This month:

• Command & Conquer
• How-To : Python, Stable Diffusion and Latex
• Graphics : Inkscape
• Review : Xubuntu 23.10 and Uwuntu
• UbPorts Touch : OTA-4
• My Story : OSX To Linux Mint
• Ubuntu Games - Ginsha

plus: News, Q&A, The Daily Waddle, and more.

• Linux kernel 6.7 release:

• KDE Plasma desktop in OpenBSD:

• Release of Solus 4.5:

• Chrome OS 120 released:

• Arch Linux switched to using dbus-broker:

• Arti 1.1.12, an implementation of Tor in Rust:

• VeraCrypt 1.26:

• Budgie 10.8.1:

• Advertising ransomware as Thunderbird mail client:

• Mint Edge 21.2 with new Linux kernel:

• Release of Elementary OS 7.1:

• Release of OpenSSH 9.5:

• Slax 15.0.3 and 12.1.0:

• Valve has released Proton 8.0-4:

• Opening the code of Ferrocene:

• Release of jsii 1.90:

• Presenting OpenPubKey:

• First release of Incus:

• Wolvic 1.5 light:

• KaOS 2023.09:

• LibrePCB reaches 1.0:

• GNU Project is 40 years old:

• Release of Porteus 5.01:

• Linux Mint Debian Edition 6:

• Release of CrossOver 23.5:

• Red Hat moves from Bugzilla Error Tracking System to JIRA:

• COSMIC’s replacement of windows:

• Ubuntu Snap Store identified malicious packages:

• New release of auto-cpufreq 2.0:

• Slackel 7.5 distribution released

• Pinta 2.0 graphics editor released

• Solus project drama

• Speed up building the Linux kernel by 50-80%

• KDE plans to achieve parity between Wayland and X11 sessions in 2022

• UbuntuDDE 21.10 Release

• Remnants of the Precursors game released

• Release of Lazarus 2.2.0

• Twenty-first firmware update for Ubuntu Touch

• QBittorrent 4.4 released with BitTorrent v2 support

• New versions of GeckoLinux

• Release of Linux Mint 20.3

• The second edition of patches for the Linux kernel with support for Rust

• Release of Virtuozzo Linux 8.4

• OpenVMS operating system for x86-64 architecture

• Nextcloud Hub 22 Collaboration Platform Available

• Tor Browser 10.5 released

• Ubuntu 21.10 switches to using zstd algorithm for compressing deb packages

• Mozilla stops development of Firefox Lite browser

• Nginx 1.21.1 released

• Release of Proxmox VE 7.0

• Systemd 249 system manager released

• Release of Linux Mint 20.2

• Stable release of MariaDB 10.6 DBMS

• Snoop 1.3.0

• Release of EasyNAS 1.0 network storage

• Canonical Chooses Flutter

• Linux Mint to Make System Updates a Priority

• Steam Link Now Available on Linux

• ElementaryOS 6 Changing Some of the Look and Feel

• Root Access and Denial of Service Flaws Found and Fixed in Kernel 5.11

• Kernel 5.12 Testing Off to a Rough Start

• ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.2 Out

• Firefox 86.0.1 Out

• KDE March Apps Update Out

• Mesa 21 Out

• Star Labs Announces Coreboot Support for the Mk III and Mk IV

• Ubuntu Giving Wayland Another Shot

• Networking and Touchpads Work in Linux on M1 Macs

• Greg Kroah-Hartman Needs Commercial Buy In For Longer Kernel Support

• Sudo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Root Access

• Libgcrypt 1.9.0 Released with Vulnerability

• System 76 Posts Guide to Gaming

• Linux Mint Ported 20.1 Features to LMDE 4

• Tails 4.15.1 Out

• Nitrux 1.3.7 Out

• Clonezilla Live 2.7.1-22 Out

• Gparted Live 1.2.0-1 Out

• Gnome 3.38.3 Out

• Firefox 85 Out

• Nvidia Linux Driver 460.39 Out

• Qt 5.15 Fixes No Longer Open

• The Linux port for Apple’s M1 Gets a Name

• Firefox Gets a Visual Refresh

• Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa and Upgrade Paths Out

• ExTix Deepin 21.1 Out

• Puppy Linux 7.0 Out

• Nitrux 1.3.6 Out

• Bleachbit 4.2.0 Out

• KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Out

• KDE’s January App Updates Out

• KDE Frameworks 5.78.0 Out

• Tux Paint 0.9.25 for Flatpak Out

• Nvidia Driver 460.32.03 Out

• Heroic Games Launcher 1.0 Out

• Lubuntu 21.04 Artwork Contest Open

• Ubuntu’s Switch to LZO in Snapd

• Ubuntu’s Snap Theming Will See Changes for the Better

• GTK4 Is Available After 4 Years In Development

• XFCE 4.16 Out with New Icons

• A Rocky Linux Update

• Deepin 20.1, A Big Jump Forward

• Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa Beta Out

• Rescuezilla 2.1.2 Out

• Manjaro ARM 20.12 Out

• Linux Kernel 5.11 rc1 Out

• Bash 5.1 Out

• Darktable 3.4 Out

• Thunderbird 78.6.0 Out

• LibreOffice 7.0.4 Out

• Kdenlive 20.12 Out

• Anbox Cloud 1.8.2 Out

• Valve’s Pressure Vessel Source Code Available

• Looking to Abandon the X Server

• Linux Mint Now Maintains Their Own Chromium

• Freespire 7.0 Out

• Linux Lite 5.2 Out

• Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date Set

• KDE Plasma 5.20.2 Out

• Nvidia Short Lived Driver 455.38 Out

• Linux GUI Apps Coming to Windows

• Linux Mint 20.1 Will Arrive Mid-December

• [Ubuntu 20.10, Groovy Gorilla ](https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-20-10-beta-is-now-available-for-download)

• Fedora 33 Beta Out

• Tails 4.11 Out

• Nitrux 1.3.3 Out

• Firefox 81.0.1 Out

• Calibre 5.0 Out