Issue #285 / Aug 2024
DVD: AlmaLinux 9.4 Boot DVD and Fedora Workstation 40 Live
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SERVICE: Welcome
Disappearing Promises
The slipping sands of privacy agreements have been a subject of this column before. You always hope you can write something and be done with it, as if your words have just changed the universe, but it is never that easy. The same things keep happening, so people like me need to keep writing about them.
SERVICE: This Month's DVD
AlmaLinux 9.4 Boot DVD and Fedora Workstation 40 Live
NEWS: News
In the news: AlmaLinux Now Supports Raspberry Pi 5; Kubuntu Focus Releases New Ir14 and Ir16 Laptops; NixOS 24.05; Linux Lite 7.0; KaOS Linux 2024.05 Adds bcachfs Support and More; TUXEDO Computers Unveils New Stellaris Laptop Line; KDE Releases Plasma 6.0.5; Gnome OS Adopting systemd-sysupdate; and Endless OS 6.
NEWS: Kernel News
Chronicler Zack Brown discusses the makers of manners.
: Kernel Exploits
How attackers break into out-of-date kernels
This deep look at how intruders attack an out-of-date kernel should be enough to convince you of the need to stay vigilant.
IN-DEPTH: SnoopGod
A community for security education
SnoopGod delivers an Ubuntu-based pentesting distribution with an emphasis on security education.
IN-DEPTH: Mining Litecoin
Cryptomining with Litecoin
Although not as popular as headliners like Bitcoin and Ethereum, Litecoin is one of the oldest cryptocurrencies, and it offers some useful features, such as dual-mining with Dogecoin.
IN-DEPTH: Evolutionary Tale
Dependency resolution with apt-get and apt
Over the past 30 years, the apt family has played an important role in dependency resolution for Debian distros.
IN-DEPTH: hledger
Tracking your finances with plain text accounting
If you're tired of tinkering with spreadsheets, using hledger and plain text accounting offers a simpler method for managing your finances without vendor lock-in.
IN-DEPTH: TimeTravel
Analyze investment strategies using historical data in Go
Mike Schilli uses a Go program to check whether a strategy for trading stocks is making gains or losses on the basis of historical price data.
IN-DEPTH: Wake-on-LAN NAS Backup
Using Wake-on-LAN for a NAS backup
Put your backup server to sleep when you don't need it and then wake it on demand using the Wake-on-LAN feature built into network adapters.
: Passbolt
Use your Raspberry Pi as a password server
Passbolt lets you manage all employee access credentials with a single instance on a Raspberry Pi.
: Designing PCBs
The A to Z of designing printed circuit boards
Take your electronic projects to the next level with your own PCB designs.
LINUX VOICE: Introduction
This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
LINUX VOICE: maddog's Doghouse
Build Back Better: Brazil
Open source offers sound solutions to help a place and its people recover – with improved technology – after disaster.
LINUX VOICE: Website Grabbers
Five tools for downloading websites
Companies and private users sometimes need to back up their own online content. We examine five free solutions for Linux that can download and store web pages or whole websites.
LINUX VOICE: Host WordPress
Boost your WordPress site with OpenLiteSpeed
WordPress lets you build professional websites without needing to know how to code thanks to its user-friendly interface, a huge library of themes and plugins, and built-in search engine optimization features.
LINUX VOICE: FOSSPicks
This month Nate feels like a youngster in a candy store all over again given the delectable range of FOSS treats. He's also delighted to have found a way to manage all his Flatpaks.
LINUX VOICE: Secretive
Sign and encrypt with Kleopatra
KDE Kleopatra, a front end for the GNU PrivacyGuard command-line program, lets you sign and encrypt email for more secure communication.
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News
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NVIDIA Released Driver for Upcoming NVIDIA 560 GPU for Linux
Not only has NVIDIA released the driver for its upcoming CPU series, it's the first release that defaults to using open-source GPU kernel modules.
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OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 Released
If you’re into rolling release Linux distributions, OpenMandriva ROME has a new snapshot with a new kernel.
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Kernel 6.10 Available for General Usage
Linus Torvalds has released the 6.10 kernel and it includes significant performance increases for Intel Core hybrid systems and more.
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TUXEDO Computers Releases InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 Laptop
Sporting either AMD or Intel CPUs, the TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 is an extremely compact, lightweight, sturdy powerhouse.
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Google Extends Support for Linux Kernels Used for Android
Because the LTS Linux kernel releases are so important to Android, Google has decided to extend the support period beyond that offered by the kernel development team.
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Linux Mint 22 Stable Delayed
If you're anxious about getting your hands on the stable release of Linux Mint 22, it looks as if you're going to have to wait a bit longer.
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Nitrux 3.5.1 Available for Install
The latest version of the immutable, systemd-free distribution includes an updated kernel and NVIDIA driver.
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Debian 12.6 Released with Plenty of Bug Fixes and Updates
The sixth update to Debian "Bookworm" is all about security mitigations and making adjustments for some "serious problems."
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Canonical Offers 12-Year LTS for Open Source Docker Images
Canonical is expanding its LTS offering to reach beyond the DEB packages with a new distro-less Docker image.
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Plasma Desktop 6.1 Released with Several Enhancements
If you're a fan of Plasma Desktop, you should be excited about this new point release.