Category: News
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Implications of Google’s Flutter Team Layoffs on Ubuntu Developers
Google’s recent ‘structural simplification’ resulted in the loss of roles for 200 people across several of its core development teams, including Python, Dart, and Flutter. Considering Canonical’s commitment to using Flutter for its own desktop apps, the news of layoffs in the team responsible for building the framework has raised some concern within the wider…
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The Scheduled Release of Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” on October 10th, 2024
Canonical, the company responsible for Ubuntu, is all set for their next big release, Ubuntu 24.10, aptly named the “Oracular Oriole”. The release has been scheduled precisely, with the date set as the 10th of October, 2024. The 41st installation in the Ubuntu series, the “Oracular Oriole”, is an intermediary release that will be receiving…
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Mark Your Calendars: Ubuntu 24.10 To Be Released on October 10, 2024
Canonical has announced a preliminary release timetable for Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’. Based on this schedule, the official stable release of Ubuntu 24.10 should be launched on Thursday, October 10, 2024. A six-month development phase is on the horizon, including a beta release of the ‘Oracular Oriole’ slated for September 19, with a subsequent release…
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Release Update: GIMP 2.10.38 Includes Backports of the Most-Requested GTK3 Features
The GIMP development team announced today the release and general availability of GIMP 2.10.38 as the latest stable version of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software. Coming six months after GIMP 2.10.36, the GIMP 2.10.38 release is here to backport several other features from GTK3 to GTK2, including updating the Print Dialog’s…
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Work-in-Progress: Ubuntu 24.04 Support for Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Laptop
Canonical kernel engineer Juerg Haefliger has provided an update about the Ubuntu compatibility with the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s (Gen 1) laptop. The 13-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is an ARM laptop that utilizes a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (3rd gen) processor with an Adreno 690 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and a reported…
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Unveiling the New Features of Officially Released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 as the fourth update to the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 operating system series adding new and enhanced capabilities. Highlights of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 include support to add customized files for SCAP security profile to a blueprint, support for the…
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Get Ready for the Summer Release of SuperTuxKart 1.5
Fans of open-source racing game SuperTuxKart will be stoked to hear devs are busy in the pit lanes pepping the next major update — and it’ll launch this summer. SuperTuxKart 1.4 was released back in 2022 with a ton of improvements. Successive updates in that series have fine-tuned, fixed-up, and finessed performance and stability, but…
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Proton 9.0 Launches with Compatibility for THE FINALS and Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Valve has just launched Proton 9.0, the most recent stable release of this open-source tool that facilitates compatibility for Steam Play. It is founded on Wine and other components, allowing Windows games to be played on Linux systems. Proton 9.0, based on Wine 9.0, introduces Dinogen Online, Photography Simulator Demo, George McGeehan Gamer Hero, THE…
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Introducing the Extension That Incorporates a Progress Bar into GNOME Shell Media Controls
Want a progress bar in the sound applet? Media Progress is a new GNOME Shell extension that adds a real-time progress bar to the MPRIS notification/sound control feature that is displayed in the notification area. This extension doesn’t do more than that, but as simple improvements go, it’s an engaging one. More than a mere…
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LibreELEC 12 Update: Incorporating Raspberry Pi 5 Support and HDR Capacity for AMD and Intel GPUs
LibreELEC, a minimalist operating system crafted from OpenELEC and built around the Kodi home theatre software, has just received a substantial upgrade to version 12. This significant rollout brings with it compatibility for additional devices and an assortment of fresh features. Fueled by the enduring Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series and rooted in the most…