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1 • Almost but not quite. (by Devlin7 on 2024-11-11 02:01:03 GMT from New Zealand)
Hi Jesse, I was reading your comments about the gaming machines and it reminded of a WM distro I tried a few weeks back. Installation went well, no issues creating my user account. When I logged on, everything looked great. I decided to see what installed and I noticed in the .config folder that there was lot in there. I could see every bar, notifcation and dock package the distro owner had tried before packaging the "distro". What was concerning though was the users firefox history was there also.
2 • Three LEMONS (by Roger Brown on 2024-11-11 04:27:16 GMT from Australia)
Once more Jesse has wasted his and OUR time reviewing distros which are simply not ready for useful consideration. This simply detracts from the reputation of our fine operating system and gives readers the impression that installing Linux is a doubtful and dodgy enterprise.
What we need are reviews of distros that DO work and CAN be recommended to readers - not half baked efforts that do nothing other than diminish the reputation of the Linux operating system.
3 • Interesting gaming distro results (by James Jones on 2024-11-11 06:07:29 GMT from United States)
Hello Jesse. I was reading the results you got from testing the three gaming distro and surprised you ran into issue with Bazzite because it works great on my setup. I never ran into the issue you reported when installing it on real hardware and since I'm using an AMD video card, I was able to get that SteamOS interface to work fine.
4 • tmox advantages (by AdamB on 2024-11-11 06:08:17 GMT from Australia)
I have recently started using screen and tmux. One of the great advantages of tmux is that it displays a status bar, which shows the current session number, and lists the windows available in that session, with the current window highlighted. If I am not seeing that status bar, thrn I am not attached.
Screen gives no such status information, and it is easy to get confused.
One feature that confused me for a while is that tmux's "windows" are equivalent to screen's "sessions".
I have a WSL installation of Debian on a Windows laptop; this gives me a single virtual terminal. Running tmux gives me access to as many "windows" as I need.
Using the default key-bindings, it is possible to use tmux on the local machine, and screen on a remote machine (or, maybe, the reverse) - trying to use the same multiplexer at both ends is unlikely to work well.
5 • Bazzite (by FlorianB on 2024-11-11 07:16:03 GMT from Germany)
I know "works on my system" is just about the most useless feedback there is but, like for James, Bazzite works great for me (even with an Nvidia GPU). First distro where HDR just worked without any tweaks. Hope you'll revisit it some time in the future.
6 • @2 Lemons (by Andy Prough on 2024-11-11 08:16:08 GMT from Switzerland)
>"Once more Jesse has wasted his and OUR time reviewing distros which are simply not ready for useful consideration. This simply detracts from the reputation of our fine operating system and gives readers the impression that installing Linux is a doubtful and dodgy enterprise."
Installing ANY operating system is a doubtful and dodgy enterprise, which is why about 97% of users never change the Windows or MacOS that is pre-installed on the laptops or desktops that nearly all of them buy. Fortunately, here on DistroWatch we can share info on the operating systems that work better or worse. Including in Jesse's reviews and our own user reviews.
I've found a number of relatively obscure distros that worked very well for me over the years from reading about them here on DistroWatch. Some that come to mind are Exe GNU/Linux, Hyperbola, and GNUinOS. It's well worth reviewing both the mainstream distros and the more obscure ones.
7 • Zellij > Tmux or Screen (by Shadow53 on 2024-11-11 08:56:04 GMT from United States)
Zellij is a relative newcomer in the space, but I find it the easiest to use, in large part because it shows the common keyboard shortcuts in the bottom panel. It also supports Tmux keybindings, though I haven't exercised that.
8 • Lemons (by Roger Brown on 2024-11-11 09:08:05 GMT from Australia)
@6 I would absolutely disagree that installing Linux is doubtful or dodgy. But it is certainly a matter of choosing a reliable distro.
That's where Distrowatch comes in. It should ensure that the distros it lists and (more importantly) reviews are indeed reliable and suitable to new Linux users.
Whilst I applaud Jesse's desire to explore different ways of presenting Linux - immutable, atomic, container based or whatever - we need listings and reviews that are invariably reliable.
Personally I wouldn't be concerned if we only listed 50 distros or even less, But they need to be distros that users can trust.
9 • @8 - Lemons (by Andy Prough on 2024-11-11 11:04:27 GMT from Switzerland)
@8 - >"@6 I would absolutely disagree that installing Linux is doubtful or dodgy. But it is certainly a matter of choosing a reliable distro."
That's not what I said - I said that installing ANY operating system is doubtful and dodgy. There's millions of things that can go wrong, as there are billions of combinations of hardware, software and drivers. This is why the extreme vast majority of computer users, probably over 97%, never install a new OS once they purchase their Windows machine or their Mac.
For those few of us who do build our own machines and/or install new OS's over a proprietary OS, we should feel free to experiment. Like many of us, I've built Linux from Scratch, I've created my own distro respins, compiled my own custom kernels, re-configured my window managers and sound systems and network services, etc, etc. I see nothing wrong with trying out an experimental distro that is not ready for primetime. It's another opportunity to learn.
10 • @2 & @8 (by dragonmouth on 2024-11-11 12:11:10 GMT from United States)
It is nice to know ahead of time what works and what doesn't and if it doesn't, why not . It is also nice to know whether your problems with an install are only yours or if others have them. Jesse provides a valuable service by testing esoteric distros. If you feel the reviews are a waste of time, feel free not to read them.
11 • reviews (by tomas on 2024-11-11 12:43:30 GMT from Czechia)
I do not mind that from time to time there is a review of a distro on the waiting list.
But I think that there should not be too much of them as lately.
Also some caution should be used before including them in the regular database.
Having read the review on Redox I would not include it yet and keep it on the waiting list.
On the contrary, for instance, I miss a recent review of RebornOS.
I installed it recently on another PC and was rather surprized by the changes since my last time.
Before the desktop on live medium was Gnome, now they switched to Xfce.
Not only that, I would like to know Jesse's opinion on the detailed selections during the instal process.
(It enables to select the preferred desktop to be installed but the applications that usually make part of the package are somewhat scattered elsewhere.)
12 • GnomeOS (by Dave Postles on 2024-11-11 12:58:06 GMT from United Kingdom)
Just wondering if anyone has tried it. It's a big download.
https://os.gnome.org/
13 • is Tucana a RAM eater? (by Adenoid Hynkler on 2024-11-11 13:03:23 GMT from Italy)
Tucana live environment uses 830MB of RAM to run Plasma. Debian 12 KDE uses 700MB of RAM to run Plasma. I think it is not a great difference.
14 • Lemons (by penguinx86 on 2024-11-11 14:57:00 GMT from United States)
There are lots of distros reviewed on Distrowatch that are still in development. A work in progress or not ready for prime time. I think these preliminary reviews are geared more towards developers, rather than end users looking for an OOB solution. I used to try every new distro that came along, burning an ISO file to a CD/DVD then trying to install it. Some worked well with my hardware, and others not so much. Then, I'd wipe my hard drive, download a new distro and try again. I wasted lots of CD/DVDs that way. (That was before I learned about Virtualbox.) But it was a good learning experience. I appreciate the work that went into these new distros, even if many didn't work for me as a daily driver. They may still be a 'work in progress' but I wouldn't call them Lemons.
15 • Good for Redox (by Mixi on 2024-11-11 15:27:16 GMT from France)
It's nice to see there is still serious effort put into it. I've tested it (on VM) few years back and was just a pet project at this moment, not even something Linux related.
But since few years, it starts to look like Linux, run like Linux, and maybe one day, be usable on computers like Linux.
I'm not saying that it will replace Linux any day, ever, but for few specific and well tested setups (like some Raspberry Pi), it can be just a possible replacement for Linux, as long as it completely binary compatible with it.
After years that developers are trying to integrate Rust into Linux, with not much real success (not a single fully functioning driver), Redox can be where all this Rust efforts could be put. Maybe just as an experiment to get Rust ready for OS development, where Linux seems to be a too ambitious target.
I'm not trying to start a flame war with Rust, I much don't care about Rust vs C, but at this moment, they've manage to create a whole OS using Rust, but nobody has been able to replace any part of Linux using the same technology. So it may not be about Rust is a good or a bad programming language but more about it's the best language for Linux, which seems actually not. So if another open source project can benefit of the Rust developers devotion, it's always a good thing for any of us.
16 • On alleged lemons and leaked browser history (by Rowley Birkin, QC on 2024-11-11 17:48:39 GMT from Denmark)
I for one enjoy Jesse's reviews. While not ready for prime time, projects like these show how people use their creativity, educate themselves, learn and hopefully, in time, create new and interesting projects to the benefit of us all. Without diversity, innovation and a lot of failures, there can be no progress.
@2: Mr Brown, you are taking things too seriously. Only a microscopic minority of computer users even know or care about linux. And why does it matter to you what they think? It's just an OS, use it if you like. Or don't, the only one who cares is you. It's not a competition.
@1: Devlin7, I trust you made the developer aware that their Firefox history had been leaked?
17 • @AdamB, try a .screenrc file for status line (by Kingneutron on 2024-11-11 19:17:47 GMT from United States)
https://github.com/kneutron/ansitest/blob/master/dot-screenrc-nonroot
Screen is pretty customizable, but you may have to research it a bit. Rename the file to ~/.screenrc and then launch ' screen -aAO -h 2000 '
18 • Bazzite also (by npaladin2000 on 2024-11-11 21:07:22 GMT from United States)
Like others have commented here, I have used Bazzite on several machines without these issues. I've used both a modern Lenovo laptop and a ROG Ally and they both worked flawlessly with Bazzite. I did notice the test hardware was on the older side (particularly the GPU) and may not have had proper Vulkan support.
19 • Tmux and ohmytmux (by Vinfall on 2024-11-12 01:39:26 GMT from Hong Kong)
@17: I believe that screen is customizable, but there should be an example with good defaults in place before people are persuaded. The one you mentioned is fairly simple and `hardstatus string` looks like a curse.
For tmux there is ohmytmux (https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux), the only annoying thing is command prefix (a bonus ctrl-a with tmux's default ctrl-b) which breaks the command line conventions (ctrl-a to move cursor to beginning of line and ctrl-e to move cursor to end of line), all others are either pretty good out of box or minor personal preferences.
With my customization, I used to run TTY only and it worked pretty well. While in screen you may achieve similar results, I doubt if I would invest so much time w/o a solid framework.
20 • Re #2 (by X on 2024-11-12 05:25:14 GMT from Hong Kong)
If only polished error free operating systems are reviewed, then our time would be wasted. These reviews can be a help in resolving issues, whether solutions come from other users of the developers themselves. Reviews of newly devoleping versions brings in outsiders to test and provide solutions. Also, new concepts and ideas can be experimented and successful ones will be incorporated into the mainstream OSes.
Of course, we all like to see our favorite or longstanding OS get reviewed, If only thosed are reviewed, it may, in a way this can put limitations on what may be achieved,by leaving projects in the shadows, which is the oposite of the philosophy that got us to this point.
21 • screen (by Fabio on 2024-11-12 06:38:21 GMT from Germany)
I use screen with customization in the file .screenrc. Generally I insert several tabs
with Contr-A-C changing their names, etc. My only problem with screen is that, if
the machine is powered off, I have to restart creating again the tabs, renaming, etc. I mean
that screen has no elementary restore option after shutdown or i do not know how to define it.
22 • @18 (by James Jones on 2024-11-12 06:56:30 GMT from United States)
I don't think the test machine is old considering that the desktop PC I'm using right now with Bazzite is an 8th Gen i7 while Jesse used an 11th Gen i5, which should work. Prior to getting the AMD GPU for the desktop PC, I used the integrated graphics on the 8th Gen i7 to play some lighter games and it worked fine with Bazzite.
23 • @2 Lemons (by Georg on 2024-11-12 11:53:23 GMT from Czechia)
@2 There's no such thing as "the Linux operating system", and I don't mean it in a philosophical way. (This is as practical as it gets.) Since there are countless _distributions_ of (what we usually refer to as) Linux, often with hardly any coordination between them, you can't blame one party for the mistakes/shortcomings of the other. (Just as you can't blame Microsoft for a bug in MacOS, or you can't blame Apple for an outdated component in Debian, or you can't blame Debian for a shortcoming of whatever version of Windows -- similarly, you can't blame Debian for an Ubuntu-specific error, and we could list the examples ad nauseam.) The free software world makes reusing each other's work possible, which includes the inherent possibility of fragmentation. You have to keep that in mind, lest you confuse something with innumerable independent parts as one monolith ("_the_ Linux operating system").
24 • @Kingneutron thanks for the .screenrc (by AdamB on 2024-11-12 12:56:04 GMT from Australia)
I have downloaded the .screenrc file and have been experimenting with it. It has been working well for me.
I have come to realise how little I know about the workings of screen - in particular, the relation between sessions and windows. There is more in common between screen and tmux than I originally realised.
If I have started screen on my linux desktop, and am locally attached, then in order to use screen from another machine via ssh, I need to start a new screen session (once logged in via ssh), using a command such as "screen -S ". The new session will also be set up in accordance with your .screenrc file.
Screen's "hardstatus" line has worked well over ssh connections so far.
25 • reviews (by Dolphin Oracle on 2024-11-12 13:29:40 GMT from United States)
I like the reviews section, and I think its good to have a dive into the waiting list every now and then, if for no other reason to be reminded that doing these things is not easy, even when basing off another distro's repository.
Its also nice to see when a small project is trying something a little different, even if its not quite fleshed out yet.
26 • Long-awaited justice for Fedora KDE (by David on 2024-11-12 15:50:36 GMT from United States)
Lnuxtoday.com:
"In a significant development, the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Spin has officially been granted Edition status, which promises greater visibility and support for the KDE experience on Fedora Linux. In simple terms, Fedora Workstation and the KDE Plasma edition are now on the same level.
Effective with the arrival of Fedora 42 ... unless this is a hoax.
27 • Fedora (by Jesse on 2024-11-12 16:16:10 GMT from Canada)
@26: It's not a hoax. We covered the story about Fedora making Plasma an official edition here, with references, yesterday: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=18852
28 • Tucana Linux (by LinuxLarry on 2024-11-12 18:02:03 GMT from Brazil)
Agree totally with Jesse's observations regarding Tucana Linux. I'm a big supporter of Linux projects in general but since around 80% of 'based on' distros have no need to exist I love it when new totally independent distros get released. Having navigated the repo URL during the installation process I waited eagerly for it to complete... and waited... and waited! I read in the review about this taking a very long time but after 5 hours of it still downloading stuff I thought that was long enough and gave up. Pity, but for this to have any chance of success the install process needs some serious adjustment.
29 • Distro Reviews should report bugs and the follow up. (by ViamoIam on 2024-11-12 22:46:00 GMT from Canada)
When reviewing a distribution, bugs should be reported, and the experience shared. The experience of a whether an issue is resolved or not will vary, but the process will reveal a great deal. Perhaps their is no bug tracker. Perhaps an immutable distribution will no longer work easily for something.
30 • TUCANA (by rhtoras on 2024-11-12 23:16:00 GMT from Greece)
"My new copy of Tucana booted and indicated it was running version 6.10 of the Linux kernel and using systemd 256. After a few seconds it displayed a series of errors which read: "Failed to start Name Service Cache Daemon"
This is all you need to know about systemD and Tucana. Sorry but no "independent" distribution based systemD exist. Sad but true...
I would love to see a review about dragora gnu linux because i rarely see people talk about this distribution even here...
31 • So many Linux distros ... to test ... but which? (by Greg Zeng on 2024-11-13 00:18:08 GMT from Australia)
There seems to be a lack of competent journalists in the computer world now. None have a full understanding of how these computer systems are evolving. Generally, the hardware is downsizing physically. The software and operating systems are slowly upsizing to overtake existing software and operating systems.
The middle ground of hardware computing seems to be desktop computing, including networked workstations. The growth is in smaller IOT, transportable, and wearables with hardware. Linux in these newer hardware systems is trying to grow with Android and Chrome operating systems. Apple and BSD are Unix-based, rather than Linux-based. Bridging these Unix and Microsoft systems with Linux are a few emulators (including WINE & CrossOver) and many virtual operating systems, using another operating system as the first base, to gain access to the Home databases of the main system.
Linux has obvious handicaps for all operating systems. EXT4 seems impossible to read-write in Microsoft systems. BTRFS can be read-written for Microsoft with external utilities. However, BTRFS does not have the compression and other system ease that is with Microsoft NTFS. Linux has its open-source version of NTFS, but it is not as industry-stable as the official Microsoft version.
All operating systems are overwhelmed by hardware innovations and advances in AI and Display technologies. Nvidia and other hardware creators are creating demands that the software coders are continually trying to optimise further..
32 • illumos (by illumos on 2024-11-13 04:59:56 GMT from Japan)
@31 BSD and macOS aren't based on System V UNIX.
illumos is only true UNIX based open source operation system.
You can use openindiana as your daily driver!
33 • @2 Entitlement (by Hans Gruber on 2024-11-13 12:37:14 GMT from United States)
@2 Pretty entitled attitude to tell Jesse what he should be doing on his own site, eh?
If you don’t like the reviews, don’t read them. As far as perception of Linux as a suitable OS being damaged by reviews of fringe distros: evidence please?
34 • @30 - Independent distros with systemd (by Uncle Slacky on 2024-11-13 18:58:49 GMT from France)
Solus is one example of an independent distro with systemd, at least.
35 • Reviews, poll, etc... (by Otis on 2024-11-14 02:13:39 GMT from United States)
Thanks for the reviews, especially Bazzite. I have it on my wife's (discarded long since) ancient HP laptop. I'll be fooling with it more but so far have taken a liking to its nature, so to speak.
Hmm.. once again no "I don't give a rat's fuzzy fanny" as poll choice. I keep having to bow out of making a choice in these polls. ;o)
36 • screen or tmux (by John on 2024-11-14 15:26:53 GMT from United States)
For Linux or BSD, it is tmux. On AIX screen is the only choice.
I did notice screen uses a bit less resources which I found interesting.
37 • Wasted time (by Otis on 2024-11-14 15:28:59 GMT from United States)
@2 I cannot wrap my mind around a notion that Jesse wastes his time selecting, testing and evaluating, then writing about any Linux (and BSD) project.
Perhaps some readers at this site are pressed for time even more than Jesse. If so, be aware that Distrowatch, and largely Linux/BSD centered websites all across the internet, contain vast and diverse information a lot of which may not be of interest to 100% of readers who frequent those sites.
38 • independent distros (by rhtoras on 2024-11-14 17:02:56 GMT from Greece)
@34 we can talk for hours... days or monts... we won't agree... independent is systemD free meaining i can use whatever i like (obviously systemD is excluded) and by this i mean systemD independent meaning no IBM or Microsoft can have control over my system so it stays independent. Solus just like Serpent OS might seem as independent projects but what they do is relying on systemD which is controlled by IBM/Redhat and Microsoft.
@32 you are correct but not only openindiana is a viable option... Open Indiana is a rolling os while Tribblix is a stable one model using lx zones too and offers (omnitribblix version for sure) more desktop environment options. I assume also Omnios can be an option as desktop with some tweaks. For the record freebsd uses some line of code straight form the first version of UNIX made in Bell labs. Linux is a kernel so is illumos.
39 • independent distros (by Karl Vreski on 2024-11-14 22:25:09 GMT from Australia)
@38
The problem with systemd has been talked a lot here on this forum and even by Jesse on occasion, weighing the pros and cons even and the truth is, for some system admins, systemd is easier to use than system V or other inits. Gnome desktop is also dependent on systemd, although it is possible to get it running without, there are still some core files installed.
Independent distros like Devuan, whose position is to abstain from systemd entirely, still can't fully get away from it as it uses elogind. Elogind is found almost everywhere, even in independent systemd-free distros, except;
antix
carbslinux
damn small linux
glasnost
glaucus
hyperbola
lglunic
joborun
kiss
kwort
mere
noir
oasis linux
obarun
pclinux
sabotage
venom
Most of these are not actively maintained and not suitable as a daily driver except Antix and PClinuxOS which have an active and well maintained repo and development.
Someone will point out that elogind is a separated component from systemd and therefore your distro is not really systemd, however, why use elogind at all, when you can use seatd?
According to Alpine Linux wiki:
Seatd is a seat management daemon, that does everything it needs to do. Nothing more, nothing less. Depends only on libc. Seat management takes care of mediating access to shared devices (graphics, input), without requiring the applications needing access to be root.
So to any independent systemd free maintainers reading this, please drop elogind and switch to seatd to make your distro 100% systemd-free
40 • #39 +1 elogind has to do, too (by grindstone on 2024-11-15 15:38:52 GMT from United States)
Bravo. One minor note -- as DSL is now an AntiX derivative, it, too is active.
41 • Screen or Tmux (by eb on 2024-11-15 16:03:14 GMT from France)
1 question for screen & tmux users : how many terminals do you nest into 1 screen or tmux session ?
Without graphical environment, we have 6 terminals, right ?
With a graphical environment, we can lodge 1 terminal per workspace, that can be a lot ...
As for me, I never run more than 6 terminals simultaneously.
Thanks !
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| • 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 |
| • Issue 1074 (2024-06-10): Endless OS 6.0.0, distros with init diversity, Mint to filter unverified Flatpaks, Debian adds systemd-boot options, Redox adopts COSMIC desktop, OpenSSH gains new security features |
| • Issue 1073 (2024-06-03): LXQt 2.0.0, an overview of Linux desktop environments, Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE introduces new features in Aeon Desktop, Fedora mirrors see rise in traffic, Wayland adds OpenBSD support |
| • Issue 1072 (2024-05-27): Manjaro 24.0, comparing init software, OpenBSD ports Plasma 6, Arch community debates mirror requirements, ThinOS to upgrade its FreeBSD core |
| • Issue 1071 (2024-05-20): Archcraft 2024.04.06, common command line mistakes, ReactOS imports WINE improvements, Haiku makes adjusting themes easier, NetBSD takes a stand against code generated by chatbots |
| • Issue 1070 (2024-05-13): Damn Small Linux 2024, hiding kernel messages during boot, Red Hat offers AI edition, new web browser for UBports, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 released, Qubes extends support for version 4.1 |
| • Issue 1069 (2024-05-06): Ubuntu 24.04, installing packages in alternative locations, systemd creates sudo alternative, Mint encourages XApps collaboration, FreeBSD publishes quarterly update |
| • Issue 1068 (2024-04-29): Fedora 40, transforming one distro into another, Debian elects new Project Leader, Red Hat extends support cycle, Emmabuntus adds accessibility features, Canonical's new security features |
| • Issue 1067 (2024-04-22): LocalSend for transferring files, detecting supported CPU architecure levels, new visual design for APT, Fedora and openSUSE working on reproducible builds, LXQt released, AlmaLinux re-adds hardware support |
| • Issue 1066 (2024-04-15): Fun projects to do with the Raspberry Pi and PinePhone, installing new software on fixed-release distributions, improving GNOME Terminal performance, Mint testing new repository mirrors, Gentoo becomes a Software In the Public Interest project |
| • Issue 1065 (2024-04-08): Dr.Parted Live 24.03, answering questions about the xz exploit, Linux Mint to ship HWE kernel, AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat, Calculate changes release model |
| • Issue 1064 (2024-04-01): NixOS 23.11, the status of Hurd, liblzma compromised upstream, FreeBSD Foundation focuses on improving wireless networking, Ubuntu Pro offers 12 years of support |
| • Issue 1063 (2024-03-25): Redcore Linux 2401, how slowly can a rolling release update, Debian starts new Project Leader election, Red Hat creating new NVIDIA driver, Snap store hit with more malware |
| • Issue 1062 (2024-03-18): KDE neon 20240304, changing file permissions, Canonical turns 20, Pop!_OS creates new software centre, openSUSE packages Plasma 6 |
| • Issue 1061 (2024-03-11): Using a PinePhone as a workstation, restarting background services on a schedule, NixBSD ports Nix to FreeBSD, Fedora packaging COSMIC, postmarketOS to adopt systemd, Linux Mint replacing HexChat |
| • Issue 1060 (2024-03-04): AV Linux MX-23.1, bootstrapping a network connection, key OpenBSD features, Qubes certifies new hardware, LXQt and Plasma migrate to Qt 6 |
| • Issue 1059 (2024-02-26): Warp Terminal, navigating manual pages, malware found in the Snap store, Red Hat considering CPU requirement update, UBports organizes ongoing work |
| • Issue 1058 (2024-02-19): Drauger OS 7.6, how much disk space to allocate, System76 prepares to launch COSMIC desktop, UBports changes its version scheme, TrueNAS to offer faster deduplication |
| • Issue 1057 (2024-02-12): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta, rolling release vs fixed for a smoother experience, Debian working on 2038 bug, elementary OS to split applications from base system updates, Fedora announces Atomic Desktops |
| • Issue 1056 (2024-02-05): wattOS R13, the various write speeds of ISO writing tools, DSL returns, Mint faces Wayland challenges, HardenedBSD blocks foreign USB devices, Gentoo publishes new repository, Linux distros patch glibc flaw |
| • Issue 1055 (2024-01-29): CNIX OS 231204, distributions patching packages the most, Gentoo team presents ongoing work, UBports introduces connectivity and battery improvements, interview with Haiku developer |
| • Issue 1054 (2024-01-22): Solus 4.5, comparing dd and cp when writing ISO files, openSUSE plans new major Leap version, XeroLinux shutting down, HardenedBSD changes its build schedule |
| • Issue 1053 (2024-01-15): Linux AI voice assistants, some distributions running hotter than others, UBports talks about coming changes, Qubes certifies StarBook laptops, Asahi Linux improves energy savings |
| • Issue 1052 (2024-01-08): OpenMandriva Lx 5.0, keeping shell commands running when theterminal closes, Mint upgrades Edge kernel, Vanilla OS plans big changes, Canonical working to make Snap more cross-platform |
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