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Ubuntu Touch Mobile Linux OS Is Now Finally Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 is here as the first release of Ubuntu Touch based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a major update to the mobile operating system with new features like new logos, a built-in way to switch the theme of applications, theme live-switching, and experimental support for personal data encryption.

NVIDIA 580.95.05 Driver Adds Support for YCbCr 4:2:2 Display Modes over HDMI FRL

NVIDIA 580.95.05 is here to introduce support for YCbCr 4:2:2 display modes over HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) on Blackwell or later GPUs, as well as to improve support for the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle video game by fixing a bug that caused interactive object outlines not to be rendered.

GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

Based on the recently released Linux 6.17 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel is here to clean up Intel IPU7 and assorted AArch64 devicetree files, as well as to adjust deblobbing of the AMDGPU, prueth, iwlwifi, btusb, pci mhi host, adreno a6xx, nova-core, and Intel AVS drivers.

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FoxReplace is a Firefox addon that is able to replace text in a web page, in both editing and reading mode, with or without regular expression (regex), both manually and automatically. We use it as a complement to Find and Replace which we reviewed last month because among both, only FoxReplace can do text replacing on Blogspot post editor. We need FoxReplace more because as you might have noticed already, this site --The Ubuntu Buzz-- is based on Blogspot. We hope this tutorial will help all other professional authors. Now let's start exercising like always!

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Austria’s military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 01, 2025

Quoting: Austria's military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog —

The initial plan to move to LibreOffice was formed in 2020, and detailed planning and training of internal developers for improvements began in 2022. In 2023, a company in Germany was contracted to provide technical support and additional development.

The Austrian military’s migration reflects a growing demand for independence from single vendors. With free and open source software like LibreOffice, anyone can study and modify the source code to make improvements specifically for their setup and workflow. Government bodies and organisations can free themselves from vendor lock-in, spending taxpayer’s money on local companies to provide support and further development – rather than paying for license fees from overseas companies.

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