Fedora Workstation 31 – Whats new
We are laboring on getting Fedora Workstation 31 out the door next Month, with the beta…
Epiphany Technology Preview Users: Action Required
Epiphany Technology Preview has moved from https://sdk.gnome.org to https://nightly.gnome.org. The old Epiphany Technology Preview is now…
WebKit Vulnerabilities Facilitate Human Rights Abuses
Chinese state actors have recently abused vulnerabilities in the JavaScriptCore component of WebKit to hack the…
On Version Numbers
I’m excited to announce that Epiphany Tech Preview has reached version 3.33.3-33, as computed by git…
On the Road to Fedora Workstation 31
So I hope everyone is enjoying Fedora Workstation 30, but we don’t rest on our laurels…
An OpenJPEG Surprise
My previous blog post seems to have resolved most concerns about my requests for Ubuntu stable release…
On Ubuntu Updates
I’d been planning to announce that Ubuntu has updated Epiphany appropriately in Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, and…
Dear Ubuntu: Please Stop Packaging Epiphany If You Won’t Do It Properly
Dear Ubuntu, When users try Epiphany on Ubuntu, they receive a sub-par, broken browser. If you’re…
Preparing for Fedora Workstation 30
I just installed the Fedora Workstation 30 Beta yesterday and so far things are looking great….
LVFS adopted by Linux Foundation
Today the announcement went out that the Linux Vendor Firmware Service has become and official Linux…
Epiphany 3.32 and WebKitGTK 2.24
I’m very pleased to (belatedly) announce the release of Epiphany 3.32 and WebKitGTK 2.24. This Epiphany…
Epiphany Technology Preview Upgrade Requires Manual Intervention
Jan-Michael has recently changed Epiphany Technology Preview to use a separate app ID. Instead of org.gnome.Epiphany,…
The GNOME (and WebKitGTK+) Networking Stack
WebKit currently has four network backends: CoreFoundation (used by macOS and iOS, and thus Safari) CFNet…
Mesa Update Breaks WebKitGTK+ in Fedora 29
If you’re using Fedora and discovered that WebKitGTK+ is displaying blank pages, the cause is a…
WebKitGTK+ 2.22.2 and 2.22.3, Media Source Extensions, and YouTube
Last month, I attended the Web Engines Hackfest (hosted by Igalia in A Coruña, Spain) and…
On WebKit Build Options (Also: How to Accidentally Disable Important Security Features!)
When building WebKitGTK+, it’s a good idea to stick to the default values for the build…
PipeWire Hackfest
So we kicked off the PipeWire hackfest in Edinburgh yesterday. We have 15 people attending including…
Fedora Toolbox ready for testing!
As many of you know we kicked of a ambitious goal to revamp the Linux desktop…
GStreamer Conference 2018
For the 9th time this year there will be the GStreamer Conference. This year it will…
Getting the team together to revolutionize Linux audio
So anyone reading my blog posts would probably have picked up on my excitement for the…
Supporting developers on Patreon (and similar)
For some time now I been supporting two Linux developers on patreon. Namely Ryan Gordon of…