Category: News
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How to Easily Sync Your Gravatar with Your User Account in Ubuntu 24.04
Are you interested in setting your Ubuntu user account photo to be the same as your Gravatar image? There’s a GNOME Shell extension that can manage this for you. It syncs your Gravatar profile image with your GNOME Shell user account icon, which appears on the login screen and the lock screen password shield. Not…
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CachyOS August 2024 Update: COSMIC Desktop Environment Now Supported
The latest ISO snapshot of Arch Linux-based CachyOS for August 2024 is now accessible for download, featuring multiple enhancements, new technology support, and updated elements. In this update, CachyOS introduces compatibility with System76’s COSMIC Alpha desktop environment, which is developed in Rust. To install this on CachyOS, use the command sudo pacman -S cosmic-session in…
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Mozilla Revives Nostalgia: Introducing a New Logo with a Dinosaur Twist
A new Mozilla logo appears to be on the way, marking the company’s first major update to its word-mark since 2017. The existing logo, which incorporates the internet protocol “://”, was chosen based on community feedback and has become synonymous with the non-profit company. But German blogger Sören Hentzschel, a keen observer of Mozilla, recently…
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Archinstall 2.8.2 Update: Faster Mirror Loading and Improved Download Speeds for Arch Linux Installation
Archinstall 2.8.2 has been released today as the latest version of the official menu-based installer for the Arch Linux distribution bringing some performance improvements and bug fixes. Archinstall 2.8.2 is the second maintenance update in the Archinstall 2.8 series and it’s here to optimize the mirror listing by using /mirrors/status/json/ instead of /mirrorlist/, which speeds…
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Mesa 24.2 Graphics Stack Update: Embracing a New Default Shader Cache
The latest release of the Mesa 24.2 open-source graphics stack for Linux-based systems is now available. This release marks the second major update in the Mesa 24.x series. This version introduces new Vulkan extensions for the RADV (Radeon Vulkan) graphics driver, some of which include VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read, VK_EXT_legacy_vertex_attributes, VK_MESA_image_alignment_control, VK_KHR_maintenance7, and VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites, along with 10-bit support…
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Tails 6.6 Update: Enhanced Persistent Storage and Expanded Hardware Support
The latest update for the Debian-based Tails amnesic incognito live system, version 6.6, features significant enhancements including better hardware support and various bug fixes. Notable improvements in Tails 6.6 consist of enhanced compatibility with recent hardware like graphics and Wi-Fi, error detection enhancements during initial boot from a USB stick if resizing the system partition…
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Celebrating Nostalgia: Ubuntu 24.10 Rolls Out with ‘Warty’ Anniversary Easter Eggs
Ubuntu 24.10 is set for release in October, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. This version features special nods to its history, including a few ‘easter eggs’. Highlighting a classic element from Ubuntu’s early days, the color brown plays a key role. In homage to its first version, Ubuntu 4.10 ‘Warty Warthog’, the upcoming…
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Proton VPN Launches Free Browser Extensions for All Users
Proton, the company renowned for its privacy-centered offerings, has launched the Proton VPN Chrome and Firefox extensions for users on the Proton Free plan. Previously, only subscribers of the paid Proton VPN levels had access to its official browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, as well as other Chromium-based browsers. This development is…
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Weekly Digest: Top Linux and Open Source News – 9to5Linux Roundup for August 11th, 2024
The 200th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 11th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here. Thank you! I want to thank all the people who sent us…
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Delay Announced: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS First Point Release Pushed Back by Two Weeks
The initial point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will not launch this week as previously scheduled. The Ubuntu development team had planned to release Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on Thursday, August 19th. However, the release has been delayed due to the discovery of several significant upgrade bugs. The new release date for Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is…