Linux and Open Source news headlines
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Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
Now that Firefox 128 has rolled out today to all supported platforms as the new ESR series, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 129, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a first look at its changes.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
It's final! Fedora moves to Wayland-only GNOME, dropping X11 from its media to enhance user experience. Here's more on that.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
Digital asset management (DAM) allows organization to obtain greater value from creative digital assets like images and videos by making them easy to organize, access, catalogue, find, retrieve and distribute.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
Recently, we shared our 2024 priorities for Firefox on Mozilla Connect, our dedicated space for engaging our community. It’s where we exchange ideas, gather feedback and spark discussions to shape future product releases. Eager to reach more of the community, the Firefox team hosted a two hour Ask Me Anything on Reddit.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
By default, Curl uses OpenSSL as backend. In this tutorial, we will see how to install curl with GnuTLS backend in Debian.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
Clonezilla Live developer Steven Shiau released today Clonezilla Live 3.1.3 as a new version of this powerful, free, and open-source tool for cloning disk drives without installing anything on your personal computer.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS was a fundamental change made by Canonical to enable frame pointers by default for their packages in the name of improving the debugging and profiling experience. This has been as part of a broader push by Canonical to focus more on Ubuntu Linux performance and ensuring the needs of developers are met. With Ubuntu 24.10, more of the packages will have frame pointer support enabled.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
A new vulnerability, CVE-2024-6409, in OpenSSH versions 8.7 and 8.8 risks remote code execution; Fedora 36/37 and RHEL 9 are affected.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
If you'd like to spice up your desktop with special effects, the GNOME desktop environment has plenty to offer.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
LXD 6.1, the first feature release in the new 6.x series, is released with significant improvements to Linux container and virtual machine management.
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 22:20
Obfuscate is a simple GTK-based utility that’s designed to censor private information.