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New Release: Tor Browser 13.5.6

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

Arti 1.2.8 is released: onion services, RPC, and more

This release adds numerous new features for onion service key management, and continues backend development for memory quota support, Relay support, and the RPC subsystem. For full details on what we've done, and for information about many smaller and less visible changes as well, please see the CHANGELOG.

LinuxGizmos.com

RISC-V-Based KVM Solution in PCIe Form Factor with Low/High Profile Compatibility

The NanoKVM-PCIe is a recent solution from Sipeed, designed to simplify remote management of ATX PC cases and 2U servers. Built on the RISC-V architecture, it offers low power consumption and easy installation, with compatibility for both low-profile and high-profile PCIe brackets.

Raspberry Pi Launches $70 AI Camera with 12MP Sensor and Broad Compatibility

Raspberry Pi has launched a new low-cost AI Camera, bringing powerful AI capabilities to all Raspberry Pi models. Unlike the AI Kit, which is limited to the Raspberry Pi 5, the AI Camera is more versatile and compatible with a wider range of devices.

9to5Linux

Firefox 132 Enters Beta with Support for Blocking Third-Party Cookie Access

Firefox 132 is another boring release that adds support for blocking third-party cookie access with Enhanced Tracking Protection’s Strict mode, support for blocking HTTP-favicons if they aren’t served over HTTPS, and enabling WebRender hardware accelerated rendering for most SVG Filter Primitives to improve the performance of certain graphics-heavy content.

Linux Mint 22.1 Slated for Release in December with Revamped Cinnamon Theme

Slated for release in December 2024, near the Christmas holidays, Linux Mint 22.1 will ship with the soon-to-be-released Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment featuring a revamped theme that’s much darker and contrasted than before, rounded elements, redesigned dialogs, and a gap between the applets and the panel.

Mozilla Firefox 131 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Firefox 131 looks like an interesting update introducing temporary site permissions, such as geolocation, which will be automatically removed after one hour or when the tab is closed, and support for text fragments to allow users to link directly to a specific portion of text in a web document via a special URL fragment.

Audacious 4.4.1 Open-Source Audio Player Brings New Features and Improvements

Audacious 4.4.1 is here three and a half months after Audacious 4.4, a major release that added a Background Music plugin to make sound equally loud within and between tracks, re-introduced the Lyrics plugin for the GTK interface, added Disc Number support, and support for a linear volume scale for PipeWire.

FFmpeg 7.1 “Péter” Released with Full Native VVC Decoder, Vulkan Hardware Encoding

Dubbed “Péter” and coming six months after FFmpeg 7.0, the FFmpeg 7.1 release brings a full native Intel QSV-accelerated VVC decoder, a new MV-HEVC decoder, a new LC-EVC decoder, a new xHE-AAC decoder, an LCEVC filter, Vulkan H.264 and H.265 hardware encoders, and a D3D12VA HEVC encoder.

qBittorrent 5.0 BitTorrent Client Adds Support for Systemd Power Management

Highlights of qBittorrent 5.0 include support for systemd power management and support for localized man pages on Linux, along with the ability to specify a locale if none is set, support for Mark-of-the-Web, and support for creating .torrent files with a larger piece size.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 29th, 2024

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