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Intel is shutting down Clear Linux OS

Usama Jawad — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:54:02 +0000

Intel has suddenly shut down the Clear Linux OS project, urging customers to migrate to some other Linux distro. Read more...

Forget Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, what you really want to download this month is Fedora Silverblue 40

Paul Hill — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:00:02 +0000

Fedora Silverblue 40 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will both be out this month. In this piece, I outline why most end users should opt for Fedora Silverblue 40 over Ubuntu despite the latter's popularity. Read more...

Google discloses CentOS Linux kernel vulnerabilities following failure to issue timely fixes

Usama Jawad — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:18:01 +0000

Google's Project Zero security team has publicly disclosed multiple flaws in certain Linux kernels and distros following Red Hat's inability to fix them within the 90-day deadline assigned by Google. Read more...

Microsoft has chosen Linux distro Mariner as sole host OS for Xbox storefronts

Usama Jawad — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:12:02 +0000

Microsoft has tapped the Linux distro Mariner as its host OS of choice to power Xbox storefronts across console, PC, mobile, and Xbox Cloud Gaming. It has successfully migrated PlayFab already. Read more...

Linux Mint project takes over development of Timeshift backup tool and makes it a XApp

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:40:01 +0000

The Linux Mint team has adopted the Timeshift backup software and made it into a XApp. The software's original developer said he had no time to work on it anymore and let the Mint team take over. Read more...

Systemd v251 with GNU11 could prove troublesome for users of nearly all Linux distros

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:04:01 +0000

With Systemd version 251, the role of Package Manager could radically shift, reducing the flexibility it offered to users and allowing more control in the hands of Linux distro makers. Read more...

Linux Mint 18.3 named and more dev updates outlined

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:16:01 +0000

More Linux Mint 18.3 details have been released, including the main announcement for which we've been waiting: its codename. It will be called Sylvia and is the last 18.x release due. Read more...

Elementary OS 'Loki' 0.4 stable has been released

Steven Johns — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 13:24:01 +0000

The Elementary OS team have released a stable version of Loki which previously went through two betas. Loki is built on top of Ubuntu 16.04 and provides a number of improvements over Freya. Read more...

Canonical licences 'satanists' selling Ubuntu-esque t-shirts

James Hall — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:21:20 +0000

There are, of course, many Linux distros based on Ubuntu out there (Shift Linux was, for a time, one of them). Among the religious derivatives, we have seen the Ubuntu Christian Edition, ... Read more...

Linux Apes Vista With New Distro Called Vixta

Steven Parker — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:14:00 +0000

If Windows Vista is so terrible, how come there's someone in the open-source community who wants to copy it? That's the case with the latest Linux distro, a Vista look-alike called Vixta. The project is... Read more...