Category: News
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postmarketOS 24.06: Linux Mobile OS Welcomes KDE Plasma 6 and GNOME Mobile 46
The postmarketOS devs released today postmarketOS 24.06 as the latest stable version of this Alpine Linux-based operating system for mobile devices and computers that introduces support for new devices and the latest versions of supported graphical interfaces. Highlights of postmarketOS 24.06 include support for the Google Nexus 10 tablet, the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop, the…
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Ubuntu’s App Center Update: Local DEB Package Installation Now Supported
Some good news today for Ubuntu users running the latest Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) releases as the App Center application has been updated to allow installation of locally downloaded DEB packages. When Canonical replaced the Ubuntu Software Center with the App Center application, which acts as a graphical interface…
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DEB Installers to be Integrated into Ubuntu App Center Soon
One of the biggest drawbacks to Ubuntu’s new App Center, the Flutter-based replacement for GNOME’s Software Center, is that it doesn’t let you install DEBs downloaded from the web. To be clear (since confusion often creeps in), the Ubuntu App Center does allow you to install DEB software as long as it’s in the Ubuntu…
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IPFire Linux Firewall Introduces Experimental Btrfs Support and Intel RFDS Mitigations
The IPFire Project recently announced a new update to their robust open-source GNU/Linux distribution, commonly used as a router or firewall. Known as IPFire 2.29 Core Update 186, this release incorporates various changes, introduces experimental support for the Btrfs file system, and updates multiple components. The IPFire 2.29 Core Update 186 features an upgraded kernel…
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Introducing the World’s First RISC-V Laptop Powered by Ubuntu
A RISC-V laptop preloaded with Ubuntu is in development, and Canonical is involved. The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II is made by DeepComputing, a company formed by self-described “RISC-V pioneers” back in 2022, and based in Hong Kong. Their aim: develop and release all kinds of products to help drive development of the RISC-V ecosystem. And…
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Proton 9.0-2 Update: New Support for Alpha League, Helldivers 2, and More Exciting Game Titles
Valve released today Proton 9.0-2 as the latest stable release of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components for playing Windows games on Linux systems. Proton 9.0-2 is here about five weeks after the major Proton 9.0 release to add support for even more games, including Alpha League, Helldivers…
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Introducing Showtime: The Future Replacement for Totem in GNOME
The experience of watching videos on Ubuntu is simplified with a selection of excellent Linux video players, including VLC, MPlayer, among others. Now, a fresh contender is emerging, aiming to become a prominent fixture on the desktop. Today, streaming has become the prevalent method of watching video content, yet there remains a niche for robust,…
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AlmaLinux OS Extends Support to the Newly Released Raspberry Pi 5
AlmaLinux developer Koichiro Iwao shared some exciting news today for those who want to run the free Red Hat Enterprise Linux alternative on a Raspberry Pi computer as the latest Raspberry Pi 5 model is officially supported. It has been a long-awaited development and challenging for the developers, but Raspberry Pi 5 support is now…
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Mission Center”: The Linux System Monitor App That Just Got Even More Useful
The latest iteration of Mission Center, a highly efficient system monitor for Linux, has just been launched. On numerous occasions, I have discussed this utility (both here and on OMG! Linux), so regular readers of these blogs—clearly a discerning crowd—might already recognize it. For those who haven’t discovered it yet, prepare to be impressed. Among…
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TUXEDO Computers Join the ARM Revolution: Developing a Linux Laptop with KDE Plasma
German Linux computer producer TUXEDO Computers announced its development of an ARM-powered Linux laptop today. This upcoming laptop features a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC and will operate on TUXEDO OS equipped with the KDE Plasma desktop environment. At the 2024 Computex Taipei technology fair last week, TUXEDO Computers showcased a prototype of its ARM…
