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The GNOME 47 release candidate was announced a short time ago in preparing for the stable GNOME 47 stable desktop coming up...... Read more

Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make certain that changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events.... Read more

Atomico has historically leaned toward earlier funding rounds while dipping into later stages where it made sense; now it's setting itself up to focus just as much on the later stages of a startup's journey. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... Read more

Linus has released 6.11-rc7 for testing. And I wish I could say that things have calmed down, but I can't really say that. In fact, rc7 is slightly bigger than both rc6 and rc5 were, both in number of commits, and in actual diff size. That's not really how it... Read more

Stow 2.4.1 has been released.  This release contains some minor bug-fixes -- specifically, fixing the --dotfiles option to work correctly with ignore lists, allowing options in .stowrc with spaces, and avoiding a spurious warning on Perl >= 5.40.  There were also some clean-ups and improvements, mostly internal and not visible... Read more

Following recent international travels, Linus Torvalds is back to his usual late Sunday Linux kernel release regiment. Linux 6.11-rc7 was released a few minutes ago as Linux 6.11 approaches the finish line...... Read more

The Slimbook crew shared on Twitter/X that they are showing off the new Slimbook 6 (Slimbook VI) laptop this weekend during the KDE Akademy conference taking place in the wonderful Würzburg, Germany.... Read more

AlmaLinux 9, a community-driven, free, and open-source Linux distribution, has gained significant popularity in server environments due to its stability, security, and compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). As with any server operating system, ensuring the security of your AlmaLinux 9 installation is of utmost importance. One crucial aspect... Read more

Mozilla Firefox 130 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!... Read more

GNOME 47 Release Candidate is now available for public testing with more new features and improvements ahead of the final release on September 14th, 2024. Here's what's new! The post GNOME 47 Release Candidate Is Now Available for Public Testing appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article... Read more