Tweet Mozilla has delayed the release of Firefox 89 by two weeks so that it can have extra time to test its new Proton UI which overhauls the tabbing experience. The new release date is June 1. Read more… Neowin
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Canonical releases Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo beta
Tweet Canonical has released the beta version of Ubuntu 21.04. It comes with Wayland by default and the newer Linux 5.11 kernel. Ubuntu 21.04 will officially ship on April 22 following the beta period. Read more… Neowin
Fedora 34 beta released with major GNOME desktop upgrade
Tweet The Fedora Project has made Fedora 34 beta available for download. This version comes with GNOME 40, PipeWire, and transparent compression in BTRFS which will extend the life of SSDs. Read more… Neowin
YouTube introduces YouTube Shorts beta in the U.S.
Tweet Wildly popular video streaming platform YouTube launched a miniature video sharing feature called Shorts in India last year in September. Today YouTube brought the feature in beta to the U.S. Read more… Neowin
Latest Steam Client Beta update brings more efficient caching to save up to 3x more space
Tweet The latest Steam Client Beta update adds support for Mesa’s new single-file shader cache format on Linux. The new caching system should lower the disk space used and improve frametime performance. Read more… Neowin