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Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative Releases Census II Analysis Refreshed GTK Website Goes Live MX Linux 19.1 Now Available MangoHud 0.2.0 Is Out Wine 5.2 Is Out Mesa 20 Is Out Virtualbox 6.1.4 Is Out Gnome 3.35.2 Is Out Gnome 3.34.4 Is Out i3 Window Manager 4.18 Is Out Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundclo...

Being occupied with a family health issue, I completely forget to mention in this issue that it marks our 13th year! Happy 13th birthday everyone! This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, Valentina, and Rawtherapee**[1]** - Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback Everyday Ubuntu : PIM Review : Stacer Ubuntu Games : Exapunks Plus: News, My Story, The Daily Waddle...

Ubuntu 18.04.4 Released with Updated Kernel 5.3 Devs Push for Unicode 13 Support in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Perens Versus Open Source Security; Perens Wins in Court New Long Term Support KDE Plamsa 5.18 Is Out Kernel Updates to Fix 32-Bit Epoch Time in the Works Project Trident Now Officially Based on Void Linux Linux Kernel 5.6 RC2 Is Out MATE 1.24 Is Out Gnome 3.35.90 Is Out OpenShot 2.5.0 Is Out Tails...

EOL of CoreOS Linux Kernel 5.4 Marked as LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Will Ship with the 5.4 LTS Kernel Godot Engine Receives Epic MegaGrant Wine 5.1 Development Released TLP 1.3 Released KDE’s 19.2 February Updates Released Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic CC BY 4.0

Thunderbird Ownership Transferred to MZLA ND2H Wi-Fi Adapter Is Now FSF Certified Nvidia Dropping Support for Older Graphics Drivers Linux Mint Focuses on LMDE 4 and Cinnamon Google Paid $6.5M in Vulnerability Rewards in 2019 Firefox 72.0.2 Fixes Minor Regressions Sudo Vulnerability Affecting Some Downstream Ubuntu Distributions OpenSMTPD Vulnerability LibreOffice 6.4 Released MPV 0.32 Released OP...

This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, Ubuntu & Security, and Rawtherapee**[1]** [ NEW! ] Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback: nomadBSD Everyday Ubuntu Review : QNAP NAS Ubuntu Games : Asciiker Plus: News, My Opinion, The Daily Waddle, Q&A, and more. [1] New link for downloading the Rawtherapee example image (now hosted here): https://bit.ly/2WNVfP...

Kubuntu Focus Laptop to Ship in Early February ProtonVPN Open Sources All of Its Apps Wine 5.0 Released Kernel 5.5 Released FSF Wants to Upcycle Windows 7 Gnu Make 4.3 Released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Beta Released KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS Default Wallpaper Has Been Selected Solus 4.1 Fortitude Released Gparted 1.1.0 Released Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From...

This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, Check Disk Usage, and Darktable Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback Everyday Ubuntu Review : Lubuntu 19.10, and Jump File Manager Ubuntu Games : Catmaze Plus: News, Letters, My Story, The Daily Waddle, Q&A, and more. Other languages French PDF

Zorin Announces Zorin Grid Xfce 4.16 Getting a Major UI Change Mozilla Lays Off About 70 Employees Ubuntu Theme Development for 20.04 Fedora CoreOS Out of Preview PinePhone Braveheart Edition Ships Linus Torvalds Releases Linux Kernel 5.5 rc7 GNU Guile 3.0.0 Released Linux Lite 4.8 Released CentOS 8.1 Released Mir 1.7 Released Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: Fro...

Kali Defaults to a Non-Root User VVVVVV Now Open Source An All New Firefox 72 Linus Torvalds Weary of ZFS in the Kernel EndlessOS Will Be Available on the Raspberry Pi First Beta Image of the Void Linux Based Project Trident is now Available Vim9 Promises to Speed Up Vim Scripts Plasma 5.17.5 Releases with Plenty of Bug Fixes Pixelorama 0.6 Is Out OpenEuler is Available Tails 4.2 Is Out Kernel 5.5...

This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, Test Linux in VirtualBox, and Darktable Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback: Project Trident and other BSD options Everyday Ubuntu Interview : FuryBSD Developer Review : mtPaint Ubuntu Games : Stygian Plus: News, My Opinion, The Daily Waddle, Q&A, and more. Other languages French PDF

Arch Linux Now Using ZStandard Instead of XZ for Compression EA Is Permanently Banning Linux Gamers in Battlefield V OpenBSD’s Calm Window Manager version 6.6 is now available in a portable package Smartmontools 7.1 is available Supertux Cart 1.1 is available with better multiplayer GitBucket has released version 4.33.0 Linux Kernel 5.5 rc5 is available Credits Ubuntu “Complete”...

DXVK 1.5 Released Calculate Linux 20 Released Purism Announces the Librem Server Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE Released Peppermint 10 Respin Released Alpine Linux 3.11.0 Released Krita Recieves Epic MegaGrant Gentoo Adds an Experimental Binary Kernel Mozilla Migrating from IRC to Riot and Matrix Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust...

Zorin OS 15.1 is Released Firefox 71 is Now Available for All Supported Ubuntu Releases KDE’s December 2019 Apps Update Oracle Virtualbox 6.1 Now Available Microsoft Teams is Now Available for Linux DXVK to Enter Maintenance Mode Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic CC BY 4.0

This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, CAD Sizes, and Darktable Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback Everyday Ubuntu Book Review : Linux Inside Review : Stadia Interview: Ron de Jong (FinalCrypt Dev) Linux Certified Ubuntu Games : Oxygen Not Included Plus: News, My Story, The Daily Waddle, Q&A, Crossword and more. Other languages French PDF

elementaryOS 5.1 Hera Released Linux Mint 19.3 Beta Available Debian 11 “Bullseye” Alpha 1 Released Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 19.10 Released Canonical Introduces Ubuntu AWS Rolling Kernel Canonical Announces Ubuntu Pro for AWS Purism Announces the Librem 5 USA Thunderbird 68.3.0 Released Tails 4.1 Released Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust -...

Gnome 3.35.2 Available for Testing Cumulus Networks Unveils Its 4th-Generation of Modern Network Software Devuan ASCII 2.1 released Zorin OS Responds to the Privacy Concerns Kali Linux 2019.4 Released Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic CC BY 4.0

Updated Debian 10: 10.2 released Zorin OS 15 Lite is Here IPFire 2.23, Core Update 137 released China Extends Lead in Number of TOP500 Supercomputers System76 Will Build Its Own Linux Laptops From January 2020 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Now Patched Against Latest Intel CPU Flaws Chrome, Edge, Safari Hacked at Elite Chinese Hacking Contest ACBackdoor, a New Multiplatform Backdoor NextCry R...

Linux Will Get Microsoft Defender ATP Antivirus Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11 Progress on Python 2 Removal Canonical Outs Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu OSes Canonical Donates More Ubuntu Phones to UBports A Linux-Based Smartphone Promises to Keep You Anonymous Sparky Linux Releases Special Editions Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardus...

This month Command & Conquer How-To : Python, Automation, and Darktable Graphics : Inkscape Graphics : Krita for Old Photos Linux Loopback Everyday Ubuntu Review : Olive Video Editor Review : Xubuntu 19.10 Linux Certified Ubuntu Games : Squiffy Plus: News, My Story, The Daily Waddle, Q&A, Crossword and more. Other languages French PDF

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Officially Released SparkyLinux’s November ISO Brings Debian “Bullseye” Updates Microsoft Edge Will be Available on Linux SINGA becomes top-level project of the Apache Software Foundation Canonical Will Fully Support Ubuntu Linux on All Raspberry Pi Boards Canonical’s Kernel Livepatch Ubuntu Advantage Client Is Out for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu Bu...

PHP Remote Code Execution Flaw Actively Exploited Against NGINX Servers Fedora 31 Released with GNOME 3.34 & Linux 5.3 Automated testing comes to the Linux kernel GIMP 2.10.14 Released Linux Mint 19.3 Announced Linspire 8.5 Released Ubuntu Touch Installer Now Supports OnePlus3 and Sony Xperia X Phones Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust...

GNOME Files Defense Against Patent Troll The Debian Project stands with the GNOME Foundation Vote on openSUSE Project name change Tails 4.0 Is Out Ghost 3.0 Released Samsung Discontinues Linux On DeX Starting With Android 10 Unpatched Linux bug may open devices to serious attacks over Wi-Fi Canonical Has a New Director of Ubuntu Desktop Ubuntu 19.10 Gets First Linux Kernel Security Patch Ubuntu To...

Project Trident Ditches BSD for Linux Zabbix 4.4 released Hyperbola GNU / Linux-libre releases “Milky Way” v0.3 Linux sudo Bug Allows Commands To Be Run As Root Ubuntu 19.10 Has Arrived Ubuntu 20.04 Codename Revealed Happy Birthday, Ubuntu Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic CC BY 4.0

New Android Zero-Day Vulnerability Found Docker Has Financial Problems SparkyLinux 5.9 Released GNU Project Developers Object to Richard Stallman’s Continued Leadership SUSE Drops OpenStack Cloud NVIDIA Still Working On A Generic Allocator Credits Ubuntu “Complete” sound: Canonical Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic CC BY 4.0