Best Linux Distribution of 2022 Goes to Pop!_OS 22.04
https://fosspost.org/best-linux-distribution-2022-pop-os-22-04-review/

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Firefox 109 released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/109.0/releasenotes/

Remember Servo? The alternative Rust-based browser engine Mozilla was working on before dropping the entire project?

It just got a new restart: https://servo.org/blog/2023/01/16/servo-2023

This is good to face Google's dominance in the embedded browser engine space.

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This is an example on what we have been telling people for years. When you buy a new PC, your Windows license is included in the price tag without you knowing (or knowing in this case).

This is an example Lenovo workstation, costs $220 less if you use Linux!

V UI, which is the user interface toolkit for the V programming language, is now licensed under MIT license, which allows using it in commercial projects as well: https://twitter.com/v_language/status/1616286647024336898

One of our readers says he was able to increase his old Macbook 2015 battery life (running Linux) from 2.5 hours to 4.5 hours using our guide: https://fosspost.org/7-tips-to-reduce-battery-usage-on-linux

Consider applying these tips too if you have a laptop and want to increase battery life on Linux! 👍🏻

5 Ways a Linux User Can Make Use of ChatGPT
https://fosspost.org/5-ways-to-use-chatgpt-as-a-linux-user/

Wine 8.0 released with many updates: https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.0

Ubuntu is converting Telegram into a Snap package instead of native DEB package in 23.04: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2023-January/005525.html

They say the official Telegram team will maintain the Snap.

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OnlyOffice 7.3 released with a lot of new features: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2023/01/onlyoffice-docs-7-3-released/

I remember using it for displaying review messages on my Master thesis, and it was the best in this field.

Perhaps I write one day how I finished my Master degree using open source software only.😎

System76, the company behind Pop!_OS Linux distribution and the famous Linux hardware maker, are going to release their Rust-based desktop environment soon, and here are some updates: https://blog.system76.com/post/more-on-cosmic-de-to-kick-off-2023

LibreOffice 7.5 released: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.5

This guy used ChatGPT to write the release announcement for his distribution (Slax Linux) 😎:

https://www.slax.org/blog/27718-New-Slax-released.html

We have covered the excellent Slax distribution on our website before: https://fosspost.org/slax-creater-interview-tomas/

Bypassing Government Censorship Around NordVPN on Linux
https://fosspost.org/bypass-censorship-nordvpn-linux/

Read our latest newsletter on Substack about open source speech recognition programs, and other topics:

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Transmission 4.0, the famous open source Torrent client, has been released.
https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/tag/4.0.0

Read our latest newsletter about "Living in the browser with old Linux laptops".

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