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Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has revealed that inclement weather in the USA meant he recently endured six electricity-free days in his Portland, Oregon, home during which he was unable to tend to the kernel. As a result he therefore pondered adding an… Continue reading Linus Torvalds Went Six Days Without Electricity, Swears Smaller 5.12 Kernel Is Co-Incidental
AmiMoJo shares a report: Last month, the Linux Mint team published a post on the organization’s official blog about the importance of installing security updates on machines running the Linux distribution. The essence of the post was that a sizeable nu… Continue reading Linux Mint Developers Will Force Updates on Users Like Microsoft Does with Windows 10
Charlotte Web writes: With Linux 5.10 having shipped as the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release to be maintained for at least the next five years, a discussion has begun over dropping a number of old and obsolete CPU platform support currently found… Continue reading Linux Kernel Developers Discuss Dropping a Bunch of Old CPUs
Redox OS, the micro-kernel based Rust-written operating system, is out with a new Christmas release. From a report: Redox OS 0.6 was released on Christmas Eve with many bug fixes and new features. Redox OS 0.6 features a complete rewrite of its RMM ker… Continue reading Redox OS 0.6 Released With Many Fixes, Rewritten Kernel Memory Manager
Rudra Saraswat is the creator of the Ubuntu Unity distro (which uses the Unity interface in place of Ubuntu’s GNOME shell).
But this week they released Ubuntu Web Remix, “a privacy-focused, open source alternative to Google Chrome OS/Chromium OS” usin… Continue reading ‘Ubuntu Web Remix’ Distro Offers Firefox-Based Chrome OS Alternative
According to Phoronix, a Dell privacy driver is is being prepared for the Linux kernel. From the report: Beginning in Dell’s 2021 laptop models they are providing hardware-based “privacy buttons” to disable microphone and camera support. These new Dell… Continue reading Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver For Linux
The Xen Project has ported its hypervisor to the 64-bit Raspberry Pi 4. The Register reports: The idea to do an official port bubbled up from the Xen community and then reached the desk of George Dunlap, chairman of the Xen Project’s Advisory Board. Du… Continue reading Xen Project Officially Ports Its Hypervisor To Raspberry Pi 4
On August 7, 2019, Linux Journal laid off all staff members and was left with no operating funds to continue in any capacity. Today, the technology magazine announced that they’ve secured a deal to keep the site alive indefinitely under the ownership o… Continue reading Linux Journal Is Back
Huawei has announced the second version of its HarmonyOS operating system and detailed plans to bring it to a wider range of devices, including smartphones. Consumer business CEO Richard Yu made the announcement today at Huawei’s developer conference i… Continue reading Huawei’s HarmonyOS is Coming To Smartphones
The public beta of macOS Big Sur, the next major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, is now available. From a report: The new update brings a big visual overhaul to macOS while also adding a number of brand-new enhancements. If you’re thinking abo… Continue reading Apple Launches Public Beta of macOS Big Sur, Its Biggest Desktop OS Update in Years