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1 • What a day (by Max on 2005-06-06 13:27:35 GMT from Australia)
Debian 3.1 and Fedora 4 on the way
Apple to announce possible deal with Intel
Im hungry for news...
2 • woo hoo first post! (by crawancon on 2005-06-06 13:30:30 GMT from United States)
oooo a lil late today..... I was getting nervous that my 'fix' for distro news wasn't appearing. :-P
3 • Idea for distrowatch. (by Idea on 2005-06-06 13:41:10 GMT from United States)
Add a feature: 'Printable Friendly Version'
So then when we print it uses less paper and fits on the page >:)
4 • No subject (by Rituraj on 2005-06-06 13:53:26 GMT from India)
Waiting impatiently for mail from debian-announce.!!
5 • Debian? (by alexchao on 2005-06-06 14:08:59 GMT from China)
Some readers have already emailed us about the availability of 3.1 ISO images ......?
WHERE?
6 • Knoppix 3.9 has buggy unionfs (by KnoppixUser on 2005-06-06 14:27:00 GMT from United States)
I wanted to install a program using the much talked about unionfs but I have found that Knoppix 3.9 has a buggy release of unionfs. The bug hangs the kernel when a package is installed via the Debian package management system. http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Bugs/3.9-2005-05-27
7 • Mepislite release (by Alan at 2005-06-06 14:37:22 GMT from United Kingdom)
MepisLite 3.31 has been released.... this ones based towards pc's that run w98.
8 • Debian (by Max on 2005-06-06 14:51:00 GMT from Australia)
This is like history in the making...
Im happy we'll finally see xorg in unstable...
9 • Debian 'Sarge' (by IMQ on 2005-06-06 14:59:57 GMT from United States)
I have Debian "Sarge" running on one of my partition for quite some time, probably since March or April of this year.
So far so good.
It's likely that I will only need to download the 1st CD to get the basic desktop setup on another PC. All other stuff will be install via apt after the initial setup is done.
Consider the time it takes for Sarge be released, this baby will stay on for at least a few years. Or until the next release. :)
10 • No Package List News? (by Anonymous on 2005-06-06 16:50:01 GMT from Germany)
No result? Is voting still continuing?
11 • Re: Debian? (by Ariszló on 2005-06-06 16:53:28 GMT from Hungary)
Some readers have already emailed us about the availability of 3.1 ISO images ......?
WHERE?
Main ftp site:
ftp://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0/i386/iso-cd/
Chinese mirror:
ftp://debian.cn99.com/debian-cd/
At the moment, it only has the first CD.
Mirrors:
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/
12 • Debian released (by Max on 2005-06-06 17:34:36 GMT from Australia)
Apparently, it is now official...
http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/releasenotes
:)
13 • Sarge and Libranet (by GP on 2005-06-06 18:28:12 GMT from Canada)
I took a quick look to find out whuch kernel Sarge will come with as standard, but couldn't find the answer. For Slackware, tou can find the info on the homepage under Slackware 10.1 is released! (2nd entry!) Sometimes I wonder what those Debian guys are up to. There are thousands of pages of information all over the place, you never find what you need.
Apparently, Jon Danzig, Libranet's President is dead. The homepage says: «In keeping with our traditions we will be closed until June 13th 2005 at which time Libranet will reopen.»
I find it's very nice to have a tradition for dying people, but we dont eve't get to learn what Danzig died from, how old he was, if he had a family, etc. And why the hell doesn't the homepage offer links to the forums and the documentation anymore? It just shuts the site to newcomers.
Weird!
14 • Re: Sarge and Libranet (by Anonymous Coward on 2005-06-06 18:43:58 GMT from United States)
The http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html">Release Notes say this:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 for the Intel x86 architecture ships with kernel version 2.4.27.
On the Intel x86 architecture a 2.6 kernel is also available; this has kernel version 2.6.8. Note that Debian's 2.6.8 kernel packages include the 2.6.8.1 kernel release and selected other patches.
15 • Spamassassin in kmail (by Keffin on 2005-06-06 18:46:28 GMT from United Kingdom)
I don't know if it's a new feature (just switched to KDE 3.4.1 from Gnome), but you CAN receive mail using POP3/IMAP in kmail and still use spamassassin. Kmail has an "Anti-Spam Wizard", under tools. Go through a couple of screens and it will set up filters for any spam system you choose (including spamassassin), and pipe all the mail it downloads through it. On a side note you can make your own filters that pipe mail through any command you like too :).
That skips a few of your steps ;), though the config file bit was very helpful to me... that doesn't get set up for you and I had no idea it was needed/existed. Thanks for the tip.
16 • @Max (by K on 2005-06-06 19:13:02 GMT from United Kingdom)
No, it is not yet official. (Official only when it appears at the front page of Debian, i.e. when there is a message on debian-announce mailing list)
17 • to GP (by im_ka on 2005-06-06 19:20:56 GMT from Sweden)
type "linux26" before starting the installer and kernel 2.6.8 will be installed.
18 • To Anonymous Coward and im_ka (by GP on 2005-06-06 19:47:29 GMT from Canada)
Gee, it's great to know that after waiting almost 3 years Debian users will be entitled to a kernel that's almost a year old! See:
http://www.atnet.lkams.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
Of course, it' s been Debian-patched and everything, and all upgrades are at to your own risk.
I was thinking about switching to Debian, but those folks put you through a rough ride! How is it that I get the impression that this distro is really running into thick molasses?
19 • Spamassassin in Evolution (by Andrea on 2005-06-06 20:04:42 GMT from Italy)
You can also use Spamassassin within Evolution. It is integrated into Evolution 2.x which has a "Junk Mail" feature with autolearning.
It can be used in Evolution 1.4.x with minimal configuration (add a filter saying to pipe the message through "usr/bin/spamassassin -P -e" and to put the message in the "Spam" folder if it doesn't return zero). You will need to manually run sa-learn in this case.
20 • Re: Debian released (by Ariszló on 2005-06-06 20:21:44 GMT from Hungary)
Apparently, it is now official...
Yes, it is:
http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606
:)
21 • Donation (by Alan Moser on 2005-06-06 21:08:19 GMT from United States)
It is sad to hear that Jon Danzig has passed away, I used libranet back in it's early days, and it was something great. But enough about that, lets get down to business. I persionally think that this month's donation should go to that family of Jon Danzig, it would be a great sign of how the open source community cares for it members.
Thanks,
Alan
22 • Sarge and Libranet (by apb on 2005-06-06 21:53:35 GMT from Canada)
For those like GP, who'd like to access the Libranet forums, etc, here you go:
http://forum.libranet.com/
http://libranet.com/download.html
(contains links to other webpages as well)
23 • Thanks for Spamassassin notes! (by DrDavid on 2005-06-06 22:03:54 GMT from United States)
Great birthday present (mine on June 7).
I've been looking at configuring Spamassassin on OpenBSD and
other distros, and getting those same feelings that there are lots
of docs but seems very complex!
Really appreciate your notes, and your great work on helping us
keep aware of distro news!
You guys are great, please keep up the good work and know you
are loved.
DrDavid
24 • DistroWatch servers (by Luis on 2005-06-06 23:51:50 GMT from Spain)
I got a new LCD screen today (for my birthday) and tested it under Windows too. So I logged into DistroWatch and noticed you can see the page right in Windows. Is this the revenge Robert Storey talked about in his FreeBSD 5.4 review?
However, I still find it strange that DW's server runs under FreeBSD. I have nothing against BSD's. On the contrary, they are the second best OS after Linux. But if DW was originally a Linux site and still is mainly a Linux site, why not use Linux on it's servers? Especially when Linux is the best OS... So today, with long awaited Debian Sarge release, my vote goes for running DW under Debian server !
Congratulations for the issue, I enjoyed it as usual.
25 • DistroWatch server (typo) (by Luis on 2005-06-06 23:58:52 GMT from Spain)
Sorry, I meant you CAN'T see the page right in Windows (images don't load most of the times).
26 • No wonder it took three years (by Scott Wilson on 2005-06-07 01:39:07 GMT from United States)
I really like Debian, but 29 CD's. now wonder it took three years.,,,,,
So, want to take any bets when Etch will be release.....
27 • Apple, Intel, and PPC distros (by bxb32001 on 2005-06-07 01:40:24 GMT from China)
Anybody care to comment on how Apple's switch to Intel affects PPC distros and PPC development? I imagine the switch will eventually kill off PPC desktops.
28 • Debian release (by wouter on 2005-06-07 01:56:30 GMT from Belgium)
:-)
[ it doesn't need more words ]
29 • Will Apple's move to Intel the next threat to Gate's OS? (by Moe on 2005-06-07 02:21:26 GMT from United States)
Just curios.
Is it possible that Apple's Tiger OS on an Intel platform will prove a bigger threat to Microsoft than Linux?
mb
30 • RE: Will Apple's move to Intel the next threat to Gate's OS? (by Anonymous Penguin on 2005-06-07 02:40:21 GMT from Italy)
"Is it possible that Apple's Tiger OS on an Intel platform will prove a bigger threat to Microsoft than Linux?"
No, because of a number of reasons, the main one being that OS X will still run only on (expensive) Macs, but with an Intel CPU.
Macs on Intel, however, will be a geek's dream come true: you'll be able to run virtually any OS on earth on them.
Maybe that is what Steve Jobs had in mind.
31 • linux goodie (by Igor on 2005-06-07 03:05:59 GMT from United States)
Hey Ladislav, (and Linux fans everywhere)
check this out...
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
I came across this site last week some-time.Could it be added as a link...?...somewhere on DW...?
32 • Audacity (by Marty on 2005-06-07 03:46:35 GMT from Australia)
Audacity is a fantastic piece of software, great choice for your donation!
Anyone who is interested in creating music should look at it, is has very good multi-track recording and editing capabilities.
Also, as this is my first post to Distrowatch; great job Ladislav! I check out this site far more often than my boss would be happy to hear about!
Marty
33 • Table of equivalents (by Bryan at 2005-06-07 04:02:36 GMT from United States)
That's a great table...I wonder how up to date it is, though. For distributed clients, it doesn't list boinc, which is taking over for SETI at home, climateprediction.net, and a few others. d2ol is also available for windows...but in their case I think they are using your processor for their financial gain...
For one, I am glad to see debian moving ahead. I have often used debian based distros (ubuntu, mepis, and kanotix, among others). However, there are only as good as the main debian repository. If you are thinking about contributing kano, et al, I think a few dollars or effort should also go to the mother distro. Debian's been looking anemic lately...
34 • The award for slowest torrent ever (by EEDOK on 2005-06-07 04:25:08 GMT from Canada)
Goes to the Debian 3.1 DVD torrent :D
35 • Try Jigdo for DVD Sarge! ;^> (by kingfish600 on 2005-06-07 06:02:21 GMT from United States)
I'm downloading at 250k right now and almost done with the second dvd...I've seen speeds as high as 400k.
1 download jigdo
2 download the jigdo files and tinplates from the debian site and put them in the jigdo directory.
3 run jigdo
4 at the prompt type debian-31r0-i386-binary-1.jigdo
5 it will prompt you for cd's or dvd's if you have them if not just hit enter.
6 it will prompt you for a server to use i've had good luck with http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
Hope that helps speed up your download!
36 • Definitely go Jigdo for Sarge DVD (by thaddeus on 2005-06-07 15:28:54 GMT from United States)
It's really quite efficient for a distro that's mirrored as much as Debian. If you hit a download server that doesn't max out your connection then try another one. It usually only takes one or two tries to find one that maxes out my line (for me anyway, my connection's not that fast...) I'm in the midwestern USA and have been using the indiana.edu mirror lately.
I actually downloaded the last testing snapshot (May 30) last week in anticipation. It actually saved me quite a bit of time when I updated the ISOs with jigdo yesterday. It's easy to use jigdo to update images for each new revision.
I second the nomination for Debian. It really is a foundational distribution.
37 • Denotion to Debian (by Eddie on 2005-06-07 16:27:54 GMT from United States)
Debian definitely deserves getting donation. It's a good way to show support and encouragement to the great work done by so many hardworking volunteers of the project. Debian has made possible many wonderful distros like Knoppix and Ubuntu.
I have been using Debian after my previous hard drive with RH8 died. Since then I escaped from dependence hell and could really enjoy computing. Many thanks to maintainers of Debian!
38 • Debian Donation (by EEDOK on 2005-06-07 18:19:17 GMT from Canada)
Ladislav said himself that as soon as Sarge was released Debian would recieve the next monthly donation.
39 • Re : Debian Donation (by Marc on 2005-06-07 20:33:19 GMT from Canada)
I support that , Debian is the backbone of a lot of my favorite
distros ( Ubuntu, Mepis, Damnsmall, Knoppix ). So for once
every 3 years they deserve it.
My sincere sympathy to Jon Danzig's family. A fellow Canadian
who brought Debian simpler and helped all the others to succeed.
Maybe part of the donation should be used to send flowers or a
card.
40 • Jigdo souurce dvd's? (by kingfish600 on 2005-06-07 21:16:47 GMT from United States)
Would someone mind telling me where to get the debian sarge jigdo files for the source dvd's? I've been downloading the cd's one at a time with jigdo but i'd prefer dvd images.
41 • Debian 3.1 Error (by AQ on 2005-06-07 23:02:04 GMT from United States)
If you are thinking of geting a very good iso collection of debian I would wait a few days as there has been an error.
They are going to be putting out 3.1a shortly which fixes this error.
If you already downloaded it, that is fine as it can be fixed in a script.
42 • Debian net install (by William Roddy on 2005-06-07 23:30:28 GMT from United States)
I did a net install of the new Debian sable release and it worked without a hitch. After running playing with it for a while, I added the unstable repositories and changed it to Debian unstable and, so far, that's running really well. 'Course, I'm a pretty fundamental user, but it looks and works the way it's supposed to in my areas of use.
Is there any disadvantage (or advantage) to a net install, as opposed to downloading a lot of disks?
Great issue, Ladislav.
William Roddy
43 • debian net install vs the dvd's (by kingfish600 on 2005-06-08 00:12:24 GMT from United States)
I like the dvd's because I have to keep my mom and dads computers running plus have 4 computers at home. My dad has no internet access and my mom's is only 4 times as fast as 56k dialup. I also like to give copies to my friends. 2 dvd's=like $1 in expence dosent seem like much and pays divedends when they recipricate. I had also thought about selling some on e-bay but it's just to much hassle.
44 • Just so everyone knows what I was talking about (by AQ on 2005-06-08 00:14:23 GMT from United States)
"Note: 3.1r0 CD image problem
A bug has been discovered in the 3.1r0 CD/DVD images: new installs from these images will have a commented-out entry in /etc/apt/sources.list for "http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates" rather than an active entry for "http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates", and thus will not get security updates by default. This was due to incorrect Release files on the images.
If you have already installed a system using a 3.1r0 CD/DVD image, you do not need to reinstall. Instead, simply edit /etc/apt/sources.list, look for any lines mentioning security.debian.org, change "testing" to "stable", and remove "# " from the start of the line.
If you installed other than from a CD or DVD (for example, netboot, or booting from floppy and installing the base system from the network), you are not affected by this bug.
New 3.1r0a images will be available shortly to correct this flaw. We apologise for the inconvenience. "
45 • debian net install vs the dvd's (by kingfish600 on 2005-06-08 01:12:56 GMT from United States)
I like the dvd's because I have to keep my mom and dads computers running plus have 4 computers at home. My dad has no internet access and my mom's is only 4 times as fast as 56k dialup. I also like to give copies to my friends. 2 dvd's=like $1 in expence dosent seem like much and pays divedends when they recipricate. I had also thought about selling some on e-bay but it's just to much hassle.
46 • Triple Booting Can Be Fun (by Ed Borasky on 2005-06-08 04:25:30 GMT from United States)
Well ... Sarge is here, so I decided to take my test box and triple-boot it with Gentoo (stable), Debian 3.1 (stable) and CentOS 4.0 (stable) and just see which one is the most ... uh ... stable. :) Does anyone have any stability test suites they'd like me to throw at this?
47 • RE: Debian net install (by Captain Carrot on 2005-06-08 04:57:35 GMT from Germany)
I prefer Debian's net installer because I have a fast network connection. I first install just the base system and configure it to my liking. Then I install a firewall and some other essential utilities like Midnight Commander via network. Only after I've comfortably settled to this minimal Debian installation, I start downloading x-window-system, a window manager, and other applications I want.
But this is my preferred way just because I've used Debian for some time now and I've made a list of all the applications I need. ;-) Newbies will find it easier to select the "desktop" option during installation, which will install for them all the necessary packages for running a desktop system.
48 • 29 CD's (by Mike on 2005-06-08 09:39:16 GMT from Kenya)
The final release of Debian 3.1 is certainly cause for celebration! However, all the talk about 29 CD’s and 1000’s of packages should not make us overlook the fact that most users will probably only need the first 4-6 CD’s. I downloaded 10 CD’s in April, and I hardly ever install anything from CD’s 7-10 on my desktop.
If you’re contemplating using Debian and you’ve never used it before, trust me, you won’t regret it! I found installation to be a breeze. While they’re no pretty pictures like in Mandriva or Fedora/Red Hat, there’s still a considerable amount of handholding. Also, Debian is fast and rock stable, and there’s plenty of eye candy to choose from.
Our celebrations are tempered by the death of Jon Danzig. I'd like to express my condolences to his family, friends, and co-workers.
Finally, keep up the excellent work Ladislav and Rob!
49 • Debian netinstall with broadband? (by Christophe on 2005-06-08 10:49:30 GMT from Netherlands)
I'm planning on installing Debian soon (before the end of the month), but I have an ADSL broadband connection rather than dial-up and the installation manual doesn't seem to say anything about broadband configuration (only dial-up). Has anybody done such an installation? I hear so much about the net install here that I thought I could quickly ask this question :) .
50 • @ Christophe (by Max on 2005-06-08 17:18:04 GMT from Australia)
Christophe, unless you are using a USB cable to connect your ADSL modem to the computer you probably dont need to configure anything... Debian should find your Ethernet adapter and setup the connection with with DHCP automatically...
51 • @ Max (by Christophe on 2005-06-08 19:26:43 GMT from Netherlands)
Wow! That would make it much simpler than when I had to do that on Windows :) . I just hope having an Alcatel Speed Touch modem won't spoil it (I've read that there are issues with those...).
52 • No subject (by Anonymous on 2005-06-08 19:50:18 GMT from United States)
Ladislav,
I think that Debian should get the next donation.
But don't send it to them for about 18 months.
(just kidding about the 18 months)
53 • jigdo update 31.0 to 31.0a dvd? (by kingfish600 on 2005-06-09 07:15:36 GMT from United States)
Hope it works right now. It didnt download anything, it just added all of the packages from 31.0 and made a ISO.
54 • nominating Krusader (by Void lon iXaarii at 2005-06-09 19:16:36 GMT from Romania)
I would like to nominate Krusader to be tracked by distrowatch because it's more than a great piece of software: it's simply something you can't live without. Working with files is what computer working boils down to weather I'm doing artwork, writing articles or watching movies ... and being able to do this professionally is ... well, crucial. Also, thumbs up to the great people at Krusader not only for doing a great job but keeping in touch with their fans and implementing requests!
55 • Re: nominating Krusader (by Ariszló on 2005-06-09 20:33:31 GMT from Hungary)
I agree. It's a very good two-panel file manager.
56 • RE: • jigdo update 31.0 to 31.0a dvd? (by Anonymous Penguin on 2005-06-09 21:13:01 GMT from Italy)
"Hope it works right now. It didnt download anything, it just added all of the packages from 31.0 and made a ISO."
Same here, but the md5sum matched. I also checked the new iso with BitTorrent.
I did the same with DVD2 and between 31r0 and 31r0a there were about 32 MB difference: very odd.
57 • RE: nominating Krusader (by ladislav on 2005-06-10 05:40:10 GMT from Taiwan)
Krusader has been added. In fact, it was listed several hours before you posted your requests.
All packages that received at least three votes were added to the tables. The new packages are:
amarok, curl, cvs, dosbox, enlightenment, inkscape, krusader, ndiswrapper, sqlite, subversion, udev, vlc.
There was a flurry of late requests to include firebird, but they've arrived after I updated the tables.
The distribution tables now track a total of 187 packages.
58 • neat (by escapenguin@gmail.com on 2005-06-10 09:09:11 GMT from United States)
Nice to see Gobolinux being recognized. I've always wondered why it somehow didn't get a lot of attention, especially since the last somewhat stable release wasn't just innovative with its file hierarchy, it was the most polished and beautiful by default desktops I had ever seen any distro pull off. Or any OS, ever. Even the installer back then was way different than the norm...and very well thought out. I've been keeping an eye on Gobolinux and playing around with it on and off, I hope GRUB isn't broken with this latest release, so it'll finally install on my new box. Kudos to the Gobolinux team.
R.I.P Jon Danzig
I had to stop using Libranet on my main workstation because it didn't agree with my new hardware, but for the longest time I recommended it as the best "easy" Debian distro, or at least the most intuitive to use Debian distro. I remember being shocked when I said I didn't have enough money to pay for Libranet, and I actually got a friendly response saying they'd give it to me for 1/4 of the normal cost. The CDs came in a high quality case, on top-notch media that was professionally printed. This was back in the day, when you were lucky if you could get CDs at all, and if you did they'd come in a nice smashed jewel-case on the cheapest media possible with a lopsided paper label. I still run Libranet on my old hoopty machines, sometimes only Libranet or OpenBSD will boot them. You get what you pay for.
I hope Jon passing doesn't mean his vision disappears as well.
59 • Nomination iSCSI enterprize target (by Lord-Storm on 2005-06-10 22:07:48 GMT from Australia)
Well some of us know that iSCSI is the SAN's killer for small networks. iSCSI in lamemans terms is the exporting of block devices over a lan using encryption etc...
http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/
60 • RE: Debian netinstall with broadband? (by Lord-Storm on 2005-06-10 22:15:48 GMT from Australia)
All you need is a supported NIC and the ip or name of server its been a while since i have done one... but its almost as simple as that.
61 • aLinux default desktop (by Kim Krecht on 2005-06-11 15:44:17 GMT from Germany)
Just wanted to point out the following:
http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/linux-os-screenshots.html
This (a part of the official aLinux website) indicates that the distribution's default desktop is in fact KDE. Thus, KDE should be entered as default desktop in the aLinux distribution page.
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| • Issue 1144 (2025-10-20): Kubuntu 25.10, creating and restoring encrypted backups, Fedora team debates AI, FSF plans free software for phones, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to website attack |
| • Issue 1143 (2025-10-13): openSUSE 16.0 Leap, safest source for new applications, Redox introduces performance improvements, TrueNAS Connect available for testing, Flatpaks do not work on Ubuntu 25.10, Kamarada plans to switch its base, Solus enters new epoch, Frugalware discontinued |
| • Issue 1142 (2025-10-06): Linux Kamarada 15.6, managing ZIP files with SQLite, F-Droid warns of impact of Android lockdown, Alpine moves ahead with merged /usr, Cinnamon gets a redesigned application menu |
| • Issue 1141 (2025-09-29): KDE Linux and GNOME OS, finding mobile flavours of Linux, Murena to offer phones with kill switches, Redox OS running on a smartphone, Artix drops GNOME |
| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
| • Issue 1120 (2025-05-05): CachyOS 250330, what it means when a distro breaks, Kali updates repository key, Trinity receives an update, UBports tests directory encryption, Gentoo faces losing key infrastructure |
| • Issue 1119 (2025-04-28): Ubuntu MATE 25.04, what is missing from Linux, CachyOS ships OCCT, Debian enters soft freeze, Fedora discusses removing X11 session from GNOME, Murena plans business services, NetBSD on a Wii |
| • Issue 1118 (2025-04-21): Fedora 42, strange characters in Vim, Nitrux introduces new package tools, Fedora extends reproducibility efforts, PINE64 updates multiple devices running Debian |
| • Issue 1117 (2025-04-14): Shebang 25.0, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, running applications from other distros on the desktop, Debian gets APT upgrade, Mint introduces OEM options for LMDE, postmarketOS packages GNOME 48 and COSMIC, Redox testing USB support |
| • Issue 1116 (2025-04-07): The Sense HAT, Android and mobile operating systems, FreeBSD improves on laptops, openSUSE publishes many new updates, Fedora appoints new Project Leader, UBports testing VoLTE |
| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
| • Issue 1110 (2025-02-24): iodeOS 6.0, learning to program, Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale |
| • Issue 1109 (2025-02-17): Rhino Linux 2025.1, MX Linux 23.5 with Xfce 4.20, replacing X.Org tools with Wayland tools, GhostBSD moving its base to FreeBSD -RELEASE, Redox stabilizes its ABI, UBports testing 24.04, Asahi changing its leadership, OBS in dispute with Fedora |
| • Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
| • Issue 1107 (2025-02-03): siduction 2024.1.0, timing tasks, Lomiri ported to postmarketOS, Alpine joins Open Collective, a new desktop for Linux called Orbitiny |
| • Issue 1106 (2025-01-27): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta 6, Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5, detecting whether a process is inside a virtual machine, drawing graphics to NetBSD terminal, Nix ported to FreeBSD, GhostBSD hosting desktop conference |
| • Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
| • Issue 1104 (2025-01-13): DAT Linux 2.0, Silly things to do with a minimal computer, Budgie prepares Wayland only releases, SteamOS coming to third-party devices, Murena upgrades its base |
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