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TurnKey Linux is a Debian-based virtual appliance library that integrates some of the best open-source software into ready-to-use solutions. Each virtual appliance is optimised for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on bare metal, a virtual machine and in the cloud. The growing list of virtual appliances, each of which is available as a CD image or virtual machine image, include Bugzilla, Django, Drupal, File Server, Joomla, LAMP, Magento, Mantis, MediaWiki, MoinMoin, Moodle, MovableType, MySQL, Openbravo, phpBB, PostgreSQL, ProjectPier, Rails, Revision Control, StatusNet, Apache Tomcat, Torrent Server, Trac, TWiki, vtiger, WordPress, Zimra and others.
Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution offering a choice of a classic-style user interface (Trinity) and a modern desktop environment (KDE Plasma). The project also develops various utilities, such as Desktop Profiler and Software Center, as well as installers for third-party applications.
GParted Live is a live distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The distribution uses X.Org, the light-weight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 4.x Linux kernel. GParted Live runs on most x86 machines with a Pentium II or better.
Linus has
released 7.3-rc1 and closed the
merge window for this release. "Nothing really stands out - except for
the fact that it's big. It's not the biggest rc1 we've ever had, but it's
certainly up there, at least in number of commits." He pulled 15,267
commits during this merge window, making it the second busiest ever; only
6.7 has exceeded it.
Founded in 2014 by Oliver Pinter and Shawn Webb, HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. The HardenedBSD Project is implementing many exploit mitigation and security technologies on top of FreeBSD. The project started with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) as an initial focal point and is now implementing further exploit mitigation techniques.
ArchEZ (formerly ZestISO) is a rolling-release desktop Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It comes in three editions, with the "KDE Gaming" variant designed for modern computers and with gaming and multimedia software as well as HDR (High Dynamic Range) video support included, while "Xfce" and "IceWM" are lightweight options designed for older systems. The "KDE Gaming" flavour also provides the Wine compatibility layer for running some Windows games and programs and offers support for Microsoft's NTFS volumes. ArchEZ uses its own graphical installation wizard called "ArchEZ Installer".
Abora OS is general-purpose Linux distribution based on NixOS. It boots into a text-mode installation wizard that offers the user various options, including a choice of over 20 desktop environments, window managers and Wayland compositors, as well as several application bundles for a range of use cases. Some of the distribution's other features include out-of-the-box support for flatpak packages, Limine bootloader, command-line system management layer called ANIX, application management layer called TinyPM, and several custom Abora system management tools.
Liya Linux is an Arch Linux-based, rolling release distribution. The project uses the Calamares system installer to set up the distribution which offers users the Cinnamon desktop environment, Pamac graphical package manager and OnlyOffice. The system is intended to be easy to use, easy to explore and distraction-free.
The
results of the
Debian general-resolution vote on the use
of large language models have been posted; the winner is
choice 5:
Responsible Use of Generative AI.
Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI
tools in the development, maintenance, or documentation of
software, packaging, documentation, and other media published
within the Debian Project. We recognize that such tools can
substantially improve the productivity of contributors when used
responsibly, allowing volunteers to spend more of their limited
time on work that requires technical expertise, judgment, review,
and collaboration.
The Debian Project nevertheless expects that all contributions
submitted to Debian, regardless of how and with which tools they
were produced, satisfy the same standards of quality, correctness,
maintainability, and legal compliance. The use of a generative AI
tool does not diminish the contributor's responsibility for the
work they submit. Contributors are expected to understand, review,
test, and, where appropriate, modify AI-assisted output before
incorporating it into Debian.
ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system based on the best design principles found in the Windows NT architecture. Written completely from scratch, ReactOS is not a Linux-based system and it shares none of the UNIX architecture. The main goal of the ReactOS project is to provide an operating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow Windows applications and drivers to run as they would on a Windows system. Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windows would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to allow people to use it as an alternative to Windows without the need to change software they are used to.
ReignOS is an Arch Linux-based gaming distribution. It boots into a graphical system installer which installs a base system, then downloads and installs all extra components after the first boot. The distribution offers a broad range of hardware compatibility by supporting various window compositors, including Steam's Gamescope, KDE's KWin, Wayland's Cage and Weston, and X.Org's X11. It also supports all popular GPUs (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA), as well as hybrid-graphics setups, mGPU and eGPU graphics processing units. ReignOS can boot into a standard KDE Plasma desktop, Steam gaming platform, or a custom-designed control centre that offers a choice user interface options.
Konstantin Ryabitsev has written a blog post with
hard numbers about the impact of AI crawlers on the Linux kernel
repositories at git.kernel.org:
Today, git.kernel.org receives about 6M daily requests demanding to see
random commits. Of these, 66% are still immediately batted away with the Anubis
challenge, but 33% are now solving the math and getting through to the main site
— because apparently what we have to offer is worth spending a ton of cycles to
calculate the Anubis challenge.
It's impossible to tell with certainty which of these are bots and which are
real humans — but chances are, if it's asking for an old commit in a random old
fork, it's probably not a real developer trying to do their work.
With a bunch of generous assumptions, legitimate requests are only about 2%
of git.kernel.org traffic — everything else are scrapers.
openKylin is a Chinese desktop Linux distribution which runs the Kylin and UKUI desktop environments. Both Wayland and X11 sessions are available out of the box. The project is a member of the Debian family and can use APT package management tools. It also features a custom package format which is combined with a software centre. openKylin is also a proving ground for custom utilities which assist the user in managing the operating system.
FunOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution which features the JWM graphical user interface. The project is intended to be more lightweight than official Ubuntu community editions while providing the same application compatibility and hardware support.
FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.
Nobara Project is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. The distribution comes with certain features that do not ship with the regular Fedora, such as WINE dependencies, OBS Studio, 3rd party codec packages for GStreamer, NVIDIA drivers, and some package fixes. Nobara aims to fix most of those issues and offer a better gaming, streaming and content creation experience out of the box. The project's official release comes with a custom-themed GNOME desktop, but it also offers separate editions with standard GNOME and KDE desktops.
Méven Car has written a pair of interesting blog posts (part 1,
part 2). The
first post is largely about some of the recent new features and performance work
that have gone into the Dolphin file
manager 26.08 release, as well as the KIO framework. The second looks at
the performance improvements and benchmarks for previous, current, and upcoming
releases.
Copying many small files is more than twice as fast as it was in April. The
gain falls off as files get larger, which is what you would expect: the fix is
to the per-file overhead, and once each file carries a megabyte of actual I/O
the overhead stops being what you are waiting for.
There is still a gap with cp, discussed at length in the
July post. KIO is doing more than cp does, but not five times more,
and the batching work that closes most of the rest of that gap is still in
progress.
EndeavourOS is a rolling-release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project aims to be a spiritual successor to Antergos, providing an easy setup and a pre-configured desktop environment on an Arch base. EndeavourOS offers both off-line and on-line install options. The off-line installer, Calamares, uses the KDE Plasma desktop by default. The on-line installer can install optional software components, including most popular desktop environments.
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