Category: News
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Microsoft Extends VS Code’s Compatibility with Ubuntu 18.04 Until 2025
Microsoft has announced a temporary reprieve for developers who use VS Code to connect to servers, clouds, container, and other devices running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. As I covered last week, Microsoft pushed out an update to VS Code that bumps its glibc requirement, dropping support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (which uses an older version…
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New Update in Papirus Icon Pack Adds Over 50 Icons
If you use the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download. Papirus’s first update in 2024 adds more than 50 new and updated apps icons, and makes a handful of other changes to existing icons, including updating icon names and symlinks. This updates removing a…
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Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Makes the Leap to Calamares Installer as Default
Today, the Kubuntu development team announced some of their plans for the upcoming Kubuntu 24.04 LTS release and beyond. As you may know, Canonical will launch its 10th Ubuntu LTS release this year, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS a.k.a. the Noble Numbat, and most of the official Ubuntu flavors will follow suit and also offer an LTS…
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Announcement: Tails 6.0 Anonymous OS, Based on Debian 12 Bookworm, Officially Launching on February 27th
The team responsible for the Tails security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution which is Debian-based aim to maintain internet privacy and anonymity. They’ve made a call for testing Tails 6.0, the upcoming major release which is based on Debian Bookworm. The extant Tails 5 series runs on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”, it was about time for the upgrade…
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KaOS Linux 2024.01 Unveiled: Embracing a Pure KDE Plasma 6-Based Environment
The independent development team behind KaOS Linux distribution has initiated 2024 with a new ISO release that unveils the first purely Plasma 6-based environment for a pre-launch experience of the much-anticipated KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment set to be released later this month. “What you will see on this ISO is a pure Plasma 6…
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Newly Released Shotcut 24.01: Exploring Its Enhanced Features in the Open-Source Video Editing Landscape
Two months after the release of Shotcut 23.11, the latest stable version Shotcut 24.01 is now available for use. This open-source, cross-platform video editor supports GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. Key features of Shotcut 24.01 include the introduction of an Audio API under Settings > Player for Linux and Windows systems. This enables the –SDL_AUDIODRIVER…
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Introducing Initial Wayland Support and a Revamped Bluetooth Applet in Budgie 10.9 Desktop
The Budgie desktop team announced today the release and general availability of Budgie 10.9 as the latest version of this modern desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions. The biggest change in Budgie 10.9 is initial Wayland support by porting several components and applets to the libxfce4windowing library, an abstraction library created by the development team behind…
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Release of EndeavourOS Galileo Neo with Linux Kernel 6.7 and Upgraded Installer
Bryan Poerwo of EndeavourOS announced today the release of the Galileo Neo update to the EndeavourOS Galileo release bringing a new kernel for better hardware support and some bug fixes. EndeavourOS Galileo Neo comes a little over two months after EndeavourOS Galileo to provide users with an up-to-date installation media that’s powered by the Linux…
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Libreboot’s Latest Open Source Firmware 20240126 Update: Now Supports More Hardware
The Libreboot project announced today the general availability of a new Libreboot release, version 20240126, which introduces support for new hardware, as well as several improvements and new features. After more than two and a half months in the works, Libreboot 20240126 is here to introduce support for new mainboards including Dell Latitude E6530, HP…
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End of Life for Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”: It’s Time to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” reaches its end-of-life today, January 25th, 2024, therefore it will no longer receive any software and security updates. Ubuntu 23.04 was initially released on April 20th, 2023. As an interim Ubuntu release, its support lasted for only nine months with software and security updates. The release featured GNOME 44 desktop environment…
