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 rc6 Is Ready

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Ransomware Goes After Linux Servers

Linux Servers Running Webmin App Targeted By DDoS Attacks

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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

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