Follow ZDNet - Linux, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/zdnet76 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 03:12:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAyGedultZgP6CY3L745TL_ At Open Source Summit Japan, Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman recaps the current state and future challenges of kernel security, including the specter of government regulation and the essential pain of unceasing updates.]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:16:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAyGedultZgP6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAEajXXsjvkf6CY3L745TL_ The team's official release is due in February 2024, but you can test the distro's beta 1 today. Here's how.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:50:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAEajXXsjvkf6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUCtfE9nmePGLuT5HJgy6HUf If you've ever wanted to try Arch Linux, but were afraid of the installation process, there's an easier way to do it, thanks to a built-in script.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:43:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUCtfE9nmePGLuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBATKlL9XYb_KCY3L745TL_ At Open Source Summit Japan, Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds talked about Rust in Linux, Linux maintainer fatigue, and AI's future role in Linux and open-source development.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:13:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBATKlL9XYb_KCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDfBplr0kZyb3n9ye8UNv30 If your Linux distribution is having trouble with Bluetooth, and the GUI isn't helping, there's a command you can use that has a better chance of solving your problem.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:06:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDfBplr0kZyb3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDoL0uMQw_Fdcb1naedg1wr The rlxOS (pronounced "relaxed OS") Linux distribution is a lot of things. It's immutable, it tweaks the Xfce desktop to look like KDE Plasma, it's fast, and (on the surface) it looks to be very user-friendly.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:55:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDoL0uMQw_Fdcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDzDMd0N2dxEiejEQ2Mq9rY Once upon a time, serious audio users like musicians and audio engineers had real trouble with Linux. With the arrival of PipeWire 1.0, that's no longer the case.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:37:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDzDMd0N2dxEiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAhSBlh7tnmRnn9ye8UNv30 Looking for an elegant, highly configurable Linux desktop distribution? Consider my new go-to, which ships with a beautiful and user-friendly Budgie environment.]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:37:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAhSBlh7tnmRnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBwbkBkd3kBMOzdsCmHakzH After extensive testing, I've settled on a Linux email client to replace Thunderbird (until I find something better).]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:15:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBwbkBkd3kBMOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDvG8rLTVCSBqCY3L745TL_ If you're looking for a more modern, simplified means of managing your email on Linux, look no further than Geary.]]> Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:39:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDvG8rLTVCSBqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUARe9TVYBz773n9ye8UNv30 openSUSE offers two different takes on its Linux distribution: Tumbleweed (a rolling release) and Leap (a standard release). Tumbleweed has done a great job of converting me to the idea of rolling releases.]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:05:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUARe9TVYBz773n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBH0MkKLsb_LezdsCmHakzH It's official - the next long-term support version of Linux is October 2023's Linux 6.6.]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:38:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBH0MkKLsb_LezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAUFTlJoYXP7Xn9ye8UNv30 Linux works well for most jobs, but to get it to work great requires kernel tuning, and that's never easy. ByteDance has a proposal to make this easier.]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 23:37:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUAUFTlJoYXP7Xn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUD5bS2-31QXjiejEQ2Mq9rY Lockheed Martin uses Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to host NASA's Artemis mission simulations.]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:59:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUD5bS2-31QXjiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBAaULB2kbTkCejEQ2Mq9rY Cloud programmers, in particular, will want to use RHEL 9.3 as their enterprise Linux operating system of choice.]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:24:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBAaULB2kbTkCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUClNXt0iweKDps0ohxaO6Yr The Linux Foundation is backing several different high-performance computing initiatives with two new foundations.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:28:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUClNXt0iweKDps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDOx8mszHcWQ5VjH6qdYdAk Step by step, the Rust programming language is moving deeper into the Linux kernel.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:37:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDOx8mszHcWQ5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDw6wh95zgEHnn9ye8UNv30 DNF5 is the newest iteration of the package manager that helps users run software on the likes of Fedora Linux. Although Fedora 39 doesn't ship with DNF5 as the default, it's simple to install.]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:36:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUDw6wh95zgEHnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUCqIbrR-oVUuuT5HJgy6HUf GhostBSD is a user-friendly spin of the FreeBSD operating system that makes it possible for anyone to enjoy one of the most stable operating systems around.]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:22:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUCqIbrR-oVUuuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBrorbx_IfJxilmFkX7M1Jw Edge computing and the Internet of Things meet at Red Hat's latest release: Red Hat Device Edge.]]> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:58:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2vLPcI0TuUBrorbx_IfJxilmFkX7M1Jw