Category: Development
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Canonical Announces Major Change to Ubuntu’s Kernel Strategy
Ever get miffed reading about a major new Ubuntu release only to learn it doesn’t come with the newest Linux kernel? Well, that’ll soon be a thing of the past. Canonical’s announced a big shift in kernel selection process for future Ubuntu release, an “aggressive kernel version commitment policy” pivot that means it will ship…
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How to Get Early Access to Firefox’s New Tab Page Weather Widget
As you may know, Mozilla has big plans for its browser and, among the many new features set to rain down on us this year is greater personalisation of the new tab page. While the ability to set a new tab background image is the most eye-catching (literally) customisation change in the immediate offing, a…
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Mozilla Discontinues Its Privacy-Enhancing Location Service
Mozilla has announced it is ending access to Mozilla Location Service (MLS), which provides accurate, privacy-respecting, and crowdsourced geolocation data. Developers and 3rd-party projects that use MLS to detect a users’ location, such as the freedesktop.org location framework GeoClue, which is used by apps like GNOME Maps and Weather, have only a few months left…
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A First Look at the Changes in Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Installer
For the forthcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release, Canonical’s engineers are dedicating their efforts towards enhancing the Ubuntu installer, with “provisioning” as a major focus. “Provisioning?” More Noble newness: Ubuntu’s New Desktop Security App Indeed, Canonical aims to incorporate features predominantly used in server deployments to desktop, now that the Ubuntu desktop installer employs the same backend…