Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.8 RC4 with Skylake Power Management Fix
It’s Sunday evening, so guess what you’ll be doing in the next few hours? Yes, that’s right, Linus Torvalds has just announced the fourth RC (Release...
Flatpak Universal Linux Package Supports Local Path References for Git Sources
Alex Larsson from the Flatpak project announced the release of a new maintenance update to the universal binary package format for Linux kernel-based operating systems. Flatpak...
GNOME Builder 3.22 Enters Beta with Many Vim Improvements, New Search & Replace
The GNOME Builder open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) designed for the GNOME desktop environment will soon get a major update as part of the upcoming GNOME...
Collabora's Devs to Bring Performance Improvements to Emulated NVMe Devices
We reported earlier this month that Collabora’s developers contributed patches to the upcoming Linux 4.8 kernel to bring the open source Intel graphics driver on par...
Canonical Releases Massive Mir 0.24.0 Display Server Update for Ubuntu Linux OS
Canonical has pushed a new massive update (version 0.24.0) of the Mir display server used to power the Unity 8 user interface of the next-generation Ubuntu...
SUSE Linux and openSUSE Leap to Offer Better Support for ARM Systems Using EFI
The YaST development team at openSUSE and SUSE is reporting on the latest improvements that should be available in the upcoming openSUSE Leap 42.2 and SUSE...
NetworkManager 1.4 Adds Support for Setting IPv6 Tokenized Interface Identifiers
Today, August 24, 2016, Lubomir Rintel released the final build of the NetworkManager 1.4 open-source network connection manager software used by default in almost all GNU/Linux...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta Adds NVDIMM Support, Improves Security
Today, August 25, 2016, Red Hat announced that version 7.3 of its powerful Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system is now in development, and a Beta...
CentOS 6 Linux OS Receives Important Kernel Security Update from Red Hat
CentOS developer and maintainer Johnny Hughes informed the community about the availability of an important Linux kernel update for the CentOS 6 Linux operating system. The...
Calibre 2.65.1 eBook Viewer Adds Driver for Kobo Aura One and Aura 2 Readers
Kovid Goyal released today, August 26, 2016, a new maintenance update of his popular, cross-platform, and open-source Calibre e-book viewer, converter and library management tool. Calibre...
