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1 • Ubuntu kernels (by Pumpino on 2024-08-12 00:35:43 GMT from Australia)
An interesting decision by the Ubuntu devs. That means 24.10 will ship with a release candidate of kernel 6.12, as 6.11 will likely be released in five weeks, which is a month or so before 24.10 will be released. I bet they stick with 6.11!
2 • ROMs (by Arve Eriksson on 2024-08-12 00:38:25 GMT from Sweden)
My brain just ran off on a tangent, but still:
Heh, I remember a time when asking for ROMs anywhere would get you in trouble. And now: Where can I find Linux ROMs for my Android smartphone?
Times do be a-changing!
3 • @2 ROMs (by GT on 2024-08-12 01:44:42 GMT from United States)
It's not the times that have changed. It is whether the information housed in the ROMs is legal or illegal to distribute that changes the tone of the conversation.
4 • TruNAS (by Sam Crawford on 2024-08-12 02:50:31 GMT from United States)
Reading Jesse's review of the TruNAS left me confused as to what it really does?
I use a Synology NAS and it is easy to configure and I can run different things in containers such as my Unifi Contoller.
I's sure with a lot of tinkering I could get TruNAS to do the same things but I'm not willing to take the time. In this case I think the off the shelf solution is a better investment of my time and $.
5 • Android ROMs (by Doug on 2024-08-12 03:27:28 GMT from Brazil)
There's also CalyxOS and GrapheneOS (both are more security-oriented than LineageOS). Google tries hard to sabotage these alternative distros, so it's great to see we still have some choices.
I run LineageOS.
6 • phone or phoney (by sal on 2024-08-12 05:07:12 GMT from United Kingdom)
iPhone.
Had many phones over the years. Nothing comes close to the iPhone for call quality, audio quality, screen quality and UI sanity.
But I do wish there were off the shelf Linux phones.
7 • ROMs (by Motero on 2024-08-12 06:40:34 GMT from Spain)
Motorola moto G32 with LineageOS here.
Anyone with CalixOS? Any advantage over LineageOS?
8 • Ubuntu kernel choices (by Bruce5 on 2024-08-12 07:04:06 GMT from United States)
This new policy of them using the "latest" linux kernel even if it is in a RC (release candidate = still testing it out...) seems unnecessarily risky to me. Would it not be safer to have a just a recently issued * but STABLE kernel be the core for the entire Ubuntu OS?
* see dates at The Linux Kernel Archives page.
Is this change catering to a small group of bleeding-edge tech types?
I read their (CKT) official announcement, though it is a bit opaque to me, even me being in the tech industry for many years.
In their eagerness to push the newest thing out the door as their core kernel, it seems that this policy will allow potential bugs/issues to be embedded into the official Ubuntu release.
Such an attitude of pushing the latest not-yet-stable out is just one more reason that Linux will never overtake the main computer OS's out there. Just my opinion -- obviously. (fyi, I'm user of Mac OS, Windows, and 2, well maybe 3 Linux's)
(of course, it's unlikely the CKT mgmt will be reading my opinion here and decide to go with the latest stable kernel instead. ;-)
9 • CORE vs SCALE (by vermaden on 2024-08-12 09:45:40 GMT from Poland)
If You are interested in comparison between CORE and SCALE versions of TrueNAS you can check it here:
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale/
10 • pipewire bug (by Ali on 2024-08-12 09:48:39 GMT from Iran)
Thanks to DW I found that my laptop affected by aformetioned pipewire bug.
I could turning off webcam using the instruction mentioned here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/2669#note_2362342
11 • Ubuntu's Bad Ideas (by Tullio on 2024-08-12 10:53:24 GMT from Italy)
"Ubuntu will now ship the absolute latest available version of the upstream Linux kernel at the specified Ubuntu release freeze date, even if upstream is still in Release Candidate (RC) status."
Not a good idea. This may reduce the stability of the release.
12 • Smartphones (by Penguinx86 on 2024-08-12 05:57:48 GMT from United States)
I currently use an Android phone, but I've used iPhones in the past. The main reason I like Android phones now is because they're cheaper. Also, I can easily use MP3 ringtones with Android, but it's difficult with iPhones.
Here's what I'd like to see for Android. My Chromebook has Linux Developers Mode, where I can run Debian based Linux apps on top of ChromeOS. Google already has this for Chromebook, so why not for Android too?
13 • @8 Ubuntu kernel choices (by Jörg on 2024-08-12 11:42:49 GMT from Austria)
As far as pushing out the "latest and greatest" I have to agree it is risky, and likely unnecessary. On the other hand, HWE and other newer-kernel choices are offered by at least a handful of distributions, exactly for those who use brand new hardware. (How their numbers compare to the masses, I don't know, but they exist.)
@8 > one more reason that Linux will never overtake the main computer OS's out there
I assume you talk about the desktop/laptop market, because in serverland Linux has eclipsed Windows many years ago, the latter is only in the "also ran" category, and Android-based systems dominate the smartphone/tablet scene, with Apple systems in the small but strong second-place (in terms of number of devices). As for the desktop/laptop world, I don't know how this move of Canonical's will turn out, but unless they really screw up and ship literal garbage, most of their regular users won't give a damn', as long their machine works. (I was surprised to see Mint 22 use 6.8 kernels, which isn't an LTS one, but then Mint is raking in the money, so they can at least afford to maintain a non-LTS kernel. Then again, going with LTS by default and offering newer kernels as ana option would be preferable.)
14 • ROMs (by Pierre on 2024-08-12 13:02:28 GMT from United Kingdom)
Running iodéOS on my Android Fairphone. No Google elements, no cloud. I copy data back and forth to the PC with KDE Connect. Barely any additional apps installed other than one or two from F-Droid that I consider trustworthy enough.
I refuse to engage in the apps society but I am perhaps only able to still do so by living in France, where things are never so advanced with tech until years after new trends begin in the US, trickle down through the UK and then other European countries. Eventually I'll probably have no choice.
15 • /e foundation ROM (by Matt on 2024-08-12 13:21:39 GMT from United States)
I currently use the /e Foundation version of de-Googled Android. My Teracube phone came from Murena with that ROM pre-installed. The phone also has a removable battery, which is a bonus.
I've used LineageOS, Graphene, and other ROMs in the past. The nice thing about my Murena phone is the installed ROM makes it easy to obtain apps that are only available in the Google store without having to install all of the Google stuff first.
16 • Resuscitating old phones (by Pétyep on 2024-08-12 14:16:59 GMT from France)
Maybe the best way to test Linux on Smartphone is a buy a second-hand cheap phone that is compatible with the distro that we want to try. I've found few years ago a fine Galaxy S7 for about 100€ and installed Ubuntu Touch on it. I haven't inserted my SIM card since I use another phone for calls, but it works very fine (as long as the exact phone model is supported).
Things are evolving very slowly (compared to Linux on PC) but this could be improved a little by reporting the little hiccups found because, because as the article says, it's pretty complicated to get phones working on Linux (Ubuntu Touch mostly uses a Android-derived Linux kernel, because most phones are designed to run Android) and there some much phones and too little people working/testing distros.
Also, this same Galaxy S7 (from 2016, this was Android 6/Marshmallow back then) is still supported by the last /e/ 2.0 (Murena), so it's a phone that can have a 10 years lifetime (as long as the screen is not broken, since Galaxy phones are pretty much impossible to repair).
Even this model doesn't seem to run Postmarket well (or at all), some cheaper phones (like Galaxy A3 and A5) seem to be supported.
17 • Ubuntu Release Candidate (by Myanwan on 2024-08-12 14:37:08 GMT from France)
To be honest, most recent Ubuntu first releases have their fair share of problems and the 24.04 was pretty buggy back in April. And using a RC kernel wouldn't have made things worse.
But I guess the main Canonical reason is to reduce cost on kernel, and not maintain "Frankenstein Kernel" like RedHat does (needed to support old kernel for companies with expensive and very specific hardware, that pay a lot to get this extended support).
Canonical have always be clear that there is no profitable market for Linux desktop (at least for Canonical) and they certainly want to focus on fixing most things upstream to get more stable server (which have always slower adoption for last versions that desktops) after few months.
Now, offering a 12-years support for LTS using Ubuntu Pro is as much about the kernel (Ubuntu 14, ended few months, was supporting up to Linux 4.x kernels) that packages. So if this could push companies to use more fresh kernels (like Android 15 is using 6.6, even it they always pickup LTS) instead of using very unsecure ones, this could be good for all of us.
18 • Smartphones (by thomas on 2024-08-12 14:37:11 GMT from The Netherlands)
After years of concern over smartphones and the limited allround usability and cost of "Linux Phones" I have now found what is for me the perfect solution. I purchased a "New Old Stock" Pixel 5 google phone that I have installed an IodeOS. I now have a completely degoogled smartphone with vastly improved battery life and significantly reduced data usage. It links easily, happily and hassel free with my old Acer laptop on which I run Parrotsec Home edition. Download speeds using my phone as a hotspt with my laptop, I do not have internet at home, are ions ahead of any other smartphone i have owned. Phone updates keep pace with "traditional" phones and I am currently running android 14.
All in all despite the anomaly of using a google product to start with, once flashed with a custom ROM and the linked to a laptop, I basically have a secure Big Tech free private phone and laptop environment. My set up is such that my partner who has concerns about digital privacy and security has now also become a convert with her New Old Stock Pixel 5 phone flashed and linked to her old Acer notebook also running Parrotsec Home.
I accept nothing is perfect but its horses for courses, I do believe chasing the latest next big thing is pointless and expensive and that before following the masses to the latest big tech release with all the bells and whislles, open your mind, think outside the box and you may just find an alternative.
Do Not Be A Sheep!
Suerte
19 • Ubuntu Kernel Choice (by luvr on 2024-08-12 15:24:17 GMT from Belgium)
No problem to release a new Ubuntu version with an RC kernel is it? Ubuntu recommends not upgrading production systems right away, anyway, but to hild off until the first point release. Surely, by then the RC kernel will have been released as stable.
20 • Ubuntu 24.10 with kernel RC (by Fabio on 2024-08-12 15:46:35 GMT from Italy)
@17
"If this could push companies to use more fresh kernels instead of using very unsecure ones, this could be good for all of us."
I think bringing out Ubuntu 24.10 with an RC kernel is demented. Who will want to try it? Who will want to play the 'crash test dummy' part? Instead of a stable (but not LTS) kernel, users will find an RC kernel: that is, at least one month of guaranteed instability!
21 • Phones (by GT on 2024-08-12 17:26:51 GMT from United States)
As someone who is issued an iPhone for work and encouraged my 70 year-old mother to go all-in with Apple (phone, tablet, PC) when she was looking to modernize her tech, I admittedly do not like iOS and prefer Android. While she has taken to it and has had great success navigating it, I always find my work iPhone's usability clunky compared to Android. I use Google Pixel phones (first a 2, now a 7 Pro) and will stick with them for the foreseeable future. The way apps interact and the navigation across the platform feels more logical and smooth to me. Yes, that means Google has a ton of my information, but I willing to live with that for the immense convenience it offers, and it would be no different with Apple. As someone else pointed out, Pixel phones are typically some of the best supported devices for third-party ROMs if one wishes to run de-Googled Android, and they can be picked up on the refurbished market for reasonable prices.
22 • Ubuntu Kernels policy is not a big deal. (by Pomme de Terre nouvelle on 2024-08-12 18:25:53 GMT from Germany)
The interim releases are unstable anyway and are on release date only 9 months (6 active + 3 support) away from EOL. The CKT wrote that they expect to use this approach for LTS, too, but also said that depending on circumstances this might change anyway. It's two years until the next LTS, so there is plenty of time to learn.
Last but not least, if you want a better hung and dried Linux kernel, build it yourself. Or pin one of the old ones. There are options.
PS: Thanks to the Distrowatch peeps for keeping it up!
23 • kernels and other "latest" software (by Kevin on 2024-08-12 18:48:17 GMT from New Zealand)
@8 - playing with kernel fire Ubuntu are.
New versions are a good thing, but I agree, they need to be tested and verified first. A current example in the widely used Audacity. They released 3.6 replacing 3.5.1, and if you search you find the forums are ablaze. Sound pros using this are screaming! Things break. With my own simple use-case, we could not get it to i) record, ii) save the results. Fortunately the distro comes with 'downgrade' and back to 3.5.1 we went, along with hundreds of sound pros. This week along comes 3.6.1... and it will NOT be installed until PROVEN, that 'proof' being seeing 3.6.4 at the very least.
And Ubuntu, are playing with this game at kernel level? RUN!
24 • On phone, linux or android (by Ben on 2024-08-12 19:02:39 GMT from United States)
Under the umbrella of Linux or Android capable phones, are any of the alternate roms or OS able to function as a host OS and run a guest - maybe like a Android with less access to the real world?
25 • smartphones but not only (by rhtoras on 2024-08-12 19:13:08 GMT from Greece)
In the next issue JESSE you can talk about rare distributions without systemD i.e alice, crux, eltaninos and alpaquita linux...
PLEASE show us these and not only...
Firasuke github page has a big list...
We want to know more options!!!
26 • systemd or not systemd, that is the question (by Jesse on 2024-08-12 19:16:47 GMT from Canada)
@25: "In the next issue JESSE you can talk about rare distributions without systemD"
I have done this fairly often and we even have a quick link on our Search page which shows a list of all the non-systemd distributions in the DistroWatch database since we get this request so often.
It's not that rare for a distro to avoid systemd. Around a quarter of all Linux distributions don't use systemd.
This is the list:
https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=Not+systemd&status=Active#simple
27 • TrueNAS Scale (by mircea on 2024-08-12 19:41:08 GMT from Moldova)
So cool that truenas finally migrated to linux cause, it adds containers with a lot of additional apps, which bsd edition couldn't provide.
My use case is to use truenas linux + nextcloud + murena on the phone, so that file sharing and services would be available not only on PC.
And as a second use case it was easy to setup plex, so it serves as a nice media server.
In bsd edition it was very hard to do that, you needed to create a vm, install linux there, and do all these things manually.
Also zfs is a linux first nowadays, and ported to bsd after.
28 • Smartphone (by Keith S. on 2024-08-12 23:03:11 GMT from United States)
I've been very happily running GrapheneOS on Pixel devices for about five years. I tried LineageOS first, but successfully installing the ROM was a real challenge (actually bricked a Moto G7+ once doing this) and rooting a phone is inherently insecure. GrapheneOS installs very reliably and easily, all my apps work fine (including a banking app), very few apps require Play Services and when they do, Play is forced to behave. I use Cromite for the browser, but Vanadium is excellent as well. Yes, it seems odd to buy a Google product to avoid Google, but no other android phones have the security hardware necessary to ensure boot integrity.
29 • type of smartphone (by Dennis on 2024-08-13 01:05:30 GMT from United States)
/e/OS on a FairPhone4 from Murena. Best phone ever. Google stuff rewritten in open source. User replaceable battery, camera, screen, wifi, USB port. Lots of privacy features. loud and clear phone calls.
Tried an iPhone 14. It would not let me do anything unless I connected to an Apple server. I don't need Apple harvesting my data.
30 • Pipewire bug (by Peter on 2024-08-13 06:16:43 GMT from Poland)
Seeing the pattern, I wonder is it a bug or a feature? I think the only mistake was to call it PipeWire instead of PeepWire ;) Any chances of article explaining different alternative sound systems (how to use pure ALSA nowadays)? TIA
31 • Smartphone OS (by Kazlu on 2024-08-13 10:31:06 GMT from France)
For years now, my policy has been to buy a refurbished, somewhat dated and used-to-be high end smartphone and install Cyanogen/LineageOS on it. If it was a high end smartphone, chances of it being supported for a long time by LineageOS are better. I now use this criterion whenever I buy a smartphone: is supported by LineageOS. Was still running a Samsung Galaxy S4 until it finally died about two years ago. Switched to a Oneplus 3. I have everything I need. I keep my eyes on Fairphones but I had trouble finding refurbished ones. Hey, that makes sense, people buying Fairphones are more likely to keep them and make them last!
I tried SailfishOS but I was mostly disappointed. Terrible MMS support and roaming not working, those bugs have been there forever and are still there, I found this disappointing for something I bought precisely to support it. It's a real shame because this OS is not far from being perfect and the design is brilliant. Ok I don't really like the interface but I could live with it.
32 • Ubuntu kernel (by Kazlu on 2024-08-13 10:35:13 GMT from France)
Don't forget that Ubuntu stated that they would admit RC kernels "at the specified Ubuntu release freeze date". This does not mean that Ubuntu will ship an RC kernel, but that they assume (that does not sound so farfetched) that by the time the Ubuntu release date comes, the kernel will have switched from RC status to stable status. Yes there is a risk it stays longer in RC, but not that high I think. We are talking RC, not beta status. It does not shock me on non-LTS versions of Ubuntu. It would if they keep doint this on LTS versions though.
33 • systemD (by rhtoras on 2024-08-13 10:38:40 GMT from Greece)
@26 Thanks JESSE i know what you mention and what you say...i was talking about rare linux distributions i.e the ones that you don't mention in your databases but only in the mailing lists
Do you mention alpaquita linux which is alpine + glibc +Java environment ? I think no!
Do you mention sabotage linux ? Well... no!
Maybe show eltaninOS because there is not only X11 and Wayland available... ?
This is what i was talking. People could benefeit from rare and exotic distributions that do not have all the standards to be in your lists i.e no forum existance... mailing list has some diamonds hidden too.
Please help linux to stay alive. Thanks a lot!!!
34 • Distributions (by Jesse on 2024-08-13 11:59:19 GMT from Canada)
@33: "This is what i was talking. People could benefeit from rare and exotic distributions that do not have all the standards to be in your lists i.e no forum existance"
People probably won't benefit from such projects which is why we don't list them. We only include projects in our database which meet a certain base level of usability and functionality. If a project doesn't meet this (relatively low) bar, then chances are very few people will find the project useful.
We're not going to advertise or promote projects which can't even get a minimal degree of functionality and infrastructure in place.
35 • smartphones but not only (by rhtoras on 2024-08-13 17:05:46 GMT from Greece)
@34 It is always a pleasure to talk to you Jesse. I disagree with your statements. First of all i am not sure about some ciriteria i.e why a distribution needs a forum but let's say it is important. LXLE does not have a forum does it ? You do not mention glaucus linux which has an even better website nor to mention alpaquita linux which not only is a distro from bellsoft company but one that offers services in the cloud other's don't. You mention wattos that does not have even a wiki and forget to mention adelie which is far better documented and meets your criteria.
Anyways if you don't want to list them that's fine. I mostly talked to review them and mention the flaws. I think some of these projects need our attention i.e alpaquita is a commercial product and very usefull as an example.
Keep the good job JESSE.
rhtoras...
36 • LineageOS (by Sony XZ2 user on 2024-08-13 18:47:37 GMT from Bulgaria)
I have Sony XZ2. I first installed LineageOS, when it was version 19. Now it's version 21 and support continues. Extremely pleased with this OS.
37 • Firefox (129) for Linux problem (by Jan on 2024-08-14 12:46:18 GMT from The Netherlands)
There seems to be something wrong with Firefox (129.0) for Linux (Fedora-WS). At some sites very long or endless "Transforming data from ....." (Dedoimedo for example).
Floorp for Linux and Windows (based on older FF-code, as far as I know) does not have this problem, and is generally much quicker than FF.
Firefox (129.01) for Windows does not have this problem.
More people with this problem?
38 • 37 • Firefox (129) for Linux problem (by Jan on 2024-08-14 12:55:17 GMT from The Netherlands)
Correction
Not " Transforming data" but "Transferring data"
And my FF-versions all populated with quite some extensions (a.o uBO all libraries activated).
39 • @37+@38 Firefox (129) for Linux problem (by Jan on 2024-08-15 00:46:37 GMT from The Netherlands)
Found on internet that this is an already 15 years old occasionally occurring problem with FF.
No real cause was given, advise is to renew the FF-profile.
I uninstalled the FF which came with installing Fedora. Ran Bleachbit. Installed the Fedora-FF again.
To my surprise the old settings and extensions and bookmarks were immediately present. And the problem was also still present.
So I uninstalled Fedora-FF (version 129.0) again and installed the FF-Flatpak (the checked version), which was version 129.01.
I had to set FF and install the extensions and import the bookmarks.
This now seems to have solved the problem of endless "Transferring Data from .......", and very slow or not loading some internet sites.
I was annoyed that at uninstalling a program, obviously in Linux the setting-data are not removed, also not by Bleachbit.
In Windows REVO takes care of that!
40 • TrueNAS console (by Vip2 on 2024-08-15 01:34:55 GMT from United States)
You can secure the local console in TrueNAS...
Go to system> advanced and deselect "Show Text Console without Password Prompt"
41 • Adolescent Family Therapy Gatherings (by RaymondHomma on 2024-08-15 12:19:33 GMT from United States)
Grasping the Functions of Eye Movement Sensory Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy.
EMDR treatment offers obtained identification like an effective treatment regarding trauma-related conditions, however the devices fundamental its restorative outcomes stay the topic of on-going study as well as debate. With this particular discussion thread, we dive directly into the elaborate processes involved throughout EMDR therapy as well as explore how they bring about to be able to symptom lessening and also psychological remedy.
At this core linked with EMDR therapy is actually the principle regarding memory reprocessing, which in turn consists of accessing along with reconsolidating traumatic memories to be able to lessen their emotional charge along with associated negative beliefs. As a result of a series of bilateral stimulation techniques, such as for example eye movements, tactile taps, or perhaps auditory tones, EMDR strives to be able to facilitate this adaptive processing associated with traumatic experiences inside of this brain's information processing system.
One of those proposed mechanism of action is definitely in which this bilateral stimulation utilized in EMDR therapy induces a new state regarding dual attention, permitting individuals for you to simultaneously concentration on distressing memories though engaging in external sensory input. This dual attentional focus will be thought to help encourage desensitization for traumatic material and also facilitate this integration associated with new, more adaptive information.
Additionally, EMDR could possibly stimulate the particular release associated with neurobiological factors such as for example endorphins and oxytocin, which are involved with stress reduction in addition to social bonding, more enhancing this therapeutic process.
While the precise mechanisms regarding EMDR therapy usually are still becoming elucidated, its efficacy in treating trauma-related conditions implies in which it engages complex neurobiological processes that will promote psychological healing and also resilience.
https://www.lkinstitute.com/accessibility-statement>Teen psychotherapy program
http://ru.administrating.tv/dobavlenie-novoj-temy-i-otobrazhenie-spiska-soobshhenij/comment-page-1/?rcommentid=170565&rerror=incorrect-captcha-sol&rchash=b52b75b3b6c26db4749fc4820f994a0a#commentform>Teenage Stress Strength 4_47210
42 • @39 Firefox (129) for Linux slow-down problem (by Jan on 2024-08-15 15:37:24 GMT from The Netherlands)
I am very dissapointed that at Firefox this slowdown can happen, and that it is occasionally occurring already for circa 15 years.
Wasn't FF supposed to be the safe heaven for Chrome/Chromium refugees?
43 • smartphone addiction (by Simon on 2024-08-16 20:25:30 GMT from United Kingdom)
Did I read that right? 7% of DistroWatch visitors don't own a smartphone?
That's the best news I've seen for a while. I thought virtually everyone was on them now.
From my observation, smartphone addiction gobbling up people time and attention is the biggest problem not talked about.
7% is is enough to keep the foot in the door, so to speak.
44 • @38+@39+@42 Firefox (129) for Linux slow-down problem (by Jan on 2024-08-16 20:31:55 GMT from The Netherlands)
Turns out that the extension LocalCDN 2671 in combination to FF129 is the problem. It also occurred in Windows-Firefox.
Recently LocalCDN is downgraded to 2670, after that no problem.
The reason my new installed and configured FF had not the problem was because at the time of the re-installation the extension was already downgraded.
Sorry for my angry wording about Fedora(-Firefox) and Firefox.
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| • Issue 1150 (2025-12-01): Gnoppix 25_10, exploring if distributions matter, openSUSE updates tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans better handling of broken packages, Plasma to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1149 (2025-11-24): MX Linux 25, why are video drivers special, systemd experiments with musl, Debian Libre Live publishes new media, Xubuntu reviews website hack |
| • Issue 1148 (2025-11-17): Zorin OS 18, deleting a file with an unusual name, NetBSD experiments with sandboxing, postmarketOS unifies its documentation, OpenBSD refines upgrades, Canonical offers 15 years of support for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1147 (2025-11-10): Fedora 43, the size and stability of the Linux kernel, Debian introducing Rust to APT, Redox ports web engine, Kubuntu website off-line, Mint creates new troubleshooting tools, FreeBSD improves reproducible builds, Flatpak development resumes |
| • Issue 1146 (2025-11-03): StartOS 0.4.0, testing piped commands, Ubuntu Unity seeks help, Canonical offers Ubuntu credentials, Red Hat partners with NVIDIA, SUSE to bundle AI agent with SLE 16 |
| • Issue 1145 (2025-10-27): Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", advice for new Linux users, AlmaLinux to offer Btrfs, KDE launches Plasma 6.5, Fedora accepts contributions written by AI, Ubuntu 25.10 fails to install automatic updates |
| • 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 |
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