Issue #266 / Jan 2023

Does it seem like the times are changing? I know what you're going to say, "The times are always changing in high tech," which is certainly true. But sometimes they are changing in ways you don't think they should be changing.

Ubuntu 22.10 and AlmaLinux 9.0

In the news: New Arch-Based Linux Distribution; elementary OS 7; Nitrux 2.5 with Kernel 6.0 and KDE Plasma 5.26; Zorin OS 16.02; Linus Torvalds Considers Dropping i486 Support; Firefox 106; First Release Candidate of Linux 6.1 Kernel; Juno Computers Announces New Tablet for Preorder; and VirtualBox 7.0.

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

Auction houses are selling AI-based artwork that looks like it came from the grand masters. The Internet is peppered with photos of people who don't exist, and the movie industry dreams of resurrecting dead stars. Enter the world of generative adversarial networks.

Trying out Puppy Linux requires picking a Puppy distribution. We provide a brief overview of some of the most popular Puppy variants.

An overlay network will help you block unwanted eavesdroppers on the Internet. We show you some of the leading open source options.

The MITRE ATT&CK website keeps information on attackers and intrusion techniques. We'll show you how to use that information to look for evidence of an attack.

Age, a modern encryption tool, could soon replace PGP and GPG when it comes to file encryption.

To make programs useful to a worldwide audience, you need to build in support for multiple languages. Catgets is a tool that helps you reach beyond your mother tongue.