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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 12th, 2016
Cross-Compilation Support Coming Soon to Flatpak Universal Binary Packages

Cross-Compilation Support Coming Soon to Flatpak Universal Binary Packages

It will be possible to compile for a different architecture

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 12th, 2016
Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 for Ubuntu with New Rust Plugin, Improvements

Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 for Ubuntu with New Rust Plugin, Improvements

The alternate relocation mechanisms are now supported

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 12th, 2016
Linux Kernel 3.14.75 LTS Released with eCryptfs Improvements, Minor Fixes

Linux Kernel 3.14.75 LTS Released with eCryptfs Improvements, Minor Fixes

Users of a kernel from the Linux 3.14 LTS branch must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 11th, 2016
SparkyLinux's Backup System Tool Gets Support for More Desktop Environments

SparkyLinux's Backup System Tool Gets Support for More Desktop Environments

The desktop copying operation has been greatly improved

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 11th, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.4.17 LTS Has Updated Drivers, eCryptfs, x86 and EXT4 Improvements

Linux Kernel 4.4.17 LTS Has Updated Drivers, eCryptfs, x86 and EXT4 Improvements

All users of a kernel from the Linux 4.4 series must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 10th, 2016
KDE Announces the First Public Release of Their Kirigami UI Framework for Mobile

KDE Announces the First Public Release of Their Kirigami UI Framework for Mobile

KDE's user interface for mobile and convergent apps is here

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 10th, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.6.6 Brings Minor Fixes to Architectures, Lots of Updated Drivers

Linux Kernel 4.6.6 Brings Minor Fixes to Architectures, Lots of Updated Drivers

All users of a Linux kernel from the 4.6 series must update

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 10th, 2016
Lumina Desktop Environment Hits 1.0 Milestone After Four Years of Development

Lumina Desktop Environment Hits 1.0 Milestone After Four Years of Development

It is the default graphical interface for PC-BSD

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 9th, 2016
digiKam 5.1.0 RAW Image Editor Brings Support for Samsung Galaxy S7, New Cameras

digiKam 5.1.0 RAW Image Editor Brings Support for Samsung Galaxy S7, New Cameras

The internal libraw library has been updated to build 0.18.0

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 9th, 2016
ownCloud Desktop Client 2.2.3 Adds HiDPI Improvements, Linux Minimal Mode

ownCloud Desktop Client 2.2.3 Adds HiDPI Improvements, Linux Minimal Mode

Now available for GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 9th, 2016
FFmpeg 3.1.2 "Laplace" Open-Source Multimedia Framework Updates Components

FFmpeg 3.1.2 "Laplace" Open-Source Multimedia Framework Updates Components

Now available in the main repos of various GNU/Linux distros

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 9th, 2016
Claws Mail 3.14 Email Client Lets You Secure Passwords with a Master Passphrase

Claws Mail 3.14 Email Client Lets You Secure Passwords with a Master Passphrase

Available now for GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows OSes

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 9th, 2016
Audacious 3.8 to Finally Add Support for Running Multiple Instances, Beta Is Out

Audacious 3.8 to Finally Add Support for Running Multiple Instances, Beta Is Out

Available for GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows platforms

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 8th, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.8 Getting Microsoft Surface 3 Touchscreen Support, RC1 Out Now

Linux Kernel 4.8 Getting Microsoft Surface 3 Touchscreen Support, RC1 Out Now

The merge window for Linux kernel 4.8 is now closed

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 8th, 2016
Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps

Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps

Now available in the Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS repos

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 8th, 2016
Wine 1.9.16 Fixes Microsoft Word / Excel 2010 Crash, Nvidia GT 740M Support

Wine 1.9.16 Fixes Microsoft Word / Excel 2010 Crash, Nvidia GT 740M Support

Numerous Windows games and apps have received improvements

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  • By Marius Nestor
  • August 8th, 2016
KDE Applications 16.08 Up to Release Candidate State, Testers Are Needed

KDE Applications 16.08 Up to Release Candidate State, Testers Are Needed

The final release is coming next week, on August 18, 2016

 
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