 DistroWatch Weekly |
| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1018, 8 May 2023 |
Welcome to this year's 19th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!
A few weeks ago we reported on the release of Fedora 38, the latest update from the Red Hat sponsored community distribution. Fedora typically provides the latest stable versions of many software packages, including systemd and GNOME. This week Joshua Allen Holm takes Fedora 38 for a test drive and reports on his experiences. Also on the subject of Fedora, the project is looking at adding a new immutable edition. The new flavour will combine a read-only filesystem with the Budgie desktop and should be available with the launch of Fedora 39 later this year and we discuss this in our News section. Does your distribution provide an edition with an immutable filesystem? Let us know in this week's Opinion Poll. We also report on changes coming to the Linux Mint project, including work going into a fix for booting the Mint distribution on systems where Secure Boot is enabled. Plus we share a report of Voyager Live introducing an edition with a ChatGPT client installed by default. Then, in our Questions and Answers column, we share command line tips, including how to find appropriate manual pages for a specific task and how to string a series of audio tracks into one file. We're also pleased to share the releases of the past week and list the torrents we are seeding. We wish you all a wonderful week and happy reading!
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| Feature Story (by Joshua Allen Holm) |
Fedora 38 Workstation
The many official editions, spins, labs, and immutable desktop variants of Fedora 38 were released on April 18, 2023. The five official editions are: Workstation, Server, IoT, Cloud, and CoreOS. There are ten spins featuring alternate desktop environments and nine labs that focus on specific functionality. The specifics about these versions can be found on the newly redesigned Fedora website. Oddly, the three immutable editions (Silverblue, Kinoite, and Sericea) are relegated to the footer of the new website. All the other options, including alternate downloads, are featured more predominately.
Fedora 38 -- The GNOME desktop
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Each edition, spin, or lab offers something different. They are all based around the same base Fedora packages, but the user experience for each of them could be vastly different, depending on which variants are being compared. Sadly, time does not permit me to look at multiple variants and compare their strengths and weaknesses. For this review, I will be using the Workstation edition, which comes with the GNOME desktop environment. Some of what I cover will be applicable to all the Fedora variants, but not everything.
Installing Fedora 38 Workstation
I started by downloading the 2.1GB Fedora Workstation ISO and copying it to a flash drive. Booting from the flash drive brought up Fedora 38 Workstation's live desktop environment with the options to install Fedora or try out the live desktop. I selected Install Fedora, which started Fedora's Anaconda installer.
Fedora 38 -- The live desktop with install prompt
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Anaconda can provide a lot of options, but in Fedora 38 Workstation it only does three things: Keyboard, Time & Date, and Installation Destination. Everything else is either handled using the live desktop's settings (e.g, for configuring networking and hostname), or by the post-install initial setup wizard, which handles new user creation. This process is okay, but I mildly dislike that failing to set a hostname manually outside of Anaconda results in a volume group being created with "live" as part of the volume group's name. For partitioning, I selected all the default options and allowed Anaconda to remove all preexisting partitions, so I ended up with a 629MB EFI partition, a 1.1GB ext4 partition mounted at /boot, and a 61GB Btrfs partition for everything else. Because I did nothing to set the hostname, this Btrfs partition ended up with the name "fedora_localhost-live". That live suffix is not going to hurt anything, but it also has no reason to be there. Yes, I could have used advanced partitioning to make things exactly the way I wanted, or I could have set the hostname, but the default volume name ending does not need to be the default hostname of the live image instead of just "fedora_localhost". Ideally, it should be possible to connect to a wireless network (or some other network) and set a hostname from inside of the installer.
Fedora 38 -- The Anaconda installer
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After Anaconda finished, I restarted the computer. The initial setup wizard ran through various steps to finish configuring the system. The steps were privacy settings for location services and automatic reporting, enabling third-party repositories, connecting to on-line accounts, and creating a new user. Pretty standard stuff, and there is nothing to say about this part of the process other than to say that it did exactly what was expected.
Fedora 38 -- Performing initial setup steps
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The GNOME 44 desktop environment
Much of what is new in the Workstation edition of Fedora 38 comes from GNOME 44. The upgrade from GNOME 43 to GNOME 44 is not major, but there are some really nice improvements. Several panels in the Settings application have been revised, the quick setting menu now has a menu for Bluetooth connections and the speaker icon next to the volume slider can be used to mute and un-mute the sound. Applications that use the GTK4 file chooser can now display items in a grid view. These enhancements are most welcome, but not massive changes.
Fedora 38 -- The Settings accessibility panel and quick settings menu
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Default software selection
Fedora 38 Workstation comes with Firefox 111 (already updated to 112), LibreOffice 7.5.2 (Calc, Impress, and Writer), and various GNOME applications and utilities. All of this is running on version 6.2 of the Linux kernel. The default selection of software is adequate. The standard selection of open source applications are included. There is a web browser, an office suite, and everything needed to do most basic computer tasks. The only issue is that Fedora does not ship patent-encumbered codecs in its repositories, so audio and video playback may be an issue for some. One other thing to note is the fact that this version of Fedora does not come with the GNU Compiler Collection and Make preinstalled. These were included with Fedora 37, but not in 38. Other developer tools, like Git and Toolbox, are still part of the default package set.
Fedora 38 -- The default software
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While working on this review I only encountered a couple moderate issues with the included applications. The first was the fact that I frequently had Firefox freeze and then crash when trying to view and download PDF files. The first time I had this happen was when I tried to download OpenStax's new World History, Volume 1 textbook. This textbook is about 200MB, so tried again with something smaller. I tried to download some old 1980s programming books from Usborne and frequently had the same result. The misbehavior has improved significantly over the first week since release, but has not gone away entirely. The second issue was related to codecs and video playback, so I will cover this issue in the RPM Fusion section below.
Installing additional software
Additional RPM packages can be installed using either DNF on the command line or by using the GNOME Software GUI application. Flatpaks can be installed using either the flatpak command or by using GNOME Software. By default, the only Flatpaks available are from the Fedora Flatpak repository, which has the same patent-related restrictions as the RPM repositories. Enabling third-party repositories enables Flathub as a source of Flatpaks, and unlike in early Fedora releases, the Flathub repository is not filtered. Running the "flatpak remotes" command still lists Flathub as filtered, but no packages are actually filtered out and all the Flathub packages are available without having to take additional steps to install an unfiltered version of the repository from the Flathub website. The third-party RPM repositories include PyCharm, Google Chrome, and NVIDIA drivers and Steam from RPM Fusion.
Fedora 38 -- GNOME Software
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RPM Fusion
As with all the distributions in the Red Hat family, using RPM Fusion is almost mandatory. Without enabling RPM Fusion, it is impossible to play anything that uses a patent-encumbered codec, which is a lot of media.
Adding the RPM Fusion repositories is not a complicated task, but is more complicated than checking a box in Ubuntu's installer. The initial step for adding RPM Fusion to Fedora involves copying and pasting a single line, but after that it gets a little complicated. If you want to add appstream metadata so RPM Fusion applications show up in GNOME Software, there is one command you need to run. Adding in codecs by updating the multimedia group is another command, and now that the ffmpeg-free package from Fedora's repositories conflicts the the RPM Fusion ffmpeg package, the '--allowerasing' flag is required. Honestly, the process of getting codecs installed in Fedora is actually getting slightly more complex instead of getting easier.
My preferred method of enabling all the RPM Fusion things is to use the command "dnf groupupdate workstation-product-environment --allowerasing" to bring in the appstream packages, the GStreamer codecs, and Intel graphic drivers in one step. However, this time things did not go as smoothly. It seems that the package name of the libav plugin changed recently and this was not initially updated in the multimedia group's metadata (as I write this, you can still see the discrepancy in Fedora 37, but not Fedora 38), which caused one of many problems I had with video files the first couple of days of using Fedora 38.
I also had to install the gstreamer1-vaapi package to get H.265 videos to play correctly. Before installing that package, all the videos were green garbage. For the first several days, with or without the vaapi package, the thumbnailer would produce garbage thumbnails of H.265 video files and would crash after producing a few of the broken thumbnail images. Lastly, and most oddly, I could not play Matroska files with E-AC-3 (ATSC A/52B) audio. I finally managed to solve this by uninstalling some GStreamer plugins and reinstalling them. The reinstalled packages were the same ones that were uninstalled (I triple checked that there were no updates available before trying this), so I have no idea why "turning it off and on again" actually worked. One week on and almost all of my multimedia issues have been resolved. I am just waiting on something to fix the fact that the Totem video player freezes when trying to load a external text subtitle file. Even an empty .srt file is enough to cause this to happen.
Final thoughts
Fedora 38 is not perfect, but I am sure the last few issues with be dealt with quickly. Minor issues aside, Fedora 38 is an okay, if somewhat boring, release. The new features are nice, but not anything so crucial that a Fedora 37 user needs to upgrade right away. That said, anyone who does upgrade will probably like the refinements.
Overall, I would recommend Fedora 38 Workstation to anyone who wants a Red Hat style distribution that is more up to date than CentOS Stream, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or one of the various RHEL clones. If you are not tied to the Red Hat ecosystem, Fedora 38 is still a good choice, but it does not stand out enough to recommended it above Ubuntu 23.04, openSUSE Tumbleweed, or any other distribution with recent packages.
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Hardware used in this review
My physical test equipment for this review was an ASUS VivoBook E406MA laptop with the following specifications:
- Processor: Intel Pentium Silver N5000 CPU
- Storage: 64GB eMMC
- Memory: 4GB of RAM
- Networking: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
- Display: Intel UHD Graphics 605
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Visitor supplied rating
Fedora has a visitor supplied average rating of: 8.2/10 from 345 review(s).
Have you used Fedora? You can leave your own review of the project on our ratings page.
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| Miscellaneous News (by Jesse Smith) |
Fedora plans new immutable flavour, Linux Mint works to correct issue with Secure Boot, Voyager Live demonstrates ChatGPT client
The Fedora project is currently considering adding a new member to the distribution's family, expanding the number of immutable filesystem options users will have. "Fedora Onyx is an immutable desktop operating system, featuring the Budgie desktop environment. Fedora Onyx leverages the same foundational technologies as other Fedora immutable variants such as Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, and Fedora Sericea (flatpak, rpm-ostree, podman, toolbx). Fedora Onyx is built for people that are attracted to / find value in the Fedora computing platform and Budgie desktop environment, but need the robust immutability and atomic capabilities that rpm-ostree provides, which are not offered through traditional Fedora spins (e.g. Fedora Budgie Spin)." Assuming the proposal goes ahead, Onyx will be available alongside other Fedora 39 releases later this year.
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The Linux Mint team have published their April newsletter. The report covers new visual changes to notifications and tooltips as well as security enhancements to the Warpinator file transfer tool. The newsletter also talks about an issue concerning Secure Boot: "An update in Ubuntu's shim-signed broke the compatibility of all Linux Mint (and past Ubuntu and derivative) ISOs with Secure Boot. If because of this you are unable to install Linux Mint, for now we recommend to disable Secure Boot. We are currently working on a fix for future ISOs and taking this opportunity to review the way we produce our images."
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In what is likely to be the beginning of a popular trend in many desktop Linux distributions, the Voyager Live team has announced a new edition of their desktop distribution which features a ChatGPT client: "We are at the dawn of a digital break with the arrival of AI (artificial intelligence) and ChatGPT, so it seems important to know what it is and to talk about it in the Linux community, as we do it at the beginning. So I installed a small application named Chat based on ChatGPT 3.5 on the latest Voyager 23.04, to give you an idea of its power, for simple queries. In the future, I won't integrate ChatGPT for other versions, it's just for this single version as a test." Additional information on the new edition can be found on the Voyager Live website.
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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) |
Finding relevant manual pages and merging audio files
Looking-for-related-topics asks: Is there a way to do a fuzzy search on manual pages? Like, if I didn't know to look up "man cp" is there a way to find any manual page about copying files?
DistroWatch answers: For some reason it took me awhile to consider this when I first started using UNIX and Linux, but the man command - which is used to display local manual pages for programs, concepts and functions - has its own manual page. We can see it by running the command:
man man
I mention this because, while the man command is mostly used for simply displaying manual pages, it has a few other features and they're listed in its own manual.
One of the more useful features of the man command, in my opinion, is its keyword search function. We can perform keyword searches by passing the man command the "-k" flag. For example, to seek manual pages about programs which can copy files we would run:
man -k copy
The above command will return a lot of results, 66 on my machine. These results will cover commands which involve file copying, programming functions which copy data, and filesystem features. Assuming we're specifically interested in command line programs which can copy files or directories we can narrow our search by filtering down the results to include only section one (1) of the manual pages. There are nine manual page sections (helpfully listed in the man manual page). Section 1 is for command line programs.
In the following example, we perform a search for manual pages which reference the term "copy" in their description and are in the first section of the manual pages:
man -k copy | grep 1
The above command returns results such as the cp program along with other programs for transferring files like scp and rsync.
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Seeking-longer-songs asks: Is there a way to merge multiple audio files together into one long track?
DistroWatch answers: There are a few ways to concatenate multiple audio files into one, ongoing audio file. For people interested in a graphical, desktop application the Audacity audio editor can do this. You can open Audacity, import multiple tracks and then copy/paste the audio stream from one track to the end of another. Then, from the File menu, select Export and then the format (MP3, OGG) you want to use.
For people who want to use the command line, there are a few utilities which will concatenate audio files. The most simple approach is to use the sox program. It will accept a list of existing audio files, followed by the name of the new file to create. For example, here we take three small audio clips and merge them into one long MP3 file:
sox small-audio1.mp3 small-audio2.mp3 small-audio3.mp3 long-audio.mp3
The sox command works fairly quickly and doesn't require any extra flags or parameters, just the list of files we want to concatenate.
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Additional answers can be found in our Questions and Answers archive.
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| Released Last Week |
Br OS 23.04
Anderson Marques has announced the release of Br OS 23.04. Br OS, developed in Brazil, is an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the KDE Plasma desktop and a set of applications designed for web content creation. This release marks the project's third anniversary. An interesting new feature of the release is an integration of ChatGPT directly in the work area. It can be accessed by an icon located on the right side of the start menu. After clicking on the icon, the user can login with an OpenAI account or create a new account. It is important to stress that ChatGPT does not have any power over the user's computer; it runs isolated inside the application. This was purposely done to prevent ChatGPT from accessing any data on the computer. In this way, the only data ChatGPT will collect are limited to those typed by the user while interacting with the application. Br OS 23.04 ships with Linux kernel 6.2, KDE Plasma 5.27.4 and Qt 5.15.8. Other items on the changelog include various interface improvements and bug fixes. See the release announcement and the changelog (both links in Portuguese) for more information and a screenshot.
Br OS 23.04 -- Running the KDE Plasma desktop
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Development, unannounced and minor bug-fix releases
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| Torrent Corner |
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.
Archives of our previously seeded torrents may be found in our Torrent Archive. We also maintain a Torrents RSS feed for people who wish to have open source torrents delivered to them. To share your own open source torrents of Linux and BSD projects, please visit our Upload Torrents page.
Torrent Corner statistics:
- Total torrents seeded: 2,863
- Total data uploaded: 43.2TB
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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) |
Would you like your distribution to provide an immutable edition?
In our News section this week we reported on Fedora providing a new immutable edition, this one featuring the Budgie desktop. Immutable filesystems offer an additional layer of security and have the potential to supply smoother upgrades over time. Would you like to see your distribution provide an immutable edition?
You can see the results of our previous poll on installing software to a manually selected location in last week's edition. All previous poll results can be found in our poll archives.
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Do you want your distro to offer an immutable edition?
| Yes: | 406 (33%) |
| No: | 702 (57%) |
| My distro already has an immutable edition: | 120 (10%) |
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| Website News |
New distributions added to waiting list
- Dr.Parted Live. Dr.Parted Live is a bootable GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Testing. Live CD/USB featuring a lightweight Openbox window manager and useful applications for data backup, restore and recovery. It contains Apart GUI that is a front end to the Partclone command line utility, and is capable of bare-metal backup and recovery of disk partitions. It can use external hard drives and network shares. Dr.Parted also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions.
- huronOS. huronOS is a Debian-based distribution which can be run in live mode and that is specialized in competitive programming and all the activities around it, like official contests, training camps, practice contests or tests. The huronOS distribution can synchronize files between multiple instances to improve data sharing and collaboration.
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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, 15 May 2023. Past articles and reviews can be found through our Weekly Archive and Article Search pages. To contact the authors please send e-mail to:
- Jesse Smith (feedback, questions and suggestions: distribution reviews/submissions, questions and answers, tips and tricks)
- Ladislav Bodnar (feedback, questions, donations, comments)
- Joshua Allen Holm (feature review)
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| Archives |
| • 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 |
| • Issue 1086 (2024-09-02): Vanilla OS 2, command line tips for simple tasks, FreeBSD receives investment from STF, openSUSE Tumbleweed update can break network connections, Debian refreshes media |
| • Issue 1085 (2024-08-26): Nobara 40, OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME", distros which include source code, FreeBSD publishes quarterly report, Microsoft updates breaks Linux in dual-boot environments |
| • Issue 1084 (2024-08-19): Liya 2.0, dual boot with encryption, Haiku introduces performance improvements, Gentoo dropping IA-64, Redcore merges major upgrade |
| • Issue 1083 (2024-08-12): TrueNAS 24.04.2 "SCALE", Linux distros for smartphones, Redox OS introduces web server, PipeWire exposes battery drain on Linux, Canonical updates kernel version policy |
| • 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 |
| • Issue 1037 (2023-09-18): Bodhi Linux 7.0.0, finding specific distros and unified package managemnt, Zevenet replaced by two new forks, openSUSE introduces Slowroll branch, Fedora considering dropping Plasma X11 session |
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