Linux & Open Source News

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Xen 4.20 Hypervisor Brings AMD Zen 5 Support

OnMarch 5, 2025

Xen 4.20 open-source type-1 hypervisor brings Arm LLC coloring, AMD Zen 5 support, Intel EPT Paging-Write, and more.

Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Brings New Appearance Settings

Thunderbird 136 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

OnMarch 4, 2025

Mozilla Thunderbird 136 rolls out with dark mode enhancements, improved message threading controls, and bug fixes.

KeePassXC 2.7.10 Brings Proton Pass Importer

OnMarch 4, 2025

KeePassXC 2.7.10 open-source password manager brings a Proton Pass importer, font size control, and more.

Firefox 136 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

OnMarch 3, 2025

Firefox 136 open-source web browser introduces vertical tabs, hardware-accelerated HEVC playback on macOS, and AMD GPU decoding on Linux.

UBports Launches Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-8

OnMarch 3, 2025

UBports announces Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 - a security fix update with VoLTE support, WPA3 Wi-Fi, and bug fixes for supported devices.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 9 (Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2025)

OnMarch 2, 2025

Catch up on the latest Linux news: NVIDIA Display Driver 570, Plasma 6.3.2, Fish Shell 4, IceWM 3.7, Docker Engine 28, Nextcloud Hub 10, VLC sends videos to the Moon, and more.

Incus 6.10 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

OnMarch 1, 2025

Incus 6.10 container & virtual machine manager introduces ACME DNS-01 validation for TLS, better API filtering, IOMMU support, LZ4 compression, and more.

Linux Mint’s Cinnamon Menu is Getting a Makeover

OnMarch 1, 2025

The Linux Mint team is working on a fresh look for the Cinnamon app menu; Mint 22.1 dominates with 70% of recent downloads, followed by LMDE 6 at 14%.