Issue #290 / Jan 2025

It is well known that many of our most excruciating arguments about religion and philosophy are secretly arguments about definitions. With that said, I will add, it is quite a novel thing when the definition is in the foreground and everyone knows that is what they are arguing about.

Fedora 41 Workstation Live and Manjaro Xfce 24.1.1

In the news: Fedora KDE Approved as an Official Spin; New Steam Client Ups the Ante for Linux; Gnome OS Transitioning Toward a General Purpose Distro; Fedora 41 Released with New Features; AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Gives Power Users a Sneak Preview; Gnome 47.1 Released with a Few Fixes; VirtualBox 7.1.4 Includes Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.12; and New Slimbook EVO with Raw AMD Ryzen Power.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the bcachefs patch submission process.

The majority of Linux distributions ship with LibreOffice as the default office software, but some interesting alternatives are out there right now if you're ready to taste a different suite.

Distro Walk talks to a company that plays a major role in developing and maintaining Debian distributions.

A high-end compact laptop with Linux support out of the box.

Efficient tools to examine, edit, and transfer file information.

A cyberattack unfolds in stages. The enumeration phase is when the attacker looks for holes in the target system. Tools like feroxbuster and ffuf bring the power of automation to the search.

The LibRedirect browser extension redirects YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, and other services to alternative, privacy-friendly front ends.