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All good things come to an end, and so do a few “wait, that’s still going?” things: Mozilla has announced it is ending support for 32-bit Linux. If you’re reading this from a 32-bit Linux distro (which I hope to heck isn’t the one this blog is about given Ubuntu dropped 32-bit support back in 2017) you don’t need to panic unduly — I’ll get to why in a moment. Mozilla says it chose to continue providing Firefox for 32-bit Linux systems well after most browsers and operating systems ended support in an effort to help ‘users extend the life […]
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If you’ve been itching to try out the fancy-looking MPD client Euphonica, you’ll be pleased to hear it’s now available to install from Flathub. Euphonica is written in Rust and uses a GTK4/libadwaita UI. It’s still in beta (thus not stable) yet feels solid enough in day-to-day use. Plus, development is active. The arrival of the app on Flathub (though it’s not verified yet) will make it easier for people to try this out. When I covered it earlier this year, it got a lot of interest but the fact it had to be compiled from source on Ubuntu put it […]
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