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1 • Low RAM (by Guido on 2021-11-29 01:29:01 GMT from Philippines)
I have two PCs with 8 GB of RAM. It can rarely happen that there is not enough space in the memory. I set up traditional swap on the hard drive for this purpose.
2 • Lock box review (by Sean Greenhalgh on 2021-11-29 01:50:59 GMT from Australia)
Interesting defaults, brave and Librewolf. It's also great that keepass is installed too. I'm not sure why this isn't the case for most distributions. Maybe because people do not use them. But they should...
3 • memory remember (by papapito on 2021-11-29 02:00:09 GMT from Australia)
I think I am lucky enough to run everything light on my laptop and tablet with 8gb ram each. My desktop which servers very different purpose is 64gb and I often at times find myself hitting high 50's mainly due to VM usage and then gaming at same time. The more I can push into RAM the faster it feels, whether I am overdoing it with what is actually sitting in RAM alone or not... who knows.
I don't use a swap drive but then again, absolutely nothing I do on my desktop at home is in any way critical.
TLDR I don't recall the last time I ever ran out of RAM. Maybe on a 2GB RAM netbook. And that was my own fault for using a sketchy OS (XP) and browser (Opera)
4 • Keepass, etc.. (by Friar Tux on 2021-11-29 02:58:59 GMT from Canada)
@2 (Sean) I'm one that doesn't use password managers/apps. They are quite useless, to me, as they tend to break from version to version of both the OS and the app, itself. My lifelong solution is to keep a hardcopy notebook and physically write in the user name, passwords, and any security questions. This method has never failed me whereas, so far, all the password managers/apps I've tried have failed. (Also, if anything should happen to me, my family will have easy access to the stuff I leave behind.)
Re: the RAM question... I really have never run into an issue. I use whatever is default on my system.
5 • RAM (by cor on 2021-11-29 03:00:02 GMT from United States)
My desktop has 32GiB plus I have a swap partition on NVME. My laptop has 10GiB with a 2GiB swap file.
6 • keepass and memory (by Andy Figueroa on 2021-11-29 04:14:00 GMT from United States)
I dislike being dependent on an application program to maintain my secrets. Instead, I keep my secrets in a gnupg encrypted file with AES256 cipher which I am able to edit with vim and the gnupg.vim plugin. Such a file can be searched from the shell with the command "gpg -d file.gpg | grep -i keyword" where file.gpg is obfuscated by name, hidden, and permission protected.
I don't recall running out of memory since I had > 512mb, probably because I make sane choices. Out of memory is overrated as a problem.
7 • Capabilities vs needs (by Wedge009 on 2021-11-29 06:00:17 GMT from Australia)
I also cannot remember if/when I ever ran out of memory on a PC as ever since I started building them for myself I usually go for as much as the motherboard can support or as close to it as economically feasible. My upgrade cycles are long (in years), I'm not the sort to buy something new every generation.
The opening paragraph is interesting, discussing hardware capabilities vs needs. I remember the days when hardware resources were constrained and fitting things into small disk space as well as optimising for CPU efficiency were important considerations. Nowadays development time is generally seen as a more valuable resource so we (or at least the larger companies) don't baulk at executables and libraries that are several hundred megabytes large. I also wonder if there's a bit of an disincentive for the (commercial) software industry to optimise for efficiency if leaving things as they are will also promote hardware growth - why bother doing more with less if not investing the time, money and effort to do so will encourage consumers to upgrade their hardware? In some ways hardware development and software bloat can be a self-fulfilling cycle.
I'm not saying lack of optimisation is necessarily a bad thing if software is developed rapidly and correctly, but if it's possible and not too difficult I don't see why we can't look at improving software efficiency before resorting to hardware upgrades.
8 • Password managers (by Wedge009 on 2021-11-29 06:04:21 GMT from Australia)
I also prefer to record credentials manually - it's a valid option. I think it's just important to have passwords that you can't easily remember - anything of that nature is bound to be exploited by things like password stuffing. Password managers are probably more for people less inclined to go to the effort of manual processes and just want something convenient that will 'do the job for them'.
9 • RAM (by w8080 on 2021-11-29 06:15:33 GMT from Germany)
Notebook has 64Gb RAM, saw 35 GB in use max
10 • Password manager (by Ro0t on 2021-11-29 06:40:41 GMT from Germany)
For people using same username and password on almost every website is ofcorse not logical to have a pass manager.
Try be active and use random user/pass per default.
Good luck!
KeePass no life without.
11 • Debian APT Changes (by dave on 2021-11-29 07:46:56 GMT from United States)
Sounds fishy, as usual. What is 'Protected' and 'Essential' ..?? Have to learn more voodoo and jump thru more hoops to remove stuff like Pulseaudio??
12 • What's my name?! (by Someguy on 2021-11-29 08:52:38 GMT from United Kingdom)
Like No.7 I specify and build (and rebuild) all my own kit. It pays to know what's in the box. Also, need to know the intended use. No point building an aeroplane with dud pitot head designs to find it drops outa da sky. Get your spec right BEFORE you press the ON switch. But, I also rebuild and refurbish old, sometimes very old kit - more fun and teaches the limitations as well as accomplishments that can be achieved with quite modest HW + ingenuity. How much memory did they use to get onto the Moon?!
And, like No.4, I still retain the ability to use of paper and pencil. Vital data is stored on paper in a form that only my immediate family would have sufficient knowledge of my background and interests to interpret, let alone have the patience to find it....
Whilst we're considering security, if you value your sanity as well as you savings, never ever use a 'smart' (stupid?) mobile phone - 'they' always know who you are, where you are and where the bodies are buried. As a former colleague, a director of a large international company explained: " Important people don't need to carry a phone with them, they have a secretary and staff back at the office to deal with the minutia while I concentrate on the business I'm handsomely paid to do."
13 • Debian APT changes (by Jeff on 2021-11-29 10:03:36 GMT from United States)
What would you bet that systemd is or will soon become classed Essential or Protected? So that even if you have and use another init it cannot be removed.
Even though Debian talks about init diversity the truth is that several of the developers are systemd only and want all others to be unusable.
14 • Fedora 32 BETA had EarlyOOM for cleaning memory (by EarlyOOM in Fedora on 2021-11-29 11:11:34 GMT from India)
Previously, I was using a laptop with 2GB of RAM, and it used get out of memory frequently. At that time, the performance will be very slow and I will have to kill some process.
When Fedora 32 Beta introduced EarlyOOM, I tried it in the live system. It was killing applications frequently because of memory issue.
15 • Advanced Hardware Support (by penguinx86 on 2021-11-29 11:52:00 GMT from United States)
How about a distro that supports ALL laptop wifi adapters? I am so sick of distros where wifi doesn't work 'out of the box' in my laptop. Ubuntu? Fugedaboudit! Debian? Nope. Fedora might work sometimes, til the next update kills my wifi. Realtek, Broadcom and even some Intel wifi adapters need better Linux 'out of the box' support. I don't care about the latest graphics driver support. I just want my wifi to work with no hassles.
16 • @13 Debian APT changes (by anticapitalista on 2021-11-29 11:59:12 GMT from Greece)
I tried to build antiX (sid repos) via debootstrap and in a chroot and I am not able to remove sysvinit-utils for sysvinit-utils-antix (in order to use antiX's implementation of runit).
It worked just fine before this latest 'improvement' to apt.
Anyone know how to 'manually' force the removal/replacement?
17 • Memory (by Mike on 2021-11-29 12:08:25 GMT from United Kingdom)
Attempting to use Fedora Workstation on a system with 2GB RAM is like trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot. It will never work so it's not surprising oom was killing all your processes.
I once ran Mint 9 LXDE on a 32-bit laptop with a single core AMD Athlon XP processor, 1280MB RAM and a 32GB Geforce 4 Go GPU. It wasn't exactly the fastest but it worked well enough to have a single tab browser window open and not choke when video was playing in it. I doubt it could have still done that in 2021.
While Linux is famed for being lighter on resources than Windows, you still need to have reasonable expectations and be sensible about how many applications and browser tabs you have open on a machine.
Fairly recently Linux Mint added a kill switch to the Cinnamon Desktop process so that when it exceeds a user configurable amount of RAM it restarts the process. Why? There's been a memory leak with Cinnamon for years and they haven't been able to address it properly, so this was the workaround.
I can see why oom may be useful but if it's happening too often then clearly you either need to upgrade the machine (if possible) or replace it with a better equipped model. 8GB is really the practical modern minimum regardless of installed operating system.
18 • Debian APR changes (by dragonmouth on 2021-11-29 12:57:43 GMT from United States)
At first glance the change looks to be beneficial. However, what is to prevent developers from declaring all their favorite pet software as "Essential"? What if tracking and spying apps are declared "Essential"? Are distros going to grow to 5, 6, 7 or more GB with no possibility of slimming them down?
The first thing I do after installing a distro is to uninstall the apps I don't/won't need and those that I do not want. In most distros that amounts to 200-300 Mb. In some distros, I've had to uninstall up to 1Gb worth of extraneous apps. Yes, I know. With today's multi-terabyte drives there is no need to worry about 200 Mb, 300 Mb or even 1 Gb of wasted space. But a Gb here and a Gb There and pretty soon you're looking at some serious waste of storage space.
19 • Keepass, etc.. (by Rick on 2021-11-29 13:50:16 GMT from United States)
@4 I agree with this 103%!! The inability for people to manage their own passwords properly in a foolproof medium (the notebook) consumes a significant portion of my business. Password managers fail because they forgot the master password, someone stole the computer, the SSD failed and many other reasons. And don't get me started on these same people not keeping the recovery methods up to date so that they can get back into Dashlane or whatever.
20 • @15 - Wifi support (by Uncle Slacky on 2021-11-29 14:19:46 GMT from France)
In my experience, MX is probably the best distro for wifi support, it handles many ancient/weird devices automagically. Some manufacturers give little or no support to those trying to write Linux drivers, so it's often a volunteer effort.
21 • Memory (by Rick on 2021-11-29 14:21:47 GMT from United States)
I never run out of memory on any of my 5 Thinkpads, ranging from 4GB to 12GB of memory. However, most Linux developers have stopped writing good, efficient code with low memory requirements. With each new release memory required goes up. A really good example was with Mint 18.0 which runs at about 300-325 MB at idle on one of my Thinkpads. With suceeding releases the memory requirements jumped 50% to about 650 MB. Is this progress? No, it isn't. Some of the worst offenders have been MX Linux and Ubuntu MATE, as well as the heavy hitters such as Fedora. I was an AS/400-iSeries business developer and consultant for over 20 years and learned to write efficient code. Why can't Linux people do the same?
22 • force-remove (by Anamezon on 2021-11-29 14:25:19 GMT from Finland)
@ 16 - have you checked whether you can use the --force-remove-(package) flag of dpkg?
23 • RAM future proof (by DW pool on 2021-11-29 14:57:45 GMT from Portugal)
By mid 2006 c2duo price/performance was perfect for an upgrade. 2 GB memory was enough, mechanical HD's were the only choice. Else a new Mobo.
By 2007 bad Vista was launched. Soon after I switched to Linux, never looked back. Even using Linux, 12 years later that mix was becoming obsolete, memory being the main bottleneck.
By then Ryzen was the perfect price/performance choice for next upgrade. Memory prices were fair enough, for future proof 32 GB. I hope I'll not run out of RAM for many years to come.
24 • out of ram (by wally on 2021-11-29 18:09:13 GMT from United States)
Decades ago I ran out of ram, went to my pc and found it locked up.
It would boot but not much else, and I had sufficient free ram.
With some thought and nervous sweat, I finally discovered thousands of small system messages created by a silly reporting change I had made prior to the incident.
System messages were being creating faster than clean-up and there was no name-space left.
Lots of ram, but the file-table limits were exceeded, thus nothing could be written.
Aside from that, I really dislike Flatpak and Snap.
There's more than enough bloat already in Linux and these only aggravate it.
25 • Memory (by Mike on 2021-11-29 18:37:51 GMT from United Kingdom)
@21 MATE memory usage increased when they switched from GTK2 to GTK3 unfortunately and probably will never go as low again. It's the price of progress and LXDE is the last bastion of GTK2 now.
26 • pw manager (by wally on 2021-11-29 18:44:19 GMT from United States)
Years ago I rolled my own pw manager with ccrypt and vi.
Worked very well but eventually it became unwieldy as pw's multiplied and became more complex.
Tried a couple managers, stuck with KeePass and never looked back.
It's been many years and versions now.
Never had a problem, but I do make encrypted clear txt backups - just in case.
27 • running out of RAM (by Simon Plaistowe on 2021-11-30 00:02:07 GMT from New Zealand)
I do general office work, research, tech work, programming, and maybe watch the odd video on my laptop with 16GB RAM and a 4GB swap file on SSD. Multitasking yeah but I don't tend to leave a bunch of stuff running in the background when I'm finished with it. Never have run out of RAM and the swap barely gets touched (swappiness is set to 10). Linux Mint 20.
28 • Application writers prefer Windows, Apple & Android, instead of Linux (by Greg Zeng on 2021-11-30 00:20:10 GMT from Australia)
Interesting reading, as usual in the Distrowatch editorials, and the readers comments. Occasional mentions of GTK2, 3, 4 but no QT versions, to avoid the GTK problems. The editorial had a link to a major dilemma.
Linux has tried to "universalise" applications into competing & incompatible containers: AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak. The link, "Flatpak Is Not the Future" (6,100 words), shows that Linux has an immense problem.
Containers are slow, bulky & unreliable. Compiling from source code might be faster, lighter, more adaptable. Which compilation, however? To me, most third party creators find that the Debian packages suit most Linux brands.
The RPM-based brands are second most popular, but are generally incompatible with each other, in their compiled versions. The compiled repositories of the others (puppies, Arch, Manjaro, etc) are smaller in quantity & updatedness.
If desktop Linux moves away from the Two-Per-Centers, it needs to tidy the mess of AppImage, Snap (Canonical-triggered) or Flatpak (Red Hat triggered).
29 • lockbox, password managers, and ram (by hotdiggetty on 2021-11-30 00:30:54 GMT from Canada)
I never run out of ram. 48 gb is sufficient.
I never use password managers. I can manage them just fine.
Lockbox could be handy for the less technical user. It would certainly be safer than Windows. It would require a high level of trust if crypto resources were substantial. Smart not to include wallets. Let the users choose whatever and assume all responsibility.
30 • Lockbox, privacy, smartphones (by Anon on 2021-11-30 03:10:14 GMT from Canada)
Lockbox seems very useful for it's purpose, and it should keep one free from intrusion better than most.
Password managers I don't use, but I see why others do. Privacy focused browsers are another matter. To see how private you are, this is a good website:
amiunique.org
One would think that running Linux is better for privacy, but since fewer people use it, it gets you much closer to a unique fingerprint. Sometimes I like anonymity. I'm using Chrome on Linux right now, but my fingerprint says I am running Chrome 99 on Windows 10, from California, and my system's time matches. Not perfect, but not bad. No privacy browser needed. Better with noscript enabled. I don't understand the obsession about hiding from Google. All they want is to follow your interests to better serve their advertisers. In return they offer a large quantity of goodies. If I'm going someplace new and am not sure how to get there, how is Google going to give me directions if they don't know where I am? There are many other things Google does. Also, If one is going to surf anonymously, better to have a public persona too. Best anonymity is Tor, although inconvenient, preferably with a VPN and not run on you daily system.
Cellphones, @12, " Important people don't need to carry a phone with them, they have a secretary and staff back at the office to deal with the minutia while I concentrate on the business I'm handsomely paid to do." So how do staff and secretary contact him? Smoke signals? Jack Dorsey ran Twitter and Square from a smartphone. On the other hand, Warren Buffet used a flip-phone until last year. But they all carry phones.
https://itzone.com.vn/en/article/billionaires-in-the-world-use-phones/
31 • Running out of RAM (by Jeff on 2021-11-30 03:49:26 GMT from United States)
For a while I was having problems very similar to those described by the "Running-out-of-RAM" question. Adding these two lines to /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf solved the problem for me:
vm.overcommit_memory=2
vm.overcommit_ratio = 80
There is a pretty good explanation here:
https://www.etalabs.net/overcommit.html
32 • HP PAVILION netbook 2GB RAM (by Mrinal on 2021-11-30 04:10:20 GMT from India)
I am writing this from HP netbook with 2GB RAM (soldered on with no upgrade option) and Q4OS installed with TRINITY desktop idling around 300 MB RAM. it is my travel companion for the past 4-5 years giving me more than 7 hours of screen time for the basic work that I do. Never I had any issue with the memory being run out even i have 6-7 tabs open in the browser. the only limitation it has due to celeron n3050 processor where 60 fps youtube video is a no go otherwise 720p is running smoothly. All I have done is replaced the 500 GB HDD with an 8 year old 60 GB SSD of Transcend and using the HDD as portable drive in USB enclosure. I have also disabled virtualisation in bios and has not installed bluetooth driver in this. For the past one year it has been repurposed as a zoom classes for my child and has never been any issue till date.
33 • Swap (by Bob Hepple on 2021-11-30 05:16:03 GMT from Australia)
swapfile? swap partition?
I thought we were all using zram by now - certainly in fedora that is true.
34 • Swap (by Bob Hepple on 2021-11-30 05:17:20 GMT from Australia)
BTW - I have an 8-Gb system, not huge by any means but very adequate.
35 • Swap (by Marco on 2021-11-30 10:24:49 GMT from United States)
I have 4GB of RAM, and a 4GB swap file on an SSD. I frequently am using the swap when I have too many browser tabs open.
36 • Memory (by Tad Strange on 2021-11-30 16:10:59 GMT from Canada)
The only thing that I have to manage, or be cognisant of, memory on is my laptop when running a few VMs.
The only thing that I routinely run out of memory on is the Chromebook. Opening and closing tabs over the course of a day will eventually cause the system to lock up, preceded by graphical glitches.
That was one big reason why I switched back to a traditional laptop. ChromeOS just seems to be full of memory leaks
37 • Password managers (by Anthony on 2021-12-01 13:58:29 GMT from Czechia)
@19 > Password managers fail because they forgot the master password, someone stole the computer, the SSD failed and many other reasons.
In none of the issues you described was it the password manager that failed. These are perfect examples of people failing to remember the password (Why on earth aren't you recalling it every day, even if you don't use every day?!), or fail at making timely and safe backups. (3-2-1 rule, anyone?) Please don't shift the blame from the user when it is the user's fault.
38 • audible ram warning (by eee shepherd on 2021-12-01 16:15:07 GMT from United Kingdom)
the fan goes reeeeeee long before the ram is all used up
39 • On memory ... (by Nico on 2021-12-01 16:47:07 GMT from United States)
The only people having a 'memory problem' are those who forgot that it's time for a new PC. It doesn't help much when the OS works with 128 MB of RAM, when a couple of applications need 5 GB ...
40 • Password Managers (by cant-remember-my-password on 2021-12-02 02:23:08 GMT from Australia)
I'm with Anthony @37 regarding password managers.
Never had an issue. If you can't remember ONE password then all hope is lost.
Writing things down on paper as BACKUP is fine.. but having to look at said paper copy and typing in all those characters correctly is a pain.. Especially with corporate applications and the passwords they generate for you..
41 • password protection (by old skool security on 2021-12-02 03:54:15 GMT from France)
Forgetting passwords is a problem, yes. But writing them down in a notebook isn't foolproof either. There are hackers who can access CCTV cameras in buildings as an aid to shoulder surfing - and have no trouble in getting your password that way.
The only effective defense is to use a hood to cover your work. this is what hackers have known for ages - that's why they wear hoodies. Get a hoodie for your head and it protects against facial recognition. Get one for your laptop and it protects what you're typing and what's on screen. Get a little one for your notebook and it protects what you write. When will cyber security experts wise up?
Of course, it helps if you also use your computer in a dark, dank basement as well, where there is unlikely to be any security cameras. (And if you're a cyber-wannabe, into stuff like sexting 'n porn, then you might wanna get one for your nether regions as well!)
42 • Corporate passwords (by Tad Strange on 2021-12-02 14:36:10 GMT from Canada)
Any business that has multiple logons per user but hasn't got an IAM solution has fallen behind.
The small business I work for uses Okta. 1 password per user and 1 IT guy that never forgets his.
43 • password protection (by zcatav on 2021-12-03 20:47:09 GMT from Turkey)
I recently found this type of flood.
https://twitter.com/Evil_Mog/status/1466487358962823170
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| • Issue 1099 (2024-12-02): AnduinOS 1.0.1, measuring RAM usage, SUSE continues rebranding efforts, UBports prepares for next major version, Murena offering non-NFC phone |
| • Issue 1098 (2024-11-25): Linux Lite 7.2, backing up specific folders, Murena and Fairphone partner in fair trade deal, Arch installer gets new text interface, Ubuntu security tool patched |
| • Issue 1097 (2024-11-18): Chimera Linux vs Chimera OS, choosing between AlmaLinux and Debian, Fedora elevates KDE spin to an edition, Fedora previews new installer, KDE testing its own distro, Qubes-style isolation coming to FreeBSD |
| • Issue 1096 (2024-11-11): Bazzite 40, Playtron OS Alpha 1, Tucana Linux 3.1, detecting Screen sessions, Redox imports COSMIC software centre, FreeBSD booting on the PinePhone Pro, LXQt supports Wayland window managers |
| • Issue 1095 (2024-11-04): Fedora 41 Kinoite, transferring applications between computers, openSUSE Tumbleweed receives multiple upgrades, Ubuntu testing compiler optimizations, Mint partners with Framework |
| • Issue 1094 (2024-10-28): DebLight OS 1, backing up crontab, AlmaLinux introduces Litten branch, openSUSE unveils refreshed look, Ubuntu turns 20
| | • Issue 1093 (2024-10-21): Kubuntu 24.10, atomic vs immutable distributions, Debian upgrading Perl packages, UBports adding VoLTE support, Android to gain native GNU/Linux application support |
| • Issue 1092 (2024-10-14): FunOS 24.04.1, a home directory inside a file, work starts of openSUSE Leap 16.0, improvements in Haiku, KDE neon upgrades its base |
| • Issue 1091 (2024-10-07): Redox OS 0.9.0, Unified package management vs universal package formats, Redox begins RISC-V port, Mint polishes interface, Qubes certifies new laptop |
| • Issue 1090 (2024-09-30): Rhino Linux 2024.2, commercial distros with alternative desktops, Valve seeks to improve Wayland performance, HardenedBSD parterns with Protectli, Tails merges with Tor Project, Quantum Leap partners with the FreeBSD Foundation |
| • Issue 1089 (2024-09-23): Expirion 6.0, openKylin 2.0, managing configuration files, the future of Linux development, fixing bugs in Haiku, Slackware packages dracut |
| • Issue 1088 (2024-09-16): PorteuX 1.6, migrating from Windows 10 to which Linux distro, making NetBSD immutable, AlmaLinux offers hardware certification, Mint updates old APT tools |
| • Issue 1087 (2024-09-09): COSMIC desktop, running cron jobs at variable times, UBports highlights new apps, HardenedBSD offers work around for FreeBSD change, Debian considers how to cull old packages, systemd ported to musl |
| • Issue 1086 (2024-09-02): Vanilla OS 2, command line tips for simple tasks, FreeBSD receives investment from STF, openSUSE Tumbleweed update can break network connections, Debian refreshes media |
| • Issue 1085 (2024-08-26): Nobara 40, OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME", distros which include source code, FreeBSD publishes quarterly report, Microsoft updates breaks Linux in dual-boot environments |
| • Issue 1084 (2024-08-19): Liya 2.0, dual boot with encryption, Haiku introduces performance improvements, Gentoo dropping IA-64, Redcore merges major upgrade |
| • Issue 1083 (2024-08-12): TrueNAS 24.04.2 "SCALE", Linux distros for smartphones, Redox OS introduces web server, PipeWire exposes battery drain on Linux, Canonical updates kernel version policy |
| • Issue 1082 (2024-08-05): Linux Mint 22, taking snapshots of UFS on FreeBSD, openSUSE updates Tumbleweed and Aeon, Debian creates Tiny QA Tasks, Manjaro testing immutable images |
| • Issue 1081 (2024-07-29): SysLinuxOS 12.4, OpenBSD gain hardware acceleration, Slackware changes kernel naming, Mint publishes upgrade instructions |
| • Issue 1080 (2024-07-22): Running GNU/Linux on Android with Andronix, protecting network services, Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap, openSUSE Aeon Desktop gaining full disk encryption, SUSE asks openSUSE to change its branding |
| • Issue 1079 (2024-07-15): Ubuntu Core 24, hiding files on Linux, Fedora dropping X11 packages on Workstation, Red Hat phasing out GRUB, new OpenSSH vulnerability, FreeBSD speeds up release cycle, UBports testing new first-run wizard |
| • Issue 1078 (2024-07-08): Changing init software, server machines running desktop environments, OpenSSH vulnerability patched, Peppermint launches new edition, HardenedBSD updates ports |
| • Issue 1077 (2024-07-01): The Unity and Lomiri interfaces, different distros for different tasks, Ubuntu plans to run Wayland on NVIDIA cards, openSUSE updates Leap Micro, Debian releases refreshed media, UBports gaining contact synchronisation, FreeDOS celebrates its 30th anniversary |
| • Issue 1076 (2024-06-24): openSUSE 15.6, what makes Linux unique, SUSE Liberty Linux to support CentOS Linux 7, SLE receives 19 years of support, openSUSE testing Leap Micro edition |
| • Issue 1075 (2024-06-17): Redox OS, X11 and Wayland on the BSDs, AlmaLinux releases Pi build, Canonical announces RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu, key changes in systemd |
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