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Asahi Linux announces ‘Fedora Asahi Remix’ for Apple Silicon machines

Ryan Daws — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:51:39 +0000

Asahi Linux, a project dedicated to bringing full Linux support to Apple Silicon machines, has unveiled its highly anticipated flagship distribution: Fedora Asahi Remix. The announcement was made at the Flock To Fedora event and has been a monumental undertaking, involving extensive reverse engineering, development, and integration work to support the unique hardware architecture of... Read more »

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Windows Subsystem for Linux is now delivered via the Microsoft Store

Ryan Daws — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:33:42 +0000

Anyone wanting to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) should now grab it from the Microsoft Store. WSL enables Linux binary executables to be run natively on Windows 10, 11, and Server 2019. The compatibility layer was previously obtained through the ‘Turn Windows Features on or off’ dialogue, which required a machine restart. By decoupling... Read more »

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Linus Torvalds: GitHub creates ‘absolutely useless garbage’ merges

Ryan Daws — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:54:24 +0000

Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds has criticised GitHub for creating “absolutely useless garbage merges”. Torvalds’ comment can be viewed in an archive of a Linux development mailing list and was directed at Konstantin Komarov, Founder and CEO of Paragon Software, about the submission of its read-write NTFS driver for the upcoming 5.15 kernel. “github... Read more »

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Torvalds hopes future Linux 5.13 release candidates will ‘start shrinking’

Ryan Daws — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:12:24 +0000

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has expressed mild concern over the size of kernel 5.13 following its fifth release candidate. “Hmm,” Torvalds opened his latest State of the Kernel post. “Things haven’t really started to calm down very much yet, but rc5 seems to be fairly average in size. I’m hoping things will start shrinking now.”... Read more »

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BUILD 2021: WSL now supports GUI apps, Project Reunion and Windows Terminal receive updates, Visual Studio and .NET 6 get new previews

Ryan Daws — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:45:15 +0000

Microsoft has used the first day of its annual BUILD conference to announce a swathe of updates to its Windows development products. The first announcement is that support for GUI apps when using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is rolling out as of this week. A preview of the functionality has been available since last... Read more »

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Chrome OS support for Linux apps will exit beta in a few weeks

Ryan Daws — Fri, 21 May 2021 12:13:07 +0000

Google has announced that Chrome OS support for Linux apps will finally exit beta in a few weeks. Linux apps have been available on Chrome OS for three years, albeit in beta. Google is now ready to drop the beta label and declare the feature stable. Chrome OS supports running Chrome, Android, Linux, and even... Read more »

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IBM brings Python data science platform Anaconda to Linux

Ryan Daws — Tue, 18 May 2021 15:28:00 +0000

IBM is bringing the Python data science platform Anaconda to the company’s LinuxONE and IBM Z customers. Anaconda is the world’s most popular Python distribution platform and boasts over 25 million users worldwide. Today’s announcement is the latest part of IBM’s effort to bring popular data science frameworks and libraries to its enterprise platforms. Barry... Read more »

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Torvalds: Linux 5.13 ‘will be making up’ for smaller release of 5.12

Ryan Daws — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:30:50 +0000

Linux creator Linus Torvalds warns the next version of the kernel will likely be “making up” for the smaller release of 5.12. “Despite the extra week, this was actually a fairly small release overall,” Torvalds wrote in an announcement. “Judging by linux-next, 5.13 will be making up for it.” Last month, Torvalds warned 5.12 may... Read more »

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Torvalds says Linux kernel 5.12 may ‘need an RC8’ due to latest candidate’s size

Ryan Daws — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:14:45 +0000

Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel 5.12 may need a little longer in the oven due to the latest release candidate (RC) having a “bigger than average” size. Torvalds made the comment in his latest State of the Kernel report where he announced the fifth release candidate of 5.12. “I’m not overly worried yet, but let’s... Read more »

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Linus Torvalds wants an M1 Mac… but running Linux, obviously

Ryan Daws — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:55:37 +0000

Linux creator Linus Torvalds wants one of Apple’s first machines using in-house silicon—but running his open-source OS. In a response to a Q&A in which a user asked Torvalds what he thought of Apple’s new laptop, Torvalds wrote: “I’d absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. I have fairly fond memories of... Read more »

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