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The Linux kernel recently had a 5.0 release. This is the newest kernel signed off by Torvalds and friends. Linux 5.0 includes a plethora of changes and security fixes as is the case with any major release for the kernel. 4.20 was released around the holidays. That was a good release and I’ve been using it without issue for a while now, but Linux 5.0 has some things that might interest you. According to OMGUBUNTU, Linux Mint is getting a logo revamp as well. This is actually not something new to me, but before I assumed they were mere rumors. The new Linux Kernel’s changes are mostly hardware stack related with Raspberry Pi and Intel getting some support among other systems. This according to OMGUBUNTU. The newest kernel is already available on kernel.org, but you’ll have to compile it yourself. It is recommended to stick with the latest kernel with your distribution to retain support. Kernels are those pieces of the overall operating system that don’t really need to be updated jus

Pale Moon is a web browser once forked from Mozilla code. As such, the browser shares many similarities with Firefox as far as style and feel. While built around older Firefox code, it is actively maintained and patched with security fixes that pertain to Pale Moon and only Pale Moon, which decreases the chances of incompatibilities and improves on code that is no longer being maintained by Mozilla anymore. Mozilla went a different direction and while on XUL they may have implemented some of the same features that Pale Moon does as of now, it is now up to Moonchild(MC Straver), to maintain this project himself with his team of developers. Pale Moon works with XUL and XP COM, both technologies no longer being supported by Mozilla, so much of the underlying code that gets implemented as security fixes in big updates, gets separated from other Mozilla code by Moonchild himself and instead he adds his own workarounds and code to patch other portions of the browser. Most people fail t