December 2024: News of the month about the Linuxverse
Today, as usual, at the beginning of each month, we offer you our great, timely and brief news summary about the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux) current. Which always brings you a lot of recent and relevant information, so that you can easily keep up to date with the “Linuxverse news event” at the beginning of this month, which now corresponds to the month of «December 2024».
And just as we do at the beginning of each month, today we will be offering you 1 featured news related to each area of the Linuxverse. And finally, we will be mentioning The most recent known releases at the Distros and Software level.
November 2024: News of the month about the Linuxverse
But, before starting this present publication on the «news events of December 2024», we recommend you explore the previous related post, at the end of it:
These first days of November, we have learned of the release of the new update of the free and open source operating system project Pisi Linux, under the version number 2.4. And about the Pisi Linux project it is important to highlight that, es a GNU/Linux distribution based on the old Pardus Linux with its famous PiSi package management system. About Pisi Linux on DistroWatch
Linuxverse for December 2024: Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux
Linuxverse News Roundup: December 2024
Free Software – Free software is an important component of a free society
This November, the FSF once again reminds us that it can only remain a central pillar of software freedom with our support. It therefore asks us not to forget that it remains active and moving forward thanks to the contributions (fees and donations) from its members and many community participants. And all this, always with the main objective of cbuilding a better world for everyone.
Free software is the foundation of many things, and is an important tool for building and sustaining a free society. You can use free software to create programs that work for you, combine things as you wish, and share these building blocks with others. In a free society with technology everywhere, everyone should have these essential freedoms. This is why the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published and promoted free software licenses since 1985, sponsoring the GNU system and campaigning for the adoption of free software everywhere. Read more on the FSF Blog
Open Source – Improving open source security with GitHub's new Secure Open Source Fund
The OSI, as usual, informs us about interesting news from the world of open source, and therefore mentions the GitHub's recent announcement of the Secure Open Source Fund, which is a transformative initiative aimed at strengthening the security and sustainability of open source projects. For this reason, it focuses its main objective on directly address this problem by providing maintainers with the knowledge, community, and funding to make their projects secure and reliable. And thus, generate trust through transparency in the development and implementation of open source software.
The Secure Open Source Fund was launched with a $1.25 million commitment from partners, and is designed to address a critical problem: the often-overlooked need for security for widely used open source projects. The fund not only provides financial support to project maintainers, but also offers a comprehensive set of resources, including but not limited to:. Read more on the OSI Blog
GNU/Linux: Nitrux 3.8.0 Released (db)
These first days of December, we have learned of the launch of the new update of the free and open operating system project Nitrox, under the number of version 3.8.0 (db). And among its most notable new features (changes, corrections, improvements and additions) of this release are the following:
- Updating many software packages such as: Firefox 133.0, Nitrux Update Tool System 2.1.9 and MESA 24.2.8.
- Changes and improvements to the Calamares installer configuration: For example, the removal of a non-functional Kernel parameter and the addition of parameters in the Kernel to avoid clock skew on some laptops.
- Changes and improvements to the configuration of OpenRC services: For example, ordering various services into runlevels where they make the most sense based on their purpose and theRemoval of some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve startup time.
- Updating the desktop configuration with changes such as: Updating check-docs-directory to improve updating of the Documentation directory on the desktop and theUpdated Flatpak installation scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL. And also, the scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages.
- And last but not least, among many others, the Debian root filesystem base used to create the downloadable image of the distribution has been updated.
Nitrux is a Linux distribution based on the Unstable (sid) branch of Debian with additional packages extracted from the Ubuntu LTS repositories. Nitrux strives to be a suitable distribution for laptops and desktops. Its main desktop environment is NX Desktop, a KDE Plasma desktop enhanced with “plasmoids” to create a special combination of aesthetics and functionality. The project also focuses on the use of redistributable and portable applications that use the AppImage format. About Nitrux
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Recent releases of GNU/Linux distros and free/open source software packages
Today, and for this beginning of the month, several more releases are known so far, quite striking and interesting, which correspond to:
- Updated GNU/Linux distros: Ufficio Zero Linux 11.2, ArchBang 0112, FreeBSD 14.2 and EasyOS 6.5.
- Updated GNU Packages: Xfsprogs 6.12.0, Llvm 19.1.5, Dnf 5.2.8.0, Cinnamon 6.4.1, Libvirt 10.10.0, Qt-creator 15.0.0, Qt 6.8.1, Lxqt-panel 2.1.3, and Gettext 0.23.
Summary
In short, we hope this new roundup of news about the start of the «Linuxverse news events in December 2024», as usual, continues to help them be better informed and trained about the Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux.
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