August 2024: The good, the bad and the interesting of the Linuxverse
Today, last day of «August 2024»As usual, at the end of each month, we bring you this small and useful compendium of information, news, tutorials, manuals, guides and launch events related to the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux).
Some of which are from our website and others from some important global websites, which have occurred during said current month.
July 2024: The good, bad and interesting of the Linuxverse
But, before starting to read this post about current information on the «Linuxverse during August 2024», we recommend the previous related post from the previous month:
Some relevant web sources that we usually use for this series of publications are: Release log websites DistroWatch, OS.Watch, FOSSTorrent and ArchiveOS; and the websites of organizations such as the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Linux Foundation (LF).
August Summary 2024
Inside From Linux in August 2024
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- August 2024: Informational event of the month about the Linuxverse: A news summary about GNU/Linux, Free Software and Open Source of the current month that begins. (View)
- Swift Homomorphic Encryption, Apple's open source library for homomorphic encryption: It allows developers to create applications that process encrypted data. (View)
- Git 2.46 arrives with improvements, fixes and new type of bitmaps: It comes after three months of development and includes fixes from more than 96 contributors and 746 changes in total. (View)
- Top new GNU/Linux Distros to be recognized: 2024 – Part 11: The 4 Distributions covered are ATZ Linux, FunOS, UBLinux and Deblinux to cover those known in June 2024. (View)
- Top new GNU/Linux Distros to be recognized: 2024 – Part 12: The 3 Distributions addressed are Bazzite, Sleeper OS and AlterOS to cover those known in July 2024. (View)
- Raspberry Pi Pico 2 costs just $5 and features big performance improvements: It is presented as the evolution of the popular Pico and Pico W miniature boards. (View)
- Deepin 23 has been released and integrates improvements to the desktop, apps and more: It highlights the new installation and update process based on an atomic replacement system. (View)
- Top useful image and drawing editing apps for Linux: The apps covered are Akira, GIMP, LazPaint, MyPaint, Pencil2D, Pencilsheep, Pinta, Pixelorama, SK1 and Tux Paint. (View)
- Freeplane, Minder and VYM: 3 Apps to create mental and conceptual maps: The apps discussed are very functional, didactic and even pedagogical tools (learning, teaching and more). (View)
- Chrome 128 brings new AI-powered history search, support improvements, and more:In addition, it includes the solution to 38 vulnerabilities, including 7 classified with a high severity level. (View)
Out of From Linux in August 2024
GNU/Linux Distro Releases According to DistroWatch, OS.Watch and FOSSTorrent
- BluestarLinux 6.10.3: August 07.
- Drauger OS 7.7: August 09.
- RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12: August 12, 2024.
- Tails 6.6: August 12, 2024.
- BluestarLinux 6.10.4: August 14.
- SparkyLinux 2024.08: August 14.
- Easy OS 5.8.4: August 14.
- ReactOS: August 14.
- Download Deepin 23: August 15.
- ExTiX Deepin 24.8: August 16, 2024.
- Fatdog64-903 Final: August 17.
- CachyOS 240818: August 18.
- Mauna Linux 24.3: August 19, 2024.
- Easy OS 6.2: August 19, 2024.
- CentOS Stream 9 – 20240819: August 19, 2024.
- Storm OS: August 24.
- BluestarLinux 6.10.6-1: August 24.
- OSMC 2024.08-1: August 25.
- Starbuntu 22.04.4.12: August 25.
- BluestarLinux 6.10.6: August 26.
- FreeELEC 12.0.1: August 26.
- 4MLinux 46.0: August 27.
- Relianoid 7.4.0 (Community Edition): August 27.
- NethSecurity 8.2: August 28.
- PorteuX 1.6: August 29.
- Ubuntu 24.04.1: August 29.
- RebornOS 2024.08.03: August 29.
- ArcLinux 24.09: August 29.
- System Rescue 11.02: August 29.
- Rhino Linux 2024.2: August 30.
- Debian 11.11, Debian 12.7 y Debian Education 12.7: August 31.
And to deepen more information about each of these releases and others, the following is available link:
Featured news from the Free Software Foundation (FSF / FSFE)
- July GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali – Nineteen new GNU releases!:This August 01st and as usual at the beginning of each month, this well-known FSF collaborator informs us of the software releases of the GNU project that have been updated during the previous month. And as of July 2024 it reports that a total of 19 have been registered, including the following: automake-1.17, findutils-4.10.0, gcc-11.5.0, gdb-15.1, gdbm-1.24, g-golf-0.8.0-rc.5, glibc-2.40, global-6.6.13, gnuastro-0.23, gnupg-2.5.0, less-661, libcdio-10.2+2.0.2, lilypond-2.24.4, linux-libre-6.10-gnua, mes-0.27, mygnuhealth-2.2.1, nano-8.1, and parallel-20240722. (View)
The GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro) is an official GNU package consisting of several programs and libraries of useful functions for the manipulation and analysis of astronomical data.
To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following links: FSF y FSFE.
Featured News from the Open Source Initiative (OSI)
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GUAC adopts ClearlyDefined license metadata: The software supply chain just gained some transparency thanks to the integration of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) ClearlyDefined project into GUAC (Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition), which is an OpenSSF project of the Linux Foundation. GUAC provides a complete mapping of software packages, dependencies, vulnerabilities, certifications, and more, allowing organizations to achieve better compliance and security of their software supply chain.View)
Software supply chain attacks are on the rise. However, there are many tools available to help generate software bills of materials (SBOMs), signed certifications, and vulnerability reports, but they stop there, leaving users to figure out how all of these elements fit together. And GUAC provides an aggregated, queryable view of the entire software supply chain, not just one SBOM at a time.
To learn more about this information and other news, click on the following link.
Latest News from the Linux Foundation Organization (FL)
- European Kubernetes experts lead the way: (View)
To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following links: linux foundation, in English; and the Linux Foundation Europe, in Spanish.
3 YouTube video channels in Spanish about the Linuxverse to discover this month
- DistrictTux – [Chile] – @distritotux / RSS
- Distro Viewed – [Spain] – @distrovisto / RSS
- DistroStars – [Venezuela] – @DistroStars / RSS
Summary
In short, we hope this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside our “Blog From Linux”, for this eighth month of this year (August 2024), may it be a great contribution to the improvement, growth and dissemination of all free and open Technologies and Developments, within the Linuxverse.
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