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The GNOME 40 desktop update has been released with a bunch of new improvements. Phoronix summarizes the major changes: GNOME 40 is out with the GTK4 toolkit in tow, many improvements and alterations to the GNOME Shell including major changes to the das… Continue reading GNOME 40 Released
“Ubuntu developers have fixed a series of vulnerabilities that made it easy for standard users to gain coveted root privileges,” reports Ars Technica:
“This blog post is about an astonishingly straightforward way to escalate privileges on Ubuntu,” Kevi… Continue reading Ubuntu Patches Bug That Tricked Gnome Desktop Into Giving Root Access
Ubuntu 20.04 is an incredibly popular operating system, perhaps the most popular among the Linux distributions due to its ease-of-use. In general, it’s a fairly trustworthy operating system too, especially since its source code is open. However, an update with the 20.04 revision has led to security researcher [Kevin Backhouse] …read more
Continue reading Escalating Privileges in Ubuntu 20.04 from User Account
AmiMoJo writes: The GNOME 3 desktop environment was officially released in 2011, and in 2020 we are still on version 3.x. Yeah, despite many massive changes over the last (almost) decade, we have been stuck with point releases for GNOME 3. For instance… Continue reading GNOME Gets New Versioning Scheme
Join us on Wednesday, July 22 at noon Pacific for the Ubuntu Update Hack Chat with Rhys Davies and Alan Pope!
Everyone has their favorite brands, covering everything from the clothes they wear to the cars they drive. We see brand loyalty informing all sorts of acquisition decisions, not only …read more
The GNOME Foundation has settled a US lawsuit brought against it by Rothschild Patent Imaging, complete with an undertaking by the patent assertion entity that it will not sue GNOME for IP infringement again. From a report: In a so-called “walk away” s… Continue reading Linux Desktop Org GNOME Foundation Settles Lawsuit With Patent Troll
Today, Fedora 32 becomes available for download. From a report: It comes with GNOME 3.36 which you can read more about here. If you don’t like GNOME, it isn’t the end of the world — you can instead choose KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, and more. There is… Continue reading Fedora 32 Linux-based OS Available For Download With GNOME 3.36
JustAnotherOldGuy quotes ItsFOSS:
The GNOME Foundation is facing a lawsuit from Rothschild Patent Imaging, LLC. Rothschild allege that Shotwell, a free and open source personal photo manager infringes its patent.
Neil McGovern, Executive Director for… Continue reading GNOME Foundation Is Being Sued Because of Shotwell Photo Manager
Red Hat developer Matthias Clasen has announced the release of GNOME 3.34, bringing many performance improvements and better Wayland support. Phoronix reports: Making GNOME 3.34 particularly exciting is the plethora of optimizations/fixes in tow with t… Continue reading GNOME 3.34 Released
GNOME and KDE are co-hosting this year’s Linux App Summit (LAS) in Barcelona from November 12th to 15th.
An anonymous reader shared the big announcement:
LAS is the first collaborative event co-hosted by the two organizations since the Desktop Summit… Continue reading GNOME and KDE Join Forces To Co-Host Linux App Summit