Linux & Open Source News

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VLC 4.0 Coming This Year With Completely Redesigned UI

OnMay 7, 2021

VLC 4.0 will be released this year with a brand new UI, making the entire video watching experience more intuitive and full of features.

Microsoft Edge For Linux Is Closer To Stable Release

OnMay 5, 2021

Microsoft Edge for Linux is set to launch in the stable channel later this year. A beta version of the browser is now available for download.

Lucas Chess Now Available On Linux, Here's How To Install It

Lucas Chess Is Now Available on Linux, Here Is How to Install It

OnMay 4, 2021

Lucas Chess, one of the most impressive pieces of free chess software now has an experimental binary version of Linux.

Free Audio Editor Audacity Has Been Acquired By Muse Group

OnMay 3, 2021

Muse Group is now the owner of Audacity, but the famous free/libre audio editor will stay free/libre.

Debian Have Re-elected Jonathan Carter As The Leader Of The Project

OnMay 2, 2021

Developers of the Debian Linux distribution have re-elected Jonathan Carter as the leader of the free operating system project.

QEMU 6.0.0 Released With Focus On ARM And RISC-V

OnApril 30, 2021

The latest QEMU version 6.0 brings virtiofs performance improvements with new USE_KILLPRIV_V2 guest feature.

Vivaldi 3.8 Released, Offers Relief From Cookie Dialogs And FLoC

OnApril 30, 2021

Vivaldi 3.8 focused on an improved web browsing and user's privacy. The new Cookie Crumbler blocks the most annoying cookie-related dialogs.

Proxmox VE 6.4 Released With Single-File Restore And Live Restore

OnApril 29, 2021

Proxmox VE 6.4 is based on Debian 10.9, but using a newer, LTS Linux kernel 5.4. Optionally, the 5.11 kernel can be installed.