Issue #277 / Dec 2023

Remembering what the view was like when I started this job, I must admit that I was gratified, surprised, and encouraged to see that Microsoft has now posted a tutorial on how to install Linux.

MX Linux MX-23_x64 and Kali Linux 2023.3

In the news: Valve Updates Proton to Greatly Improve Windows Gaming on Linux; New Linux Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation; elementary OS 7.1 Available for Download; The GNU Project Celebrates Its 40th Birthday; Linux Kernel Reducing Long-Term Support; Fedora 39 Beta Available for Testing; Fedora Linux 40 to Drop X11 for KDE Plasma; and Real-Time Ubuntu Available in AWS Marketplace.

Zack Brown reports on improving spinlock efficiency and adding up a few extra bytes.

To help speed up the development process, many companies are turning to low-code or no-code platforms that let non-programmers create their own applications.

Node-RED lets you connect ready-made code building blocks to create event-driven applications with little or no code writing.

Snap4Arduino brings the power of low-code programming to the Arduino hardware environment.

One team member is a subject matter expert and one is an experienced programmer. Bringing the two together has always been a problem, but low-code offers a new solution: Put it all under one hat.

Br OS, an Ubuntu derivative based on the KDE Desktop, offers sophisticated design and additional security along with an interesting software selection.

VisiData lets you easily manage, process, and view tabular data from multiple sources, all from the command line.