Issue #308 / Jul 2026

Remember the old days when you could buy software and they gave you a permanent copy of the files on a shrink-wrapped CD? It was primitive, but at least you knew what you were getting, and you could rest assured that your new purchase would remain in your cupboard until you or one of your heirs decided to throw it away. The new service-based Internet was sold to the public as a convenience, but under the surface, it made consumer decisions even more complicated and challenged our assumptions about what it even means to "buy" or "own."

In the news: Fedora 44 Gaming Ready; Manjaro 26.1 Preview; Microsoft Issues Warning About Linux Vulnerability; Is AI Coming to Your Ubuntu Desktop?; Framework Laptop 13 Pro Competes with the Best; Latest CachyOS Features Supercharged Kernel; Kernel 7.0 Is a Bit More Rusty; and France Says "Au Revoir" to Microsoft.

This month in Kernel News, AI hunts for linux bugs.

AI is here to stay, and understanding how it works under the hood can mean the difference between frustration and genuinely useful results. This article covers LLM fundamentals, effective prompting, and a structured agentic workflow that puts you in control.

We'll show you some best practices for introducing Claude Code (or another LLM-based coding assistant) while maintaining knowledge and control of the code.

This month we explore Solus 4.9, RakuOS 2026.04.15, Trisquel 12.0, and iDeal OS 2026.04.03.

Bottles lets you run Windows apps and games on Linux in clean, isolated environments without dual-booting.

Docker containers and Kubernetes pods might not be as airtight as you think. We'll show you three potential attacks.

Keeping Linux machines in a known state requires a configuration management system. Discover how pyinfra simplifies this task with Python's full programming power.

Mike Schilli's new home rooftop weather station continuously provides sun, wind, and rain data. High time to create a custom analysis program.