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GNOME 45 released. https://release.gnome.org/45/ A warning that extensions compatibility is broken in the new version; your previous extensions won't work.

PostgreSQL 16 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-16-released-2715/

Mageia, a distribution forked off Mandriva back in 2010, sees release 9 after nearly two and half years in development: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Release_Notes It is one of the best distributions if you want to try KDE.

Firefox 117 has been released. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/117.0/releasenotes/ Note: Some websites publish blogs about the release even before it is officially announced just because it is available to download on Mozilla's FTP servers. We publish only when the official release notes are available.

Linux Kernel 6.5 has been released. https://lwn.net/Articles/942876/

Firefox Has Lost around 70M Users in Last 5 Years https://fosspost.org/firefox-has-lost-around-70m-users-in-last-5-years/

How to Take Screenshots on Linux Like a Pro https://fosspost.org/how-to-take-screenshot-linux/

LibreOffce 7.6 released. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.6

This is an interesting discussion on how disk encryption can have a performance hit on your system, up to %70~ loss in disk read/write times. It varies across different setups, but you should know now that there is a penalty for encryption: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/15wyukc/the_real_performance_impact_of_using_luks_disk/

Some new updates on COSMIC: The new DE from System76 https://blog.system76.com/post/customizing-cosmic-theming-and-applications

Firefox 116 released. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/116.0/releasenotes/

There is currently a security vulnerability affecting multiple AMD CPUs. You should update your BIOS if you would like to remain protected. Details (and ways to fix) are here: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html