Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Delayed Until February 2, Will Bring Linux 4.8, Newer Mesa

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Delayed Until February 2, Will Bring Linux 4.8, Newer Mesa

Upgrading your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS OS is highly recommended

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 15th, 2017
Intel Haswell GPUs Now Support OpenGL 4.2 for Ubuntu Gamers in Padoka/Oibaf PPAs <em>Exclusive</em>

Intel Haswell GPUs Now Support OpenGL 4.2 for Ubuntu Gamers in Padoka/Oibaf PPAs Exclusive

Mesa 17.0.0-devel is also available for avid gamers

You Can Now Have a Single ISO Image with All the Essential Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors <em>Exclusive</em>

You Can Now Have a Single ISO Image with All the Essential Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors Exclusive

Linux AIO Ubuntu 16.10 is now available for download

Canonical Patches 4 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Canonical Patches 4 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

The security flaws affect Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04, 14.04 & 12.04

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 10th, 2017
User Asks Canonical to Backport Mesa 13.0.2 Stable for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS HWE

User Asks Canonical to Backport Mesa 13.0.2 Stable for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS HWE

It looks like Canonical is already working on it for 16.04.2

Firefox Developer Edition Now Available as a Flatpak for Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.10

Firefox Developer Edition Now Available as a Flatpak for Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.10

It was also tested on the openSUSE Tumbleweed distro

Ubuntu-Based Exton|OS Distro Now Ships with MATE 1.16 Desktop & Linux Kernel 4.9

Ubuntu-Based Exton|OS Distro Now Ships with MATE 1.16 Desktop & Linux Kernel 4.9

It includes Refracta tools to build your own live OS

ExTiX 17.0 GNU/Linux Distro Arrives with Linux Kernel 4.9, Based on Ubuntu 16.10

ExTiX 17.0 GNU/Linux Distro Arrives with Linux Kernel 4.9, Based on Ubuntu 16.10

KDE 4.16 and KDE Frameworks 5.26.0 are included

Canonical Patches 15 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Canonical Patches 15 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04, 14.04, and 12.04 are all affected

Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.24 Snap Creator Tool for Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10

Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.24 Snap Creator Tool for Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10

The new release adds support for classic confinement

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 13th, 2016
Firefox 50.1.0 Lands in Ubuntu's Repos, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Fixed

Firefox 50.1.0 Lands in Ubuntu's Repos, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Fixed

Now in the repos of Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04, 14.04 and 12.04 LTS

Canonical's Snapd 2.19 Snappy Daemon Launches for Ubuntu Core 16 & Ubuntu 16.04

Canonical's Snapd 2.19 Snappy Daemon Launches for Ubuntu Core 16 & Ubuntu 16.04

It implements support for classic confinement

Canonical Patches Important Kernel Vulnerability in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Canonical Patches Important Kernel Vulnerability in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Affects Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04, 14.04, and 12.04 LTS

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 5th, 2016
Mesa 12.0.4 Promises 15% Performance Boost for Radeon Users on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Mesa 12.0.4 Promises 15% Performance Boost for Radeon Users on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

It's also coming soon to Ubuntu 16.10 users

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

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 1st, 2016
Four New Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched in All Supported Ubuntu OSes, Update Now

Four New Kernel Vulnerabilities Patched in All Supported Ubuntu OSes, Update Now

Ubuntu 16.10, 16.04, 14.04, and 12.04 versions are affected

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 23rd, 2016
Intel Graphics Installer for Linux 2.0.3 Supports Ubuntu 16.10 and Fedora 24

Intel Graphics Installer for Linux 2.0.3 Supports Ubuntu 16.10 and Fedora 24

Includes Mesa 12.0.3 3D Graphics Library and libva 1.7.2

 
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