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Introducing Kodi 21.0 “Omega”: Major Changes Shape the Future of Open-Source Media Center
Kodi 21.0 has been announced today as a major upgrade to this popular, free, cross-platform and open-source home theater/media center software and an entertainment hub for your digital media. Following over a year after Kodi 20 “Nexus”, the Kodi 21.0 “Omega” edition is now available featuring FFmpeg 6.0 support, NFSv4 support, capability for reading and…
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Canonical Unveils Netplan 1.0: Now Featuring Simultaneous WPA2 and WPA3 Support
Canonical’s Netplan utility, which has been under development for over seven years, is now mature with the release of version 1.0. This significant release comes with a host of new features. Key highlights in Netplan 1.0 include the concurrent support of WPA2 and WPA3 security protocols, the ability to use PSK and EAP passwords at…
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Enhanced Power Efficiency on Laptops with Ubuntu 24.04
A new update to Power Profiles Daemon in Ubuntu 24.04 brings about improved power efficiency for laptop users, especially those using modern AMD devices. The update notes for the power-profiles-daemon package in Ubuntu 24.04 share that it’s now “battery-state aware”, leading some drivers to use a more power efficient state when the balanced profile is…
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Release of Qt Creator 13: Featuring Offline and Online Installers for Linux on ARM
Approximately four and a half months following the release of Qt Creator 12, we now have Qt Creator 13. This is the most recent stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and no-cost IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that simplifies the development of GUI applications in Qt. Key features of Qt Creator 13 consist of both offline…
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End of Life for Linux Kernel 6.7: Urgent Call for Users to Upgrade to 6.8
Greg Kroah-Hartman, a well-known maintainer of the Linux kernel, officially declared today that the Linux 6.7 kernel series has reached its end of life (EOL). He encouraged users to make a prompt upgrade to the most recent Linux 6.8 kernel. The Linux kernel 6.7 was launched by Linus Torvalds on January 7th, 2024. It came…
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Security Issue Causes Delay in Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Release
If you were anticipating the opportunity to participate in testing the imminent Ubuntu 24.04 release via the official beta scheduled for release this week, I must share some unfortunate news: the release has been postponed. Having said that, I suspect this isn’t entirely unexpected. The beta version of Ubuntu 24.04 was planned to be launched…
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Upcoming Fwupd Linux Firmware Updates to Utilize Zstd Compression
Richard Hughes, the developer and maintainer of Fwupd, recently made an announcement that upcoming versions of the widely used Linux firmware updater, responsible for firmware updates of a range of hardware devices in GNU/Linux distributions, will no longer utilize XZ Utils, but will switch to Zstandard (zstd) instead. The decision to move away from XZ…
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Unveiling System76’s Oryx Pro Linux Laptop: Enhanced with 14th Gen Intel HX-Class CPU and Upgraded RAM
System76, a Linux hardware vendor, has released an update to their Oryx Pro laptop, which now includes a 14th Gen Intel HX-Class processor and additional memory capacity compared to older models. The Oryx Pro laptop has not seen a major update in over nine months. The latest iteration, scheduled for official release on April 2nd,…
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Upgrades in Linux Mint 22: Adoption of PipeWire and New Cadence for Linux Kernel
The next version of Linux Mint is set to include a number of modernization updates and will be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Primarily, Linux Mint 22 will alter its default sound server to use Pipewire. Most major Linux distributions have already adopted Pipewire. This technology provides a more streamlined and standardized approach to multimedia…
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New Arch Linux ISO Release Features Linux Kernel 6.8 and Updated Installer
For those of you who want to install Arch Linux, there’s a new official ISO snapshot available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.8 and featuring an improved installation experience. That’s right, the Arch Linux devs were forced to release the ISO snapshot for April 2024 a bit early due to the XZ Utils package…
