December 2024: The good, the bad, and the interesting of the Linuxverse

December 2024: The good, the bad, and the interesting of the Linuxverse

December 2024: The good, the bad, and the interesting of the Linuxverse

Today, last day of «December and the year 2024», first of all, on behalf of the entire Desde Linux team and including myself (Linux Post Install) we wish you a happy New Year's Day with your family, full of blessings, peace, health, prosperity and happiness. Also, and 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 Linux Post Install. 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.

November 2024: The good, the bad and the interesting of the Linuxverse

November 2024: The good, the bad and the interesting of the Linuxverse

But, before starting to read this post about current information on the «Linuxverse during December 2024», we recommend the previous related post from the previous month:

November 2024: The good, the bad and the interesting of the Linuxverse
Related article:
November 2024: The good, the bad and the interesting of the Linuxverse

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).

Posts of the Month

December summary 2024

Inside From Linux in December 2024

Good

Avidemux, Flowblade and Olive: 3 alternative free video editors
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Best Music Apps for GNU/Linux: Top 2025
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Bags

ASU-Hacked
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OpenWrt ASU server flaws allow distribution of modified images
bootkitty-uefi-linux-backdoor
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Bootkitty: the first UEFI bootkit for Linux

Interesting

Proxmox VE
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Proxmox VE 8.3 arrives with improvements in QEMU, based on Debian 12.8 and Kernel 6.8.12
New Distros 2024 - 16: Vendefoul Wolf, GXDE OS and Lingmo OS
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Top new GNU/Linux Distros to be recognized: 2024 – Part 16

Top Recommended

  • December 2024: News of the month about the Linuxverse: A news summary about GNU/Linux, Free Software and Open Source of the current month that begins. (View)
  • Qt Creator 15 arrives with native support for Windows ARM, integration improvements and more: One of them being the addition of new design themes called “Dark (2024)” and “Light (2024)”. (View)
  • Nitrux 3.8 “db” arrives with support improvements, OpenRC services and moreThese include the default use of the Linux 6.12 kernel, supplemented with Liquorix patches. (View)
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 Arrives with Security Improvements, Support and MoreThese include support for a "soft-reboot" mode and the addition of the opensuse-migration-tool. (View)
  • LosslessCut 3.64.0: What's new in the latest version of 2024These include improvements to translations in some languages ​​and a fix for a bug related to the output timestamp. (View)
  • Apertis, Collabora's distro for embedded devices: A distro designed on Debian 12 and whose approach takes into account the possible legal challenges associated with some free software licenses. (View)
  • Vanir, Google's open source patch validator: A static code analysis software designed to identify vulnerabilities in software projects and thus detect possible security breaches. (View)
  • Fedora plans to migrate to Forgejo and gives the KDE spin base edition status:The Fedora Council Board of Directors has designated Forgejo as the preferred choice to replace Pagure. (View)
  • BadRAM an attack that bypasses AMD's SEV-SNP protection: Exploits vulnerabilities in the SPD metadata of DDR4 and DDR5 memory modules to force the CPU to access non-existent addresses. (View)
  • Kali Linux 2024.4 says goodbye to 32-bit builds, introduces new tools, and more: These include support for Raspberry Pi devices, via customizable images for these boards. (View)

Outside FromLinux

Out of From Linux in December 2024

GNU/Linux Distro Releases According to DistroWatch, OS.Watch and FOSSTorrent

  1. Alpine Linux 3.21: November 5.
  2. Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 4: December 5th.
  3. openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1: December 6th.
  4. SparkyLinux 2024.1: December 6th.
  5. Raspberry Digital Signage 21.0: December 7th.
  6. System Rescue 11.03: December 7th.
  7. Starbuntu 24.04.1.8: December 7th.
  8. Manjaro Linux 24.2.0: December 8th.
  9. Snal Linux 1.35: December 8th.
  10. Whonix Kicksecure 17.2.8.0: December 8th.
  11. Window Maker Live 12.8: December 9th.
  12. Archman Linux 20241207: December 11th.
  13. Alma Linux OS 10.0 Beta 1: December 11th.
  14. PARDUS 23.3: December 9th.
  15. OpenMandriva 24.12 "ROME": December 11th.
  16. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta: December 11th.
  17. Linux Mint 22.1 Beta: December 12th.
  18. Bluestar Linux 6.12.4-6: December 12th.
  19. CentOS 10 Stream: December 13th.
  20. Mauna Linux 24.4: December 15th.
  21. PorteuX 1.8: December 16th.
  22. T2 BDS 24.12: December 19th.
  23. NetBSD 10.1: December 19th.
  24. Kali Linux 2024.4: December 16th.
  25. Starbuntu 24.04.1.10: December 18th.
  26. Murena 2.6.3: December 19th.
  27. IP Fire 2.29 Core 190: December 19th.
  28. grml 2024.12: December 20th.
  29. Starbuntu 24.04.1.11: December 20th.
  30. Elive 3.8.46: December 22th.
  31. CachyOS 241221: December 22th.
  32. Postmarket OS 24.12: December 23th.
  33. Siduction 2024.1.0: December 24th.
  34. ArcLinux 25.01: December 25th.
  35. MakuluLinux 2024-12-22: December 25th.
  36. 4MLinux 47.0: December 25th.
  37. Starbuntu 24.04.1.12: December 27th.

And to deepen more information about each of these releases and others, the following is available link:

Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 44 of the year 2024
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Week 44 News in the Linuxverse: Raspberry Pi OS 2024-10-22, Fedora 41 and TrueNAS 24.10.0

Featured news from the Free Software Foundation (FSF / FSFE)

  • November GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali – 11 New GNU Releases!: This December 2nd 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 for November 2024 he informs us that a total of 11 new releases have been registered, including the following: Artanis-1.0.0, G-golf-0.8.0-rc9, Gnuboot-0.1-rc4, Gnupg-2.4.7, Libtool-2.5.4, Linux-libre-6.12-gnu, Mtools-4.0.46, Parallel-20241122, Units-2.24, Wget-1.25.0 and Wget2-2.2.0. (View)

Artanis is a web application framework written in Guile Scheme. This makes it ideal as a Web Application Framework (WAF), as it is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications, web services, and web resources. Furthermore, it aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in web development.

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)

  • Top Open Source Licenses in 2024: As usual, year after year, the OSI offers us a great annual Top with the main open source licenses during the end. And in this year's Top 2024 20 the following 3 are mentioned: mit, bsd-2-clause, apache-0-2, bsd-2-clause, gpl-0-3, gpl-0-2, isc-license-txt, lgpl-1-3, lgpl-0-1.1, OFL-2, mpl-0-3, postgresql, ms-pl-html, agpl-v0, 1bsd, bsd-3-clause, afl-0-1-php, cpl0-3-txt, osl-0-0-php, mit-XNUMX. (View)

Popular licenses include the MIT License, the BSD licenses (both 3-clause and 2-clause), the Apache License 2.0, and the GNU General Public License (2.0 and 3.0). These licenses remain the preferred licenses for countless open source projects around the world, reflecting their wide adoption and versatility.

To learn more about this information and other news, click on the following link.

Latest News from the Linux Foundation Organization (FL)

  • Linux Foundation Europe Newsletter – December 2024: This December, the Linux Foundation in Europe in its monthly newsletter informs us as usual about various topics such as the dissemination of some The amazing open source projects and communities driving innovation in Europe and beyond (Keycloak/CNCF, LF Energy, TODO Group Europe Chapter, OpenSSF and GraphQL Foundation) and information related to the upcoming EU Open Source Policy Summit, where, by the way, Gabriele Columbro will participate in the panel titled “The Open Source Ecosystem: Navigating a Changing World”. This panel will discuss the main challenges of open source, such as how to fund projects, support maintainers and developers, and manage the impact of global political tensions on the community, among other important topics. (View)

The World of Open Source 2024 survey, conducted within the Linux Foundation’s global community, provides insights into open source adoption, contributions, value propositions, and sustainability across all regions and industries. The year-over-year analysis highlights an increase in the perceived benefits and business value of open source.

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.

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Summary

In short, we hope this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside our “Blog From Linux”, for this twelfth month of this year (December 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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