January 2024: The good, bad and interesting of Free Software
Today, penultimate day of «January 2024»As usual, at the end of each month, we bring you this small and useful compendium, with some of the most featured publications of that period.
To make it easier for you to enjoy and share some of the best and most relevant information, news, tutorials, manuals, guides and releases, from our website. And from other reliable sources, such as the web DistroWatch, Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Linux Foundation (LF). In such a way that they can more easily keep up to date in the field of Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux, and other areas related to technological news.
December 2023: The good, bad and interesting of Free Software
But, before starting to read this post about the news of «January 2024», we recommend the previous related post from the previous month:
January summary 2024
Within DesdeLinux en January 2024
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Top 10: Recommended posts of the current month
- January 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)
- Scribus 1.6.0 has already been released and these are its new features: A new Qt5-based user interface, a modified file format, full table support, advanced text processing tools, and more. (VIEW)
- The Linux Foundation's annual report reports that it only allocated 2% of its income to the Linux Kernel: And the fact of the incorporation of 270 new members and the supervision of 1133 projects also stands out. (VIEW)
- PyGPT: Open Source AI Personal Assistant Written in Python: Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac, including chat, viewing, completion, imaging, command execution, and more. (VIEW)
- MX Linux comes to Raspberry with the new MX-23.1 Raspberry PI OS respin: A combination of the robust MX tools and extensive MX repositories in a compact system image, ideal for Raspberry Pi. (VIEW)
- Linux-Assistant: A Linux assistant made in Dart and Python: A daily Linux assistant built with Dart, Flutter and Python with powerful built-in searches, routine checks and administrative tasks. (VIEW)
- WattOS R13 arrives based on Debian 12, Linux 6.1, improvements and more: The new update of the GNU/Linux Distribution that tries to be simple, fast, minimalist and suitable to run on obsolete hardware. (VIEW)
- In PyPI, two-factor authentication is now mandatory for everyone: Therefore, if this is not done, the user will now not be able to upload files or perform actions related to the management of their project. (VIEW)
- How to use NymConnect to improve privacy on Telegram?: an app with an easy-to-use interface that allows us to connect other applications to the existing online platform called MixNet from the Nym company. (VIEW)
- What is NeoChat and how is it used to communicate with the Matrix protocol?: A client for Matrix that allows us to send text messages, videos and sound files to your family, co-workers and friends. (VIEW)
Outside DesdeLinux en January 2024
GNU/Linux Distro Releases According to DistroWatch
- emmabuntüs DE5-1.01: 03-01-2024.
- NetBSD 10.0 RC2 y RC3: 04 and 19 of 01/2024.
- Relianoid 7.1: 05/01/2024.
- Solus 4.5: 09-01-2024.
- Linux Mint 21.3: 12-01-2024.
- AV Linux MXE-23.1: 16-01-2024.
- SDesk 2024.01.18: 19-01-2024.
- MX Linux 23.2: 22-01-2024.
- Parrot 6.0: 24-01-2024.
- BunsenLabs Linux Boron: 24-01-2024.
- gnoppix 24.1.15: 24-01-2024.
- Red Core Linux 2401: 25-01-2024.
- Slackel 7.7 “MATE”: 26-01-2024.
- System Rescue 11.00: 28-01-2024.
- OPNsense 24.1: 30-01-2024.
- UBports 20.04 OTA-4: 30-01-2024.
- Vanilla OS 2 Beta: 31-01-2024.
- SysLinux OS 12.3: 31-01-2024.
And to deepen more information about each of these releases and others, the following is available link.
Latest News from the Free Software Foundation (FSF / FSFE)
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The board process, the GNU cauldron, SaaSS and more: In this article Ian Kelling, board member and senior systems administrator, shares his personal reflections on improvements to the board process, his experience working at the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Excerpt: Our mission will take a long time to be fully realized, but every year, we see the use of free software grow, often under the label of open source. This helps us, but the open source label lacks a guiding philosophy for why free software is essential to a free society and our lives. (VIEW)
To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following links: FSF y FSFE.
Latest News from the Open Source Initiative (OSI)
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A public forum to discuss the definition of open source AI: The OSI recently announced the start of a public forum to expand conversations that will lead to version 1.0 of the Open Source AI Definition. Making it clear that the forums are part of their commitment to inclusion and transparency, on par with the public meetings they manage. Meanwhile, the goal of this first public forum is to welcome the broader community to participate in conversations around AI. So at the moment there is only this category, but they soon plan to expand the scope (topics) of the forum over time. (VIEW)
To learn more about this information and other news, click on the following link.
Latest News from the Linux Foundation Organization (FL)
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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
- 24H24L / @24H24L: Spain / RSS
- AgarimOS Linux / @AgarimOSLinux: Spain / RSS
- Alex Arenols Solano / @Alex_arenols_solano: Spain / RSS
Summary
In short, we hope this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside our «Blog Desde Linux» for this first month of this year (January 2024), be a great contribution to the improvement, growth and dissemination of all Technologies and Developments, free and open within the Linuxverse.
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