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Firefox 135 promises to be a hefty release and the first to introduce support for XZ packaging for faster installations, smaller downloads, and enhanced compatibility and integration with modern Linux distro, instead of the bzip2 packaging used until now (including for Firefox 134).

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) ships with Linux kernel 6.8, which has reached the end of its supported life at the end of May 2024. Even if Canonical continues to support Linux 6.8 by backporting bug fixes from newer kernel versions, you may end up in a situation where you need the extra hardware support when installing Ubuntu on a newer computer, or maybe you just want to enjoy some new features.

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Cyberbro is an open-source application that extracts IoCs from garbage input and checks their reputation using multiple services.

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The company says that the new functional safety certification for Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System is a key step in its push towards ISO 26262 ASIL-B certification of the entire platform.

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Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, discusses how threat research drives faster, better decision-making in cybersecurity operations.

Roccia provides insights into balancing internal and external research strategies, the influence of AI and geopolitical events, and how organizations can strengthen their security posture to counter threats.

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A color picker is a software tool used to select colors and, in some cases, to create color schemes.

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Learn a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring a HAProxy reverse proxy program on Ubuntu to load balance your high-traffic web server.

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It’s been a great year for the Budgie desktop with releases like Budgie 10.9 and Budgie 10.9.2, both advancing the hard work of porting Budgie to the Wayland display protocol. Many of Budgie’s components have been ported to Wayland already and the team considers it “daily-drivable on Wayland for a typical end user usecase.”

The post Budgie 10.10 Desktop Will Be Wayland-Only as Work Continues on Budgie 11 appeared first on Linux Today.

DB-Engines publishes the 2024 database popularity stats. See the leading platforms in data management for the past year.

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history is a command which displays or manipulates the history list. We recommend alternatives to this command.

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Want to run virtual machines on Linux Mint 22? Learn how to install VirtualBox 7.1 with our step-by-step guide, and start creating VMs with ease today.

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Is your computer going to sleep in the middle of downloads or updates? Meet Keep-Alive, a lightweight tool designed to keep your system awake.

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Chimera Linux, Nobara 41, Sparky 7.6 releases, Debian 13 alpha installer, Plasma 6.2.5, Fish Shell in Rust, & more.

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Although it appears that after a 22-year run that linux.conf.au is now a thing of the past, the folks who brought it to you have launched a new conference that’s about… well, everything open.

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Two years, 57k lines of C++, now 75k lines of Rust. Fish Shell 4.0 beta has been entirely rewritten in the Rust programming language.

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Learn about the pkg-config tool, how to install it on Linux, and how to use it when compiling the program from source code.

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The biggest change in Mozilla Firefox 134 for Linux users is support for touchpad hold gestures, allowing users to interrupt kinetic (momentum) scrolling by placing two fingers on the touchpad. This feature was initially planned for Firefox 133. Users can disable or enable this feature in about:config by setting apz.gtk.touchpad_hold.enabled to true or false.

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Norka is a lightweight text editor and the best alternative to Gedit, where you can write your thoughts without worrying about saving them.

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Learn how to test microphones on Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions, then learn how to troubleshoot the issue with a few practical examples.

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Absolute Linux, the Slackware-based distro, ends its journey as Paul Sherman announces its termination, citing a lack of time.

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