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Posted in News Roundup at 6:09 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

• Welcome to this week’s Linux Weekly Roundup. We had another full week in the world of Linux releases with Linux Mint 21 Beta, Bluestar Linux 5.18.11, Artix Linux 20220713, and PCLinuxOS 2022.07.10.

Desktop/Laptop

• Linux is a free and open-source operating system. It’s very secure and stable, but it’s not as widely compatible with software and hardware as Windows. It’s also not as easy to use, so it may not be the best choice for first-time users.

• However, if you’re looking for a powerful and customizable operating system choose Linux.

• When it comes to choosing a Linux operating system, there are three main types to choose from. They are Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Zorin OS. All three of these types of Linux operating systems are good choices for someone who is looking to switch to Linux.

• However, they all have different features and strengths. Ubuntu is the most popular Linux operating system and it is also the most user-friendly. Linux Mint is a good choice for those who want a more traditional desktop experience. Zorin OS is a good choice for those who want to try something different.

Audiocasts/Shows

• There’s so many fun pieces of software out there and some of that software is designed to replace standards especially some of the unix standards but should you actually use them or are they just a waste of time.

• SFC urges open source projects to stop using GitHub:

• https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jun/30/give-up-github-launch/

• Porteus 5.0 distribution released:

• https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10183

• Release of Zabbix 6.2:

• https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.2/manual/introduction/whatsnew620

• The KDE project introduced their fourth generation of KDE Slimbooks:

• https://kde.slimbook.es/

• Oracle Linux 9 and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 available:

• https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/announcing-oracle-linux-9-general-availability

• NIST Approves Quantum Resistant Encryption Algorithms:

• https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/pqc-forum/c/G0DoD7lkGPk

• Lennart Pottering left Red Hat and joined Microsoft:

• https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-Creator-Microsoft

• Release of SpaceVim 2.0:

• https://spacevim.org/SpaceVim-release-v2.0.0/

• Ubuntu MATE distribution has generated builds for the Raspberry Pi:

• https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-22-04-lts-for-raspberry-pi-is-out-now/25634

• wxWidgets 3.2.0 graphical toolkit:

• https://wxwidgets.org/news/2022/07/wxwidgets-3.2.0-final-release/

• Bacula 13.0.0 Available:

• https://www.bacula.org/bacula-release-13-0-0/

• Microsoft introduces a ban on the sale of open source software through the Microsoft Store:

• https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jul/07/microsoft-bans-commerical-open-source-in-app-store/

• nDPI 4.4 Deep Packet Inspection Released:

• https://www.ntop.org/ndpi/introducing-ndpi-4-4-many-new-protocols-improvements-and-cybersecurity-features/

• Debian 11.4 update:

• https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220709

• rclone 1.59 released:

• https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-1-59-0-release/31808

• Release of Libreboot 20220710, a completely free distribution of Coreboot:

• https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20220710.html

Kernel Space

Instructionals/Technical

• In this article we’ll learn how to use BATS to test bash scripts. Get familiarized with assertions, functions to clean up tests, and skipping tests.

• Among my collection of PC hardware, I have a few rarities whose netboot implementation predates PXE. Since I recently managed to configure dnsmasq as a potent TFTP and PXE server, I figured that I’d try chainloading iPXE via BOOTP options.

• Today we are looking at how to install Stumble Guys on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

• In this video, we are looking at how to install PyCharm Professional on Pop!_OS 22.04.

• LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a lightweight desktop environment for Linux. It’s fast and low on system resources, yet it’s fully featured and suitable for all types of users. It’s easy to install and configure and it’s one of the most popular desktop environments available for Linux.

• Privoxy is an open-source web proxy with enhanced filtering mechanism to filter out the incoming data and is mainly used to block the incoming ads from appearing on the screen so that you can enjoy an ads-free internet experience. With this tool, you will be able to make your Raspberry Pi act as a proxy server so that anyone who uses the IP address of your device will browse the internet without ads. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up a Privoxy server on your Raspberry Pi so that you can browse the web on your other devices without ads.

• In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Arduino IDE is an open-source application for writing and uploading code to Arduino-compatible boards. This IDE integrated development environment includes a text editor for writing code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for common functions, and a set of menus.

• This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.

• In Python, PySpark is a Spark module used to provide a similar kind of processing like spark.

• RDD stands for Resilient Distributed Datasets. We can call RDD a fundamental data structure in Apache Spark.

• This article will cover how to install NVIDIA drivers on Rocky Linux 9.

• This is a step by step tutorial.

• In order for the driver to install and work correctly you need to disable secure boot, this is by design.

Desktop Environments/WMs

GNOME Desktop/GTK

• I’ve finally released a new small version of glib-gtk-book.

• What triggered my motivation for releasing a new version is a contributor showing up. It stirred up my will to dust a bit the project.

• An appendix will probably be written, in which case another new version will be released, once ready. So … be ready!

• It’s been a while since my last update, in which I’ve shared my research about the underlying problem and use cases of the “New Document” feature, regarding its discoverability and ease of use, as part of my Nautilus GSoC Project. Since then I’ve been focusing on the following phase of the project: “Design a mockup based on aforementioned research”, and I’m here today to share the results with you..

• [...]

• Thanks to the research and help we got both in the design chat room as well as the Whiteboard issue, we’ve managed to prepare a solid mockup, part of which I’ll implement in the next (current) stage of the project. We’ve also prepared some user profiles that will be helpful in the future review, discussed changing the layout of templates overall, and adjusted the schedule. Now it’s finally time to write some code, see you in the next update

Distributions and Operating Systems

• Forum member esmourguit has sent me new and updated translations for the French language-pack PET. I have updated the PET, so it will be in the fr build of the next release of EasyOS.

• I posted recently that Debian has deprecated the ‘which’ utility, that we use to find the path of an executable, or check whether it exists. This is also a busybox utility.

• James (jamesbond in the forum) replied that he uses “type -p” in Fatdog. I put that one on hold, until today, running Quirky Linux 6.1.0 on my old Acer laptop, which has a Celeron M 410 32-bit CPU, wanting to determine if able to run the Limine Installer on it.

Debian Family

• Sparky Linux has released three updated ISO images of its GameOver, Multimedia, and Rescue semi-rolling release editions.

• One thing is sure: the activity of Sparky Linux developers this month has been impressive. Today, barely ten days after delivering updated versions of their main rolling release distro, they welcome us with three more updated versions.

• But before we go any further, let’s briefly explain to our readers in a few words what Sparky Linux is. It is a Debian-based lightweight desktop Linux distribution that aims to be easy on system resources and can breathe new life into aging computers.

Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

• The first service pack for the v22.06 release is here! It adds two new devices to the stable release that did not make it into the original release of the v22.06 stable branch. It also has a few nice stability improvements and adds the new Megapixels and postprocessd changes for improved picture quality on the PinePhone.

• PinePhone Keyboard hacks, a nice FSFE interview, and a far to long comment on a video. I blame YouTube.

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

GNU Projects

• I’m delighted to announce a new alpha release of GNU a2ps. This release involves minimal changes to functionality, but involves a considerable update to the build system and code cleanup and simplification, as well as bug fixes. See below for more details.

Programming/Development

Java

• In a programming language, mathematics plays a vital role. A programmer must be good at mathematics to build strong logic. Squaring a number is one of the basic functions of programming languages. In this article, we will demonstrate different possibilities to find the square number in Java.

Leftovers

Security

• GitHub Actions and Azure virtual machines (VMs) are being leveraged for cloud-based cryptocurrency mining, indicating sustained attempts on the part of malicious actors to target cloud resources for illicit purposes.

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal

• While we’re still waiting for the storks to deliver our second child, we decided to try a new recipe for pancakes. Apparently the “Dutch Baby” pancakes are quite popular.

• The recipe says you put the batter on a frying pan and bake it in the oven. All righty then, the pan goes in the oven to preheat and I prepare the mix. After a while, the oven is at 225°C (430°F), the hot pan comes out, and I put some butter on it. Without thinking, I intend to tilt the pan to spread the melting butter around, but grab the hot metal handle with my bare hand.

• These days I’ve been working with paper, sticky notes, a lot, and I’ve been thinking about them. The following are some loose ideas regarding them and potential digital counterparts.

• I enjoy the thought of being in a Computer Science and Engineering PhD program working with paper, sitting on the floor, writing by hand, collaborating as a group. We are gathering reflections, features, ideas, from movement-based design methods in several projects, and we are writing them in sticky notes. I like how this simple, paper-based technology can afford so many uses and re-uses, and how it can be used to organize thought spatially.

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