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The Linux Mint 17.3 Beta "Rosa" MATE Edition has been released and is now available for download. This is one of the last steps in the development cycle before the launch of the stable version.
Ubuntu Desktop with Unity 8 to Handle Background Apps and File Access Differently
Ubuntu will soon work on phones and desktops, so people are asking whether the desktop will have the same restrictions. The answer is not as straightforward as you might think, and the Ubuntu developers are still analyzing how much access will be granted to users.
Intel Graphics Installer Brigs Support for Ubuntu 15.10, Support for 14.04 Dropped
The Intel Graphics Installer for Linux, a tool that allows users to easily install the latest graphics and video drivers for their Intel graphics hardware, is now at version 1.2.1 and is ready for download.
Ubuntu Touch Could Get WiFi Display Support to Help Turn the Phone into a PC More Easily
One of the issues with the Ubuntu Convergence and the ability to use the phone as a PC is the fact that it requires dedicated hardware features on the device, but that might get solved in the future by the Ubuntu team.
Ubuntu 16.10 to Have Unity 8, Mir, and Snappy Personal as Default
Canonical has been working on Unity 8 for a long time, and they are always asked about its official launch platform. The latest information from the developers confirms the implementation of Unity 8 as default in Ubuntu 16.10.
Opera 33 No Longer Starts FFmpeg If Codecs Are Already Loaded
Opera Software ASA has just revealed that a new stable version of the Opera browser has been released and is now available for download.
Ubuntu MATE Developers Are Preparing Something Special for 16.04 LTS
The Ubuntu MATE developers usually post details about donations from the previous month, and regardless of what people might think, it's actually a very interesting read. The same is true for the month of October.
Ubuntu Core to Power MagicStick, the Most Powerful PC Stick Ever Made
MagicStick is a new PC-on-a-stick device that promises to be the most powerful launched until now, and it's in the middle of a very successful Indiegogo campaign. To top it all off, MagicStick will also provide the users with the option of loading it with Ubuntu Core.
BQ Aquaris Ubuntu Edition Launches Officially in Russia
The Ubuntu Touch OS has officially landed in Russia with the launch of the BQ Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition, further increasing the reach of this operating system.
Falcon Northwest Drops Steam Machines Due to Issues with SteamOS
Falcon Northwest is one of the companies that wanted to release Steam Machines, but it looks like that's not happening anymore.
Firefox 43 to Use FFmpeg by Default on Linux
FFmpeg is present in most Linux distributions, so it's not really surprising that Mozilla finally decided to make an important change to Firefox and allow it to use the latest FFmpeg packages that are present in a system.
Solus Gets GNOME 3.18 Packages and Support for Locally Installed Extensions
The Solus developers have announced a few important changes, improvements, and updates that have landed for their distribution. There are quite a lot of items that have landed over the past few days, so users do have a lot to look out for.
Wine Gets Pulse Audio Driver and Better Microsoft Office 2013 Support
Wine (Wine is not an emulator) 1.7.55 is now out, and it comes with quite a few major fixes that are sure to draw some serious attention.
Ubuntu Convergence Is Better Than Windows Continuum, Here's Why
Unity 8 is being worked on for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and a lot of progress has been made. One of the features that are expected to land, in more stable form, is platform convergence. Canonical is not the only company that's working towards this goal, but it's the only one that's doing it right.
Football Manager 2016 Officially Released on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X
Football Manager 2016, the latest installment of the most complex football simulator developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega, has been released today for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Is That Ubuntu Touch or Ubuntu Desktop? The Answer Is Both
The border between the mobile and the desktop Ubuntu platforms is getting blurry, and distinguishing which is which is now difficult, judging by a simple image. Convergence is happening, and it will be here much faster than people imagine.
Kubuntu Now Has Two Release Managers After Jonathan Riddell's Departure
The Kubuntu project now has a couple of new release managers, and this was necessary after Jonathan Riddell left the project a few weeks ago.
Solus Users Can Now Use and Test Linux Kernel 4.3
The Solus operating system is moving forward, and lots of upgrades are still being made every week. One of these upgrades involves pushing the latest version of the Linux kernel into the repositories so that users can test it properly.
Linus Torvalds: Security in Itself Is Useless, Upside Is Always Somewhere Else
Linus Torvalds always had strong opinions about hardening the Linux kernel from a security point of view and opposed some of the drastic changes proposed. In a recent interview, he explained why, in the end, kernel vulnerabilities are not all that bad as people make them be.
SteamOS Finally Gets Proper Filters to Sort by OS
Valve has finally fixed one of the most annoying and ridiculous bugs that were present in the Steam client and implicitly on SteamOS.
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