Issue #251 / Oct 2021

Back in the May 2021 issue, I reported on Google's effort to replace third-party tracking cookies with a new alternative they call Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). New developments have added new folds of interest to this story.

Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon Edition and Garuda Linux KDE Dr460nized Edition

In the news: Elementary OS 6 Odin Now Available; Kubuntu Announces High-Performance Focus XE; Solus 4.3 Available for Download and Installation; Steam Deck Linux-Powered Gaming System Set to Take Over the Handheld World; Paragon NTFS Driver On Track For Linux Kernel; and LemonDuck Malware Targets Linux Systems.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the patch submission process and the status of NTFS. 

If you really want to learn about Linux, build it from scratch.

This friendly Arch Linux distro focuses on usability and modern hardware, making it particularly appealing to keen gamers.

We test a new entrant in the world of slim and lightweight Linux-powered laptops.

As regular expressions grow in complexity, regex generators can make the job easier by computing the patterns for you.

If program parts running in parallel keep interfering with each other, you may have a race condition. Mike Schilli shows how to instruct the Go compiler to detect these conditions and how to avoid them in the first place.

A tailor-made image like GalliumOS "Bismuth" will keep your Chromebook healthy after its expiration date.