Issue #259 / Jun 2022

The past few years have seen some encouraging signs from Microsoft. For instance, they no longer propagate transparent and self-serving falsehoods about Linux at every opportunity. However, recent events indicate that maybe the new Microsoft might be all too much like the old Microsoft.

Zorin OS 16.1 Core and Super GRUB2 Disk

In the news: Microsoft Expands Their Windows Subsystem for Linux Offerings with AlmaLinux; Debian 11.3 Released with Numerous Bug and Security Fixes; The First Alpha of Asahi Linux Is Available; Zorin OS 16.1 Released with a New Kernel for Better Hardware Compatibility; Red Hat Adds Common Criteria Certification for RHEL 8.2; and Linux Kernel 5.17 Has Finally Arrived.

In Kernel News; Retargeting the Magic SysRq Key; and The Seventh Circle of Bug-Tracking Hell.

Some old-school admins are still philosophizing about secure internal networks, but the experts have already moved on: Zero trust architectures use a reliable but complex strategy to protect the network from all threats – inside and outside.

Pop!_OS, known for its innovation, customization, and user-friendliness, features one of the easiest tiling desktop options available.

Twister UI modernizes the Xfce desktop, making it ideal for both new users and old hardware.

The Knowledge Discovery in Data Mining (KDD) method breaks the business of data analytics into easy-to-understand steps. We'll show you how to get started with KDD and Python.

Snort lets you protect your network from intruders with a customizable ruleset.

Five letters, one word, six tries – that's Wordle. You can solve any Wordle in just a few steps and gain practical experience using grep and regular expressions.