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GitHub’s 2024 Report: Python has surpassed JavaScript for the first time, becoming developers’ most preferred language.

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Version:next-20241106 (linux-next) Released:2024-11-06

Translate is a translation app developed by Apple for their iOS and iPadOS devices. It functions as a service for translating text sentences or speech between several languages. Here are the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Manjaro Linux is developing a new tool called Manjaro Data Donor (MDD) to gather usage statistics about its user base.

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KDE Plasma 6.2.3 desktop environment is now available, resolves KWin’s HDR brightness issue, improves Bluedevil PIN behavior, and more.

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Highlights of LXQt 2.1 include an experimental Wayland session through the implementation of a new component called lxqt-wayland-session. The Wayland supports seven Wayland compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.

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Several Russian maintainers were removed from the Linux kernel due to compliance concerns, leading the Russian Ministry to propose a separate Linux community.

The post Russia Proposes a Separate Linux Community in Response to Maintainer Removals appeared first on Linux Today.

Docker Desktop 4.35 introduces org access tokens, Docker Home, an integrated terminal, macOS boosts, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux support.

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Discover a new CLI file manager named Superfile, learn how to install it, use it with different key bindings, and install plugins and themes.

The post Superfile: A Modern Terminal File Manager for Linux and macOS appeared first on Linux Today.

Discover a step-by-step guide to install the OpenSpeedTest Server on Linux, Windows, and macOS to test your local network speed.

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Version 2.1.0 of the LXQt lightweight Qt desktop environment has been released. The highlight of this release is support for multiple Wayland compositors:

Through its new component lxqt-wayland-session, LXQt 2.1.0 supports 7 Wayland sessions (with Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River and Niri), has two Wayland back-ends in lxqt-panel (one for kwin_wayland and the other general), and will add more later. All LXQt components that are not limited to X11 — i.e., most components — work fine on Wayland. [...]

Of course, the X11 session will be supported indefinitely. Wayland is optional and rather experimental.

Joshua Liebow-Feeser took to the stage at RustConf to describe the methodology that his team uses to encode arbitrary constraints in the Rust type system when working on the Fuchsia operating system (slides). The technique is not unknown to the Rust community, but Liebow-Feeser did a good job of both explaining the method and making a case for why it should be used more widely.

Apple Mission Control offers a bird’s-eye view of all your open windows, desktop spaces, and any apps in full screen or Split View, making it easy to switch between them. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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After a couple of years of effort, the BPF instruction set architecture has been accepted as RFC 9669, giving it a standard outside of the in-kernel implementation. This message from David Vernet (who also contributed an article on the standardization process last year) describes the process and why it is important:

Though some vendors have already implemented BPF offloading capabilities without having a standardized ISA, others are not quite as risk tolerant. As Christoph [Hellwig] discussed at LSFMM 2022, certain NVMe vendors have expressed an interest in building BPF offloading capabilities for various use cases such as eXpress Resubmission Path (XRP), but they simply can't fund such a project without certain components of BPF being standardized. Hence, the effort to standardize BPF was born.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, openexr, and thunderbird), Fedora (llama-cpp and python-quart), Oracle (firefox, openexr, thunderbird, and xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (chromium, govulncheck-vulndb, openssl-1_1, python311, and python312), and Ubuntu (linux-azure, linux-bluefield, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-ibm, openjpeg2, and ruby3.0, ruby3.2, ruby3.3).

Linux is a particularly strong platform for professionals that work within the graphic design and graphic arts industry. With low cost hardware, quality open source software, and an ounce of talent, artists can produce professional-looking computer graphics.

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Version:next-20241105 (linux-next) Released:2024-11-05

Linux now powers 2% of Steam gamers, doubling its user count in three years. Arch remains the preferred game distro. Here’s more on that!

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Linux Mint partners with Framework Laptops, aiming for full compatibility with easy-to-upgrade, high-quality laptops for Linux users.

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Learn multiple ways to install the stable and latest version of VLC Media Player on your Ubuntu desktop and server systems.

 

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