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LibreOffice 5.1.0 to Land with GTK+3 and Wayland Fixes

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 20, 2015 9:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Immediately after LibreOffice 5.0.4 was released, the developers have already posted information about the first RC for LibreOffice 5.1.0, which is now also available for download and testing.

Alpine Linux 3.3.0 Is a Distro for People Who Love the Terminal

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 20, 2015 7:02 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Alpine Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and Busybox that’s oriented towards security and less on the overall user experience. A new version has been released and is now ready for download.

UbuCon Summit Conference to Start in One Month in California

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 20, 2015 3:13 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Canonical is going to host its first live convention, UbuCon, in just a month. We’re saying first because it’s been a really long time since the previous one.

Kore 2.0 Beta Is an Awesome Official Android Remote for Kodi

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 20, 2015 5:41 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Kodi is the best multimedia solution when you want an open source and powerful media hub for your home. A really good Android remote is being worked on so that users can control it much easier.

Valve Continues to Greatly Improve the Steam Controller with Major Update

Valve wants to improve the support for the Steam Controller and continues to release updates for the Steam Client, bringing important changes.

LibreOffice 5.0.4 Officially Released

LibreOffice Fresh is the stable version with the most recent features. Users interested in taking advantage of our most innovative features should download and use our fresh version.

The Document Foundation Wants to Overhaul the LibreOffice Interface

The Document Foundation is looking for developers or a company that will be able to implement usability metrics collection for LibreOffice.

Street Fighter V Coming to Linux with the Help of Valve

Capcom has just announced that the upcoming Street Fighter V game will also be adapted for SteamOS, with the help of Valve.

Famous iPhone and PS3 Hacker Made an Ubuntu-Powered Self-Driving Car

George Hotz made a name for himself by being the first to hack the iPhone and PlayStation 3. He's now trying to build his own autonomous car system, and he seems to be using Ubuntu to do it.

Valve Now Lets Steam Controller Users Carry Their Configurations to Any PC

Valve continues to improve upon the Steam Controller, and the latest Steam Beta update is further proof that you can't beat Valve at their own game.

Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) No Longer Has Online Search for Unity 7

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 16, 2015 2:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Canonical is making good on its promises, and it has started to disable the online search functionality in Unity's dash, for Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus).

AMD Going Open Source with AMDGPU Linux Driver and GPUOpen Tools

AMD is making a very important decision for its future, and it looks like the company is orienting itself towards open source, by pushing for an open source AMDGPU Linux Driver and GPUOpen, a set of open source tools aimed at developers.

LibreOffice 5.0.4 Important Update to Launch Really Soon

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 15, 2015 2:03 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
A new Release Candidate for the LibreOffice 5.0.4 branch has been revealed by The Document Foundation, and it looks like the final version is just around the corner.

Ubuntu Touch to Get FM Support for Aquaris e4.5 and E5 HD First

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 15, 2015 6:06 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
A couple of developers have started to work on bringing FM support to the Ubuntu phones, and they already made some progress, but it's more complicated than it sounds

Mycroft Is Now an Official Ubuntu IoT Partner

Mycroft is a home automation Linux-based device that promises to change the way we interact with our homes. The guys who are making this hardware decided to show us how it's made.

OnePlus One Ubuntu Touch Developer Is Helping Other Projects Do the Same

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 14, 2015 3:48 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The community is working on a OnePlus One Ubuntu Touch port, and the developer who's doing the heavy lifting is also trying to help other people port the OS to their devices.

Linux Mint Based on Debian Is Catching Up with the Ubuntu Version

The main Linux Mint flavors are based on Ubuntu, but the developers are also working on another version based on Debian. It’s not the main focus of the team, but from what they are saying, it’s already catching up with the Ubuntu version.

Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa” Cinnamon and MATE OEM Images Are Out

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 13, 2015 2:15 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Linux Mint team has just announced that the OEM images for Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa” Cinnamon and MATE have been released and are now available for download.

Wine Developers Are Preparing Packages for Debian, Fedora, and Other Distros

The Wine developers are now working to provide more up to date packages specific for some of the major distributions out there, which should make it easier for users to get their hand on the bleeding edge stuff.

Linux Users Will Soon Be Able to Update Dell Firmware from Inside the OS

  • Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie (Posted by thesilviu on Dec 11, 2015 9:55 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Dell is one of the first big companies out there that are finally taking into consideration allowing Linux users to upgrade the UEFI firmware on their devices.

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