Screenshot by sjvn/ZDNET The Linux Mint community has once again released a top-tier Linux desktop: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia. I’ve used more Linux distributions than most people, and Mint is
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What Linux kernel maintainers do and why they need your help
The result? Well, as Darrick Wong, the former maintainer of the XFS file system, put it in his recent resignation note, “I burned out years ago trying to juggle the
Heavy metal Linux 6.6 has arrived
The introduction of KSMBD does pose a question: “Why put an SMB server in the kernel when we’ve had Samba for decades?” There are two answers to this question. The
CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE unite behind OpenELA to take on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
This code base contains all the necessary packages for building a derivative Enterprise Linux operating system. While the initial focus is on EL8 and EL9, clones of RHEL 8 and
Ubuntu Core Linux Developer Preview is ready for testing
At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It’s not shipping yet, but it’s getting closer
Red Hat goes to the edge
The second option adds MicroShift for dynamic environments that require advanced container orchestration and Kubernetes integration. My quick rule of thumb for when you’d want to use this take on
What is immutable Linux? Here’s why you’d run an immutable Linux distro
Why? Because since the core system is read-only, it’s far less vulnerable to malware and tampering. If you can’t add anything to the operating system, you can’t corrupt it. In
Rust in Linux: Where we are and where we’re going next
Specifically, as Alex Gaynor and Geoffrey Thomas explained at the 2019 Linux Security Summit, almost two-thirds of Linux kernel security holes come from memory safety issues. And where do those
Linux Foundation backs high-performance and exascale computing
They’re also all designed to simplify life for high-performance software developers. With them, programmers can gain continuous integration, turnkey software stacks, and performance testing. This will make their lives much
Kubernetes made simple? Microsoft adds AI toolchain operator to Azure service
AI toolchain operator does this by automatically provisioning the necessary GPU nodes and setting up the associated inference server as an endpoint server to your AI models. An inference server,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 delivers more container support than ever
Specifically for containers, Red Hat is recommending Podman, its daemonless tool for deploying, running, building, and sharing Linux containers. Now, Podman has been around for some time, but with RHEL
Fedoras in Space! Red Hat helps with NASA’s Artemis Lunar missions
Robert A. Heinlein would have been appalled it would have taken us so long. Much of Artemis I’s success can be attributed to the meticulous preparation and testing of the
Tuning the Linux kernel with AI, according to ByteDance
Why? Well, the idea, as Wang wryly put it, “is not to put Linux kernel engineers out of business.” No, the goal is “to liberate human engineers from tuning performance
Linux kernel 6.6 is the next long-term support release
Linux 6.7 will also include numerous new features, such as the bcachefs file system, which is a new robust copy-on-write (COW) file system that boasts fresh attributes while maintaining high
PipeWire 1.0: Linux audio comes of age
ALSA is an essential tool for all Linux audio work. PulseAudio is aimed more at consumers. When you’re listening to YouTube Music, Spotify, or Pandora on your Linux desktop, you’re