Firefox Gets (too) Rounded, Flatpak for CLI & Dev tools, Ubuntu does tiling now - Linux Weekly News

9 days ago by cm0002 to c/linux

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Sponsor: Proton Mail

01:23 Ubuntu 26.10 beta released

03:58 Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible

05:14 Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools

08:24 F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app

10:00 Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme

12:33 Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS

14:35 PostmarketOS changes name

16:11 Dev proposes that GNOME accepts Al contributions

18:10 Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops

19:33 New minimalist FOSS web browser

21:55 Meta found guilty of lying on data protection and moderation

24:15 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links

Ubuntu 26.10 beta released

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/...

Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 upgrade now possible

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/...

Toolpak introduced as the Flatpak for dev tools

https://blogs.gnome.org/...

F-Droid launches full rewrite of the app

https://arstechnica.com/...

Firefox 157 adds the new Nova theme

https://linuxiac.com/...

Igalia working on Firefox for SteamOS

https://www.phoronix.com/...

PostmarketOS changes name

https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/

Dev proposes that GNOME accepts Al contributions

https://arunraghavan.net/...

Ubuntu 26.10 has an image for Snapdragon laptops

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/...

New minimalist FOSS web browser

https://blancbrowser.com/

Meta found guilty of lying on data protection and moderation

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/...

https://www.reuters.com/...

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Serious_Me 29 points 9 days ago

For those like me who don't like the new Nova theme on Firefox.

Open a new tab/window
In the URL bar type "about:config"
Firefox will warn you to proceed with caution. Click to accept the risk and continue.
In the search bar search for "nova" we are looking for a field called "browser.nova.enabled"
Once located, either double click on the line for this setting, or the two way arrow on the far right to toggle it off.
Close the tab/window and you're done!

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kbal 16 points 9 days ago

Don't expect that to last, such settings are traditionally temporary. Mozilla normally removes them a relatively short time after the big new feature is released and any related bugs have had time to get sorted out.

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mrbigmouth502 5 points 9 days ago

I'm not 100% sure about vanilla Firefox, but in Librewolf you can still enable "compact" toolbar density by setting "browser.compactmode.show" to "true" in about:config. I'm hoping they keep the option to disable Nova too.

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exdor 1 point 7 days ago

Apparently they enabled that by default now

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