Linux Lite is a Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distribution that provides a lightweight desktop experience with a customized Xfce desktop environment. It includes a suite of Lite applications to make it easier for Linux newbies. Linux Lite was created to make the user’s transition from Windows to a Linux-based operating system as smooth as […]
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Asahi Linux is a project to port Linux to Mac devices with Apple Silicon chips, the goal of the project is not just to make Linux run on these devices, but to polish it to the point where it can be used as an everyday operating system . Previously, the adaptation of the Apple M1
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When running on SSDs, the Linux 6.2 kernel cycle will turn on Btrfs’ Async Discard feature by default. Two years ago, Btrfs introduced asynchronous discard support for moving SSD TRIM/discard to transaction commit. Doing work asynchronously is more efficient and helps reduce read latency. Now the Btrfs developers plan to enable it by default. Asynchronous
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Zorin OS 16.2 has been released, this release further enhances the desktop experience, such as: Easier installation of Windows applications For users who wish to use Windows applications and games in Zorin OS, it is easier to find and install Windows application support. Now just open the Zorin menu, navigate to the System Tools section,
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Various Linux kernel components are using the Zstandard (Zstd) compression algorithm, but the Zstd code in the kernel is far behind the upstream. The last time the Zstd code in the kernel was updated was back to Linux 5.16 a year ago, when Zstd was upgraded to 1.4.10. Since the release of Linux 5.16, Zstd
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Linux 5.19 has reached end of life and is marked EOL on kernel.org, which means that there will be no more bug fixes and security patches for this release. Released at the end of July 2022, Linux 5.19 is a non-LTS release with only three months of support and is retired after maintaining 17 releases.
Five years ago, on October 27, 2017, the well-known Linux PC manufacturer System76 officially launched the Linux distribution Pop!_OS. The launch of System76’s own distribution is closely related to a decision made by Ubuntu that year. Before the release of Pop!_OS, all computers produced by System76 had Ubuntu pre-installed. After Ubuntu decided to abandon the
CBL-Mariner (CBL is Common Base Linux) is a Linux distribution used internally by Microsoft. It is not a desktop Linux but a server-side Linux. It is used in Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and edge products and services. CBL-Mariner is designed to provide a consistent platform for these devices and services and to enhance Microsoft’s ability to
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Adaptive Linux Platform Prototype As the next-generation Linux platform, the first prototype of the Adaptive Linux Platform (ALP) has been launched! Launched by SUSE, the platform is designed to allow users to focus on their workloads, decoupled from the hardware and application layers. By using virtual machines and container technologies, ALP can make workloads independent
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In September, the GUN Toolchain community, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation (LF) and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), announced an important new project: the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure project (GTI), which focuses on transferring the infrastructure used by GUN Toolchain from SourceWare .org migrated to The Linux Foundation’s IT Services. Historically, much of the
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Linux 6.1-rc1 has been released. Despite the corrupted Linus computer memory during the merger, the RC version was released on schedule after an emergency fix. According to Linus Torvalds, about 60 percent of the Linux 6.1-rc1 release code is new drivers for better hardware support, as well as architectural updates, filesystem and tooling improvements, and
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection; using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using MiniSoftware; public class Program { public static void Main(string[] args) => CreateHostBuilder(args).Build().Run(); public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) => Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args).ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder => webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>()); } public class Startup { public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) => services.AddMvc(); public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app,
Linux 6.1 incorporates VirtIO changes this week, Linux 6.1 notable on the VirtIO side is the introduction of “SECURE ERASE” support for the block driver “virtio_blk”. Now that the Secure Erase feature has been added to the VirtIO specification, the newly introduced VIRTIO_BLK_F_SECURE_ERASE requires that in addition to the regular SSD “discard” functionality, all discarded
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Although the Godson LoongArch CPU architecture has been incorporated as early as Linux 5.19, the functions in the initial support phase are very limited, and even some key device drivers are missing – so Linux 5.19 did not support booting on devices equipped with LoongArch CPUs at that time. Officially from this time on, the
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