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8 years ago+2 2 0KDE neon User Edition Tech Preview
KDE neon User Edition Tech Preview is out now. It’s a build of KDE neon using released software, our clever CI system watches download.kde.org for new releases such as Plasma 5.6.3 and packages them pronto. If you want to use the latest released so ...
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8 years ago+1 1 0Count me as a systemd convert
Back in 2014, I wrote about some negative first impressions of systemd. I also had a plea to debian-project to end all the flaming, pointing out that “jessie will still boot”, noting that my preference was for sysvinit but things are what they are an ...
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8 years ago+13 13 0Linux expert Matthew Garrett: Ubuntu 16.04's new Snap format is a security risk
Ubuntu's supposedly secure app package format doesn't do much to improve security on the desktop, according to a well-known Linux kernel developer.
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8 years ago+1 1 0NVIDIA 364.19 Linux Driver Stabilizes The Wayland & Mir Support
The NVIDIA 364 series is the huge update that has the necessary changes for supporting Wayland and Mir. This support comes via new EGL extensions, the nvidia-drm.ko kernel module that registers itself as a DRM driver with KMS support, and other work ...
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8 years ago+33 33 0Debian mourns the passing of its founder Ian Murdock
With a heavy heart Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock, stalwart proponent of Free Open Source Software, Father, Son, and the 'ian' in Debian. Ian started the Debian project in August of 1993, releasing the first versions of Debian la ...
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8 years ago+22 22 0Happy 11th birthday, Mozilla Firefox!
Eleven years ago, Firefox 1.0 was released with much excitement and anticipation.
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8 years ago+26 26 0Ubuntu Software Centre To Be Replaced in 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will replace the Ubuntu Software Centre with GNOME Software. The switch will allow installs of traditional apps and Snaps.
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8 years ago+14 14 0MATE 1.12 released
After 5 months of development the MATE Desktop team are proud to announce the release of MATE Desktop 1.12. We’d like to thank every MATE contributor and user.
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8 years ago+2 2 0Real Life First Person Shooter: Level 2 (Chatroulette Version)
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8 years ago+33 33 0Jonathan Riddell Stands Down as Release Manager of Kubuntu
With 15.10 successfully released I’m standing down as release manager of Kubuntu. Making Kubuntu over the last 10 years has been a fantastic journey. Even since I first heard about a spaceman making a Linux distro using Debian but faster release cyc ...
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8 years ago+15 15 0GNOME Games: A new application to organize your Linux games.
Do you like video games but don't like how inconsistent and annoying it can be to enjoy them on a personal computer? Then read on, I have something for you! And if you're not such a gamer, you'll probably learn fun things in the articl ...
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8 years ago+1 1 0Search functionality overhauled for GNOME Files (aka Nautilus)
As some (most? none? who knows =P) of you already know, last cycle I worked as a Google Summer of Code intern with Gtk+ and Nautilus. We saw the very positive results of it. And the picky eyes out ...
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8 years ago+2 2 0Some features in the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.5 release
With Plasma 5.4.2 out the door, it’s time to look ahead at what Plasma 5.5 will bring to a Desktop near you. Even though we’ve gone mobile, we won’t neglect traditional Desktops. In the upcoming release, I took care of the little things, as well as b ...
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8 years ago+1 1 0Defendants Should Have the Right to Inspect the Software Code Used to Convict Them
Secret code is everywhere—in elevators, airplanes, medical devices. By refusing to publish the source code for software, companies make it impossible for third parties to inspect, even when that code has enormous effects on society and policy. Secret ...
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8 years ago+20 20 0Ubuntu Is Planning To Make The ZFS File-System A "Standard" Offering
While the ZFS file-system isn't supported by the mainline Linux kernel due to the Oracle-owned file-system being under the GPL-incompatible CDDL license, Canonical is making plans to offer ZFS on Ubuntu in some standard way. Through the wonderf ...
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8 years ago+25 25 0KDE Ships Plasma 5.4.2
This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include: Many new Breeze icons. Support absolute libexec path configuration, fixes binaries ...
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8 years ago+2 2 0Unvanquished 44 Released
Welcome to the 44th alpha release! For this one, we’ve focused on the game code. The primary focus this month has been on gameplay modifications by Norfenstein that we have been testing at each of our Sunday development games. Some of these modificat ...
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8 years ago+2 2 0Linux Foundation Debuts Digital Video Series to Raise Awareness of the Ubiquity of Linux
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today announced the immediate release of its digital video series, “A World Without Linux,” a web series that flips this rea ...
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8 years ago+2 2 0The Linux Foundation Announces Project to Advance Real-Time Linux
Altera, ARM, Google, Intel, IBM, National Instruments, OSADL, Texas Instruments and others to advance mainline kernel support of Real-Time Linux, saving millions in research and development
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8 years ago+3 3 0Linux Kernel Developer Sarah Sharp quits. Cites 'blunt, rude, and brutal' communications style
This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for a year now. It has never been the right time to post this. I have always been worried about the backlash. I’ve skirted around talking about this issue publicly for some time, but not acknowledging th ...