elementary OS 8 Released, This is What’s New
Big day for fans of indie distros as elementary OS 8.0 is now available to download. A major update, elementary OS 8 rides atop the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, is powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel (with access to newer kernels via Ubuntu’s HWE), and sees a swathe of improvement made to both the Pantheon desktop environment and core apps. Of the release, elementary says it’s focused on several key areas, including the creation of a new secure session (which is not default), improving multitasking with a new dock, and “empowering our diverse community through inclusive design”. I run through a 
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/elementary-os-8-released-this-is-whats-new
Firefox 133 Released with Faster Access to Tabs on Other Devices
Mozilla Firefox 133 was released today, furnished with some new features and UI refinements long-time users are sure to appreciate. In the 4 weeks since Firefox 132 brought us certificate compression, tweaked the way the ‘copy link without site tracking’ surfaces, and flicked the switch on hardware acceleration of SVG primitives in WebRender, Mozilla’s developers have added the following: Of these, the tab overview menu option is the one most easily spotted (assuming you’re signed into your Mozilla account and you use the browser on other devices). Elsewhere, Firefox 133 adds Bounce Tracking Protection to the ‘strict’ mode in Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP).
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/firefox-133-whats-changed
Warp, the AI-Powered Terminal App, Relaxes Its Login Requirement
If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has relented on the requirement that users sign-up for and log in with a Warp account before they can run a command. As of this week, anyone can download Warp for for macOS or Linux (it’s coming to Windows soon) and access “all of the core features with a preview of more advanced features” without an account, and without logging in. “We still think the
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/warp-ai-terminal-login-change
Want to Install Snap Apps in Linux Mint? Here’s How
Snap is Canonical’s universal package format for Linux. It lets developers build their software once for users across multiple Linux distributions to use. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, few Linux distributions outside of the Ubuntu ecosphere support Snaps out of the box. Most do carry the underlying Snap daemon package (snapd) in their repositories, making it possible for users who want to use snaps, to do so. Linux Mint takes a different approach, however. Ubuntu-based it may be, inheriting the Ubuntu repos and benefitting from ongoing bug, security, and other patches from Canonical’s engineers, but Mint has a
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/how-to-install-snaps-in-linux-mint
