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Issues Emerging: Ubuntu Pro Packages in ‘Software Updater’ Frustrates Users
The lack of an option to disable Ubuntu Pro package updates from appearing in the Software Updater tool in Ubuntu LTS releases has displeased some users. In the previous year, Canonical made modifications to the update-manager (or Software Updater) permitting it to show a selection of Ubuntu Pro package updates available for user systems, irrespective…
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Step-by-Step Guide: Installing Linux Kernel 6.7 on Ubuntu
Linux 6.7 is now the latest stable kernel and Ubuntu users can now install it on their machines via Canonical’s Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to achieve that using the GUI or the command line. Linux kernel 6.7 was released on January 7th, 2024, and it introduces new features…
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Announcement of the First Linux Kernel 6.8 Release Candidate by Linus Torvalds
The ongoing development of the Linux kernel brings us to Linux 6.8, the upcoming major kernel release, Linus Torvalds has just announced today that the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone is now available for public testing. Linux kernel 6.8 started its two-week merge window immediately after the launch of Linux 6.7. This window is now…
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A Step-by-step Guide to Install the Most Recent Enlightenment Desktop Release on Ubuntu 22.04
Just before Christmas I was introduced to a handy script that makes it easy to install the latest Enlightenment desktop release on Ubuntu 22.04. Emphasis on latest as (I’m sure you already know) you can install the Enlightenment desktop in Ubuntu directly from the archives, i.e. no PPAs, 3rd-party repos, or scripts required. However, Ubuntu’s…
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Starting 2024 with SparkyLinux: Introduction of MLVWM Macintosh-Like WM and Calamares 3.3
The developers of SparkyLinux have begun 2024 with a new ISO snapshot of this Debian-derived distribution, based on the soon-to-be-released Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series. Equipped with the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series, SparkyLinux 2024.01 signifies the first update of the SparkyLinux Rolling series in 2024, integrating all package updates from the Debian…
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Valve Experiences Challenges Due to Canonical’s Steam Snap
Canonical may be ramping up its efforts to improve the Ubuntu gaming experience — yasss — but it seems their Steam snap package is causing a few headaches for Valve. Timothée Besset, a software engineer who works on the Steam client for Valve, took to Mastodon this week to reveal: “Valve is seeing an increasing…
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Introducing Wine 9.0: Now Released with an Experimental Wayland Graphics Driver
Wine 9.0 is the most recent incarnation of this free and open-source compatibility layer designed to allow the execution of Windows-based apps and games on Unix-style operating systems. Standout elements of Wine 9.0 encompass an innovative Wayland graphical driver, providing features such as elementary window management, high-DPI scaling, relative motion events, and Vulkan support, as…
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KDE Plasma 6.0 Shines with Its Winning Default Wallpaper
The winner of the KDE Plasma 6.0 wallpaper competition has been announced. In August of the previous year KDE developers initiated a contest that was open to the community to select a new default wallpaper for KDE Plasma 6.0. The contest attracted quite a bit of interest, receiving numerous remarkable submissions from a variety of…
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Announcement: openSUSE Leap 16 Confirmed and Set to be Based on SUSE’s Innovative Adaptable Linux Platform
The openSUSE Project confirmed today the successor to its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system series as openSUSE Leap 16, which will be based on SUSE’s new Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP). Those of you relying on the well-tested openSUSE Leap operating system will be happy to learn that the openSUSE Project is working on its successor,…
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Introducing KDE Frameworks 5.114: Enhanced Quality Settings for AVIF Images and Additional Bug Fixes
KDE Project has released KDE Frameworks 5.114, which is the latest edition of their collection comprising of over 80 add-on libraries for Qt. These libraries offer functionality needed for the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment and various KDE apps. Some noteworthy features of KDE Frameworks 5.114 include enhanced quality settings for the AVIF image format,…
