Steven Deobald is the new Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation
Steven Deobald takes over as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. His experience in free software and his vision for collaboration will drive
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Distro releases in April 2025: GoboLinux 017.01, PorteuX 2.0, and Tails 6.14.1
Come learn about the first 3 distro releases that occurred during April 2025: GoboLinux 017.01, PorteuX 2.0, and Tails 6.14.1.
Ubuntu loophole allows bypassing username space restrictions
Discover how Qualys researchers found three methods to circumvent access restrictions to public spaces...
Distro releases in March 2025: GhostBSD 25.01, Smoothwall Express 3.1 SP6, and Linux From Scratch 12.3
The first 3 known Distro releases during March 2025 were: GhostBSD 25.01, Smoothwall Express 3.1 SP6 and Linux From Scratch 12.3.
Microsoft continues to add reasons to switch to Linux
Microsoft continues to add reasons to switch to Linux by removing features that allowed for better privacy.
Mozilla explains the problem with Firefox's terms of service
The Firefox community reacts to the new terms of use, and Mozilla clarifies data handling and privacy in its recent notice.
Distros Releases in February 2025: Parrot 6.3, Nitrux 3.9.0 “pd” and Void 20250202
There are many Distros releases during January 2025, and the first 3 known ones are: Parrot 6.3, Nitrux 3.9.0 "pd" and Void 20250202.
Thunderbird 135: Come and learn all about its changes and new features
Thunderbird 135 email client has been released and features several new features and many bug fixes.
Distros Releases in January 2025: Nobara Project 41, Ditana 0.9.0 Beta and Porteus 5.1 Alpha
There are many Distros releases during January 2025, and the first 3 known are: Nobara Project 41, Ditana 0.9.0 Beta and Porteus 5.1 Alpha.
Debian abandons X. A dangerous decision for the project
In a move questioned by several members of its community, Debian is abandoning X in what is a very bad decision.
What will happen to Linux and free software in the Trump era?
A week after the presidential change, we will try to answer: What will happen to Linux and free software in the Trump era?
What's New and Installing MX Linux 23.5: 1st Release of 2025
On January 13, 2025, the developers of the brilliant Distro MX Linux, informed us of the release of the 1st version of the year called MX Linux 23.5.
Vulnerability in 7-Zip denied
Vulnerability denied in 7-Zip, a widely used file compression and decompression program available for Linux.
Tips for choosing a hosting to set up our online store
Setting up an online store is not easy. There are many factors to consider, many details to consider…
Firefox will no longer ship with the Do Not Track option
Firefox Nightly 135 removes the "Do Not Track" header. Learn about the change and how the Global Privacy Control can help you...
These are the results of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024
Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 left its mark with 38 successful attacks and prizes reaching almost a million dollars...
Br OS: Brazilian distro with KDE Plasma releases its new version 24.10
BR OS is a Brazilian GNU/Linux Distro based on Ubuntu with KDE Plasma, which stands out for being very modern, beautiful, robust and functional.
Shotcut and Audacity released new versions
Shotcut and Audacity released new versions. This is an open source video editor and audio editor
Fedora 41 Now Available for Download
Fedora 41 is now available for download. This release brings the latest versions of the Linux desktop and its own new features.
Russian participation in Linux kernel restricted
Linus Torvalds has decided to restrict Russian participation in the Linux kernel. There are several reasons for this decision.
Calibre improves PDF support
There are open source programs that are so superior in quality to their proprietary alternatives that they are benchmarks in their sector….
LastOSLinux: A Windows-style Mint-based distro proposal
LastOSLinux is a recent Mint-based distro that has entered the DistroWatch waiting list and offers a Windows-style visual appearance.
Mozilla wants to enter the advertising business and is already preparing its platform
Mozilla explores new opportunities in advertising, prioritizing privacy and data security through advanced technology.
Google may have to allow third-party stores on Android
Google may have to allow third-party stores on Android if a recent ruling in the Epic Games lawsuit is confirmed
September 2024 Releases: LFS, GhostBSD, Q4OS and More
Today we will mention all the known releases of the month of September 2024, highlighting the top 3 projects: LFS, GhostBSD and Q4OS.
Kaspersky compulsively installs another antivirus. The dangers of proprietary software
It has recently become known that Kaspersky compulsively installs another antivirus. Another example of the disadvantages of proprietary software.
Canaima 8.0 Beta: A look at the future version of the Venezuelan Distro
Do you know the Canaima GNU/Linux Distro? No! Well, today we will let you know the news about the upcoming Beta version of Canaima 8.0 Beta «Kavanayen».
August 2024 Releases: Dr. Parted Live, Pop!_OS, IPFire and More
Today we will mention all the known releases of the month of August 2024, highlighting the top 3 projects: Dr. Parted Live, Pop! OS, and IPFire.
The Mono Project passes into the hands of Wine, Microsoft gives up development
The WineHQ community takes control of the Mono project, driving its development and modernization
Microsoft gets stricter. Checkout or switch to Linux
Microsoft is getting stricter and eliminating one of the ways to install Windows 11 on supposedly unsupported computers.
July 2024 releases: Linux Mint, OpenMandriva, Finnix and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of July 2024.
FunOS: A lightweight Distro derived from Ubuntu with JWM and without Snap
FunOS is a lightweight, minimalist Distro based on Ubuntu (currently running 24.04 LTS) that uses the JWM Window Manager and comes without Snap.
News from the Linuxverse today: About Blender, Audacity and PeerTube
The Linuxverse continually continues to grow and improve; Good current examples being: Blender 4.2, Audacity 3.6 and PeerTube 6.2.
Linux prepares eBPF to create task schedulers
Attention! Linus Torvalds reveals details about the "sched_ext" mechanism in the Linux 6.11 kernel. Find out how it will work and the...
June 2024 releases: Linux Lite, FreeBSD, Parrot and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of June 2024.
Adobe and Microsoft backtrack on anti-privacy measures
Adobe and Microsoft backtrack on privacy policies related to Artificial Intelligence features
Mozilla presented the improvements they will introduce in Firefox
Mozilla strives to listen to its community and make Firefox the best browser. Discover the most requested improvements...
Canonical announced Ubuntu support for the Milk-V Mars
Ubuntu becomes the reference operating system for RISC-V devices! Canonical and Milk-V team up to...
May 2024 releases: LibreELEC, Red Hat, AlmaLinux and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of May 2024.
NVIDIA users will be able to use Wayland by default in Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.10 will bring important new features, NVIDIA users will be able to enjoy Wayland as a display server...
Windows 11 continues adding reasons for you to switch to Linux
Windows 11 continues to add reasons for you to uninstall it and switch to Linux. More expensive hardware and integrated AI.
Firefox is already preparing new anti-tracking protection, a weather widget and more
Learn about the new features they are preparing for Firefox: protection against tracking, weather forecast in a new tab and...
Winamp will open your code
The historic Winamp audio player will open its code according to an announcement on the application's website. This…
GX.games: You can now use the Opera Game Store in Firefox on Linux!
Today, the Opera GX Browser is not available for Linux, but its great GX.Games Store on Mozilla Firefox is.
Pale Moon 33.1.0 adds link rel=preload, improvements and fixes
Discover the improvements in Pale Moon 33.1.0: speed, security and web compatibility. With support for , Emoji 15.1, HTML5 dialog and more.
April 2024 releases: ROSA, OpenBSD, Peropesis and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of April 2024.
Firefox Nightly is now available for Linux on ARM64
Firefox Nightly officially arrives on Linux ARM64 and includes support for custom themes, memory optimization and...
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” has already been released and these are its new features
Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and in this release a large number of...
Today is Hardware Freedom Day
Today, like every third Saturday in April, we are dedicated to celebrating Hardware Freedom Day and we take the opportunity to spread the word about it.
Firefox will have the ability to translate text fragments and Servo seeks to move away from SpiderMonkey
Mozilla developers implemented a feature expected in Firefox 126 related to translation, in addition to
Improvements to the APT interface announced in Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.10
Improvements announced in the APT interface for Ubuntu and Debian. They will be available in Debian Unstable and Ubuntu 24.10
ClamTk will not have new versions
This week the news broke that ClamTk will not have new versions. This is a graphical interface for ClamAV
KDE Frameworks 6.1 has already been released
The KDE project announced that KDE Frameworks 6.1, the set of components and frameworks on which the new desktop will be based, has already been released.
About WordPress and the news of its new version 6.5.2
This April 2024, WordPress has announced the release of the new version 6.5.2, which is a maintenance and security release.
Ventoy 1.0.97: What's new in the first version of 2024
This year 2024, the useful and effective tool for creating a bootable USB drive called Ventoy has been updated to version 1.0.97.
By default a vulnerability in io_uring was present for at least two months in Ubuntu
A vulnerability in io_uring was present at least two months after its fix in Ubuntu and this could...
KDE will have a new application for taking notes using Markdown.
The KDE ecosystem will have a new application for taking notes using Markdown. So far there is only the source code.
The security problem with XZ Utils
In this post we explain what the security problem is with XZ Utils, the compression library and which distributions are affected
March 2024 releases: LFS, OpenMediaVault, FreeBSD and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of March 2024.
These are the results of Pwn2Own 2024
During the celebration of Pwn2Own 2024, several cases of successful attacks that allowed the escalation of privileges in ...
Canonical brings support for LTS versions of Ubuntu to 12 years
Canonical extends support for all its extended support versions starting with Ubuntu 12 Trusty Tahr to 14.04 years
New setback for Microsoft in the European Union
This month a new setback for Microsoft was known when the European data protection body questioned the use of its services.
Wallets posing as official apps were detected in Snap Store
Security in the Snap Store has begun to worry users, as it was recently identified...
FreeTube App and YouTube Music Desktop App: What's new in 2024
FreeTube App and YouTube Music Desktop App are 2 useful, free and open multimedia developments, which this year 2024 bring great new features.
February 2024 releases: Deepin, Tails, KaOS and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of February 2024.
What can we expect from GNOME 46?
A little over a month after the launch of the main distributions, we tell you what we can expect from GNOME 46
Warp is a terminal with AI and collaborative tools.
We tested Warp, a terminal emulator with AI and collaborative tools that releases its Linux version, adding it to the Mac version.
This is how they take advantage of a Snap error by suggesting unverified packages
An error, suggesting the installation of packages or dependencies not found, can lead the user to install malicious Snap packages
Mozilla will lay off 60 employees, announces a change of plans and wants to focus efforts on AI
Without yet finding a clear path, Mozilla has made the decision to lay off 60 employees in order to...
Ubuntu Core Desktop delays its launch and Rhino Linux pauses its development
The Ubuntu Core Desktop and Rhino Linux teams have recently announced bad news to us regarding their release and development.
Ubuntu Touch will have a change in its release model
Shortly after the jump to Ubuntu 20.04, UBports has encountered various problems in the work of Ubuntu Touch...
Microsoft confirms sudo for Windows
Microsoft confirms sudo for Windows. It will be available for Windows 11 users and will be an open source project.
Mitchell Baker announced her resignation as CEO of Mozilla
This 2024 has begun with important changes for Mozilla, since Mitchell Baker has submitted his resignation as...
Noble Numbat opens its first fund contests. Ubuntu and Ubuntu Budgie are now open
Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat has opened its wallpaper contest. It joins Ubuntu Budgie, open since January.
OSMC 2024.02 and Kodi 20.3: What's new in both releases
OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open media player (media center) for Linux that uses Kodi as a Frontend.
Monitor Plus: Mozilla's new data privacy service
Monitor Plus is the new subscription-based service that allows users to perform analysis to identify information...
Mozilla lashes out at Microsoft for harmful design practices
Mozilla has found a new rival, since Microsoft has done its thing again, as Mozilla accuses of...
The new community version of LibreOffice
We have a new community version of LibreOffice, the cross-platform open source office suite compatible with Office.
Windows could implement the sudo command
The leak of a Windows 11 test image seems to indicate that Microsoft plans to implement the sudo command.
Vanilla OS 2 Beta: New release of the Immutable Distribution
The immutable GNU/Linux Distro project "Vanilla OS" has officially announced this 30/01/2024 about the availability of Vanilla OS 2 Beta.
January 2024 Releases: Emmabuntüs, NetBSD, Relianoid and more
Every month, it leaves us announcements of new versions of GNU/Linux Distros. And, today we will see the launches for the entire month of January 2024.
MOAB, a massive mega leak that exposes more than 26 billion user data
The supermassive leak contains 12 terabytes of information, spanning user data from LinkedIn, Twitter, Weibo, Tencent and...
Embedded-hal, a framework for creating universal controllers in Rust
After almost four years of hard work, Rust Embedded released the first stable release of Embedded-hal...
Wine 9.0 news: Steps for installation on Debian/Ubuntu
Wine 9.0 is the new stable version of Wine for this year 2024. Come see what's new and how it is installed and used on GNU/Linux.
Giara: A Desktop Client to join 1.000.000 on Reddit r/Linux
If you're a Reddit member and a frequent user of the Linuxverse, use Giara and join 1.000.000 Linuxers in the r/Linux Community.
The creator of the Pascal programming language has died
On the first day of 2021, the creator of the Pascal programming language and winner of the Alan Turing Award died.
Mozilla continues downhill
Mozilla continues downhill, its flagship product has fewer and fewer users and cancels and delays services.
Scribus 1.6.0 released
On the first day of the year, Scribus 1.6.0 was released, the long-awaited version of the emblematic open source desktop publication creator.
Starbuntu: What is it and what news does its new version bring us?
Starbuntu is a beautiful little GNU/Linux Distro based on Ubuntu that seeks to offer simplicity, speed, and suitability for daily use.
Malware found in Android apps
Malware was recently found in Android apps. 13 of them are from applications downloaded from Google Play
They propose creating games without DRM
The Free Software Foundation Europe proposes creating DRM-free games that replace those on the Steam platform
MemoryCache, a project that integrates a local AI into Firefox
MemoryCache is presented as Mozilla's response to the growing demand for AI in web browsers, as the project...
Firefox for Android now supports over 450 add-ons
The launch of the add-ons catalog for Android marks the launch of a new ecosystem of extensions...
LXD 5.20 arrives with AGPLv3 license, improvements and more
Canonical announced the launch of LXD 5.20 and in this new version a change in the project license is presented, so now...
Linux 6.7 still in development and details of Linux 6.8 have already begun to be given
The next version of Linux 6.8 already has some proposed changes that will be worked on to...
What's new on the Ubuntu 24.04 desktop
We discuss the news on the Ubuntu 24.04 desktop, the first of the most popular distributions to be published next year.
Windows AI Studio: You will need Windows 11 along with Ubuntu 18.04!
Microsoft continues to surprise us. Now, it launches a SW called Windows AI Studio that will need Windows 11 along with Ubuntu 18.04 to work.
Google will disable third-party cookies in Chrome in 2024
Chrome's new tracking protection feature should completely disable third-party cookies in the second half of 2024
International Day without DRM in defense of public libraries
On December 8, 2023, an International Day without DRM is celebrated in defense of the free distribution of content in libraries.
17 years ago ODF became standard
17 years ago ODF became a standard. We are talking about the open document format native to the LibreOffice office suite.