Issue #265 / Dec 2022

When Facebook renamed itself Meta in honor of its new vision of a virtual reality metaverse, I knew they were taking their initiative very seriously. I will admit, though, it was a little difficult to figure out what they were talking about.

Manjaro 21.3.7-220816 and Arch Linux 2022.10.01

In the news: TUXEDO OS; Native GPU Driver for Apple Silicon; Linux Kernel 6.0; System76 Skips Pop!_OS 22.10 to Focus on COSMIC Desktop; New Look for System76 Thelio; Ubuntu Software Store Rumored to Replace Gnome Software; and a New Arch-Based Linux Distribution.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the little links that bring us closer within the Linux kernel community.

The peculiar world of quantum mechanics points the way to a whole new kind of computer. If you're wondering how quantum computers work, we'll give you an inside view.

Qiskit is an open source framework that aims to make quantum computing technology both understandable and ready for production.

Not just one operating system, Puppy Linux is a diverse collection of lightweight operating systems designed for efficiency.

Atuin adds some handy queries to the shell history function, while letting you synchronize your command history across the network.

Deb-get gives Debian and Ubuntu users easy access to third-party software.

McFly improves on the venerable history command with a customizable interface and contextualized results.