Also included in this week’s FOSS Week in Review: Gnome’s new due date, reader’s say Red Hat’s changed for the worse under IBM, and a new poll asks how you like your distros released.
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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6 is now available to download. This official stable release follows a couple weeks of diligent testing on a beta build. There are no major changes compared to that beta so if you downloaded and installed it you can …
On Tuesday, AlmaLinux announced that it has obtained FIPS 140-3 certification for its Linux distro which is primarily used in data centers by enterprises.
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In this week’s roundup we look at ZFS’s return to Ubuntu as an install option (and why it was removed in the first place), how the Nigerian Prince is adopting AI for phishing, Linux Torvalds fabulous impersonation of E.F. Hutton, and more.
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Currently an experimental project, Slowroll is a hybrid distro that seeks to meld the stability of a fixed release distro like openSUSE Leap with the advantages of a rolling release like openSUSE Tumbleweed.
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The “test week,” is for testing Linux kernel 6.5 ahead of the release of Fedora 39, and the “test day” is for testing changes made to Toolbx container software.
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Armbian and Linux From Scratch both had new releases this week, and ReiserFS was back in the news. Also: news headlines that gave us a chuckle.
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The cryptocurrency funded Brave Browser has a new proprietary AI assistant; new versions of Kali, KDE Gear, and LibreOffice; with changes on the way in The Document Foundation’s versioning scheme.
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New users of Bodhi Linux might be confused about which of the four available ISO images to use. We’ve got your back.
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Lovers of Linux distros that run well on lower-end hardware rejoice for Bodhi Linux 7.0 has been released and is now available to download. Bodhi Linux 7.0 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and uses the Enlightenment-based desktop and Moksha …
In the age of computers, 30 is a ripe old age. Happy birthday, Debian.
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“I wanted to know about how the folks at Alma felt about the recently formed cartel that includes never to be trusted Oracle; SUSE, which is recovering from a case of Stockholm syndrome that was brought about by several decades of abuse by Novell and t…
In this week’s news roundup we look at the release of three Linux-based operating systems — one focused on privacy, one on the desktop, and the third for going mobile.
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The first formal release of Rhino Linux is available to download. Rhino Linux is a rolling-release Linux distro based on Ubuntu. It is a community-based project and not an official Ubuntu flavour. I’m not sure if there’s any linage to the &…
In this week’s news roundup, our Christine Hall tells you what she thinks has gone wrong at Red Hat, and again tries to wrestle Elon Musk to the floor. In between, she covers some more of this week’s FOSS news.
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4MLinux 43.0 is available. A new version of a utility distro that focuses on server, multimedia, system rescue, and games. There’s a new 4MLinux in…
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Released last week, Zorin 16.3 has two paid Pro editions, two free editions for everyday Linux users, and two educational editions.
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A new version of Ubuntu-based Zorin OS is available to download. Zorin OS 16.3 introduces a number of refinements that, its developers say, help “elevate your computing experience even further”. On paper, the inclusion of the new Zorin OS U…
In this week’s column we wish Slackware a happy 30th birthday, look forward to the soon to be landing Mageia 9, and get the bugs out of LibreOffice 7.5.5.
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With Ikey Doherty again taking a central role within the Solus Project, it’s a fair question to ask how long he will stay before abandoning Solus for the third time.
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