Linux 5.10 LTS may only be supported until 2022
Linux announced in 2017 that it would extend the support time limit of the “Long Term Support (LTS)” version from 2 years to 6 years. This means that the Linux 5.4 LTS released later...
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Rocky Linux will release its first RC version at the end of March
The latest announcement from the Rocky Linux community shows that its development team plans to release the Release candidate (RC) version of Rocky Linux before the second quarter. The current development plan is as...
Red Hat will provide 16 free RHEL licenses for individual developers
Since Red Hat announced the end of the CentOS operating system, it has caused a lot of controversies. According to Red Hat’s plan, CentOS 8 will be the final version and will be stopped...
Linux 5.11-rc4 now supports Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics cards
Linux 5.11-rc4 was officially launched, and now this time node is getting closer and closer to the release of the stable version of Linux 5.11. Therefore, at this stage of development, there will be...
Linux 5.12’s exFAT file system can delete large files faster
In Linux kernel version 5.12, users who use the exFAT file system will greatly increase the speed when deleting large files with the “dirsync” installation option set. exFAT (Extensible File Allocation Table) is a file...
Ubuntu 21.04 will focus on improving the privacy and security of the home directory
Nowadays, the popularity of personal computers is very high, but for some users, due to the particularity of the work and use environment, it may happen that multiple people use the same device together....
Firefox supports hardware acceleration on Linux
Recently, Firefox developer Martin Stransky introduced the latest WebRender function of Firefox 84, saying that it is the first hardware acceleration function implemented by Firefox on a Linux system, reaching an important milestone in...
CloudLinux plans to launch this quarter to replace CentOS
After Red Hat stated that it would stop maintaining the stable version of CentOS. The CloudLinux team has announced that it will build a stable version of the CentOS community branch. The new project...
Linux kernel developers discuss deleting old CPU platforms
Recently, Arnd Bergmann, a well-known Linux kernel developer, initiated a discussion about deleting support for a bunch of old CPU platforms. Since Linux 5.10 was officially announced as the LTS version, he found that...
The Asahi Linux project for Apple M1 is officially launched
Earlier, we reported that a senior operating system transplant expert Hector Martin crowdfunded to transplant the Linux system for the new Apple M1 series. Now the transplantation project has officially started, and Marcan named...
Fedora 34 may use btrfs transparent zstd compression by default
Fedora Workstation 33 released this year has successfully switched the default file system from EXT4 to Btrfs, and its development team has stated that they will make reasonable use of Btrfs in Fedora. Now,...
GNOME 40 will redesign Shell UX
GNOME 40 was originally planned to be released next spring. On December 18, the GNOME Shell team announced the GNOME Shell UX plan for GNOME 40. The team made an updated design for the...
Fedora 31 will reach its end of life on November 24, 2020
The Fedora project team announced that the Fedora 31 version will expire on November 24, 2020. After the expiration, this version will not receive important security updates. Once a vulnerability is discovered, the attacker...
Ubuntu Web Remix 20.04.1 released
In July of this year, we reported information about an operating system called Ubuntu Web. This is a new web-based operating system created by the developer Rudra Saraswat, aiming to build a Chrome OS...
Debian 11 Bullseye is going to Freeze phase, Debian 13 codename Trixie
The Debian developer team announced on the mailing list that the freeze of Debian 11 is approaching, and developers need to be prepared for this. According to the previously announced Debian 11 Bullseye release...
Windows calculator app is available on Linux
Uno Platform said that it has successfully ported the Windows Calculator application to Ubuntu Linux, called Uno Calculator. They worked with the Canonical team to create and publish this tool to the Ubuntu Snap...
