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A new version of NetworkManager – used by most Linux distributions (including Ubuntu) to manage wired and wireless network connections – was released this week.

Hyprland is a powerful, Wayland-based window manager for Linux. It introduces several innovative features, such as a custom display compositor and the ability to install third-party plugins with its package manager. In this article, we look at 5 of the best plugins available for Hyprland and guide you through installing them on your machine.

Matthew Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress biz Automattic and co-creator of the open source software, says he feels "much lighter" after 159 employees departed in the wake of his controversial attempt to pressure WP Engine to license trademarks the rival has used for years.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong — their corners of the internet. We all have an internet story worth sharing.

Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake's CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow with it performing even worse than Meteor Lake while RDNA3.5 graphics led.

New Wine 9.19: Better Unicode support, Wayland improvements, and DirectPlay enhancements.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.

There are plenty of ways to download videos from well-known video streaming sites on Ubuntu but I find Parabolic the easiest, least hassle option out there.

Safeguarding one's privacy in today's polarizing digital world is a must. There are many ways to improve your privacy, which include things like using a privacy-focused search engine, getting a VPN, and installing trusted programs.

Fwupd 2.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source Linux firmware update utility for Linux-based operating systems with support for new devices, new features, and other exciting changes.

Remote desktop is a neat feature that lets you access your high-end rigs from another device, like a laptop. So long as you have Internet connectivity on both devices, most operating systems, be it Windows 11 or Linux distros, let you set support remote desktop in some shape or form.

It’s been four months since Anonym joined Mozilla. Anonym was founded with the belief that new technologies can keep digital ads effective and measurable while respecting privacy. Mozilla has long been a leader in digital privacy, so Anonym is happy to report that we are right at home as a key pillar in Mozilla’s strategy to make digital advertising more private.

A new set of patches from AMD Linux engineers today aim to boost the performance for heterogeneous CPU designs such as the recent Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" SoCs that have multiple core types.

Fwupd 2.0 launches with major enhancements: drops old signing formats, adds Darwin support, and revamps device firmware management.

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora Linux work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora Linux before, this is a perfect way to get started.

Paul Davis released Ardour 8.8 as the latest version of this powerful and popular open-source, free, and cross-platform digital audio workstation for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

OpenAI has released a new interface called Canvas for ChatGPT, designed to enhance collaboration on writing and coding projects.

The LANA TNY by Phyx is a compact development board featuring the WCH CH32V203 RISC-V microcontroller. Similar in size to the Adafruit QT Py and Seeed Studio XIAO, it offers additional SMD pins for expanded input/output capabilities and includes a built-in WS2811-compatible LED output.

As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising. Our hypothesis is that we need to simultaneously work on public policy, standards, products and infrastructure. Today, I want to take a moment to dive into the details of the “product” and “infrastructure” elements.

Self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux moves slow and fixes things in latest release. Busybox is tiny, unobtrusive, and runs quite a lot of routers and other key bits of the internet – somewhat like Linux itself used to be.