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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 9:09 PM CST)
  • 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 8:34 AM CST)
  • 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 5:08 AM CST)
  • 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 12:33 AM CST)
  • 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 4:33 PM CST)
  • 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 1:41 PM CST)
  • 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.

LibreOffice 6.0 Open-Source Office Suite Passes 1 Million Downloads Mark

The Document Foundation announced recently that its LibreOffice 6.0 open-source and cross-platform office suite reached almost 1 million downloads since its release last month on January 31, 2018.

Kali Linux Ethical Hacking OS Getting Fix for Meltdown and Spectre with Linux 4.15

Offensive Security, the team of developers behind the widely-used Kali Linux ethical hacking and penetration testing GNU/Linux distribution, released the first snapshot for 2018 with latest security fixes and software updates.

Canonical Wants to Collect Some Data from Ubuntu Users to Improve New Releases

Canonical's Director of Ubuntu Desktop Will Cooke announced today that the company wants to implement some data collecting mechanism in future releases of Ubuntu Linux to improve the things that matter most to users.

Samsung Halts Android 8.0 Oreo Rollouts for Galaxy S8 Due to Unexpected Reboots

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 15, 2018 8:29 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Android
Samsung stopped the distribution of the Android 8.0 Oreo operating system update for its Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones due to unexpected reboots reported by several users.

Intel Expands Its Bug Bounty Program for Spectre Security Flaws with New Awards

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 15, 2018 6:33 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Intel
Intel announced on Wednesday that it would expand its bug bounty program for the Spectre security vulnerabilities until the end of the year, and will award hackers with up to $250,000 USD.

How to Install VLC 3.0 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Other Snap-Enabled Distros

VideoLAN released last week VLC 3.0, the biggest update to the most acclaimed media player for desktop and mobile platforms alike, and today we'll teach you how to install it on your Ubuntu or Linux Mint operating system as a Snap.

Canonical Plans to Release Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus) on March 1, 2018

Canonical's Lukasz Zemczak announced today that the company plans to release the fourth maintenance update of the long-term supported Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system early next month.

Better Late Than Never: GNOME 3.28 Beta Desktop Arrives for Valentine's Day

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 14, 2018 7:53 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNOME
A week later than initially expected, the upcoming GNOME 3.28 desktop environment entered beta stages of development today, just in time for some Valentine's Day testing.

Telegram Zero-Day Vulnerability Lets Hackers Pwn Your PC to Mine Cryptocurrency

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 14, 2018 6:32 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Security
A zero-day vulnerability was discovered by Kaspersky Lab in the Telegram Desktop app that could let hackers pwn your computer to mine for cryptocurrencies like Zcash, Monero, Fantomcoin, and others.

You Can Now Install KDE's Plasma Mobile on Your Android Smartphone, Here's How

After announcing a few weeks ago the availability of a dedicated image for installing and running Plasma Mobile on PCs and virtual machines, KDE now posted info on how to install it on a mobile phone.

KDE Plasma Linux Desktop Is No Longer Vulnerable to USB Attacks, Update Now

The KDE Project released a new major version of their widely-used Plasma desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions, a release that adds numerous new features and fixes security vulnerabilities.

Canonical Invites Ubuntu Linux Users to Test Video Playback in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Daniel Van Vugt, a member of the Ubuntu desktop team, is inviting users running the development release of the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system to test and give feedback on the video playback performance.

KDE Slimbook II Plasma-Based Linux Ultrabook Laptop Is Cheaper, More Powerful

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Feb 11, 2018 6:19 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
As of today, there's a new KDE Slimbook Linux-powered, Plasma-based Ultrabook laptop available for sale and it comes with some impressive hardware specifications and a smaller price tag.

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