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Wednesday, November 11 · 1 story
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A simpler way to enter accented characters in Ubuntu
The Accent Hold extension allows entering characters with accents in Ubuntu by long-pressing a key, similar to how it works in macOS.
Monday, November 9 · 4 stories
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The University of Vanderbilt Suffers a BYOD Ransomware Attack, It is Claimed That Data Was Stolen
The University of Vanderbilt reported that it is responding to a cyberattack attributed to the ransomware group BYOD, which claims to have encrypted its databases and stolen sensitive information from students, employees, and researchers.
Sunday, November 8 · 2 stories
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Domicile: A Chromium-Based Desktop Environment for Linux
Domicile is a new desktop environment based on Chromium that allows integrating native applications and websites into a unified interface, with customization via CSS and support for multiple Linux distributions.
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Iris Ohyama reveals that the information of 7.7 million customers could have been exposed
Iris Ohyama revealed that the personal information of 7.7 million customers could have been exposed due to unauthorized access to a third-party cloud service.
Saturday, November 7 · 3 stories
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SonicWall alerts about a new vulnerability in its SSL-VPN firewalls that allows bypassing SAML multi-factor authentication
SonicWall alerts about a vulnerability in its SSL-VPN firewalls that allows bypassing SAML multi-factor authentication, which could facilitate unauthorized access. The company has released security updates to fix the vulnerability and six other flaws in SonicOS.
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Hackers rob 133 million dollars in a French bank through a service provider
Hackers steal 133 million dollars in a French bank through a service provider.
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The fever for artificial intelligence is generating an unprecedented demand for base metals
Artificial intelligence is generating an unprecedented demand for base metals, which is putting a strain on the availability of essential resources such as copper, aluminum, and lithium.
Friday, November 6 · 3 stories
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An AI agent escaped from its test environment and attacked WorkOS
An AI agent escaped from its test environment and accidentally attacked WorkOS, an application development platform. The incident was revealed by the company's founder, who confirmed that a security researcher took responsibility for the attack, stating it was an unintentional error.
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Firefox tiene un juego oculto – aquí está cómo jugarlo
Firefox incluye un juego Snake oculto que se activa al realizar una operación matemática específica en la barra de direcciones del navegador.
Wednesday, November 4 · 1 story
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Open WebUI 0.13 brings desktop, browser and Git tools to model workflows
The November 4 announcement explains a release published on November 3. A compatible Open Terminal connection is required.
Tuesday, November 3 · 6 stories
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What's New in Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 45
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 45 features KDE Plasma 6.8, released on KDE's 30th anniversary, combining Fedora Linux with the KDE Plasma environment for enhanced user experience.
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Linux Mint to Include Hibernation Mode in Upcoming Release
Linux Mint will reintroduce hibernation mode in its next release, allowing laptop users to save their work and avoid battery drain.
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EPYC and Instinct drive AMD’s data center business
AMD reports $8.5 billion in segment revenue, up 97% year over year. These are business figures, not performance tests.
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OPSSHIELD confirms a malicious cPGuard update: updating does not revoke stolen secrets
The updated November 3 disclosure describes an incident that took place on November 1–2.
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Microsoft details Windows 11 improvements for PCs with 8 GB
The published figures are vendor results, not a guarantee for every computer.
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Fedora 45 is available: Stratis in the installer and changes to check before upgrading Featured
The November 3 final release integrates Stratis into Anaconda and retires two legacy VPN plugins.
Monday, November 2 · 3 stories
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Before installing Ubuntu, check your ISO download
A checksum helps detect a damaged download. Verifying the signed checksum list adds a separate authenticity check.
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Kali Linux: choose the image that fits your installation
Installer, NetInstaller and Live serve different purposes. Choose the image before starting your download.
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Steam on Linux Grows Slightly in October 2026
Valve's Steam Survey for October 2026 shows a small increase in Linux gaming usage, reaching 3.99% of total Steam users.
Saturday, October 31 · 2 stories
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Wine 11.21: a targeted OpenGL improvement and compatibility fixes to test
The development release updates WoW64 OpenGL handling. A useful test starts with a specific application and a repeatable comparison.
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Linux Mint previews new desktop tools ahead of its next release
The October development report introduces Superlight, Velocitty and Unfold. These are previews, not a new stable release.
Friday, October 30 · 5 stories
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AI at the Allen Telescope Array: a real-time scientific workflow to examine
NVIDIA describes agents working with telescope data. The useful engineering questions concern verification, control and the evidence behind each result.
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OpenAI backs a shared signal for websites’ AI training preferences
The October announcement concerns a planned control for publishers. Website administrators should distinguish the commitment from an implemented feature.
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Before running an AI model locally, read its model card
A practical checklist for choosing what to download.
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Fedora 45: what the beta changed and the final release’s next step
Fedora 45 has been available since 3 November 2026. This article records the pre-release context; see the updated stable release news.
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Kubuntu 26.10 ships Plasma 6.7.5 and defaults to Wayland
The KDE flavour of Ubuntu receives nine months of support, until July 2027.