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With the Firefox 122 release out the door, Mozilla has promoted the next major release, Firefox 123, to the beta channel for public testing so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

Starting with Firefox 122, Mozilla now provides a DEB package for Linux users using Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Linux Mint, or another derivative distribution. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to install Firefox as a DEB package.

Valve released today Proton 8.0-5 as the latest version of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components that enable Linux users to play Windows games.

The MX Linux devs released today MX Linux 23.2 as the second stable update to the latest MX Linux 23 “Libretto” series of this Debian-based distribution featuring Xfce, KDE Plasma, and Fluxbox editions, as well as a Raspberry Pi edition.

The Linux Mint team announced today the release and general availability for download of the “EDGE” ISO flavor of the latest Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” release for those who need support for newer hardware.

The 171st installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 21st, 2024, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The development of the Linux kernel continues with Linux 6.8, the next major kernel release, and Linus Torvalds just announced today the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone for public testing.

The Mozilla Firefox 122 web browser is now available for download ahead of its official release on January 23rd, 2024, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

The SparkyLinux devs are kicking off 2024 with a new ISO snapshot of their Debian-based distribution derived from the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series. Powered by the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series, SparkyLinux 2024.01 is the first update of the SparkyLinux Rolling series in 2024 adding all the package updates from the Debian Testing (Debian Trixie) and SparkyLinux Testing repositories as of January 17th, 2024.

The XOrg Server and Xwayland display implementations have been patched against multiple security vulnerabilities that could lead to heap overflows, out-of-bounds writes, or local privilege escalation.

Wine 9.0 has been released today as the latest version of this free and open-source compatibility layer that lets you run apps and games developed for Windows systems on Unix-like operating systems.

Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.0.14 as a new update to its popular open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for GNU/Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows systems.

The GNOME Project released today GNOME 45.3 as the third update to the latest GNOME 45 “Riga” desktop environment series to fix more bugs and also add a few enhancements for fans of the GNOME desktop.

The 170th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 14th, 2024, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

The openSUSE Project confirmed today the successor to its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system series as openSUSE Leap 16, which will be based on SUSE’s new Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP).

The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 5.114 as the latest version of this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt that provide commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment and the various KDE apps.

The GNOME Project released today the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series for early adopters, application developers, and Linux enthusiasts who want to get an early taste of the new features and improvements.

The developers of the Libreboot open-source and free BIOS/UEFI firmware announced support for a new laptop, namely the HP EliteBook 820 G2, which can even be ordered with Libreboot pre-installed.

The highly anticipated Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia" distribution is now available for download from the multitude of mirrors around the world of the Linux Mint project, ahead of the official unveiling later this week.

Originally released on November 12th, 2017, the long-term supported (LTS) Linux 4.14 kernel series has now reached its end of supported life after being maintained for more than six years.