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Blender 5.0 Beta Officially Released with HDR and Wide Gamut Display Support

Blender 5.0 promises exciting changes like support for displaying HDR and wide gamut colors, a working color space for Blend files, new Rec.2100-PQ and Rec.2100-HLG displays, new ACES 1.3 and 2.0 views, a new AgX HDR view, a new Convert to Display compositor node, and a new volume rendering algorithm based on null scattering.

Firefox 144 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Firefox 144 is here to improve the Picture-in-Picture feature by allowing you to close the PiP window without pausing the video using Shift + Click on the close button or Shift + Esc to exit, update the Firefox Account button on the toolbar to show “Sign In” next to the icon, and to strengthen the encryption used for logins saved in the Firefox Password Manager with a more modern encryption scheme.

How to Upgrade LMDE 6 to LMDE 7

Dubbed “Gigi” and based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 has arrived with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, support for OEM installations, and the Cinnamon 6.4.13 desktop environment featuring fingerprint authentication, updated themes, and an improved Wayland session.

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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.18 Release Candidate

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  2. You Should Probably Self-Host Your E-mail and Never Use a Web Browser for Mail
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  3. StatCounter Shows the Market Share of Vista 11 is Decreasing in Ukraine This Year
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  4. The "Gold" Rule: Taking Money for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing Under the "Linux" Banner
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  5. LLM Slop Says Slop is "coming for white-collar jobs. Microsoft’s layoffs are just the start"
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  6. Reporting Facts About Violence Against Women Deserves Awards, Not Frivolous Lawsuits and Threats
    What is Microsoft's stance on women's safety?
  7. Linux.com as Spamfarm of the Linux Foundation, Partner of the Gates Foundation
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  8. Confirming IBM Shutdowns and Layoffs Today
    It's not over yet
  9. Gemini Links 16/04/2025: The 2010s Are Calling and Why "Tools Will Not Liberate Us"
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  10. Links 16/04/2025: Cliff Lynch RIP, More Attacks on Science (NASA)
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  11. Google Promotes Fake Articles (LLM Slop) Instead of Originals, Relaying Microsoft's Linux FUD Emanating From Microsoft LLMs
    Shame on Google for participating in the slopfest
  12. In Some Countries the Largest OEMs Already Dump Microsoft Windows
    Windows at 18.9%, Android 60.2%
  13. Microsoft Down From 100% to 10% in Myanmar/Burma
    only about 4% of Web requests in Myanmar/Burma come from Vista 11, soon to be the only "supported" version of Windows
  14. When Fedora Said It Was Looking to Integrate "AI" It Meant Promoting Microsoft's Proprietary Spyware and GPL-Violating Slop
    When they say "AI" they mean Microsoft
  15. Slopwatch: The Typical Slopfarms and the 'Brian Fagioli Dilemma'
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  16. It Used to be IBM, Now It's Microsoft (Why You Need to Fire Microsofters or CIOs Working for Microsoft)
    Typically the only effective solution is to identity and remove Microsofters from one's project/organisation (before they can bring more Microsofters in)
  17. IBM Closes Offices and Labs in the United States to Open New Ones in India
    It's not layoffs per se; they're substituting/swapping veteran employees for lesser-paid ones
  18. Over at Tux Machines...
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  19. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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  20. Gemini Links 16/04/2025: IndieWeb Carnival, Tinylog RFC, "Focus, the Web and Gemini"
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