Bits from the DPL
This is bits from DPL for November. MiniDebConf Toulouse I had the pleasure of attending the MiniDebConf in Toulouse, which featured a range of engaging talks, complementing those from the recent MiniDebConf in Cambridge. Both events were preceded by a...
Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Brings New Look, New Features
A new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment has been tagged for release – a sure-fire sign that the Linux Mint 22.1 beta is on the way! As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 will come preinstalled in Linux Mint 22.1 when it’s re...
Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Released with New Look
A new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment has been tagged for release – a sure-fire sign that the Linux Mint 22.1 beta is on the way! As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 will come preinstalled in Linux Mint 22.1 when it’s re...
Join Canonical in Mumbai at HPE Discover More
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor HPE Discover More in Mumbai. Join us to learn how Canonical and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) can help you securely advance your business with comprehensive open source solutions that span fr...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 1st, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 1st, 2024, brings news about Linux 6.13 Release Candidate, Cinnamon 6.4, Firefox 133, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, elementary OS 8, Firefox 134 beta, KDE Plasma 6.2.4, Ubuntu Touch OTA-7, Armbian 24.11, NixOS...
AMD Per-Core Energy Counter Support Slated For Linux 6.14
While the Linux 6.13 merge window just closed yesterday in landing all of the new features and functionality for that first kernel version of 2025, already for the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle to follow a feature was queued up early this morning in a TIP br...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Retires
While Intel has been under much financial difficulties and as they pursue their build out of new fabs to better compete with TSMC, to much surprise Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired effective today...
Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for December
This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please rea...
XWayland Lands Support For xdg-system-bell
Olivier Fourdan has merged support for using the xdg-system-bell protocol by XWayland for dealing with "system bell" functionality for Wayland compositors supporting this newer protocol for ringing the system bell or otherwise implementing a visual ind...
