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Canonical announced today that the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 operating system is now officially open for development, giving us a first glimpse of what to expect from the final release this fall. Following the daily build ISO images , which were seeded to public testers last week, Ubuntu 19.10 has officially entered development with the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 9 series as default system-wide compiler, as well was Python 3.7 as default Python implementation with Python 3.8 available in the repositories. The ICU (International Components for Unicode) package will also be bumped to version 64.2 or newer in the development cycle of Ubuntu 19.10, the Boost libraries to version 1.70 or newer, and the Glibc (GNU C Library) to version 2.30, which shou... ( read more )

Purism, the company behind the Librem laptops and phone powered by a Linux-based operating system, announced today a privacy-focused suite of applications for Android, iOS, and Linux platforms. Tired of the privacy issues with the big tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, Purism decided to launch a suite of apps that truly respects user's privacy, doesn't track users' activity, do not show ads, nor analyze or sell your data. The Librem One suite aims to offers alternatives to your most used apps on iOS and Android. Librem One currently consists of an end-to-end encrypted chat app, end-to-end encrypted email client, end-to-end encrypted VPN solution, as well as a social network platform for everyone. In the near future, the Librem One suite will also include end-to-end encrypted cloud storage, payments, and phone service for the upcoming Librem 5 Linux phone by Purism. "With all the recent news surrounding the privacy problems of Google, Apple, Facebook...

The Fedora Project announced today the final release of the long-anticipated Fedora 30 Linux-based operating system for personal computers. After more than six months in development, the Fedora Linux 30 operating system is finally here to give fans access to some of the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Besides up-to-date components, Fedora 30 comes with many new features, optimizations, and several other improvements for a richer Fedora Linux experience. There are some great additions in Fedora 30, such as the ability to install the Deepin and Pantheon desktop environments alongside existing and renowned flavours like GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXQt, MATE, Cinnamon, and others. Of course, Fedora 30 ships with the latest GNOME 3.32 and KDE Plasma 5.15 desktop environments, and it's powered by Linux kernel 5.0, GCC 9, Bash 5.0, and PHP 7.3. DNF improvements, supp... ( read more )

Did you know that you can do basic image editing in the WordPress admin area? This includes image cropping, rotating, scaling image sizes, and flipping them vertically or horizontally. These features come in handy when you are away from your main computer and uploading images on the go. WordPress allows you to quickly resize images without using an image editing software. In this article, we will show you how to use WordPress as a basic image editor that lets you crop, rotate, scale, and flip images. Editing Images in WordPress Admin Area First thing you need to do is upload your image in WordPress. You can upload an image via post editor while writing a post, or by visiting Media » Add New page. Once you have uploaded an image, you need to visit Media » Library page. Now locate the image you just uploaded and click on it. This will open the image in a popup window. You will see image details in the right column and image preview on the left. Now there are two ways to open...

Having already two smash hits under its belt – Sorcery! and 80 Days, developer inkle is no stranger to success. However, while the other two games have followed a beaten path when it comes to concept, Heaven's Vault offers a unique experience that has not been previously explored. Even though it remains an adventure game per se, Heaven's Vault is a genre of its own that mixes linguistics puzzles, atmospheric exploration and decision making. First off, Heaven's Vault is not a game for everyone, and even if you love adventure games, you might find inkle's new title too slow or boring. I think the best way to describe Heaven's Vault is an archaeology game with strong focus on narrative. You'll be exploring various locations throughout the Nebula to find artefacts that will allow you uncover the secrets behind ancient civilizations. Each time you successfully translate a phrase, you'll piece together more information about the history of the world. Artefacts...

Microsoft migrating from EdgeHTML to Chromium for its very own Microsoft Edge browser should basically convince Google it’s time to show some love for the Redmond-based software giant and actually support its efforts. And while Google itself stepped in and helped the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge came to be , many believe the company still plays dirty occasionally. And the most recent evidence, these people say, is the restriction that Google has put in place against the new Microsoft Edge browser on some of its services. One of these services is Google Meet, which blocks users of Microsoft Edge preview to log in, with an error message prompting them to download a differen... ( read more )

As if Samsung’s problems with the broken displays of the Galaxy Fold weren’t enough, here’s the very first Galaxy S10 unit that catches fire. A South Korean customer called Lee and who purchased not the regular version of the Galaxy S10 but the 5G version says his phone caught fire all of a sudden. And what’s worse, he says, is that Samsung actually refused to reimburse the customer on grounds that the whole incident wasn’t caused by an internal glitch, but by what the company describes as an “external impact.” Samsung told AFP that the device did not suffer from any issue, so it technically puts the blame on the customer for the Galaxy S10 5G that exploded. Wrecked phone As for... ( read more )