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Mozilla launched a second update for the Firefox 44.0 branch, but this is a smaller release with just a couple of smaller fixes, albeit the security issue is quite important.

The Maru project promises to bring an Android-based one for the phone that transforms into a Debian-based operating system when connected to a PC. Its developer has just announced that he's making the entire project open source.

GNOME Software is finally accepting reviews and votes for applications, and the work has been done with the help of an Ubuntu developer, Robert Ancell.

Opera Software revealed yesterday that a proposal to buy the company has been made by a Chinese consortium, and they are most likely going to accept it. The company is now trying to convince the community that it's a good thing.

The Linux-based Tizen 3.0 operating system is being adopted for Raspberry Pi 2, in an effort to make the operating system much more popular.

An offer of $1.2 billion was made today for the acquisition of Opera Software ASA by a Chinese equity investment fund.

Canonical is said to be in talks with Android OEM partners, the CEO of the company Jane Silber recently said.

Even if the OTA 9.5 update for Ubuntu Touch is not ready yet, it doesn't mean that the developers are not already looking forward to OTA 10, and they have a comprehensive list of changes and fixes in place.

A Nautilus developer explained the good nature of the relations between the Ubuntu and GNOME and said that the apparent conflicts between the two projects exist only in the minds of people that are not involved in any of them.

Stremio is an application built with Electron that streams and plays movies, TV shows, Youtube channels, and TV channels, from torrents. Sounds familiar?

A few Ubuntu Touch users are reporting that a serious bug is affecting the operating system, causing the calls to drop, and they are asking developers to hurry up with an update.

Mozilla is making some changes to the Firefox schedule, and it looks like they are going to give more time to developers between releases.

The BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu tablet is powered by a 64-bit ARM processor, so the users have already started to ask around if they will be able to run the 32-bit apps from the phone on the tablet. The short answer is yes. The long answer is that it will take a little bit of work.

With the new Ubuntu tablet out the door, Canonical also had to upgrade the website to reflect the changes accordingly, so now ubuntu.com has a really nice section dedicated to the BQ Aquaris M10.

Canonical announced yesterday the first tablet that runs Ubuntu, which also happens to be a convergence device. The company is now starting to blur the lines between PCs and mobile devices, and Ubuntu is a key part of this process.

FFmpeg is a complete suite of tools used to record, convert and stream audio and video. A new update has been released for the main branch and developers have also made an interesting announcement regarding the removal of support for two external AAC encoders.

The Google Chrome developers have released a new Beta version of their Internet browser, and they've added a lot of changes and improvements, including smooth scrolling.

A new Opera stable release is now out, and the developers have introduced a number of new features that are going to be enjoyed by the community.

NayuOS is a new operating system built by Nexedi that aims to provide users with a Chrome OS free alternative.

The creator of Gary's Mod and Rust, one of the most successful titles on Steam, has said that if he could do it all again, he wouldn't have supported the Linux platform. Gary Newman is the creator of Gary's Mod and Rust, and this is not the first time he took a jab at the Linux port and the Linux community. He said on a few other occasions that the Linux port for Gary's Mod was causing him grief and that it wasn't worth it. He pretty much said the same thing about Rust on Linux.