Firefox 146 has been released with full 'native' support for fractional scaling on Linux with Wayland, plus a handful of smaller buffs. #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource
Blender gains HDR workflows, Vivaldi simplifies its start page, and Shotcut video editor can make video clips from HTML – a digest of app updates that happened in November. #Linux #OpenSource #tech
Linux 6.18 is out with… As ever, an eclectic assortment of changes in the latest stable kernel.. Better support for gaming handhelds, faster memory management, speedier loading of SD card files, and the removal of Bcachefs. #Linux #OpenSource #Tech
LibrePods brings AirPods Pro features to Linux desktops, including ANC, ear detection and battery levels. #Linux #AirPods #Apple
Mozilla has detailed it's pivot to AI, lazily framing its "people-first AI" vs "big tech AI" gambit as a rehash of 2000s browser wars. Over the next three years all of Mozilla’s portfolio "will design their strategies" and "measure their success" with how much AI they're adding. AI features in Firefox will be "opt-in", but no doubt it'll nag you to try them since Mozilla is making 20% yearly increases in non-search revenue part of its "bottom line" mission.
Mozilla's TABS API will help developers build AI agents to automate web tasks. Some fear AI agents will depopulate the web, as less content is made for humans since fewer humans browse. Mozilla, champion of the open web, thinks differently. #AI #Mozilla #AgenticAI
Xubuntu's website was compromised in October, with torrent links replaced by a ZIP containing Windows malware. Now, the team share a report on how the breach was able to happen. #security #xubuntu #linux