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4 open source ways to create holiday greetings

opensource.com - Sun, 11/21/2021 - 16:00

The holiday season is upon us once again, and this year I decided to celebrate in an open source way. Like a particular famous holiday busybody, I have a long list (and I do intend to check it twice) of holiday tasks: create a greeting card (with addressed envelopers) to send to family and friends, make a photo montage or video to a suitably festive song, and decorate my virtual office. There are plenty of open source applications and resources making my job easier. Here's what I use.

Microsoft Edge 96 to be dispersed for Windows, macOS and Linux ›Upgrading to Edge 96 closes 21 security holes - Tech Gaming Report

Google News - Sun, 11/21/2021 - 08:16

Microsoft Edge 96 to be dispersed for Windows, macOS and Linux ›Upgrading to Edge 96 closes 21 security holes Tech Gaming Report

How to Enable Minimize on Click in Ubuntu - MakeUseOf

Google News - Sun, 11/21/2021 - 03:00

How to Enable Minimize on Click in Ubuntu MakeUseOf

More RadeonSI Optimizations Land In Mesa 22.0

Phoronix - Sun, 11/21/2021 - 01:09

Well known AMD OpenGL open-source driver developer Marek Olšák managed to land yet more performance optimizations this week into Mesa 22.0...

Wine 7.0 Code Freeze To Begin In Early December

Phoronix - Sat, 11/20/2021 - 20:04

As expected when writing about Wine 6.22 yesterday that the annual stable release dance was likely upon us, plans were laid out today for that Wine 7.0 release...

KDE Plasma 5.24 Adds An Overview Effect Inspired By GNOME's Activities Overview

Phoronix - Sat, 11/20/2021 - 19:55

Even with the holidays ahead the KDE developers remain very busy improving their desktop software stack for Plasma 5.24 and other forthcoming component releases...

Google Chrome vs Chromium: What's the difference? - It's FOSS

Google News - Sat, 11/20/2021 - 19:05

Google Chrome vs Chromium: What's the difference? It's FOSS

Picolibc 1.7.4 Brings Improved Meson Support, Restructured Math Code

Phoronix - Sat, 11/20/2021 - 18:55

Picolibc as the open-source C library optimized for small embedded systems with limited RAM capacities is out with a new update...

Linux Kernel Patches Updated for x86/x86_64 SLS Mitigation

Phoronix - Sat, 11/20/2021 - 18:34

With GCC 12 having added a new option to enable Straight Line Speculation "SLS" mitigation for x86/x86_64 CPUs, Linux kernel developers are preparing to enable this new compiler feature for further reducing undesirable speculation exposure...