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Ruby 3.0.0 Released And Now It Is 3 Times Faster Than Its Predecessor

Ruby 3.0.0 Released, Now It Is 3 Times Faster Than Its Predecessor

OnDecember 26, 2020

Finally, the wait is over. Ruby 3.0.0 has been released. Congrats to the core team on this major release.

Sony Releases Official PS5 Controller Driver For Linux

OnDecember 25, 2020

Sony has released a new PS5 "hid-playstation" Linux driver to include support for DualSense controllers, as well as other PlayStation hardware.

Xfce 4.16 Released with Visual Changes and Numerous Improvements

OnDecember 24, 2020

After one year and four months of work, Xfce 4.16 was released with many exciting features, usability enhancements, and bug fixes.

Firefox 83 Brings HTTPS-Only Mode And Performance Improvements

OnNovember 18, 2020

Firefox version 83 include an HTTPS-Only mode, Picture-in-Picture, and the long-awaited pinch zooming feature.

Wikimedia Is Moving From Gerrit To GitLab

OnNovember 6, 2020
UpdatedDecember 26, 2020

The Wikimedia Foundation that owns and hosts sites like Wikipedia, has decided to migrate their code repositories from Gerrit to GitLab.

Linux Mint Now Provide Its Own Chromium Package

Linux Mint Now Provide Its Chromium Package

OnNovember 4, 2020
UpdatedFebruary 15, 2023

Now the Chromium browser is back in the official repositories for both Linux Mint and LMDE as a deb package built by the Linux Mint team.

YouTube-dl Has Been Removed From GitHub By The Recording Industry

OnOctober 26, 2020

One of the most well-known pieces of software for downloading YouTube videos, youtube-dl, was removed from GitHub following a takedown notice from the RIAA.