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1 • iotop (by David on 2025-03-24 00:58:55 GMT from United States)
sudo: iotop: command not found
2 • Which gaming os do you prefer? (by Josh on 2025-03-24 01:03:37 GMT from United States)
Sorry if I missed this in the review, but which os would you use long term? Nobara or bazzite? Or is it apples and oranges and depends on if you want something atomic?
3 • iotop (by vmc on 2025-03-24 01:25:09 GMT from United States)
@1 "sudo apt-get install iotop", if debian type system.
4 • Storage (by Keith S on 2025-03-24 01:35:41 GMT from United States)
My laptop has all of these storage devices and I use all of them except cloud storage. I have a 512 GB NVME for root, and a 1TB spinning disk for /home. Lots of stuff goes to usb flash drives, including a 4TB backup SSD. I still burn DVDs for iso files, and the microSD is mainly for video files from several devices like dash cams. I don't use cloud services at all.
5 • 'Storage? I don't need no stinking storage...' (by tom joad on 2025-03-24 02:24:56 GMT from United States)
Actually I do.
My two systems, laptop and tower, have all kinds of storage potential. I have a CD/DVD which I rarely use. I also have a usb CD/DVD too. I have removable drive bays so I have plenty of spinning HD either in use or laying around. I have handfuls of USB drives. Worse yet, I have a usb floppy drive too but it is only for 3 1/2 floppies which aren't really floppy. The really floppy floppy disks are long gone over the horizon and in the land fill. I actively use Time Shift too.
Lastly I have cloud storage which I use on a daily basis. So I have lots of storage.
My issue is how to quickly find what I put where!
6 • M.2 NVMe SSDs (by Andy Prough on 2025-03-24 04:06:35 GMT from Switzerland)
I used to use a combination of HDD for data and a small M.2 NVMe SSD for the OS for several years, but with storage getting cheaper I've switched to just using M.2 NVMe SSD's for the past two years. I've used some of the nice Samsung EVO NVMe's, but typically I use less expensive NVMe's from a company called Silicon Power with very good overall experience.
I now use my HDD's as USB-connected backup drives, they seem to work really well and fast enough in that capacity.
7 • storage (by Josh on 2025-03-24 06:18:55 GMT from United States)
My desktops both have SSDs for the OS (Linux, duh) and HDDs for storage. They both have DVD burners, and one has a Bluray reader.
My laptops both have SSDs and DVD burners. The two old netbooks I have both have HDDs. I though about upgrading them to SSDs, but frankly they aren't worth it.
I also have a 4 bay USB enclosure with 2 6TB and 2 4TB HDDs in it, as well as a couple old 1TB drives in individual enclosures. Plus various USB thumb drives.
I don't use cloud storage, nor will I ever.
8 • Storage (by pat on 2025-03-24 06:20:26 GMT from United States)
@5-I feel as though I'm looking into a mirror! LOL
9 • Persistent Storage (by picamanic on 2025-03-24 06:56:08 GMT from United Kingdom)
I have two Lsyncd near-mirror clones for the Personal file store: one is a Samsung SSD, the other a Samsung 870 via SATA-USB adapter. I keep offline Rsync copies of the Personal and Linux system file stores as backups. In rare situations of system crash [eg power outage], I can verify that nothing important gets lost. Worst case, I can quickly install Void Linux from scratch in minutes.
10 • My Storage (by imonline on 2025-03-24 10:47:54 GMT from Canada)
My desktop has a NVMe for the OS (Linux, duh) and HDDs for storage. I have a USB CD/DVD burner
My laptop has a SSD.
I also have a 4 bay USB enclosure with 2x1TB, 1x2TB and 1x4TB HDDs in it. Plus many various USB thumb drives.
I have a small cloud storage which i barely use.
11 • Immutable/atomic operating systems (by Podog on 2025-03-24 12:38:24 GMT from Italy)
When I hear about immutable or atomic distributions... I feel a dark threat hanging over me. Something like the useless systemd. Since 1994 we have all been fine with debs and rpms: why change?
12 • Is it based on Fedora Kinoite (by Justin R. on 2025-03-24 12:38:52 GMT from United States)
Is Bazzite based on Fedora Kinoite and not Silverblue? Kinoite is already Silverblue with KDE Plasma instead of GNOME.
13 • Storage (by Robert on 2025-03-24 13:25:55 GMT from United States)
I use an nvme drive for my OS, then a mirrored pair of SATA SSDs for /home.
Stopped using USB drives ages ago, except for a single thumb drive that gets used every few years to install/reinstall one linux distro or another. Don't use cloud storage for anything.
I do wish I still had a DVD/BluRay drive, but my current case has no 5.25 bays.
14 • Storage and Gnome 48 (by penguinx86 on 2025-03-24 14:19:27 GMT from United States)
All of my computers have SSDs. 3 are m.2 NVME and 1 is SATA. I got rid of all my spinning hard drives years ago, but I do have 2 external WD Passport spinning hard drives to backup my pictures.
This is the first I've heard of Gnome 48, so I watched this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLT-WyTZHZg
I still don't like Gnome, because I don't want ANY overlays to hide my desktop. Gnome 48 is still a no-go in my opinion. I'll stick with Xfce, Cinnamon, or MATE with a real desktop instead.
15 • "Main Computer" (by Slappy McGee on 2025-03-24 14:28:34 GMT from United States)
I admit to having a bit of trouble deciding which of my machines would be my "main" one.
I spend most of my computer time on a fairly old one that is basically for messing around with Linux distros.
But I have another one that gets a lot of screen time for gaming.
And then there's this one I'm on now for everything else.
Thinkng it over, honestly I cannot designate a "main computer." One has an older SSD. One has a newer NVME SSD. And one has an NVME SSD and also a spinning HD.
16 • My storage - nvme mostly, but tons more (by thatguy on 2025-03-24 14:43:59 GMT from United States)
Over the last year or so I've made the transition from sata ssd's to nvme drives in all my machines. However, I still have all the old drives that have been retired over the years, including several usb externals and several old spinning hdd's that are now living in external usb caddies. An immense amount of storage space overall - close to 100tb! - but the most important stuff fits on my beefiest pc, equipped with dual 4tb nvme drives. I get sustained transfer speeds of well over 1gb/sec. Insane...
17 • Storage in general (by Slappy McGee on 2025-03-24 15:29:12 GMT from United States)
@16 Here, too. Stacks of old WD and Seagate HDs, some from the 1990s and of course beyone. A baggie full of SanDisk and Lexar thumb drives. I have never added up all of the storage on that stuff. The thumb drives are now used for distro ISOs, replacing the spinning discs of the olden days. I recently ran across one not marked, so stuck it in my Dell with the NVME and the HD spinner bay and there it was: SuSe 9.3 ISO. No, it did not boot. ;oD
18 • Re: Is it based on Fedora Kinoite (by Valerie on 2025-03-24 15:30:07 GMT from United Kingdom)
@12 It's based on both. Bazzite consumes both the Silverblue and Kinoite images for its GNOME and KDE images respectively.
19 • @12, @18 Bazzite base (by Wally on 2025-03-25 01:53:07 GMT from Australia)
Bazzite, along with Bluefin and Aurora, comes from a group of developers named Universal Blue. All are based on Fedora. I'm not a gamer, so I tried both Bluefin and Aurora, which have a standard and developer editions. I chose the DX or developer versions because it comes with virtualization and container tools preinstalled (Virt-Manager and distrobox), and I have very little to install with rpm-ostree. They both worked very well for me. No glitches that I could see, although I took a liking to openSUSE Kalpa. Kalpa (or Aeon) need more apps installed, which is a bit complicated but not so much as to turn me off.
I concluded that they aren't for me at this time. I like to multi-boot and none of these play well with others, if at all. I also like like the simplicity of apt, or dnf, or zypper, or pacman. Maybe in the future. Note: For those to whom it matters, RAM usage can be a quite high.
20 • @11 (by FledermausMann on 2025-03-25 03:31:01 GMT from Australia)
>>When I hear about immutable or atomic distributions... I feel a dark threat hanging over me. Something like the useless systemd. Since 1994 we have all been fine with debs and rpms: why change?
So that people don't bork their systems when "tweaking"
And apparently to stop virus/malware threats
21 • Storage (by Nifty Bottle on 2025-03-25 04:29:01 GMT from United States)
My desktop has an NVME, SATA SSD, and HDD, in addition to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive and an external USB HDD for backups. My laptop has an NVME drive and an SD card. I’m a pack-rat. I also have various USB thumb drives, HDDs, and SSDs floating around, not permanently attached to any one computer. Also various cloud services, for backups and things I want on more than one computer.
22 • Storage (by rhtoras on 2025-03-25 17:57:43 GMT from Greece)
i am installing my os in ssd both nvme and plain ssd
i use nosystemD linux and openbsd (but i have tried bare metal installation of net and freebsd too)
i always use Kioxia and Patriot ssd's and they have been very good on these systems
on my laptop though i am using a verbatim ssd where some people claim is not a very good ssd... well in my case it works very well... i usually use ext4 or zfs file systems and on openbsd the ffs but when i used freebsd i had ufs which is faster than zfs (especially on desktop)
p.s as for bazzite i do nto find any use case... a useless immutable fedora spin...next please...
23 • Atomic Distros (by Hank on 2025-03-25 19:38:42 GMT from Germany)
The next crazy idea, Atomic plus systemd, plus snap crap or fatpacks, no thanks I see only potential for non manageable total disaster and ever more bloat.
Good example Bazzite which will not even fit on an 8GB USB Stick despite lacking important applications..
24 • @23 atomic distros (by FledermausMann on 2025-03-25 22:48:26 GMT from Australia)
I agree that Atomics like Bazzite are way to large, unjustifiably so. However there are some atomic releases which are smaller in size out there. Vanilla OS 2 Orchid is a slim 1.9Gb in size for instance and provides the same benefits of immutability as Bazzite.
The real problem though what seems to be glossed over is the reliance on Flatpaks, Snaps and Appimages for user applications.
The issue is malware.
Even for a "normal" distro model which has repositories, malware is an issue as can be seen from the recent XZ-utils backdoor, which slipped into the repos unnoticed.
Most people don't know, but Linux distributions do not proactively scan their repositories for malware. Although attacks focus not directly on the package but usually dependencies, the attack vector is real and it is a threat.
The problem with Flatpaks, Snaps and Appimages is the same, packages are not checked for malware.
Anybody can spin up a Snap or Appimage or Flatpak from a package and post it. How do we trust any of these unofficial packages which do not come direct from the project themselves? Short answer: we can't. And it is unrealistic to go through the source code before some wise fellow makes this ludicrous suggestion.
For example, you can find an Appimage for Brave Browser which has been created by an unknown not associated in anyway with the Brave devs. Any new person coming to Linux would have no idea, and use this Appimage putting their system at risk.
"A clone of the popular 2024 game, packaged as an Ubuntu snap —a relatively new app format for Ubuntu OS. According to a GitHub user named Tarwirdur, the app contained a cryptocurrency mining application disguised as the "systemd" daemon, along with an init script that provided boot persistence."
Just because on Atomics the root is safe doesn't mean that the users /home can't be attacked.
What is the solution? Repo maintainers don't have the manpower to go and check every package for malware which is why XZ Utils slipped through.
Canonical as they are offering a "store" for Snaps should be taking responsibility for checking each app submitted for malware, but don't. Talks of This is the same for Flats and Appimages.
"Ubuntu Snap Store takes its place in the pantheon of app stores that have suffered malware infections, right next to the Chrome Web Store, the Google Play Store, the Apple App Store, and the Windows Store."
Atomics is a good solution for distros, but Snaps Flatpaks and Appimages unless provided by the actual devs are a terrible and lead only to confusion among users with the introduction of attack vectors.
25 • Snaps flatpaks etc (by Keith S on 2025-03-26 00:32:06 GMT from United States)
@24 Completely agree about the malware problem with packages that come from who knows where via snaps or flatpaks or Appimage. And I fear that it is getting worse, not better. As you said well, there are not enough resources to check every package that comes through these modes where applications can be spun up by literally anyone.
My favorite OS, OpenBSD, is sometimes ridiculed for its emphasis on security. The fact remains that it really is the most secure operating system available. Here is a snippet from what they say about their ports system:
"The ports collection does not go through the same thorough security audit that is performed on the OpenBSD base system. Although we strive to keep the quality of the packages high, we just do not have enough resources to ensure the same level of robustness and security."
Ultimately we all depend on the various devs valuing their reputations for building safe applications enough so that they will pay close attention to security for their particular domain. Snaps and flatpaks etc make it easy to package apps that might include malware but look official. These systems have basically invaded nearly the entire Linux ecosystem because they are convenient. I don't have a great solution for this problem though.
26 • atomic snaps (by rhtoras on 2025-03-26 11:11:36 GMT from Greece)
@23 YOU ARE 150% correct... and this is why i use nosystemD. Bloat bloat bloat for no reason. I use void linux for example. I never broke my system. Rolling stable model at the same time. Openbsd just like @25 said is safe. I use it too. Never broke too. I am not a pro user i am not a new user too. I am just curious what's going on. So i am suspicious and possibly carefull. The article "the real motivation behind systemD" is a must if you want to search deeper. It exists on the internet. Just search for it. It will blow your mind!!!
27 • @24: (by dragonmouth on 2025-03-26 11:47:25 GMT from United States)
"The problem with Flatpaks, Snaps and Appimages is the same, packages are not checked for malware. "
Same goes for AURs and PPAs.
28 • @24 @25 Security of Linux apps (by Jan on 2025-03-26 12:24:37 GMT from The Netherlands)
That is a bleek future for Linux/BSD.
Is then Linux+Wine + downloading Win-apps from known safe sources, a better option?
A resident Linux-security/safety app, like Win-defender, would be better?
29 • @24 @25 Security/safety of linux-apps (by Jan on 2025-03-26 02:34:40 GMT from The Netherlands)
Isn't then Linux going to pass Windows in security/safety risk?
With Windows you generally install applications from its author (though you also have to check that), or from fairly reputed sites like MajorGeeks or Softpedia.
30 • Storage and updating (by Bobbie Sellers on 2025-03-26 18:35:48 GMT from United States)
I have a 512 GB SSD in my refurbished Dell 7730.
I use PCLinux OS which is systemd free and update from the
systems repositories.
I haven't been around for a while due to a broken ankle and the surgery
to repair same called a fusion which ties with steel rods and screws
the parts back together. 12 weeks to get back on my feet at home.
When I get home I will add 1 TB SSD and 16 GB of ram to the 7730.
Where do you guys find the time to play games?
bliss
31 • @28 (by FledermausMann on 2025-03-27 00:40:58 GMT from Australia)
>>Is then Linux+Wine + downloading Win-apps from known safe sources, a better option?
If you are running an Atomic OS, the only data which is vulnerable to malware is what is on your /home. Keep that safe maybe on separate removable encrypted media, then you should be good to go regardless.
Wine + windows apps aren't any better, actually worse as the majority of Windows apps are all closed source. At you can look at the code in the Flat, Snap or Appimage you downloaded but you absolutely can't do that in windows apps (unless it is opensource too).
What I would like to see are Atomic versions of Devuan, Void, Slackware, Gentoo, Artix etc, all non-systemd distros.
32 • Atomic non-systemd OSs (by Happy_Phantom on 2025-03-27 01:51:08 GMT from United States)
@31
"What I would like to see are Atomic versions of Devuan, Void, Slackware, Gentoo, Artix etc, all non-systemd distros."
Please add notables like AntiX, PeppermintOS, and PCLinuxOS to your list of mentions.
33 • Atomic non-systemd Linux (by FledermausMann on 2025-03-27 07:57:21 GMT from Australia)
So in this regard, apparently Nitrux, is a systemd-free immutable/atomic distro based on Debian.
"Nitrux is an immutable Linux distribution, meaning no changes occur to the content of the root directory by default. We use overlayroot, which allows us to provide new distribution versions more accurately."
Although I don't like KDE Plasma, I will have to give this another try. Last time I was trying to tweak the desktop and borked it. I prefer Mate as this is what I use on my Devuan install.
I am still hoping that other systemd-free distros will adopt an atomic model.
34 • Atomic non-systemd (by rhtoras on 2025-03-27 08:20:42 GMT from Greece)
i don't like immutable linux os's BUT there are some nosystemD ones... except nitrux which is mentioned by @33 there is GNU/Guix which is libre and rlxOS where i talked to the creator
it was using sysVinit then switched to systemD then he turned back to nosystemD and was asking for alternatives in our telegram nosystemD groups... i think he was talking on Venom linux group...
35 • OS security (by mashbrain on 2025-03-27 23:05:51 GMT from Germany)
@29 "Isn't then Linux going to pass Windows in security/safety risk?"
So, is OS security like this?
* Windows: recommends running on a PC with a security chip (TPM or Pluton); has some built in security software like Defender AV and firewall; but most up-to-date security comes from 3rd party software like AV suites.
* MAC: relies on proprietary model of controlling hardware (e.g., M / T2 chips) and software (e.g., XProtect AV, firewall); but most up-to-date security comes from 3rd party software like AV suites.
* Linux / BSD: has no security chips, no 3rd party AV suites (only a few AV programs). Instead relies mostly on locking down the OS - e.g., passwords, VMs, containers, SELinux, AppArmor, Grsecurity, immutability, etc., and updates to long-existing security software, like firewalls.
36 • OS security (by Slappy McGee on 2025-03-28 13:42:02 GMT from United States)
@35 A Robot just told me this:
For overall security, Qubes OS, a Linux-based operating system that runs everything in virtual machines, is often considered the most secure, while for privacy and anonymity, Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a strong choice.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Qubes OS:
Security through Isolation: Qubes OS is designed to isolate different applications and activities into separate virtual machines, preventing a compromise in one area from affecting others.
Open Source: Being open-source allows for community scrutiny and rapid identification of security vulnerabilities.
Designed for Security: Qubes OS is specifically built with security as its primary focus.
User-Friendly: While designed for security, Qubes OS aims to be relatively user-friendly.
Tails:
Privacy and Anonymity:
Tails is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for privacy and anonymity, particularly against surveillance.
Live System:
Tails is designed to be run from a USB drive or DVD and doesn't store any data on the device, ensuring no traces are left behind.
Tor Network:
Tails connects to the internet exclusively through the Tor network, which anonymizes your IP address and location.
Security Tools:
Tails includes tools for secure communication, email, password storage, and file sharing.
37 • OS Security (by picamanic on 2025-03-28 15:01:26 GMT from United Kingdom)
@36: I wouldn't touch Qubes or Tails with a barge-pole simply because they both employ a 1.7 million lines of unauditable systemd C code.
38 • Too much code! (by Slappy McGee on 2025-03-28 18:01:54 GMT from United States)
@37 Yes, most everyone has their real good reasons for avoiding, even hating, various distros and other operating systems.
In @36 I was entering a discussion about OS security.
39 • Atomic immutable (by FledermausMann on 2025-03-28 22:21:30 GMT from Australia)
Any immutable atomic linux distro, will still have better security than a "normal" linux distro, simply from their immutability standpoint.
Qubes/Tails are not easy to use as a daily driver. In special circumstances their have their niche, but as daily's they are not suitable. Tails would need encrypted persistence and additional apps need to be reinstalled on every boot. Qubes has hefty memory/cpu requirements and workflow learning curve issues.
The original issue I was bringing up for discussion was that traditional Linux distro repositories are not actively scanned for malware, and neither are Flatpaks/
Snaps and Appimages and that these are an attack vector for malware and that immutable atomic distros negate some of the dangers inherent in using these types of packages.
Now, it is preferable to have a non-systemd immutable distro, but as far as I can see, there is only Nitrux and Guix wich are being actively maintained. Rlxos has been mentioned but the last update was almost 6 months ago.
Linux security will become an even greater issue moving forward because malware threats will continue to increase. As there is no solution presented from distro maintainers about scanning for malware, and that "trust the distro and eyes on it" seems to be the only thing we users are being provided, it would seem better to switch to immutable atomic distros which provide at least some protection against the malware threat.
In that regard, I will say again, we need more non-systemd distros producing immutable atomic spins. A lot of people, myself included, do not trust systemd and don't want it on our systems.
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| • 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 |
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