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Linux 6.9: first to ten million Git objects?
Linus Torvalds has released version 6.8 of the Linux Kernel. “So it took a bit longer for the commit counts to come down this release than I tend to prefer,” Torvalds wrote on the Linx kernel mailing list on Sunday, “but a lot of that seemed to be about various selftest updates (networking in particular) Read more
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C++ Creator Rebuts White House Warning
Biden administration seems oblivious of the strengths of contemporary C++ and the efforts to provide strong safety guarantees, Bjarne Stroustrup said. C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup has defended the widely used programming language in response to a Biden administration report that calls on developers to use memory-safe languages and avoid using vulnerable ones such as C++ Read more
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‘BigLinux’ distro makes Linux easy
Looking for a Linux distribution that makes good on the promise of being the perfect system for those who’ve never used Linux? If so, BigLinux might be for you. But advanced users with love it too. ZDNET’s key takeaways:BigLinux is free and available for installation on as many computers as you need.It’s big, beautiful, and Read more
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Raspberry Pi OS Now Powered By Linux 6.6
Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Powered by Linux 6.6 LTS, Improves Raspberry Pi 5 SupportThis release improves the dark theme, adds new settings for headless resolution to the Screen Configuration, and enables EEPROM updates from raspi-config. The Raspberry Pi Foundation released today a new build of their Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS operating for the Raspberry Read more
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Linux for older phones postmarketOS changes its init system
Good news, everyone! The world’s favorite daemon, systemd, is coming to phones. The team behind the leading replacement OS for end-of-life smartphones are to adopt systemd – to make working with GNOME and KDE easier. The official postmarketOS blog announced that systemd is coming to postmarketOS. There are solid technical reasons. The announcement explains: One Read more
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CERN’s Proton Mail for Linux
Proton Mail has released a brand new desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The app means subscribers to the privacy-focused mail service no longer need to use a web browser to read, send, and manage their mail. For privacy-conscious folks, Proton needs little introduction. Formed by a group of scientists and engineers who met Read more
