Ubuntu 18.10 Will Boot Faster, Thanks to LZ4 Initramfs Compression
If you plan on upgrading to the forthcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system this spring, chances are your computer will boot a little faster...
You Can Now Transform Your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ into a Home Theatre System
OSMC (Open Source Media Center), the free and open-source media player operating system based on the Linux kernel and designed for single-board computers received March 2018’s...
Canonical Officially Announces Mozilla's Firefox as a Snap App for Ubuntu Linux
Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu operating system, informed Softpedia today about the official availability Mozilla’s Firefox web browser as a Snap package for Ubuntu...
Debian-Based antiX Linux OS Receives New Kernel Patches for Meltdown and Spectre
The first point release of the Debian-based antiX 17 “Heather Heyer” operating system series arrived this past weekend with a new kernel patched against the Meltdown...
GitHub's Atom Hackable Text Editor Gets Performance, Responsiveness Improvements
GitHub released a new stable version of their open-source and cross-platform Atom hackable text editor with a bunch of enhancements, bug fixes, a new Electron version,...
Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS Gets Better Support for Windows Apps, Desktop Improvements
A new maintenance update of the Ubuntu-based Zorin OS GNU/Linux distribution arrived at the end of this week with a bunch of enhancements to its desktop...
Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS Will Ship with a New Default Layout Called "Familiar"
Ubuntu MATE’s lead developer Martin Wimpress announced that the forthcoming Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system would sport a brand-new default layout for new...
Canonical Releases Spectre/Meltdown Patches for Ubuntu 17.10 for Raspberry Pi 2
Canonical published two security advisories on Thursday to announce the availability of Spectre mitigations for the ARM64 (AArch64) hardware architecture on its Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu...
Raspbian Remix Lets You Create Your Own Spin That You Can Install on PC or Mac
Developer Arne Exton announced today the release of the third iteration of its Raspbian PIXEL remix rebased on the Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” operating system and...
Chromium and Firefox Web Browsers Are Now Installable as Snaps on Ubuntu Linux
Canonical has announced recently that the popular Chromium and Mozilla Firefox open-source web browsers are now installable as Snaps on Ubuntu and other Snap-powered operating systems....
