Linux, Open Source, and Privacy News - 1st to 15th November
Here are some Linux, Open Source, and Privacy news you might have missed during the first half of November 2019 !
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Dell announced they would up the number of configurations they’ll offer with ubuntu.
ProtonMail has open sourced its iOS application.
https://protonmail.com/blog/ios-open-source/
Wine 4.19 was released, with fixes for AMR64, more visual basic script features, and 41 bug fixes.
https://www.winehq.org/announce/4.19
Getting Things GNOME, the Gnome task manager inspired by GTD is in the process of being picked up by a new developer.
https://fortintam.com/blog/survey-on-making-gtg-sustainable/
Firefox announced that sideloading extensions won’t be allowed anymore in Firefox 73, expected to release in February 2020.
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/31/firefox-to-discontinue-sideloaded-extensions/
LibreOffice will use native GTK dialogs in its version 6.4, instead of the current custom toolkit they use.
https://caolanm.blogspot.com/2019/10/native-gtk-dialogs-in-libreoffice.html
A bug has been discovered in the latest version of Ubuntu: it seems taht the system could share a user’s photos, videos, and music on a LAN network.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/11/rygel-autostart-media-sharing-bug-ubuntu
Mozilla announced that they would block notification prompts in Firefox.
Nvidia released a new version of their Linux driver.
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/153226/en-us
Microsoft announced they would bring their antivirus software, called Microsoft Defender, to Linux.
https://www.fosslinux.com/24186/microsoft-defender-atp-is-coming-to-linux-in-2020.htm
Microsoft announced officially that Microsoft Edge would be coming to Linux.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/11/04/introducing-the-new-microsoft-edge-and-bing
Steam might be bringing its own cloud offering to the table, called Steam Cloud gaming.
Firefox celebrated its 15th Birthday.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90428050/firefox-at-15-its-rise-fall-and-privacy-first-renaissance
Proton 4.11-8 was released, with updates to DXVK 1.4.4, D9VK 0.3, and new versions of Mono and Faudio, and adds VKD3D.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
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