soon as possible.
Gentoo-based Calculate Linux 20.6 is now available for download. This release comes with Zram and Zstd support, better Wi-Fi support, pre-configured web browser extensions for Nextcloud support, and new apps.
KDE Plasma 5.20 desktop environment is expected to hit the stable repositories of most GNU/Linux distributions in fall and promises numerous new features and improvements. Here’s a rundown of the most important ones.
