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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 6th, 2016
KDE Frameworks 5 Now Available as a Snap for Snapping KDE Apps on Ubuntu Linux

KDE Frameworks 5 Now Available as a Snap for Snapping KDE Apps on Ubuntu Linux

KDE applications are now a lot smaller as Snaps

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 5th, 2016
Mesa 3D 12.0.5 Is the Last in the Series, Users Urged to Move to Mesa 13.0

Mesa 3D 12.0.5 Is the Last in the Series, Users Urged to Move to Mesa 13.0

Coming soon on a GNU/Linux distribution near you

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 5th, 2016
Tor 0.2.9 Is Just Around the Corner As 0.2.8.10 Fixes Memory Leak in OpenSSL 1.1

Tor 0.2.9 Is Just Around the Corner As 0.2.8.10 Fixes Memory Leak in OpenSSL 1.1

Users of the anonymity network are urged to upgrade ASAP

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 4th, 2016
NetworkManager 1.2.6 Lets You Activate Multiple PPPoE Connections Simultaneously

NetworkManager 1.2.6 Lets You Activate Multiple PPPoE Connections Simultaneously

The software can now be built without polkit support

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 4th, 2016
KDE Applications 16.12 Up to Release Candidate State, Final Arrives December 15

KDE Applications 16.12 Up to Release Candidate State, Final Arrives December 15

Dependency and Feature Freeze stages are now in place

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 4th, 2016
Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.23 Snap Creator for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10

Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.23 Snap Creator for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10

It also landed in the repositories of Ubuntu 16.10

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 4th, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.9 Slated for December 11 Release As Linus Torvalds Outs RC8

Linux Kernel 4.9 Slated for December 11 Release As Linus Torvalds Outs RC8

Linux 4.9-rc8 is now available for public testing

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.4.36 LTS Introduces Minor PA-RISC Changes, Wireless Improvements

Linux Kernel 4.4.36 LTS Introduces Minor PA-RISC Changes, Wireless Improvements

Users of the long-term supported kernel branch must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.8.12 Released, Brings PA-RISC, PowerPC, and x86 Improvements

Linux Kernel 4.8.12 Released, Brings PA-RISC, PowerPC, and x86 Improvements

It also includes updated USB and IOMMU drivers

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
GNOME Software 3.22.3 Lets Users Upgrade Two Fedora Linux Versions at a Time

GNOME Software 3.22.3 Lets Users Upgrade Two Fedora Linux Versions at a Time

Adds various Wayland and Flatpak improvements too

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
Enlightenment 0.21.4 Desktop Release Adds 106 Changes, Improves Wayland Support

Enlightenment 0.21.4 Desktop Release Adds 106 Changes, Improves Wayland Support

Bryce support was improved as well in this point release

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
KDevelop 5.0.3 Open-Source IDE Improves GitHub Handling Authentication, More

KDevelop 5.0.3 Open-Source IDE Improves GitHub Handling Authentication, More

This release also fixes tab order in the Problems view

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2016
Ardour 5.5 DAW Adds Support for Steinberg CC121 and Avid Artist Control Surfaces

Ardour 5.5 DAW Adds Support for Steinberg CC121 and Avid Artist Control Surfaces

Now available for download for Linux, Mac, and Windows OSes

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 1st, 2016
Kodi 17 "Krypton" Beta 6 Improves Support for ASS Subtitles, Fixes Memory Leaks

Kodi 17 "Krypton" Beta 6 Improves Support for ASS Subtitles, Fixes Memory Leaks

Available now for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Android

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 1st, 2016
MKVToolNix 9.6.0 MKV Manipulation Tool Adds Support for HDMV TextST Subtitles

MKVToolNix 9.6.0 MKV Manipulation Tool Adds Support for HDMV TextST Subtitles

It was implemented in the mkvmerge & mkvextract tools

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 1st, 2016
Mozilla Patches SVG Animation Remote Code Execution in Firefox and Thunderbird

Mozilla Patches SVG Animation Remote Code Execution in Firefox and Thunderbird

Firefox 50.0.2/45.5.1 ESR and Thunderbird 45.5.1 are out now

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 29th, 2016
GNOME Builder 3.22.3 IDE Lets You Build and Run Flatpak Apps, Supports LLVM 3.9

GNOME Builder 3.22.3 IDE Lets You Build and Run Flatpak Apps, Supports LLVM 3.9

Adds SSL and SSH improvements via Flatpak builds

 
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