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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Linux Kernel 4.4.49 LTS Is a Small Patch with Some ARM Fixes and Updated Drivers

Linux Kernel 4.4.49 LTS Is a Small Patch with Some ARM Fixes and Updated Drivers

All users of the Linux 4.4 LTS kernel branch must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Transit Routing and Reverse Routes Could Come to GNOME 3.24 Desktop's Maps App

Transit Routing and Reverse Routes Could Come to GNOME 3.24 Desktop's Maps App

A first Beta release of GNOME Maps 3.24 is out for testing

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Firefox Nightly and Wayland Builds Are Now Available for Download as Flatpaks

Firefox Nightly and Wayland Builds Are Now Available for Download as Flatpaks

Allows users to run multiple Firefox versions simultaneously

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Linux Kernel 4.9.10 Has ARM, x86 and PowerPC Improvements, Updated Drivers

Linux Kernel 4.9.10 Has ARM, x86 and PowerPC Improvements, Updated Drivers

All users of the Linux 4.9 kernel series must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Nautilus 3.24 File Manager Enters Beta, Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts and Features

Nautilus 3.24 File Manager Enters Beta, Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts and Features

A first Beta build is now available for public testing

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 15th, 2017
Flatpak Linux App Sandboxing Tool Now Works Out of the Box with OpenGL Drivers

Flatpak Linux App Sandboxing Tool Now Works Out of the Box with OpenGL Drivers

Flatpak 0.8.3 is now available for all GNU/Linux distros

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 14th, 2017
GParted 0.28.0 Adds Partial Read/Write Support for LUKS Encrypted Filesystems

GParted 0.28.0 Adds Partial Read/Write Support for LUKS Encrypted Filesystems

The software now detects ISO9660 filesystems

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 14th, 2017
KDE's Plasma Discover Package Manager to Support Flatpak Packages and Repos

KDE's Plasma Discover Package Manager to Support Flatpak Packages and Repos

A Flatpak backend is currently in development for Discover

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 14th, 2017
Watch: New, Revamped Users Panel of the GNOME 3.24 Desktop Environment

Watch: New, Revamped Users Panel of the GNOME 3.24 Desktop Environment

GNOME 3.24 will come with a redesigned Control Center

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 14th, 2017
KDE Plasma 5.9.2 Desktop Rolls Out on Valentine's Day with Multiple Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 5.9.2 Desktop Rolls Out on Valentine's Day with Multiple Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 5.9 users are urged to update immediately

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 14th, 2017
GTK+ Implements Window Focus Tracking and Window Properties for Ubuntu's Mir

GTK+ Implements Window Focus Tracking and Window Properties for Ubuntu's Mir

GTK+ 3.22.8 & 3.89.4 releases are now available for download

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 13th, 2017
GNOME Software 3.24 to Handle APT & Snap URLs for Easy Installation of Packages

GNOME Software 3.24 to Handle APT & Snap URLs for Easy Installation of Packages

The Updates panel will now be displayed with sections

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 13th, 2017
Mesa 17.0 Officially Released with OpenGL 4.5 Capability for Intel Haswell, More

Mesa 17.0 Officially Released with OpenGL 4.5 Capability for Intel Haswell, More

The RADV driver now supports multiple devices

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 13th, 2017
After a Year in Development, Parole Media Player 0.9 Arrives with New Mini Mode

After a Year in Development, Parole Media Player 0.9 Arrives with New Mini Mode

It's the default media player app for Xfce desktops

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 13th, 2017
Kdenlive 16.12.2 Open-Source Video Editor Released with GPU Improvements, More

Kdenlive 16.12.2 Open-Source Video Editor Released with GPU Improvements, More

It's distributed as part of the KDE Applications 16.12.2

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 12th, 2017
Ardour 5.6 Open-Source DAW Improves Unloading of Large Sessions, Adds Many Fixes

Ardour 5.6 Open-Source DAW Improves Unloading of Large Sessions, Adds Many Fixes

Now available for GNU/Linux and macOS 10.12

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 12th, 2017
KDE Frameworks 5.31 Adds Qt 5.8 Support for C++ Highlighting, over 70 Bug Fixes

KDE Frameworks 5.31 Adds Qt 5.8 Support for C++ Highlighting, over 70 Bug Fixes

Available now for all KDE Plasma desktop users

 
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