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Debian 10.5 Released With Patched SecureBoot ‘BootHole’ Vulnerability

OnAugust 1, 2020

This point release mainly adds corrections for SecureBoot 'BootHole' Vulnerability, along with a few adjustments for serious problems.

Systemd 246 Released With Zstd Compression of Journal Files

OnJuly 31, 2020

Systemd 246 has an incredibly long list of new features, many of which have to do with support for encrypted and signed disk volumes.

System76 Develop A New Linux Keyboard With Interchangeable Keys

System76 Developing A New Linux Keyboard With Interchangeable Keys

OnJuly 31, 2020

The company promoted their forthcoming keyboard today on their blog. The System76 keyboard will have the space bar broken into two 2U keys.

Microsoft's Edge Browser is Crashing if Google is Your Search Engine

Microsoft’s Edge Browser is Crashing if Google is Default Search Engine

OnJuly 31, 2020
UpdatedApril 30, 2021

The crash into Microsft's Edge browser appear to have affected Edge users who had selected Google as the default search engine.

Opera 70 Released With Easier Access to Closed Tabs, Simpler Searches

OnJuly 31, 2020
UpdatedApril 26, 2023

The new Opera 70 released with tab searching improvements, optimized panel displays, and more workspace customizations.

Mycroft AI Is The World’s First Open Source Voice Assistant

OnJuly 27, 2020

Mycroft is a free and open source software project aimed at providing voice assistant technology. It can run on a desktop computer, inside an automobile, it even runs on a Raspberry Pi.