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Tails 6.10 privacy-focused Linux distro released with Thunderbird updates, Trezor wallet fixes, and no telemetry.

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Highlights of the Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment include a new default theme that’s much darker and more contrasted. The revamped theme features rounded elements, redesigned modal dialogs, support for panel highlights, support for colored buttons in dialogs, and a gap between the applets and the panel.

The post Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Environment Released with Revamped Theme, Night Light appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (dnsmasq, editorconfig-core, lemonldap-ng, proftpd-dfsg, python3.9, simplesamlphp, tgt, and xfpt), Fedora (qbittorrent, webkitgtk, and wireshark), Mageia (libsoup3 & libsoup), Red Hat (buildah, grafana, grafana-pcp, and podman), SUSE (gimp, kernel, postgresql14, python, webkit2gtk3, xen, and zabbix), and Ubuntu (ansible and postgresql-12, postgresql-14, postgresql-16).

The 6.13 merge window closed with the release of 6.13-rc1 on December 1. By that time, 11,307 non-merge commits had been pulled into the mainline repository; about 9,500 of those landed after our first-half merge-window summary was written. There was a lot of new material in these patches, including architecture-support improvements, new BPF features, an efficient way to add guard pages to an address space, more Rust support, a vast number of new device drivers, and more.

Linus has released 6.13-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release. "And for once - possibly the first time ever - it looks like the release cycle doesn't clash horribly up with the holiday season, and we'll have time both to stabilize this release, _and_ the work for 6.14 won't be starting until well into January."

Version:6.13-rc1 (mainline) Released:2024-12-01 Source:linux-6.13-rc1.tar.gz Patch:full

As a Linux expert with over a decade of experience managing servers, I have seen how crucial it is to identify and resolve hard drive bottlenecks to keep a system running smoothly.

Bottlenecks occur when a system’s performance is limited by a specific component, in this case, the hard drive, where slow disk operations can drastically affect the performance of your applications, databases, and even the entire system.

In this article, I will explain how to identify hard drive bottlenecks on Linux using various tools and commands and what to look for when troubleshooting disk-related issues.

The post 8 Linux Commands to Diagnose Hard Drive Issues in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.

Using something like YAD, you can add GUI elements (dialogs, input forms, drag-and-drop panels, etc.) to shell scripts on Linux. On macOS, you can do the same and more with Platypus. This venerable open-source tool makes it possible to transform plain shell scripts into macOS micro apps in a matter of minutes, and I’m here to show you how.

The post Turn shell scripts into macOS micro apps with Platypus appeared first on Linux Today.

Zellij is a modern CLI terminal multiplexer and a great drop-in replacement for Tmux that anyone can use without worrying about keybindings. In this article you’ll learn how you can install it on Linux with a few kickstart guides.

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ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products. ALT Linux produces different types of distributions for various purposes. There are desktop distributions for home and office computers and for corporate servers, universal distributions that include a wide variety of development tools and documentation, certified products, distributions specialized for educational institutions, and distributions for low-powered computers. ALT Linux has its own development infrastructure and repository called Sisyphus, which provides the base for all the different editions of ALT Linux.

Version 1.83.0 of the Rust language has been released.

This release includes several large extensions to what code running in const contexts can do. This refers to all code that the compiler has to evaluate at compile-time: the initial value of const and static items, array lengths, enum discriminant values, const generic arguments, and functions callable from such contexts (const fn).

There are also quite a few new stabilized APIs.

In this article, you’ll learn how to install Google Earth Pro and the CE variant on Ubuntu and other Linux distros with practical examples.

The post How to Install Google Earth on Ubuntu and Other Distros appeared first on Linux Today.

The OpenWrt One router, which was reviewed here recently, is now generally available.

This is the first wireless Internet router designed and built with your software freedom and right to repair in mind. The OpenWrt One will never be locked down and is forever unbrickable. This device services your needs as its owner and user. Everyone deserves control of their computing. The OpenWrt One takes a great first step toward bringing software rights to your home: you can control your own network with the software of your choice, and ensure your right to change, modify, and repair it as you like.

A blast from the past: Pidgin 3’s pre-alpha debuts Dec 31! After 16 years, the iconic messenger takes its next step—experimental but promising.

The post After 16 Years, Pidgin 3 Takes Its First Steps appeared first on Linux Today.

‘C‘ is a general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs in the early 1970s. It was designed to be a structured programming language.

The ‘C‘ programming language evolved from the B programming language, which itself was based on BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language).

While initially created to design the UNIX operating system, ‘C‘ quickly gained popularity due to its efficiency and flexibility, allowing programmers to write various types of software.

‘C‘ is considered a middle-level language, as it combines elements of both high-level and low-level programming languages. It provides access to low-level memory manipulation, but its syntax and structure are similar to high-level languages, making it versatile and efficient.

The post Why C is Still the Go-To Language for Programmers appeared first on Linux Today.

We have focused on software which is simple to set up and has an easy to use interface.

The post 12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Music Servers appeared first on Linux Today.

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 17 best Python static site generators. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.

The post 17 Best Free and Open Source Python Static Site Generators appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (firefox-esr, redis, twisted, and tzdata), Fedora (firefox, nss, pam, rust-rustls, rust-zlib-rs, thunderbird, tuned, and xen), and SUSE (cobbler, kernel, libjxl-devel, libuv, postgresql12, postgresql14, postgresql15, python-waitress, seamonkey, tomcat, and tomcat10).

Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM development boards. It is usually based on one of the stable or development versions of Debian or Ubuntu and it supports a wide variety of popular ARM-based devices, including Banana Pi, Cubieboard, Olimex, Orange Pi, Odroid, Pine64 and others. Armbian includes a menu-driven configuration tool along with stock Debian utilities, the Bash shell, and a choice of Cinnamon or Xfce desktop.

Earlier today, one of our subscribers, anselm, posted the one millionth item in our database during a discussion in the comments about the GPL. One million articles and comments is a big milestone — one representing twenty two years of work by both the editors of LWN and the community. I think reaching this milestone on Thanksgiving is a lovely coincidental reminder of how far LWN has come, and how that wouldn't have been possible without your support. So thank you for reading.