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| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 982, 22 August 2022 |
Welcome to this year's 34th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!
In a world in which new software features and components are frequently added to our operating systems, it's nice to occasionally see projects perform housecleaning tasks, throwing out old software and features which are no longer needed. In this week's News section we talk about the rolling KaOS distribution trimming out old features, including PulseAudio and Python 2. We also talk about the deepin distribution moving away from its relatively conservative Debian base in favour of becoming an independent distribution with its own package management tools. First though, we talk about Peropesis, a distribution which strives to be a simple, minimal tool that eschews complex features in an effort to just work. Plus we report on Canonical introducing native .NET packages for Ubuntu and talk about how to get security notifications when new packages become available. Do you prefer to apply new security updates manually or have them handled automatically? Let us know in this week's Opinion Poll. Then we are pleased to share an overview of last week's new releases and share the torrents we are seeding. We wish you all a wonderful week and happy reading!
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| Feature Story (by Jesse Smith) |
Peropesis 1.6.2
The Peropesis distribution has been on my radar for a while, but not a project I'd dedicated any time to trying, until this past week. Peropesis is an unusual project in that it seems to downplay what it delivers rather than hyping itself up. From the project's website:
Peropesis is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. It's an incomplete system, but it's constantly being improved. Also, it is a free operating system created from free software.
I thought it interesting that the term Peropesis is a shortened version of "personal operating system".
The project offers just one edition, which is intended to be run from a CD, DVD, or USB thumb drive:
This is Peropesis live edition. This edition is not intended to be written to the hard drive, but is intended for to be loaded in the computer's memory. Peropesis is compatible with x86 64-bit architecture processors. The volume of this distribution is approximately 88MiB.
The distribution is designed to be small and command line focused. It includes some console tools for e-mail, web browsing, and data recovery. The distribution can reportedly be used for educational purposes, run on limited hardware, and used to fix broken operating systems installed on the same computer.
The project includes a short documentation page which highlights some key points, such as how to login, how to shutdown the system, and how to connect to both wired and wireless networks.
One of the Peropesis distribution's key features is its small size. The ISO file is just 88MB in size. This mini live media boots to a text console where we can sign into the root account without a password. If we wish, we can later set a root password, but it's not necessary.
Getting started
Exploring the command line interface we find several GNU command line utilities are included, though certainly not all of the ones we usually find on a Linux distribution. Tools like ls, pwd, and mount are present. However, other popular items such as top and free are not included. This makes it harder to get memory usage statistics.
The S-nail software for sending and receiving e-mail is included as is the Links web browser. We can use tools such as lsblk, mount, find, and chroot to explore local disks, repair installed operating systems, and rescue files. Transferring any files off the system may be tricky as common utilities for transferring files such as OpenSSH, cURL, wget, FTP and rsync are not included. We are also given tools for connecting to local networks, including wireless networks. I was pleased to find Peropesis automatically connects to local wired networks.
There are local manual pages for most commands, and even some manual pages for commands which are not present. For example, the manual page for the GNU Compiler Collection is installed, but the compiler itself is not. Peropesis features the SysV init software and version 5.17.5 of the Linux kernel.
For the most part, I enjoyed exploring the Peropesis distribution. I was able to use it to mount drives, run commands in chroot environments, test networking, and move files around. The text-only browser was, of course, limited. However, it did work and I could download files as long as they were on a text-friendly website.
Problems
There were a few issues I ran into. The distribution ran in VirtualBox and on my workstation well enough, for most purposes. However, Peropesis could not detect my workstation's wireless card. I was limited to a wired-only network environment, something that I encounter less and less these days.
Another issue is Peropesis seems geared to be a single, fixed appliance. It doesn't have a compiler, it doesn't have (as far as I can tell) a package manager, or a ports tree. It also doesn't include download utilities (wget and cURL are absent). This, along with the limited web browser, means it's quite difficult to get any additional software onto the system. Things like Snap won't work (systemd isn't present), Flatpak is for desktop software only, Nix requires a download utility, most port trees need a compiler, etc. In short, what we get with Peropesis is a pretty static, minimal, live disc. It can do a few things, like manage chroot environments to rescue other distributions, but its limited hardware support and its limited suite of Internet tools means we rely heavily on accessing command line tools on other (installed) distributions in order to fill in gaps.
Overview
There is a certain charm to Peropesis. It is exactly what the project's website says it is: a somewhat incomplete, lightweight, cleanly organized Linux distribution. It can be used for a few things - education, rescuing installed systems, and checking e-mail. But that's about it, that is all it seems to be intended to do, and that's what it does. There is no hype, no package manager, or extension modules. It's just... a super minimal Linux system which works pretty well and very quickly.
This makes Peropesis quite limited, there aren't many situations where I'd use it instead of the live media of a desktop distribution to do similar tasks. However, there is something nice about its simplicity. It's not often I get to run a distribution that does what it says it will and nothing else. This may not be a practical distribution for almost any situation, but I kind of like it nonetheless.
Adding extras
I would like to add that, if we really want to extend Peropesis, we can, technically. Just to confirm I could, I downloaded a static build of the Busybox userland utilities for i686 (which also runs on x86_64 systems). This can be done using the Links browser which comes with Peropesis and is actually fairly easy because the Busybox website is surprisingly text-friendly.
Once Busybox is installed it gives us the ability to run many command line tools, including the free command which reveals Peropesis requires less than 100MB of RAM, even when running Busybox. Having a copy of Busybox also means we can run a limited version of wget to fetch scripts and other files which the Links browser would display as text.
Once we've got Busybox and its utilities such as tar, wget, and decompression tools, we can do all sorts of other things. We can start downloading compilers, ports, maybe a package manager. (Actually, I believe Busybox has RPM built-in so we could start installing RPM packages if we felt brave.)
I don't want to digress down this path too far, but my point is that we can (if we are determined) use Busybox to extend the functionality of Peropesis which we could then use to install just about anything we wanted on the distribution. We probably wouldn't do this as it's basically duplicating the userland functionality most other distributions include by default and it would be easier to just download one of those. However, it was an interesting experience for me to confirm that Peropesis can be extended and built upon if we really feel like it.
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Hardware used in this review
My physical test equipment for this review was a Lenovo desktop with the following specifications:
- Processor: Hex-core Intel i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz
- Storage: Western Digital 1TB hard drive
- Memory: 8GB of RAM
- Networking: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 wired network card, Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe wireless adapter
- Display: Intel CometLake-S GT2
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Visitor supplied rating
Peropesis has a visitor supplied average rating of: 8/10 from 2 review(s).
Have you used Peropesis? You can leave your own review of the project on our ratings page.
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| Miscellaneous News (by Jesse Smith) |
Canonical packages .NET for Ubuntu, deepin becomes independent, KaOS removes Python 2 and PulseAudio
Canonical is working to bring the .NET programming experience to Ubuntu as a natively packaged experience: "Canonical is proud to welcome the .NET development platform, one of Microsoft's earliest contributions to open source projects, as a native experience on Ubuntu hosts and container images, starting in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. .NET developers will be able to start their Linux journey with Ubuntu, benefiting from timely security patches and new releases. .NET 6 users and developers can now install the .NET 6 packages on Ubuntu with a simple 'apt install dotnet6' command. Optimised, pre-built, ultra-small container images are also now available to use out of the box. .NET as an Ubuntu .deb package is the result of a close collaboration between Microsoft and Canonical. The two companies are working together to deliver timely security patches and new releases to Ubuntu. This is the foundation for more capabilities to follow for the open-source framework on Ubuntu, for hosts and minimised container images." Details on how to access the new .NET packages can be found in the company's blog post.
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The deepin project is going through a number of important and key changes. The distribution released a new technology preview this past week which departs from its previous releases in significant ways. The distribution will no longer be based on Debian, shifting to being independently developed. The deepin project will feature atomic package updates for its next release along with a new package format. "The atomic update is a new idea for system updates, which regards system updates as atomic operations - if packages are installed successfully, system updates are finished; if system updates fail, the system can be reverted to the previous version with no changes, which effectively avoid the trouble that some dependencies are installed but the system is not fully upgraded. Atomic updates do not rely on system installation methods and specific partitions and support system rollback after an upgrade. Independent upstream: relying on the core packages and some optional components, a brand-new v23 repository is built in the Preview stage." It is an ambitious shift and details can be found in the project's announcement.
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The KaOS developers have published a new snapshot of their independent, rolling release distribution. A few of the interesting changes involve components removed from the operating system rather than new features added: "This is a release where quite a few changes that have long been wanted finally can be implemented. The longest wanted of those is the final removal of Python 2 from KaOS. The default install has been Python 2 free for quite some time, but some major packages had still required it to build, now the last one of those, QtWebEngine, has been patched to build against Python 3, so now KaOS is completely Python 2 free. Second is the move to Pipewire (away from PulseAudio) as the default sound/low-level multimedia framework." A complete overview of changes can be found in the project's announcement.
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These and other news stories can be found on our Headlines page.
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| Questions and Answers (by Jesse Smith) |
Getting notification of security updates
Keeping up with security asks: How do I update my Linux system so patched software is running? Android phones tell me "There is an update, tap here to install." Should I have a scheduled job running updates once a day or something?
DistroWatch answers: Most of the major Linux desktop distributions include a background service or system tray widget which will notify the user when software updates become available. Typically either a notification or pop-up window will appear when an update is waiting to be applied and it will provide a button to click to perform the upgrade. This process basically works the same as it does on Android.
Not all desktop distributions offer this convenience and most server distributions do not automatically notify the user when security updates are waiting. In these situations it is a good idea to have a scheduled job running daily to check for updates and notify the user when they are available.
Depending on how "hands on" you want to be with updates, you may also wish to automate the update process, not just the check for new packages. Our Package Management page lists the commands required to refresh package information and upgrade software using a range of package managers. These commands can be scheduled to run daily or weekly to make sure your system stays up to date.
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Additional answers can be found in our Questions and Answers archive.
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| Released Last Week |
Neptune 7.5
Leszek Lesner has announced the release of Neptune 7.5, an updated build of the project's desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's latest stable version and with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop environment: "We are proud to announce the release of Neptune 7.5 'Ada', the first service release of the Neptune 7 series. This version comes with the updates provided by Debian 11.4 'Bullseye' that offer the latest and greatest in terms of security. We updated the Linux kernel to version 5.18 to provide better support for modern hardware and fixed some bugs with existing hardware support. We put effort in optimizing the performance of Neptune by providing tweaks to kernel that improve the write speed on USB thumb drives. Neptune 7.5 also provides a new solution for a complete system backup called Timeshift. It allows you to save a whole snapshot of your system and restore it even if your system is totally broken. You can even restore from a live system as long as you have the backup saved somewhere accessible. Some slight tweaks make it easier to work on the terminal." See the release announcement for further information.
Mabox Linux 22.08
Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 22.08, a refreshed version of the project's Manjaro-based, rolling-release distribution featuring a customised Openbox window manager: "The 2022 August ISO refresh is ready for download. Built from Manjaro stable branch as of 2022-08-20. Available with the latest LTS Linux kernel 5.15 or the slightly older one, 5.4 LTS. This release is exciting because it marks the debut of a brand new tool, Colorizer, in development for half a year, now in beta. What is Colorizer? A set of scripts that allow you to easily and conveniently adjust the colors of many elements of the desktop, in the form of a set of dynamically generated menus. Current functionalities: Openbox theme coloring; coloring of the menu, panels and the entire set of Mabox tools; Conky coloring (as well as managing the Conky set and easy position change); creating themes for PyRadio; interactive HTML help; and finally, everything above can be generated automatically after each wallpaper change according to its color palette." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and screenshots.
Mabox Linux 22.08 -- Openbox theme colouring
(full image size: 926kB, resolution: 1600x900 pixels)
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Development, unannounced and minor bug-fix releases
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Weekly Torrents
The table below provides a list of torrents DistroWatch is currently seeding. If you do not have a bittorrent client capable of handling the linked files, we suggest installing either the Transmission or KTorrent bittorrent clients.
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Torrent Corner statistics:
- Total torrents seeded: 2,758
- Total data uploaded: 42.4TB
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| Upcoming Releases and Announcements |
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Summary of expected upcoming releases
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| Opinion Poll (by Jesse Smith) |
Receiving notifications about security updates
In our Questions and Answers column this week we talked about receiving notifications when software updates become available. Some people like to automate the update process, others want to be notified when updates become available so they can manually apply them. Still others want the check for updates and their application to be entirely manual. What is your preference when it comes to detecting and applying updates?
You can see the results of our previous poll on reasons to use a plain window manager as a user interface in last week's edition. All previous poll results can be found in our poll archives.
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When it comes to update notifications I want...
| To have everything silently automated: | 41 (2%) |
| To have everything automated and then inform me: | 61 (3%) |
| To be notified of updates so I can apply them: | 1530 (72%) |
| To manually handle checks and updates myself: | 496 (23%) |
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| Website News |
New distributions added to waiting list
- astOS. astOS is a distribution based on Arch Linux. It uses an immutable (read-only) root filesystem. Software is installed and configured into individual snapshot trees, which can then be deployed and booted into.
- ravynOS. ravynOS is a FreeBSD-based project which strives to recreate a macOS-style user interface.
- piCorePlayer. piCorePlayer is a minimal Linux-based operating system for Raspberry Pi computers. The distribution turns a Raspberry Pi into a dedicated music player.
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DistroWatch database summary
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This concludes this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly. The next instalment will be published on Monday, 29 August 2022. Past articles and reviews can be found through our Article Search page. To contact the authors please send e-mail to:
- Jesse Smith (feedback, questions and suggestions: distribution reviews/submissions, questions and answers, tips and tricks)
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| • Issue 1092 (2024-10-14): FunOS 24.04.1, a home directory inside a file, work starts of openSUSE Leap 16.0, improvements in Haiku, KDE neon upgrades its base |
| • Issue 1091 (2024-10-07): Redox OS 0.9.0, Unified package management vs universal package formats, Redox begins RISC-V port, Mint polishes interface, Qubes certifies new laptop |
| • Issue 1090 (2024-09-30): Rhino Linux 2024.2, commercial distros with alternative desktops, Valve seeks to improve Wayland performance, HardenedBSD parterns with Protectli, Tails merges with Tor Project, Quantum Leap partners with the FreeBSD Foundation |
| • Issue 1089 (2024-09-23): Expirion 6.0, openKylin 2.0, managing configuration files, the future of Linux development, fixing bugs in Haiku, Slackware packages dracut |
| • Issue 1088 (2024-09-16): PorteuX 1.6, migrating from Windows 10 to which Linux distro, making NetBSD immutable, AlmaLinux offers hardware certification, Mint updates old APT tools |
| • Issue 1087 (2024-09-09): COSMIC desktop, running cron jobs at variable times, UBports highlights new apps, HardenedBSD offers work around for FreeBSD change, Debian considers how to cull old packages, systemd ported to musl |
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| • Issue 1082 (2024-08-05): Linux Mint 22, taking snapshots of UFS on FreeBSD, openSUSE updates Tumbleweed and Aeon, Debian creates Tiny QA Tasks, Manjaro testing immutable images |
| • Issue 1081 (2024-07-29): SysLinuxOS 12.4, OpenBSD gain hardware acceleration, Slackware changes kernel naming, Mint publishes upgrade instructions |
| • Issue 1080 (2024-07-22): Running GNU/Linux on Android with Andronix, protecting network services, Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap, openSUSE Aeon Desktop gaining full disk encryption, SUSE asks openSUSE to change its branding |
| • Issue 1079 (2024-07-15): Ubuntu Core 24, hiding files on Linux, Fedora dropping X11 packages on Workstation, Red Hat phasing out GRUB, new OpenSSH vulnerability, FreeBSD speeds up release cycle, UBports testing new first-run wizard |
| • Issue 1078 (2024-07-08): Changing init software, server machines running desktop environments, OpenSSH vulnerability patched, Peppermint launches new edition, HardenedBSD updates ports |
| • Issue 1077 (2024-07-01): The Unity and Lomiri interfaces, different distros for different tasks, Ubuntu plans to run Wayland on NVIDIA cards, openSUSE updates Leap Micro, Debian releases refreshed media, UBports gaining contact synchronisation, FreeDOS celebrates its 30th anniversary |
| • Issue 1076 (2024-06-24): openSUSE 15.6, what makes Linux unique, SUSE Liberty Linux to support CentOS Linux 7, SLE receives 19 years of support, openSUSE testing Leap Micro edition |
| • Issue 1075 (2024-06-17): Redox OS, X11 and Wayland on the BSDs, AlmaLinux releases Pi build, Canonical announces RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu, key changes in systemd |
| • 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 |
| • Issue 1051 (2024-01-01): Favourite distros of 2023, reloading shell settings, Asahi Linux releases Fedora remix, Gentoo offers binary packages, openSUSE provides full disk encryption |
| • Issue 1050 (2023-12-18): rlxos 2023.11, renaming files and opening terminal windows in specific directories, TrueNAS publishes ZFS fixes, Debian publishes delayed install media, Haiku polishes desktop experience |
| • Issue 1049 (2023-12-11): Lernstick 12, alternatives to WINE, openSUSE updates its branding, Mint unveils new features, Lubuntu team plans for 24.04 |
| • Issue 1048 (2023-12-04): openSUSE MicroOS, the transition from X11 to Wayland, Red Hat phasing out X11 packages, UBports making mobile development easier |
| • Issue 1047 (2023-11-27): GhostBSD 23.10.1, Why Linux uses swap when memory is free, Ubuntu Budgie may benefit from Wayland work in Xfce, early issues with FreeBSD 14.0 |
| • Issue 1046 (2023-11-20): Slackel 7.7 "Openbox", restricting CPU usage, Haiku improves font handling and software centre performance, Canonical launches MicroCloud |
| • Issue 1045 (2023-11-13): Fedora 39, how to trust software packages, ReactOS booting with UEFI, elementary OS plans to default to Wayland, Mir gaining ability to split work across video cards |
| • Issue 1044 (2023-11-06): Porteus 5.01, disabling IPv6, applications unique to a Linux distro, Linux merges bcachefs, OpenELA makes source packages available |
| • Issue 1043 (2023-10-30): Murena Two with privacy switches, where old files go when packages are updated, UBports on Volla phones, Mint testing Cinnamon on Wayland, Peppermint releases ARM build |
| • Issue 1042 (2023-10-23): Ubuntu Cinnamon compared with Linux Mint, extending battery life on Linux, Debian resumes /usr merge, Canonical publishes fixed install media |
| • Issue 1041 (2023-10-16): FydeOS 17.0, Dr.Parted 23.09, changing UIDs, Fedora partners with Slimbook, GNOME phasing out X11 sessions, Ubuntu revokes 23.10 install media |
| • Issue 1040 (2023-10-09): CROWZ 5.0, changing the location of default directories, Linux Mint updates its Edge edition, Murena crowdfunding new privacy phone, Debian publishes new install media |
| • Issue 1039 (2023-10-02): Zenwalk Current, finding the duration of media files, Peppermint OS tries out new edition, COSMIC gains new features, Canonical reports on security incident in Snap store |
| • Issue 1038 (2023-09-25): Mageia 9, trouble-shooting launchers, running desktop Linux in the cloud, New documentation for Nix, Linux phasing out ReiserFS, GNU celebrates 40 years |
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