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1 • EasyOS 7.0.8 (by lobster on 2025-09-08 01:41:57 GMT from United Kingdom)
EasyOS 7.0.8 (Excalibur Series) Released
https://bkhome.org/news/tag_easy.html
Feedback welcome here
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=156097#p156097
2 • Debian & OSS (by John on 2025-09-08 02:09:00 GMT from New Zealand)
Opening sentence of this week's DW - no central authority. I beg to differ!
#1 Linus T who fiercely guards the kernel
#2 IBM Red Hat & systemPuttputt who dictate the direction
#3 BIG companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon who contribute much of the code to make their businesses make money.
The other huge influencers are Gnome, KDE and similar organisations / foundations who committee the direction and set the tone; all too often to the tune of users be damned. Gnomery launched several new desktops and other projects over the years. At the 'bottom' you get package developers or teams - some independent, some under corporate or foundation umbrellas - who make decisions unilaterally and the end-users must just suck it up. A real example from 2025 is GiMP 3 - 10 years of blind development, breaking scripting for long-time users and their carefully curated workflows. All user screams ignored.
:) Debian. Nice to see a review of 13.0.0 just in time for 13.1.0. There is a repeating pattern with Debian - version XX.0.0 ships and 2-3 weeks later XX.1.0. Every. Single. Time. :)
3 • Following the Hurd (by Dave on 2025-09-08 02:27:43 GMT from United States)
I question the point of the continuing development of the Hurd. I understand other smaller projects, like Haiku (which has its own DE and is exceptionally lightweight) and the BSDs.
But the Hurd seems to be something different simply for the sake of being something different. Even if it somehow managed to reach parity with Linux, which seems unlikely, it’s not clear how it would be *better*.
4 • Poll - what does "use" mean in this case? (by Jyrki on 2025-09-08 03:58:15 GMT from Czechia)
I voted "Yes - used it in the past" but I am not sure about the answer. Yes, I downloaded it, yes, I installed it in VM. I tried to play with it a bit. But it was not proper usage. It was just curiosity.
5 • GNU Hurd (by JeffC on 2025-09-08 04:55:28 GMT from United States)
It has been under development for 35 years and is still not ready to use.
Linux, the various BSDs, and Haiku OS have all been under development for less time but are far more ready to use.
What is the point of Hurd now?
6 • GNU Hurd (by Anything on 2025-09-08 05:36:54 GMT from France)
I think its a little unfair that there isn't a Yes - using it option and only a trying it.
GNU Hurd is my daily driver and has been for years. I like it a lot. I find it pretty stable and really easy to fix or modify if I hit a roadblock. Its much easier to modify the kernel than Linux in any case.
I tend to compile most packages on the machine rather than depend on apt, but again, this suits my workflow better too, I do the same on other machines which are not Hurd because then I can choose my versions and not depend on the weird choices of distributions.
Hurd is up there as one of my favourite kernels.
Long live the Hurd.
7 • Librelec review (by André Decasteau on 2025-09-08 05:59:44 GMT from Belgium)
I do not agree with the review of Librelec. In fact, I have tried the OVA and it works fine... The only thing is that it is not working out of the box , you have to input some parameters in the configuration pane: add a few RAM, allow more video memory and attach a hard disk to the image and then everything is running fine. For the rest I follow you on a regular basis and appreciate your work a lot. Regards
André
8 • Hurd kernel (by Bobbie Sellers on 2025-09-08 06:26:03 GMT from United States)
Well I think the HURD kernel is a great idea a micro-kernel for GNU, et al.
My Amiga computers ran on a micro-kernel which is a lot easier when you
have a machine with proprietary components. But for a modern machine
you have to have a very good Hardware Application layer and it should
be capable of using drivers that have already been written for our Linux
machines. Because Hurd will need the leverage.
It seems that the Hurd 32 bit kernel works on 64 bit machines perhaps
with some limitations of memory or addresses. Might show up as a
limit on partition or storage medic sizes. I hope I find the energy to
try it soon.
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.09- Linux 6.12.45-pclos1- KDE Plasma 6.4.4
9 • Feature story (by Marcin eM on 2025-09-08 07:21:05 GMT from Poland)
Jesse Smith tests many different distributions but looking at problems mentioned in review it looks like there must be some sort of huge flaw in the process. It happened many times before, it strikes once again. Even though I'm not a Linux guy and I'm not a dev I'm sure I wouldn't be facing as many problems and if I did I would question myself if it's not me doing something wrong.
10 • Shebang review (by Martin on 2025-09-08 08:12:37 GMT from United Kingdom)
Thanks Jesse for testing this distro, and I am glad that I am not the only one who has failed to install Shebang. It would be good if there was some way to communicate with the developer, but sadly all I could see on the website was a button to donate!
11 • Debian 13 systemd update breeaks networking (by Hank on 2025-09-08 08:50:37 GMT from Germany)
The 2 milion lines of convoluted crap not an init code strike back again.
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:07:02 UTC
Severity: serious
After updating Debian 13 users lost networking.
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd: segfault after upgrade to 257.8-1~deb13u1, no connectivity after reboot
Fixing the problem required deeper knowledge and an unaffected system with internet access.
One of the glaringly bad results of blindly allowing dictates of systemd devs and following IBM RHEL plus, lack of quality control.
Despite a general resolution to support alternative inits the most used code for that purpose has been removed from debian 13.
This is not the Universal Operating System as it should be, just a dark shadow of red hat that has a different package manager.
12 • Tests/reviews not working (by Mr B on 2025-09-08 10:12:01 GMT from United Kingdom)
@9 - I've noticed this too. It seems a disproportionate number of test installations don't work properly. I don't test as many distros as Jesse Smith does but I don't have that level of failure. However, I have lost most of my faith in Virtualbox for my own use. I would say the last three versions (at least!) give terrible performance and some distro installs just get stuck. My machines are old and maybe the hardware requirements of recent versions of the software need a beefier machine. Nevertheless, I have no confidence in Virtualbox any more. Pity!
13 • GNU Hurd (by ScottR on 2025-09-08 10:25:33 GMT from United States)
I test drove the original GNU Hurd about 30 years ago on the microvax. I remember that it was unique in the tools used for system administration. It looked very promising for the time. GNU Hurd sounded very interesting and we happened to have a microvax that was not being used.
14 • Hurd (by Dave on 2025-09-08 11:24:33 GMT from Australia)
I personally think the hurd is a waste of time, but it can exist for those who want to use it.
There are some more mature, or interesting, Microkernels out there. I feel like a Microkernel would be good for a hypervisor.
Reading comments about failed tests for distros, I do wonder if Virtualbox is the issue. Virtualbox is rubbish (sorry if you're a fan). Maybe switch to kvm and see if it makes a difference?
15 • Hurd (by PearTree on 2025-09-08 13:14:56 GMT from France)
Been tempted for a while now.
It's nice to see such projects progress.
It's a good contrast to see the spirit of "hobby" OSs vs the big names that ship with so much additional software reminiscent of the proprietary ones some of us have been trying to avoid.
Cinnamon/Gnome/KDE (to name a few) come with so much preinstalled stuff that I don't use and when I do get around to needing to use an xyz type of software, unless I know better, I'm likely to use what they present me instead of actually choosing something else... netscape vs IE anyone?
and now I'm trying not to to rant on repos vs portable formats and the eventual jump from disto agnostic to completely OS agnostic (ei running on Window, Mac or even Android) and what that would look like - -still a stop-gap to the "universal" computer concept.
16 • Hurd (by Robert on 2025-09-08 13:47:15 GMT from United States)
Hurd was basically dead when I first started using free operating systems some 20 years ago. Somehow that zombie project is still limping and shuffling along, but I don't see any purpose in it. It's nothing more than historical curiosity in my eyes.
Even Solaris-based projects have more life in them than Hurd.
17 • @9, 12 and Testing (by Robert on 2025-09-08 13:56:32 GMT from United States)
I've also noticed what seems to be a high level of failure in Jesse's testing and admit that my first thought was that something was wrong with his setup.
But then I think back to my own experience where reasonably high-profile distributions just completely fail for me, like CachyOS and Tumbleweed. I can't explain it. It's not like I don't know how to install a distro, but if they were utterly broken for everyone they wouldn't have a userbase. Tumbleweed is particularly perplexing, as I've used other varieties of OpenSuse off and on for many years.
Not to ascribe sentience to a pile of code, but sometimes distros just don't like you.
18 • Testing and Reviews Here (by Slappy McGee on 2025-09-08 14:21:01 GMT from United States)
@17 @9 @12 Yes I think the reason we see the often broken or failed in some way or other in Jesse's reviews are simply in the category of diversity of hardware; he's got his testing machine(s) and the Linux world of users has quite varying hardware.
That may be why it honestly is a good idea to read multiple reviews around the 'net prior to making a decision about deploying a distro, BUT (this is my opinion) I feel that we should all download and TEST as many distros as we can.. and provide feedback here in users' Review area and elsewhere.
We've got the numbers, we can help with all this. Jesse is one person doing his best with what he's got to test on.
19 • Re: Testing (by the_morgan on 2025-09-08 15:42:33 GMT from United States)
@18 I agree with the test it as thoroughly as possible. As for virtual box; that too has failed me in unuseful ways. And I’ve found that virtual box has some pretty atrocious USB3 performance when passing through to guests.
As for my own lab I use kvm on linux host, even proxmox is great. If I had to step back to windows on a host (well one I’d probably leave a company that mandated such a combination) but I’d be stuck with hyperv. I can’t see going back to vmware. And the aforementioned non-starter vbox..
I find that ubuntu even has some stupid decisions about what it will support. For years I’ve trucked along with a legacy booting Intel reference board. It works great for the off-to-the-side testing. And then Ubuntu (23ish?) went to a UEFI only iso and I lost the ability to use that motherboard (so old I think the uefi support is 32bit only). No more bios booting via their iso.
With KVM I stick pretty closely to guest legacy booting to gain access to the Snapshots. Even win11 can be tricked into bios booting. And kvm has some sane hardware support like e1000e nics (which can be stepped up to 10g and the virtio drivers).
20 • Hurd past and present (by zetamacs on 2025-09-08 16:29:27 GMT from United States)
For those wondering "what's the point of Hurd nowadays", I don't blame you for thinking that. At the time of Hurd's initial development, many thought that microkernels were the way forward. It was exciting, cutting edge even.
That was decades ago. Microkernels didn't catch on like proponents thought they would.
Now, many of the advantages of microkernels have been introduced into monolithic systems in some other way and Hurd doesn't (and likely never will) have feature parity with the systems people threw their weight behind over the last 35 or so years.
I could see using it if any features appeal to you, if it genuinely meets your needs, or for learning purposes. But for anything critical? Even its developers would likely tell you to look elsewhere.
21 • GNU/HURD (by Matt on 2025-09-08 19:05:16 GMT from Canada)
I tried a HURD live CD once and the boot process ended with a kernel panic. I think the FSF has long since missed the boat. Linux usurped GNU Mach/HURD as the kernel for the GNU operating system more than two decades ago. In fact, even the FSF has a linux distribution.
22 • Hurd (by AndyVGR on 2025-09-08 19:22:42 GMT from United States)
Just more stallman directed BS in my opinion. No need for it, why segment the user base even more.
23 • Hurd (by nate on 2025-09-09 04:03:18 GMT from United States)
Hurd isn't pointless any more than other hobby is projects are. Every alternative os that people work to maintain helps to keep our overall collection of free software more portable, find bugs and helps developers learn.
Hurd will likely never be mainstream or even finished and fully usable. But I feel like someday we're going to be happy that so much software has been kept portable to alternate systems rather being Linux-centric. I kind of doubt Linux is the end of the line in operating systems development.
24 • HURD << QNX (by picamanic on 2025-09-09 09:47:02 GMT from United Kingdom)
HURD and Microkernels: the best Microkernel Operating System is probably QNX, which I came across in the early 1980s. However, the source code has never been truely "open", but it has always been way ahead of HURD or the slowly emerging "modern" Microkernels [Redox, L4 family, Genode, etc]. It has just been used in industrial settings for realtime applications. Maybe if one of the rich Foundations bought QNX and made it open source, it would be a fair competitor to the bloated but otherwise functional Linux kernel. With a little care, it could be ported to interface to the rich userland that has been written for Linux.
25 • Systemd update killed networking on my Debian 13 Install (by Hans on 2025-09-09 10:19:57 GMT from Germany)
Back online at last, very annoyed with Debian and systemd, quality controll, out for lunch....
Getting networking back was a pain but the wider issue is that system d feature creep allowed it to take down networking. Recently it was responsible for a kernel crash.
As another poster wrote, systemd devs have made it much more difficult to use alternate inits on Debian by removing code needed for systemd shim maybe more.
This quality escape also had me looking closer at the situation.
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues shows 2500 plus bugs
many serious.
My plan now, soon as possible a move to a systemD free distro.
I am sick of the buggy behaviour and the fact that we soon will be using a fully corporate dominated system with dictates from microsoft and Red and Hat, not to forget gnome foundation with its big tech members.
26 • Debian and systemd (by picamanic on 2025-09-09 10:56:23 GMT from United Kingdom)
@11, @25: Debian and systemd. I ditched Debian in 2015 after the systemd hostile takeover. Losing the diversity of Linux distros as, one by one, they were persuaded to adopt systemd has been limiting but worthwhile. I found a stable "home" with Void Linux [other systemd-free distros are available]. Even if Debian ditched systemd, I am not sure if I would go back.
27 • @18 • Testing and Reviews Here (by Wally on 2025-09-09 12:19:47 GMT from Bosnia and Herzegovina)
"category of diversity of hardware; he's got his testing machine(s) and the Linux world of users has quite varying hardware" I don't see it. Jesse is using pretty much stock Intel, nothing fancy. I also runn intel CPUs and graphics, and am also having problems with a few distros. Just tried ShaniOS. The installer asks me to format the disk, and then tells me it doesn't have permission to do so. AerynOS barely got to the desktop and sat there doing nothing. I use KVM for my virtual machines. I don't install on bare metal. Still, I had few if any problems before. Just lately. Since I'm not a reviewer, I waste little or no time before deleting and disposing of such distros.
28 • systemD and Easy OS (by rhtoras on 2025-09-09 13:30:05 GMT from Greece)
@1 I would love to use easy Os for testing purposes although last time i could not boot into desktop...
@11 systemD is a mess and causing problems to wifi on Debian 13 then i suppose people should be conscious on what is happening around the linux ecosystem we should inform users about this problem... Debian nowdays is in the wrong hands
As for shebang it looks like a promising project. I like they use runit as their base although i am not using artix anymore because i like void more. The bugs are a common problem in such small distributions where only a few people are involved if not only one.
Jesse i would like to show slitaz. I saw a new version. This distro has older kernel than the one used in debian/devuan.
29 • Testing and Reviews .. diversity of hdwe (by Slappy McGee on 2025-09-09 14:57:06 GMT from United States)
@27 I'm (nearly) certain that you're aware of the needs and nuances of various distros having to do with more than the CPU, thus influencing user experiences and of course reviews thereof.
30 • kernel 6.12 wifi disconnect (by Federico on 2025-09-09 15:06:38 GMT from Italy)
@11
Wi-Fi keep disconnect about every 10min, then, few seconds later it get connect again? Could be a problem of kernel 6.12. Try googling "kernel 6.12 wi-fi disconnect" and you will find a lot of reports.
31 • @30 (by kc1di on 2025-09-09 18:32:50 GMT from United States)
What distro are you using? and what wifi Card? this is not really a help forum but will try to help just need more info. I doubt it's the kernel.
32 • Shebang Test (by 3229 on 2025-09-09 19:55:41 GMT from United States)
I gave Shebang a spin in Gnome-Boxes.
I’d have to agree with Jesse - I’m a bit disappointed.
it seemed to “install” a live secession, in the Open-Box environment.
You can find most everything by clicking on the computer icon - then selecting applications.
Tried some simple things like changing the backgrounds, and window colors - the changes did not take effect.
One would think that even in a live environment, we could update the system.
Did a pacman -Syu it took about 15 minutes on a high speed internet to almost update it.
( errors)
Tried to install firefox, took awhile, but that too was with a hickup.
I did a complete shutdown, then tried to reopen it in Gnome Boxes - unsuccessful.
I like the idea of a frugal system, it’s the only way to go.........but not this one.
33 • Wi-Fi disconnection about every 10min (by Federico on 2025-09-09 20:38:35 GMT from Italy)
@31
"Wi-Fi keep disconnect about every 10min, then, few seconds later it get connect again."
Distro: Fedora 42
Wi-Fi card: Intel
I had problems with Fedora 42 (Kernel 6.14, systemd 257.3). I then switched to Fedora Rawhide (f44, kernel 6.17.0, systemd 258) and the problem went away. I'm not sure what the problem was. Googling I saw that some blame systemd, others the kernel.
34 • libreelec - works fine on every pi I've put it on (by Will on 2025-09-10 03:57:55 GMT from United States)
I've run libreelec since way back and I update it every time a new version comes out. I started on a raspberry pi 3, then 4, now 5. It's just worked, every time. You have to set it up, and as part of the setup it requires you to resize the fs (done automatically) maybe you're using a humongous sd card (I usually keep it at or under 32gbs) and maybe you've got a humongous tv (mine is 55 in). I tend to attach a usb hub with ssd's for storage. Nothing super fancy, but it just works. I control it with remote, but I generally hook up a mouse and keyboard, too. The wifi works...
35 • Debian Leadership (by rhtoras on 2025-09-10 09:21:05 GMT from Greece)
@35 I tend to agree with your statements. Have you ever seen https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/ blog ? There i have seen even worse things happening and it is sad. Debian was a crucial and key distro for systemD to takeover...
36 • Big linux (by Ali on 2025-09-10 10:58:07 GMT from Iran)
Jesse
According to users rating, Big linux is number 2. But it hasn't gotten any review from DW. May I ask to take a look at it?
37 • XRay_OS (by tomas on 2025-09-10 13:11:57 GMT from Czechia)
AFAIK this is a new addition to the database, there are no comments yet.
One of the features that seems promising to me is the removal of unused display drivers during installation. I think this is something deserving a review.
My internet connection is not very fast so I can see that firmware downloads during updates takes more and more time.
Will XRay_OS keep the settings for display drivers, or will na update change this?
Are there any distros that reduce the number of firmware installed for nonexistant hardware to speedup the system and updates?
38 • By Jove, Hurd Lives! (by Wodehouse, P. G. on 2025-09-10 19:55:17 GMT from Denmark)
I say, Jesse’s reviews are absolutely the bally limit, in the best sense of course. Dashed brilliant stuff.
One finds that perusing notices of these obscure distro-contraptions is infinitely more jolly than slogging through the same old rot about projects that have been ticking along like Aunt Dahlia’s clock for yonks.
And Hurd! By Jove, what a spectre from the mists of yesteryear. Hadn’t the faintest it was still pootling about. Perhaps a spot of limelight will give it a bit of pep — one does feel we need all manner of alternatives; diversity and all that. Spreads the jam, don’t you know.
Toodle-pip!
39 • Shebang Alternative (by 3229 on 2025-09-10 22:48:52 GMT from United States)
Amazing!
Just installed Debian Netinst with the Enlightenment desktop inside my Gnomebox.
Upgraded it to Sid, Kernel now 6.16.5
I like the Enlightenment desktop a bit better than the ICEWM
It's far easier to set up, with a terrific gui settings manager
It's also just as easy on the processor
Plus - I know what's under the hood - Very Important in a Zero Trust Environment !
40 • shebang alternative (by rhtoras on 2025-09-11 05:55:54 GMT from Greece)
Sorry @39 but Debian cannot be a shebang alternative since not only offers systemD but it also is a stable release model
i could see someone using antix with runit as an alternative but only based on init and wm's
@37 Void linux does that and if i am remember correctly Alpine too. Alpine is very slim in all aspects but remember: it uses MUSL lib not glibc.
41 • @2 central authority (by Kazlu on 2025-09-11 10:01:01 GMT from France)
Well, you are proving yourself that there is no central authority: you mentioned 7 organizations that have a big influence over the GNU/Linux ecosystem. This is far from one single central authority. And this is why is works: no monopoly, like Microsoft or Apple.
However, (and maybe this was your point?), GNU/Linux is clearly heavily inflienced by big corporations, it has not been a "community ecosystem" for a long time now. There are still some powerful community projects like Debian, and of course more community OSes if you look beyond Linux, like the BSDs.
In short: Is GNU/Linux influenced by big for-profit corporations? Yes. Is there a central authority deciding everything? No.
42 • @40 (by 3229 on 2025-09-11 18:03:26 GMT from United States)
Shebang in the future, may be a nice solution , but as I tested it now, it's basically in the Alpha state, especially if you read my # 32 comments.
The Debian installs with Trixie - which is pretty solid with timely security updates, I chose to ugrade it to bleeding edge SID, which also proves solid with these light desktops.
The github has been proven to have malware in the AUR repositories, another reason to stick with something tried and true. Arch repositories are good - keep it simple, a bare bones system.
The more goodies you add, the easier the bad guys can penetrate the system.
43 • long live the hurd! (by hurd-enjoyer on 2025-09-12 03:06:33 GMT from United States)
Hurd may never see the light of real hardware, but as long as it runs in a virtual machine it will continue to be a fascinating hobby and research project. Same can be said for illumos/solaris based systems - it's for fun, live and let live.
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| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
| • Issue 1120 (2025-05-05): CachyOS 250330, what it means when a distro breaks, Kali updates repository key, Trinity receives an update, UBports tests directory encryption, Gentoo faces losing key infrastructure |
| • Issue 1119 (2025-04-28): Ubuntu MATE 25.04, what is missing from Linux, CachyOS ships OCCT, Debian enters soft freeze, Fedora discusses removing X11 session from GNOME, Murena plans business services, NetBSD on a Wii |
| • Issue 1118 (2025-04-21): Fedora 42, strange characters in Vim, Nitrux introduces new package tools, Fedora extends reproducibility efforts, PINE64 updates multiple devices running Debian |
| • Issue 1117 (2025-04-14): Shebang 25.0, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, running applications from other distros on the desktop, Debian gets APT upgrade, Mint introduces OEM options for LMDE, postmarketOS packages GNOME 48 and COSMIC, Redox testing USB support |
| • Issue 1116 (2025-04-07): The Sense HAT, Android and mobile operating systems, FreeBSD improves on laptops, openSUSE publishes many new updates, Fedora appoints new Project Leader, UBports testing VoLTE |
| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
| • Issue 1110 (2025-02-24): iodeOS 6.0, learning to program, Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale |
| • Issue 1109 (2025-02-17): Rhino Linux 2025.1, MX Linux 23.5 with Xfce 4.20, replacing X.Org tools with Wayland tools, GhostBSD moving its base to FreeBSD -RELEASE, Redox stabilizes its ABI, UBports testing 24.04, Asahi changing its leadership, OBS in dispute with Fedora |
| • Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
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