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Off-Main-Thread Compositing Is Coming With Firefox 40 For Linux

At the end of last week the first beta of Firefox 40 was released, now that Firefox 39 shipped. With Firefox 40 comes some exciting changes for Linux users…

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Solus OS Gets UEFI Fixes and Better Power Consumption for Laptops

The Solus project is moving very fast, and its developers have managed to push another release out the door, this time with a lot of fixes that have been spotted and repaired in a very short amount of time.

Solus is following a relatively strict schedule, and a stable edition should be landing in a couple of months if nothing out of the ordinary happens. It’s interesting to notice that the devs are still making huge changes to the operating system, like an entirely new Linu… (read more)

4MLinux 13.0 Operating System Has a Highly Customized JWM Experience

4MLinux, a mini Linux distribution that is focused on the 4Ms of computing, Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g., playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and Mystery (Linux games), has been upgraded to version 13 and is now ready for download.

4MLinux distros have always been very small, but that that has changed somewhat because the developer has chosen to include many more packages by default. In all other aspect, 4MLinux has remained pr… (read more)

GNOME’s Photos App to Receive Editing, Import, and Sharing Features

The GNOME developers are working to improve the functionality and looks of some of the core apps in the stack, and it looks like Photos is just one of them. Allan Day has explained some of the changes that are going to be made to Photos, and they are quite impressive.

You might think that Photos is a pretty decent apps with just the right amount of features, but it looks like it’s about to become a lot better. Currently, it’s not exactly the go-to app if you want to edit so… (read more)

General Maintenance of Arch Linux Systems

Maintaing an Arch Linux installation is actually extremely simple and straightforward, as long as you keep a few things in mind. The rolling release nature of the distribution means we never have to worry about major version upgrades like other distributions (Ubuntu and Debian to name a few..).

Read more at HowtoForge

VirtualBox 5.0 RC3 Brings Large File Transfer Between Linux and Windows Hosts

VirtualBox, a virtualization application that allows users to run and install operating systems inside other OSes, has received a fresh RC for the new 5.0 branch.

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Kernel Summit 2015: Call for Proposals

The 2015 Kernel Summit will be held October 26-28 in Seoul, South Korea; the call for discussion proposals is out now. Now would be a good time for those who would like to attend the Summit to come up with a good topic and get the discussion going. Proposals are due by July 31.

Read more at LWN

Tizen DevLab To Be Held at the Tizen Developer Summit in July in Bengaluru, India

  Just like the Tizen events before it we will see a Tizen DevLab being held at the upcoming Tizen Developer Summit, remember you can get 50% off the registration fee before 10 July. “Tizen DevLab events are intended for those who want to hone their app development skills on Tizen. The Tizen Developer Lab

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Responsive Design and Fluid Grids with these Lightweight Frameworks

My favorite three responsive web design frameworks are Bootstrap, Foundation and Gumby, in that order. But sadly, development of Gumby has recently ceased. And these frameworks aren’t necessarily the right solution for every project. For example, if you want to rapidly create a responsive design in the shortest possible time, you should consider a lightweight framework.

Here are four of the most promising complete, lightweight, intuitive, and responsive CSS frameworks. They are all released under the MIT License, a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Test Upcoming Debian Based Operating System Parsix 8.0

Parsix is a Debian based Linux operating system; the design goal of this distribution is to provide an easy to use operating system for laptop and desktop users. The upcoming release Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 is an awaited one, but developers of this operating system have launched the first testing release of this upcoming version, so that we all fans should try it to get familiar with new operating system and report any bugs to make the 8.0 release more stable. Read more at LinuxPitstop