Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/975565/
Debian had a major discussion
about mounting /tmp as a RAM-based tmpfs in 2012 but inertia
won out in the end. Debian systems have continued to
store temporary files on disk by default. Until now. A mere
12 years later, the project will be switching to a RAM-based /tmp in the Debian
13 (“Trixie”) release. Additionally, starting with Trixie, the
default will be to periodically clean up temporary files automatically in
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/976447/
The Fedora Project has announced
the results of the Fedora Linux 40 election cycle. Four seats were
open on the Fedora
Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), and the winners are Stephen
Gallagher, Neal Gompa, Michel Lind, and Fabio Valentini. The Fedora
Council had two seats open, and the winners
are Aleksandra Fedorova and Adam Samalik. One seat was open on the
Fedora Mindshare
Committee, and the winner
is Sumantro Mukherjee. Four seats were open for the first election to select
members of the EPEL
Steering Committee, which went to Troy
Dawson, Kevin Fenzi, Carl George, and Jonathan Wright.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/976176/
KDE Eco, a KDE project focused
on reducing software’s environmental impact, has announced its Opt
Green campaign to reduce e-waste:
Over the next two years, the “Opt Green” initiative will bring what
KDE Eco has been doing for sustainable software directly to end
users. A particular target group for the project is those whose
consumer behavior is driven by principles related to the environment,
and not just price or convenience: the “eco-consumers”.Through online and offline campaigns as well as installation
workshops, we will demonstrate the power of Free Software to drive
down resource and energy consumption, and keep devices in use for the
lifespan of the hardware, not the software.Our motto: The most environmentally-friendly device is the
one you already own.
See the KDE Eco Get
Involved page for more information on how to participate.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/975445/
The Asahi Linux project works
to support Linux on Apple Silicon hardware. The
project’s flagship
distribution is the Fedora
Asahi Remix, which has its own installer (rather than Anaconda) to
accommodate the unique requirements of installing on Apple’s
hardware. Previously the installer was built by the Asahi project, but it has asked for (and received) an exception
from the Fedora
Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) to include two binaries
from upstream open-source projects so that the installer can be built on Fedora
infrastructure.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/975807/
The FreeBSD Foundation has announced
the 2024
FreeBSD Community Survey Report. The report provides a summary of
1,446 responses to an anonymous online survey of FreeBSD users. It
provides insights into user profiles, typical usage, how the FreeBSD
project is viewed, as well as recommendations for expanding the
FreeBSD community and contributor base:
Currently fewer than half of users consider FreeBSD their daily
driver; Individuals are less likely than Corporate Users to consider
FreeBSD primary. The barrier seems to be less about software and more
about hardware support, particularly around Wi-Fi drivers (which are
at the top of the wish list for the Foundation to focus on in the
coming year). A relatively high number of those who don’t consider
FreeBSD their main OS say they would consider doing so with hardware
support for desktops and laptops that was equivalent to Linux.
The raw
data for the survey is available as well.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/975737/
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (glibc and tomcat), Fedora (chromium, fcitx5-qt, python-pyqt6, qadwaitadecorations, qgnomeplatform, qt6, qt6-qt3d, qt6-qt5compat, qt6-qtbase, qt6-qtcharts, qt6-qtcoap, qt6-qtconnectivity, qt6-qtdatavis3d, qt6-qtdeclarative, qt6-qtgraphs, qt6-qtgrpc, qt6-qthttpserver, qt6-qtimageformats, qt6-qtlanguageserver, qt6-qtlocation, qt6-qtlottie, qt6-qtmqtt, qt6-qtmultimedia, qt6-qtnetworkauth, qt6-qtopcua, qt6-qtpositioning, qt6-qtquick3d, qt6-qtquick3dphysics, qt6-qtquicktimeline, qt6-qtremoteobjects, qt6-qtscxml, qt6-qtsensors, qt6-qtserialbus, qt6-qtserialport, qt6-qtshadertools, qt6-qtspeech, qt6-qtsvg, qt6-qttools, qt6-qttranslations, qt6-qtvirtualkeyboard, qt6-qtwayland, qt6-qtwebchannel, qt6-qtwebengine, qt6-qtwebsockets, qt6-qtwebview, and zeal), Red Hat (glibc, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, linux-firmware, mod_http2, pcp, pcs, protobuf, python3, rpm-ostree, and rust), SUSE (git, glibc-livepatches, kernel, libxml2, openssl-1_1, SUSE Manager Client Tools, SUSE Manager Client Tools, salt, and xdg-desktop-portal), and Ubuntu (amavisd-new, firefox, flask-security, frr, git, intel-microcode, jinja2, libreoffice, linux-intel-iotg, unbound, and webkit2gtk).
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/969640/
With the release of Fedora 40 it’s time to
start looking ahead to what Fedora 41 has in store. One of the largest
changes planned for the next release is a switch to
DNF5, a C++ rewrite of the DNF
package manager. A previous attempt to make the switch, during the Fedora 39 cycle, was called off, and
deferred to Fedora 41. The developers have had nearly a year to address
compatibility problems and bring DNF5 to a state suitable to replace DNF4. Signs point to a successful switch in
the upcoming release, though there may be a few surprises lurking for Fedora users.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/974708/
The KDE Project has announced the
release of KDE Gear 24.05.0, with new features and updates for the
more than 200 applications that
are part of the project. In addition to new versions of the Dolphin
file manager, Kdenlive video
editor, and Elisa music player, this
release includes five applications new to KDE Gear: the Audex CD-ripper application,
an application Accessibility
Inspector, the Francis
Pomodoro timer, Kalm to teach breathing techniques, and a Sokoban-like game
called Skladnik. See the
full
changelog for a complete list of changes.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973782/
KeePassXC is an open-source (GPLv3),
cross-platform password manager with local-only data storage. The
project comes with a number of build
options that can be used to toggle optional features, such as browser
integration and password
database sharing. However, controversy ensued when Debian Developer Julian Klode decided to
make use of these compile flags to disable these features to improve security in the
keepassxc package uploaded to Debian unstable for the
upcoming Debian 13 (“Trixie”) release.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/974576/
Version
3.20.0 of the Alpine Linux
distribution has been released with initial support for 64-bit
RISC-V. Other important changes include updates to GNOME 46,
KDE Plasma 6, and replacing Redis with Valkey due to Redis’s
adoption of a non-free
license model. See the release
notes for more on this release.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/974572/
Security updates have been issued by Debian (webkit2gtk), Fedora (kernel), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable, djvulibre, gdk-pixbuf2.0, nss & firefox, postgresql15 & postgresql13, python-pymongo, python-sqlparse, stb, thunderbird, and vim), Red Hat (go-toolset:rhel8, nodejs, and varnish:6), SUSE (gitui, glibc, and kernel), and Ubuntu (libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gcp, python-idna, and thunderbird).
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/974488/
The AlmaLinux project has announced
the formation of the AlmaLinux Engineering
Steering Committee (ALESCo):
[It] is dedicated to guiding the technical direction of the
AlmaLinux distribution on a day-to-day basis within the guidelines set
forth by the board, ensuring its robustness, reliability,
sustainability, and relevance in the open-source ecosystem. ALESCo
will work collaboratively with, and oversee relevant technical-focused
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to achieve these goals. It is “air
traffic control” for engineering matters.
The initial members of ALESCo appointed by the AlmaLinux OS
Foundation board are Andrew Lukoshko, Ben Thomas, Cody Robertson,
Elkhan Mammadli, Jonathan Wright, and Neal Gompa. The AlmaLinux Wiki has
more information on the committee’s activities and how to get involved.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973130/
As the shiny new KDE Plasma 6 desktop makes its way into distribution
releases, a small group of developers is still trying to preserve the
KDE experience circa 2008. The Trinity Desktop Environment
(TDE), is a continuation of KDE 3 that has maintained the
old-school desktop with semi-regular releases since 2010. The most
recent release, R14.1.2,
was announced
on April 28. TDE does deliver a usable retro desktop, but with
some limitations that hamper its usability on modern systems.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973917/
Version
0.10 of the Vim-based text editor Neovim is now available. This release
includes a new default color scheme, enhanced support for rendering
multibyte characters, support for hyperlinks, system clipboard
synchronization, and more. Many features have been deprecated
in 0.10 and will be removed in future release. Neovim core contributor
Gregory Anders has written a summary
of some of the highlights and thoughts on upcoming releases:
We follow a “fun driven development” paradigm: for the most part,
contributors and maintainers work on things that are personally
interesting to them. Because of this, it can be difficult to predict
what will happen in future releases. If there is a feature you want
to see implemented, the best way to do it is to take a crack at it
yourself: many of the features mentioned in this very blog post were
contributed by users that are not part of the “core” maintenance
team!
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973908/
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 7.0, .NET 8.0, and nodejs:20), Debian (chromium, firefox-esr, ghostscript, and libreoffice), Fedora (djvulibre, mingw-glib2, mingw-python-jinja2, and mingw-python-werkzeug), Oracle (.NET 7.0, .NET 8.0, kernel, and nodejs:18), Red Hat (nodejs:20), Slackware (gdk and git), SUSE (python), and Ubuntu (linux-hwe-5.15, linux-raspi).
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973746/
Security updates have been issued by Mageia (sssd and tcpdump), Red Hat (.NET 7.0, .NET 8.0, expat, kernel, and kernel-rt), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (kernel, postgresql15, postgresql16, python-arcomplete, python-Fabric, python-PyGithub, python- antlr4-python3-runtime, python-avro, python-chardet, python-distro, python- docker, python-fakeredis, python-fixedint, pyth, and python3), and Ubuntu (linux-bluefield).
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973686/
Version 24.0
of the Arch-based Manjaro distribution is now available with
the 6.9 kernel, GNOME 46, Xfce 4.18, and an update to the
Pamac package
installer. This is also the project’s first release with KDE Plasma 6:
The Plasma edition comes with the latest Plasma 6.0 series and KDE
Gear 24.02. It brings exciting new improvements to your desktop.With Plasma 6, KDE’s technology stack has undergone major upgrades:
a transition to the latest version of application framework, Qt, and
an improved graphics platform when Wayland is used. These changes are
as smooth and unnoticeable to the users as possible. You will see the
same familiar desktop environment that you know and love. But these
under-the-hood upgrades benefit Plasma’s security, efficiency, and
performance, and improve support for modern hardware. Thus Plasma
delivers an overall more reliable user experience, while paving the
way for many more improvements in the future.
The project also offers minimal install images with the 6.6 LTS
and 6.1 LTS kernels to support older hardware.
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973667/
Security updates have been issued by Debian (glib2.0 and shim), Fedora (glib2, gnome-shell, tcpdump, tpm2-tools, tpm2-tss, and uriparser), Mageia (mutt), Oracle (git-lfs, glibc, kernel, kernel-container, nodejs:18, nodejs:20, and pcp), SUSE (apache2, opensc, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, perl, python-Pillow, python-pyOpenSSL, python-Werkzeug, SUSE Manager Client Tools Beta, tpm2-0-tss, and tpm2.0-tools), and Ubuntu (sqlparse and strongswan).
Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/973496/
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (nodejs:18 and shim), Debian (atril and chromium), Fedora (chromium, glib2, gnome-shell, mediawiki, php-wikimedia-cdb, php-wikimedia-utfnormal, stb, and tcpdump), Gentoo (Kubelet, PoDoFo, Rebar3, and thunderbird), Mageia (glibc and libnbd), Oracle (kernel), Red Hat (bind and dhcp and varnish), and SUSE (chromium, cpio, freerdp, giflib, gnutls, opera, python-Pillow, python-Werkzeug, tinyproxy, and tpm2-0-tss).