Tag: operating-systems
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Kernel 6.8 Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to 6.9
As Linux Kernel 6.8 reaches end of life, users should upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.9. The kernel already landed in the stable repositories of popular distros, including Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.8 kernel series is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website,…
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Alpine 3.20 supports 64-bit RISC-V
Alpine Linux 3.20.0 is out, with initial support for a whole new CPU architecture: RISC-V. It also includes KDE Plasma 6 and GNOME 46, and due to Redis changing its license, Alpine has the new Valkey key-value database in its place. The Register has looked at several releases of Alpine in recent years: in 2021,…
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Linus Torvalds Favors Ampere ARM Chip
Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he’s now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than ever. Ampere’s powerful Arm CPUs give the developer a hand in Linux testing. Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has recently upped his game in testing Arm64 Linux. He initially began…
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How to Use ‘Tails’: Max Privacy, Anon
This Linux Distro Is Focused on Maximum Privacy and Anonymity, Here’s How to Use It. (by Dave McKay, from How-to-Geek.) Is online privacy a lost cause? Tails Linux lets you be private online, just as long as you understand its limitations, use it within those limits, and don’t inadvertently blow your cover. The phrase “If…
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The logic of && and || on Linux
These AND and OR equivalents can be used in scripts to determine next actions. We’ve all probably seen the && and || operators in use from time to time. These AND and OR equivalents are often used in scripts to make decisions about what happens next. In this post, we’ll take a look at how…
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Installing Alpine Linux with the Win Installer
By Christopher HarperThat’s right, you can install Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer. But… should you? Late last month, developer Naman Sood posted a screenshot of Alpine Linux inside a Windows installer, and followed it with a semi-satirical YouTube video showing the install inside a VM— but as of April 30, he’s released a full…
