Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback. Mozilla’s Firefox 136 is out today. Despite recent Mozilla moves, it’s still a better choice for the privacy-conscious than Chrome.…
Category Archives: Linux
Firefox 137 Enters Public Beta Testing with HEVC Playback Support on Linux
Now that Firefox 136 started rolling out today to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 137, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at what’s changed.
How to Build and Package Lightweight Applications with Tauri Framework
In this guide, we will learn how to what is Tauri and how to build and package applications with Tauri framework in Linux.
Transcript of Richard Stallman’s Interview With Manuel Cuda News in Italy (Debunking Fake “AI”)
We like the part where RMS says “the name OpenAI is deceptive because it’s not artificial intelligence. It’s an LLM. They should change their name to OpenLLM. And then they should change their name to SecretLLM because they don’t publish the code at all. So the name OpenAI is two lies.”
This is the best Linux email client I’ve found – and I’ve tested them all
I’ve tried a bunch of Linux email clients over the years, but I found only one that’s my ride or die. Here’s why.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 gets an Easy Anti-Cheat upgrade – finally works properly on Linux
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 from developer Fatshark just got an upgrade for Easy Anti-Cheat, and this finally makes online play work properly on Linux. The developers have moved from the old-style EAC to the newer version supplied by Epic Online Services.
MayQueen Introduces a 2.13 Four Color E-Paper Display for Embedded Applications
MayQueen has introduced the PIXPAPER-213-C, a 2.13-inch prototype electronic paper display developed with Triangle Alien Studio. Featuring a four-color display and an SPI interface, it is designed for low-power, high-contrast embedded applications.
5 Beautiful Themes to Spice Up Your Tmux Session
Tmux is a versatile and powerful program. While its developers designed it to be as simple as possible, it comes with its fair share of eye candy in theme plugins. In this article, I will go through the stunning themes you can install on Tmux today.
KeePassXC 2.7.10 Open-Source Password Manager Brings Proton Pass Support
KeePassXC, a cross-platform and open-source community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”, has been updated today to version 2.7.10, a release introducing new features and many improvements.
With Google Going Bye-Bye, Mozilla’s Evidently Found a New Money Stream… Selling Your Data
Mozilla is evidently selling your data down river, while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.
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How to Create Bootable Linux USB on Windows
Want to install Linux? Follow our step-by-step guide to quickly create a bootable Linux USB flash drive on Windows using Rufus.
AMD ZenDNN 5.0.1 Released To Help With EPYC Inferencing For Recommender Systems & LLMs
Released last year shortly after the EPYC 9005 “Turin” processor launch was ZenDNN 5.0 for Zen 5 optimized CPU inferencing with the likes of PyTorch and TensorFlow. ZenDNN 5.0 delivers up to a 400% performance uplift according to AMD engineers. Out today is ZenDNN 5.0.1 with further optimizations, particularly around recommendation engines and large language models (LLMs)…
6 upgrades SteamOS needs to dethrone Windows
Valve is set to unleash the full, fat version of SteamOS to the masses in just a few months. After a couple of years in the incubator through the Steam Deck, SteamOS has gone from Steam’s Big Picture mode with a Linux distro taped on the back to a compelling destination for PC gamers across both handhelds and desktops. But Valve’s work isn’t done.
LLVM/Clang 20.1 Released With AMX-AVX512, AMX-FP8, AVX10.2, AMD GFX950 & Much More
LLVM 20.1 was just tagged in Git as the first stable version of the LLVM 20 compiler stack including sub-projects like the Clang 20 C/C++ Compiler…
[$] A look at Firefox forks
Mozilla’s actions have been rubbing many Firefox fans the
wrong way as of late, and inspiring them to look for alternatives.
There are many choices for users who are looking for a browser that
isn’t part of the Chrome monoculture but is full-featured and suitable
for day-to-day use. For those who are willing to stay in the Firefox
“family” there are a number of good options that have taken vastly
different approaches. This includes GNU IceCat, Floorp, LibreWolf, and Zen.
Meet ArcoPlasma, the Linux distro for control freaks
Delivering a feature-rich KDE Plasma desktop, this specialized version of ArcoLinux lets you install and customize it every which way.
Firefox 137 Beta Now Available With VA-API Accelerated H.265/HEVC On Linux
With Firefox 136 released, Mozilla has promoted Firefox 137 to its beta phase…
5 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Object-Relational Mapping Software
Object–relational mapping (ORM) is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems using object-oriented programming languages.
Intel Finds More Women Getting Involved In Open-Source, Maintainer Burnout Continues
Intel has been running an annual open-source developer survey and they recently wrapped up their survey for 2024 and today published the results to provide various insight into the health of open-source development…
Firefox 136.0 released
Version
136.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Changes include a new
vertical tab layout, an automatic attempt to upgrade HTTP connections to
HTTPS, support for AMD GPUs on Linux, an Arm64 port for Linux, and more.
136.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Changes include a new
vertical tab layout, an automatic attempt to upgrade HTTP connections to
HTTPS, support for AMD GPUs on Linux, an Arm64 port for Linux, and more.