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Calibre 9.4 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with "reading stats" to the E-book viewer to show reading progress, a nicer Edit book UI, and other changes.
Canonical’s engineers have announced the fourth and final monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04, ahead of next month’s all important beta release. Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4, like all other monthly snapshots, not a blessed build intended for mainstream usage. It’s a “throwaway artifact” that enables the distro’s engineers to fine-tune and hone a new automated build system. Compared to the January release of snapshot 3, there’s more ‘of note’ packed inside of this one, like the Linux 6.19 kernel and more GNOME 50 beta components (Mutter, Files, etc). In announcing the release of Snpshot 4, Canonical’s Utkarsh Gupta also notes Ubuntu […]
Name: Password feedback in sudo. Age: New, but it’s absence is over 40 years old. Appearance: ********. What’s changed? When you run a command in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with sudo and you are asked to enter your password, you’ll now see asterisks appear as you type. Previously: nothing. A blinking cursor, the void, a creeping fear that your keyboard had stopped working, etc. I’ve always wondered why it didn’t do that… You and a lot of other people. Linux Mint enables password feedback by default since, y’know, some feedback is better than none. Not showing feedback is a behaviour that stretches back to the original […]
Ubuntu has unveiled the default wallpaper that will grace millions of screen in the upcoming 26.06 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ release. As is tradition, the new desktop background features mascot artwork in the middle of a rich purple gradient. I shared the official mascot art with you a couple of week ago. It looked great in isolation but here, sit against the gradient backdrop, it looks even better. However, the new design does deviate heavily from the past five wallpapers as curved shapes frame the mascot instead of sharp, diagonal geometric planes. Those angular folds created more of a folded paper […]
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The fourth and final monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" is now available for testing. This alternative to the Ubuntu 26.04 daily ISOs is a monthly test release that also helps exercise the Ubuntu Linux release automation processes...
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On recent builds of Ubuntu 26.04 when being prompted by sudo for the password, password feedback is now enabled by default to show asterisk (*) characters when inputting your password. Traditionally sudo has not provided password feedback in the name of security to not divulge the length of your password in case anyone is looking/capturing your screen. But upstream sudo-rs has now changed the default behavior in the name of an improved UX...
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