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Kali Linux 2021.1

Kali Linux 2021.1, first version of the year with updated desktops and these other news

Kali Linux 2021.1 has arrived as the first version of 2021 with updated graphical environments and other interesting news.

Ingenuity

Linux and open source come to Mars with Ingenuity

NASA's new mission to Mars has taken Linux and other open source projects to the red planet

Code 19 Matrix

Kodi 19 Matrix comes with support for AV1, Python 3 and these other novelties, but the launch is not official yet

Kodi 19 Matrix is ​​now available for download, and it comes with highlights and fixes for the famous multimedia program.

GNOME 3.38.4

GNOME 3.38.4 arrives with improvements to Wayland, Mutter and GNOME Shell

GNOME 3.38.4 has arrived as the fourth maintenance update in this series to continue fixing bugs, but with few improvements.

Kinoite Fedora

Fedora Kinoite, next Spin that will arrive with Fedora 35 and will be based on Silverblue

Fedora Kinoite is a spin in which the project is working that will be based on Silverblue and will arrive during the fall of 2021.

plasma 5.21

Plasma 5.21 is here, with new features ranging from the application launcher to interface tweaks

KDE has released Plasma 5.21, the latest major update to its graphical environment with many exciting new features that you will want to try.

PinePhone with Manjaro and Plasma

PINE64 has already chosen the default operating system for its PinePhones: Manjaro with Plasma interface

PINE64 has decided that the operating system that its PinePhones will use by default will be Manjaro in its edition with Plasma interface.

vlc 4.0

VLC 4.0 will arrive this year, and the design will not be its only big news

VLC 4.0 will finally arrive sometime in 2021, and it seems that the wait will be worth it and not only for its spectacular design.

WINE 6.2 introduces Mono 6.0 and the usual hundreds of enhancements in a development release

WINE 6.2, the latest development version of the software, has arrived with the main novelty of updating Mono to version 6.0.

Twitter confirms that Donald Trump will not return to the social network, regardless of the political position he may take in the future 

Twitter's CFO Ned Segal has confirmed that Donald Trump's exclusion from the platform is permanent ...

They revealed a technique to be able to identify the browser through the Favicon

A new technique used to identify an instance of a browser was unveiled. The method is based on the characteristics

OSV, google's service to learn about open source vulnerabilities

Google recently announced the launch of a new service called "OSV" (Open Source Vulnerabilities), which offers access to a database

Why a search engine

Why a state-run search engine is not a feasible idea

Why a state-run search engine is not a feasible idea. It had been a proposal from Australian politicians.

The alternative to Google

The alternative to Google proposed by a senator from Australia

The alternative to Google. Should the search giant decide to leave the country, an Australian senator suggests an alternative.

A country without Google

A country without Google. Australia challenges the search engine and Facebook

A country without Google. The Australian Minister of Communications bet on MIcrosoft Bing in case Google goes in repudiation of new law

vulnerability

3 vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel allow privilege escalation

During the last week the news about three vulnerabilities were released, three vulnerabilities were identified ...

Debian 10.8

Debian 10.8 comes with an updated NVIDIA driver and many other fixes

Debian 10.8 has arrived as the last point update of the operating system to fix a lot of bugs and introduce small improvements.

The Linux Foundation took control of Magma

The Linux Foundation released the news that it will partner with Project Magma, with the intention of building a central platform ...

Raspberry Pi OS with Microsoft

Raspberry Pi OS adds a Microsoft repository that users don't like

The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS installs a Microsoft APT repository that is not appealing to users of the operating system.

nsa-open-source

NSA makes recommendations on companies adopting encrypted DNS

In a document titled: "Adoption of Encrypted DNS in Business Environments," the National Security Agency (NSA) ...

EndeavorOS 2021-02-03

EndeavorOS 2021-02-03, the first version of 2021 arrives after several months without news, but with Linux 5.10

EndeavorOS 2021-02-03 has arrived as the first version of 2021 and also the first in several months with Linux 5.10 and other new features.

AWS Announces Open Source Forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana

Shay Banon, founder and CEO of Elastic, reported on his blog that the source code for version 7.11 will be switched to dual licensing.

In the end, HarmonyOS turned out to be a reworked Android 10

An arstechnica reviewer disclosed that he was able to participate in the SDK test program to develop applications for ...

macOS Big Sur sudo

The Sudo vulnerability also affects macOS, and is not yet patched

The bug in Sudo that is already fixed in Linux also affects macOS, and in Apple's operating system it is not fixed yet.

LibreOffice 7.1

LibreOffice 7.1 arrives with the Community tag as the most visible novelty

LibreOffice 7.1 Community is already a reality, but there are no changes for non-business users who will see that everything remains the same.

Firefox-Logo

The decline of Firefox is becoming more notable and the abandonment of projects is increasing

The decisions that Mozilla has made about projects related to the Firefox web browser and also to the brand ...

rockylinux

Rocky Linux creator founded startup Ctrl IQ to sponsor the project

Kurtser Gregory announced the creation of a new commercial company "Ctrl IQ" which will only focus on sponsoring the development ...

Martin Wimpress goes to slim.ai

Martin Wimpress announces that it will soon leave Canonical, but will continue to develop Ubuntu MATE

Martin Wimpress has announced that he will be leaving Canonical for another project, but will continue to work on Ubuntu MATE and Snapcraft.

PinePhone, end of Community Edition

PinePhone ends its stage with the Community Editions, but this is only the beginning

There will be no more PinePhone Community Edition. PINE64 is going to focus on the next steps, which is choosing an operating system.

Ubuntu 21.04 with Wayland

Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo): Wayland by default?

The new version of the Ubuntu 21.04 distro (Hirsute Hippo), could come with the Wayland graphical server by default ...

GPG vulnerability

Libgcrypt: GPG library has a critical vulnerability

Libgcrypt is a library of the famous GPG software, for data signing and encryption. And a vulnerability has been discovered in it ...

Linux Mint 20.2 in development

Linux Mint 20.2 begins development, and LMDE 4 receives enhancements from 20.1

In a short monthly newsletter, Clement Lefebvre revealed that Linux Mint 20.2 has started development and LMDE 4 has received improvements.

JingOS

JingOS launches its first ISO ... but you will have to wait if you want to try it

JingOS has uploaded its first test ISO image, but in order to download it we will have to sign up for its waiting list.

WINE 6.1

WINE 6.1 returns to biweekly development improving support for Mac M1s

WINE 6.1 has arrived after the release of the latest stable version, starting the development of the next big update.

A new variant of the NAT slipstreaming attack was announced

A new variant of the NAT slipstreaming attack was released, which allows a network connection to be established from the attacker's server

Vivaldi 3.6

Vivaldi 3.6 adds a second row to prevent tabs from accumulating

Vivaldi 3.6 has added a second row of tabs, updated its engine to the latest version, and added visual tweaks.

Vulnerability in Sudo

Sudo vulnerability could give attackers root access on Linux systems

Fixed a vulnerability in Sudo that could provide root access to malicious users on Linux operating systems.

Proton, Firefox 90 design

Proton, the new design that Mozilla will debut in Firefox 90

In May, Mozilla will launch Firefox 90, a version of the browser that will introduce more rounded and modern visual changes.

Firefox 85

Firefox 85 arrives partitioning the network, firing Flash Player and these other news

Firefox 85 includes a network partitioning feature that will make it difficult for large companies to create a profile based on our activity.

Chromium without Google APIs

Chromium won't be able to use these features anytime soon; recommend switching to Firefox

Starting in March, Chromium will no longer be able to use various Google APIs and functions. Here we explain which ones and what you can do.

Red Hat Logo

Red Hat introduced free options for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat recently announced an expansion of their Red Hat Developer program, which defines the areas of free use ...

Brave now has built-in support for the IPFS distributed network

Brave developers unveiled the integration of support for the IPFS file system, which forms a storage ...

snort 3

Snort 3: open source IPS / IDS has new update

The open source IPS Snort 3 has a new update with several new features that improve this fantastic tool.

Corellium logo, Apple M1

Corellium gets Ubuntu to work on an Apple M1

Although at first it seemed complicated, Corellium has managed to make Ubuntu work on an Apple M1

Raspberry Pi Peak

Raspberry Pi Pico, the raspberry company launches a microcontroller for only $ 4

Raspberry Pi Pico is a new microprocessor from the Raspberry company with which you can create projects for only $ 4.

Linux on the Mac Mini M1

Linux is now compatible with the Mac Mini M1 with Apple Silicon

A developer has managed to run Linux on Apple's Mac Mini M1 and its new SoC with ARM architecture. Worth?

They warn about a license

Warn about a non-open source license

They warn about a license that is not open source. This was done by the Open Source Initiative, the entity in charge of compiling them.

Chrome 88

Chrome 88 removes Flash Player and becomes the only option if you want to use synchronization

Google has released Chrome 88, the latest version of its web browser that is also the latest to officially support Flash Player.

Chromium without Google APIs

Google pushes for users of Chromium, a widely used engine, to switch to Chrome

Google intends to increase the market share of its Chrome by slightly limiting other browsers that use the Chromium engine.

Panfrost now has OpenGL 3.1 support for Mali GPUs

The Collabora developers announced the implementation in the Panfrost driver of OpenGL 3.1 support for ...

PinePhone Mobian Community Edition already announced

The Pine64 community announced several days ago the introduction of the PinePhone Mobian Community Edition, which comes with the firmware ...

Raspberry Pi OS 2021-01-11

Raspberry Pi OS 2021-01-11 removes Flash and adds these other improvements

Raspberry Pi OS 2021-01-11 is the new version of the official operating system of the Raspberry brand for its simple boards.

WINE 6.0

WINE 6.0 arrives in stable version with initial support for macOS ARM64 and 8300 changes

WINE 6.0 has been released with many changes, notably the initial support for the ARM64 architecture of Apple's macOS.

Flatpack 1.10

Flatpak 1.10 comes with improvements that will accelerate the speed of downloads

Flatpak 1.10 has arrived, and its most outstanding novelty is an improvement to make downloading updates faster.

Qualcomm and Nuvia: logos

Qualcomm buys Nuvia for $ 1400 billion

The chip giant Qualcomm has bought the startup Nuvia for about 1400 billion dollars to strengthen itself in ARM chips

Slimbook Titan

Slimbook Titan: the new beast for gaming from the Spanish brand

The Slimbook Titan is the new gaming laptop from the Spanish firm to empower the Linux world with fantastic hardware

In the end it happened, after Trump's ban on social networks, the problem of regulation in them arises

During the last week, various events have been generated in response to the events that took place in the Capitol ...

Asus warns that graphics cards are about to get much more expensive

In the Asus DIY PC Facebook group, Asus technical marketing manager Juan José Guerrero III warned that the prices of ...

files40.alpha

GNOME 40 will show the file creation date in Nautilus

GNOME 40 and Nautilus will finally show the creation date of the files from the file manager. It was time! says the community.

mozilla-vpn

Mozilla VPN comes to Linux and macOS, but it will take a little more patience

A new virtual private network comes to Linux: Mozilla VPN has already started working on our operating systems, but not without waiting.

Stripe joins the list of technology platforms that have decided to suspend their services to Donald Trump

Stripe has joined the action against the president, cutting off a lucrative source of revenue for his political operations and has ...

Ubuntu on iPhone 7

They manage to install Ubuntu on a jailbroken iPhone 7, and it seems to work fine

They have managed to install Ubuntu 20.04 on an iPhone 7, which gives hope to users who want to use Linux on our mobile.

vulnerability

They unveiled a method to clone token keys on NXP chips

NinjaLab security researchers have developed a new side channel attack (CVE-2021-3011) to clone ECDS keys ...

Zoom

Zoom is developing email and calendar services

The news broke that Zoom seeks to create more competition for Google and Microsoft Corp in the productivity market ...

Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump's account

This time, Twitter has decided to permanently suspend Donald Trump's account. In a post, the social network indicates ...

The power of social media: Trump's accounts were blocked after the disasters on Capitol Hill

Donald Trump called for "reconciliation" after scenes of unprecedented violence in the United States Capitol ...

Red Hat buys StackRox, a Kubernetes security startup

Red Hat recently unveiled its first acquisition of the year, having taken an interest in the threat detection company ...

Linux Kernel Logo, Tux

Who has contributed the most to the Linux 5.10 kernel?

If you wonder who the most active Linux 5.10 developers were, then here is the list of the biggest contributors.

Epic Games acquires Rad Game Tools

Epic Games announced the announcement that it has acquired Rad Game Tools that has developed tools for more than 30 years ...

Linux Mint 20.1 Ulysses

Linux Mint 20.1 Ulissa officially lands with these news

After a few days of delay, Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa is now available for download, and some of its news comes in the form of apps.

2021 video games

The most interesting video games that will arrive for Linux in 2021

2021 has already arrived, 2020 has been left behind. And the developers will not stop, not even in the world of video games for Linux ...

NVIDIA buys ARM

UK to investigate Nvidia's acquisition of Arm

The UK antitrust watchdog said it will investigate the proposed $ 40.000 billion takeover ...

chrome

Chrome 87.0.4280.141 solves 16 vulnerabilities

Recently, the release of a corrective version of the Chrome web browser 87.0.4280.141 was announced, a version that solves ...

manjaro 20.2.1

Manjaro 20.2.1 arrives with Pamac 10 and these other novelties

Manjaro 20.2.1 has been officially released, and it has been released with Pamac 10 and updated versions of the desktops and other packages.

Ethan Lee, Linux video games

Ethan Lee will ditch macOS and focus on Linux ports

The famous developer Ethan Lee will leave the ports for macOS and will focus on video games for Linux

Firefox-Logo

Firefox 84.0.2 fixes a critical vulnerability

The release of a corrective version of Firefox branch 84 was recently announced, with Firefox 84.0.2 being a patch ...

QT restrictions have already started and Qt 5.15 source code is no longer accessible

Tuukka Turunen, director of development at Qt Company, recently announced the restriction of access to the font repository ...

Julian Assange

Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States

Yesterday, January 4, British justice ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited

Google, privacy levels

Google would be avoiding updating its iOS apps to avoid providing information about the data it collects

A report claims that Google is not updating its iPhone and iPad apps so as not to report the data it steals from us.

The EU does not want Starlink's satellite internet and they prefer to create their own 

The European Commission announced a few days ago that it has selected a consortium of satellite manufacturers and operators ...

Biden Appoints David Recordon as Next White House CTO

Two technology executives will serve in the incoming administration, who have already served in the White House during the term ...

WINE 6.0-rc5

WINE 6.0-rc5 continues with small adjustments of the next big release of emulation software

WineHQ has released WINE 6.0-rc5, the fifth RC of the next major version of the famous Windows app emulation software.

Arch Linux 2021.01.01

Arch Linux enters 2021 with first image of the year with Linux 5.10

Arch Linux has released the first image of the year, numbered 2021.01.01, and with the latest stable version of the kernel, Linux 5.10 LTS.

Next Kickoff on the KDE desktop

KDE and Wayland will get along better in 2021, and the rest of the project roadmap

KDE has published the roadmap that it will carry out in 2021, and we already know that Wayland will improve and Kick-off will undergo cosmetic changes

manjaro 21.0

Manjaro 21.0 launches its first preview version, and its codename will be Ornara

Manjaro 21.0 already has a code name, Ornara, and its developers have released the first preview version of the operating system.

Linux Mint 20.1 delayed

We imagined it: Linux Mint 20.1 has not arrived because it has bugs to solve, and it does not have a scheduled date

Linux Mint 20.1 will not arrive this Christmas. They have problems to fix, like one related to touchpads.

VMware sued its former executive for failing to meet its contractual obligations

In early December, Nutanix, a company that offers enterprise cloud management products, announced the hiring ...

WINE 6.0-rc4

WINE 6.0-rc4 arrives on Christmas day to continue preparing for the next release

WineHQ has released WINE 6.0-rc4, the fourth Release Candidate of WINE's next big release scheduled for January 2021.

GIMP 3.0 beta

GIMP 2.10.22 now available for macOS, and GIMP 3.0 will land without support for GTK 4.0

Although GTK 4.0 has been available for days, GIMP 3.0 will arrive without startup support, although they plan to add it in the future.

rockylinux

Rocky Linux, this is what we know about this distribution that comes to replace CentOS

As many of you will know (and for those who still do not know) last week, the team of ...

red-hat

Red Hat defends decision on the death of CentOS

Red Hat's Karsten Wade, Senior Community Architect and CentOS board member, defended the decision to remove CentOS ...

Xfce 4.16

Xfce 4.16 arrives with many improvements, such as a new look and goodbye to GTK2

After a year and a half of development, the project in charge has released Xfce 4.16, the latest update of this lightweight graphical environment.

Kdenlive 20.12

Kdenlive 20.12 arrives with new effects and many fixes

Kdenlive 20.12 has come with many fixes, but it stands out for introducing some long-awaited and interesting features.

HarmonyOS

Huawei begins testing the beta version of HarmonyOS 2.0

The beta version of the HarmonyOS 2.0 operating system has already been released and this beta can be tested on the following Huawei devices ...

Red Hat Logo

Red Hat explains the transformation of CentOS

Karsten Wade, who works at Red Hat and has served on the CentOS board of directors since its inception, tried to explain why

Pamac 10.0 in Manjaro

Pamac 10.0 out now and, well, now it looks more like a software hub

Pamac 10.0 has already arrived as an update to Manjaro, and the new version has an interface that is more like a software center.

WINE 6.0-rc3

WINE 6.0-rc3 now available, with few fixes for freezing features

WINE 6.0-rc3 is the third Release Candidate of what will be the next big release of the Windows software emulator on Linux.

Plasma SystemMonitor

Plasma System Monitor, replacement for KSysGuard, and Plasma Disks arrive at Kubuntu 21.04 Daily Build

The Kubuntu 21.04 Daily Build has introduced two of the apps that the final version will use: Plasma System Monitor and Plasma Disks.

GTK4

GTK 4.0 has already been released and comes with improvements for OpenGL and Vulkan and more

After four years of development, the release of the new GTK 4.0 branch, which is being developed ... was finally unveiled ...

LibreOffice 7.0.4

LibreOffice 7.0.4 continues to fix bugs and improve compatibility with Microsoft Office

LibreOffice 7.0.4 has arrived as the last maintenance update in this series and has done so by improving compatibility.

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