Issue #287 / Oct 2024

Are fortunes changing for Google? Many observers think so, but trillion dollar companies have ways of making problems go away. It does seem like they are on a bit of a losing streak when it comes to government tolerance of their anti-competitive behavior.

Debian 12.6 and Clonezilla 3.1.3-16

In the news: Ubuntu 24.10 to Include the Latest Linux Kernel; Plasma Desktop 6.1.4 Release; Manjaro Team Tests Immutable Version; Vanilla OS 2 Available; Debian-Based eLxr Distribution for Edge Deployments; NVIDIA Driver for Upcoming NVIDIA 560 GPU for Linux; OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 Released; and Kernel 6.10 Available for General Usage.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on speeding up the dentry cache.

Ollama and Open WebUI let you join the AI revolution without relying on the cloud.

The bauh package manager provides a single interface to manage all of your Linux software. Despite a few issues, bauh goes a long way in simplifying package management.

SysLinuxOS puts an end to searching for the right tools for admin tasks.

Ubuntu MATE is an intriguing option for users who want the steady predictability of Ubuntu without the complexity and feature-bloat of modern-day Gnome or KDE.

LXC, a command-line manager for Linux containers, is quite tricky to use. Enter the LXD-UI web interface to make life easier.

The modern electerm combines terminal, file manager, and remote connection functions into a single app.