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Wine Receives Initial Support for Running Vulkan Apps and Games, Wine 3.3 Is Out

Wine, the open-source compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux-based and UNIX-like operating systems, received initial support for the next-generation and cross-platform Vulkan graphics API created by The Khronos Group.

Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Canonical released today the fourth of fifth maintenance updates to its long-term supported Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system series with new kernel and graphics stacks.

Hands-On with Ubuntu's New "Minimal Installation" Feature in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Canonical is adding a new feature to its upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system, due for release this spring at the end of April, allowing users to install a minimal and non-bloated Ubuntu OS on their PCs.

Mozilla Firefox 59 Web Browser Promises New Privacy and Security Features

Mozilla is currently working on the next stable release of its popular Firefox web browser, version 59, which is expected to land in the second week of March with new privacy and security features.

Meet Mycroft Mark II, an Open-Source Alternative to Amazon Echo and Google Home

Meet Mycroft Mark II, an open-source intelligent voice-activated personal assistant designed with privacy and security in mind, and ready to rival big names like Google Home and Amazon's Echo.

Intel Finally Releases Spectre Patches for Broadwell and Haswell Processors

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 28, 2018 11:22 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Intel
Intel has finally released stable microcode updates for Broadwell and Haswell processor series to mitigate the second variant of the nasty Spectre security vulnerability unearthed last month.

Purism Now Sells the Most Secure Linux Laptops with Heads Integrated TPM Chips

Purism, the computer technology company selling security-focused Linux laptops, announced today the successful implementation of Trammel Hudson’s Heads security firmware into their Librem laptops running coreboot and TPM (Trusted Platform Module).

System76 Plans Major HiDPI Update for Their Ubuntu-Based Pop!_OS Linux Distro

System76 continues to work on the second release of their Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distro and announced on Monday that they plan a major update to the HiDPI daemon while still redesigning the installer.

Google Plans to Add Support for Containerized Linux Apps to Chromebooks

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 26, 2018 12:16 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
While most Chromebooks out there are already capable of running Android apps, it would appear that Google wants to add support for running Linux apps on a container or virtual machine to its Chrome OS operating system.

Canonical Releases Major Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 14.04 to Fix 26 Flaws

Canonical released today a major kernel security update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system series, addressing more than 20 vulnerabilities and other issues.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Daily Builds Now Fuelled by Linux Kernel 4.15

As of today, the current daily builds of the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system are powered by the latest stable Linux 4.15 kernel series.

Spectre and Meltdown Mitigations Now Available for FreeBSD and OpenBSD Systems

More than a month since their public discloser the nasty Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerability have now been fixed for various BSD operating systems including FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

You Can Now Turn Your Old Moto G2 "Titan" Phone Into an Ubuntu Phone, Here's How

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 23, 2018 6:00 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
If you still have a Moto G Gen 2 (a.k.a Moto G 2014) around, it looks like you can install the Ubuntu Touch mobile OS from UBports on it, thanks to an effort by an XDA community member.

Opera Says Its Next Opera Release Will Have the Fastest Ad Blocker on the Block

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 22, 2018 11:09 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Opera Software promoted today its upcoming Opera 52 web browser to the beta channel claiming that it has the faster ad blocker on the market compared to previous Opera release and Google Chrome.

Canonical Outs New Ubuntu Kernel Update with Compiler-Based Retpoline Mitigation

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 22, 2018 10:34 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Canonical released new kernel updates for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux releases to address several security issues, as well as to provide compiler-based Retpoline kernel mitigation for Spectre Variant 2 on the amd64 and i386 architectures.

KDE Says Its Next Plasma Desktop Release Will Start a Full Second Faster

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 22, 2018 7:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE developer Nate Graham shares today details on the new usability and productivity improvements coming to the next KDE Plasma, KDE Applications, and KDE Frameworks software releases.

Canonical's Unity 8 Desktop Revived by UBports with Support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 22, 2018 2:33 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
UBports community announced today their port of Canonical's deprecated Unity 8 desktop environment for personal computers, ready for installation in an initial development phase.

Ubuntu Core Embedded Linux Operating System Now Runs on Rigado’s IoT Gateways

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 21, 2018 6:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Canonical announced today the immediate availability of its Ubuntu Core embedded Linux operating system for Rigado’s Edge Connectivity IoT (Internet of Things) gateway solutions.

LibreOffice 6.1 Arrives in August with Revamped Online Experience, New Features

LibreOffice 6.1 is being prepared by The Document Foundation for an August 2018 release, promising to add more enhancements and some new features to the popular open-source office suite.

Hackers Turn the Nintendo Switch into a Linux Tablet with KDE Plasma Desktop

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 20, 2018 3:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Hacking group fail0verflow? have managed to install a graphical user interface on the Nintendo Switch after announcing last week that the gaming console was hacked to run a Linux-based operating system.

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