July 2024: The good, bad and interesting of the Linuxverse
Today, last day of «July 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.
June 2024: The good, bad and interesting of the Linuxverse
But, before starting to read this post about current information on the «Linuxverse during July 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 and OS.Watch, and the websites of organizations such as Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Linux Foundation (LF).
July Summary 2024
Within Desde Linux en July 2024
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- July 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)
- ChromeOS 126 arrives with AI-powered Digital Zoom, support for multiple calendars, and more: This new Digital Zoom functionality is available only on select Chromebook devices. (View)
- OpenSSH 9.8 fixes two vulnerabilities, says goodbye to DSA, implements improvements and more: In this new version that is presented, the critical vulnerability, regreSSHion and others are corrected. (View)
- Fedora 41 will feature AI tools and support improvements for NVIDIA: This version is being prepared with important improvements and additions focused on HW, graphics and AI support. (View)
- Bliss OS, an excellent way to have Android on your PC and alternative to Android-x86: Useful to use as an Android-based user environment, optimized for PCs, tablets and laptops. (View)
- Easily install Firefox 128 on Linux Mint from the Desktop: This recent version of Mozilla Firefox is already in the repositories of this great and efficient GNU/Linux Distribution. (View)
- How to install Extra Desktops in Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3?: All this efficiently, easily and quickly with a software tool called Tasksel. (View)
- Linux 6.10 comes with improvements for games, support and its own blue screen of death: This timely version has 14.564 corrections contributed by 1.989 developers. (View)
- PeerTube 6.2 arrives with automatic subtitle generation, corrections and more: Introduces a new way to create preview thumbnails based on a selected frame of the video. (View)
- Blender 4.2 LTS arrives with unification of extensions and themes, improvements in EEVEE, Cycles and more: This new version of Blender 4.2 is positioned as an extended support (LTS) version. (View)
Outside Desde Linux en July 2024
GNU/Linux Distros releases according to DistroWatch and OS.Watch
- Linux Mint 22 Beta “Wilma”: July 01.
- Open Mandriva 24.07: July 03.
- finnix 126: 04 of July.
- Raspberry Pi OS 2024-07-04: July 04.
- NethSecurity 8.1: July 08.
- TrueNAS 24.04.2: July 08.
- Starbuntu 22.04.4.8: July 08.
- Q4OS 5.5: July 08.
- Clonezilla 3.1.3-11: July 09.
- CachyOS 240714: July 13.
- Snal Linux 1.33: July 13.
- Whonix 17.2.0.1: July 13.
- BluestarLinux 6.9.8: July 13.
- Easy OS 6.1: July 13.
- Qubes OS 4.2.2: July 14.
- NomadBSD 141R: July 15.
- Tails 6.5: July 15.
- BluestarLinux 6.9.9: July 15.
- Starbuntu 22.04.4.9: July 16.
- RELIANOID 7.3: July 16.
- Nobara Project 40: July 17.
- Clonezilla Live 3.1.3-16: July 17.
- OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME": July 20.
- Alpine Linux 3.20.2: July 22.
- Starbuntu 22.04.4.10: July 22.
- BluestarLinux 6.10. 0-1: July 24.
- Easy OS 6.1.1: July 24.
- Ubuntu Pack 24.04: July 25.
- OPNsense 24.7: July 25.
- MidnightBSD 3.2.0: July 25.
- Murena 2.2: July 25.
- Linux Mint 22: July 25.
- Vanilla OS 2: July 28.
- emmabuntüs DE5-1.02: July 29.
- Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4: July 30.
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)
- June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali – Seventeen new GNU releases!: This July 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 by May 2024 it informs us that a total of 17 have been registered, including the following: apl-1.9, emacs-29.4, findutils-4.10.0, gcc-12.4.0, gnunet-0.21.2, guile-3.0.10, libgcrypt-1.11.0, mes-0.26.2, mtools-4.0.44, mygnuhealth-2.2.0, nettle-3.10, octave-9.2.0, parallel-20240622, poke-4.2, r- 4.4.1, shepherd-0.10.5, and tramp-2.7.1. (View)
GNU Mtools is a set of utilities for accessing MS-DOS disks from a GNU or Unix system. Supports long file names and multiple disk formats. It also supports some FAT-specific features, such as volume labels and FAT-specific file attributes.
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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Hailey Schoelkopf: Voices of Open Source AI Definition: The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a blog series to feature some of the people who have been actively involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. The co-design methodology allows for the integration of divergent perspectives into a fair, cohesive, and feasible standard. The support and contribution of a broad and meaningful group of stakeholders is imperative to the open source process and has been proven to bring issues to light, generate rapid results, and gain community acceptance. (View)
There are clear advantages to having open source models. Access to these fully documented models can help a much broader group of people (trained researchers as well as many others) who can use, study and examine these models for their own purposes.
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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: This month of July, (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
- Courses and Tips – [Unknown country] – @CursosyTips / RSS
- From Windows to Linux – [Spain] – @dewindowsalinux / RSS
- Desde Linux with love - [Spain] - @DesdeLinuxWith love / RSS
Summary
In short, we hope this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside our «Blog Desde Linux», for this seventh month of this year (July 2024), be a great contribution to the improvement, growth and dissemination of all free and open Technologies and Developments, within the Linuxverse.
Lastly, remember visit our «homepage» en español. Or, in any other language (just by adding 2 letters to the end of our current URL, for example: ar, de, en, fr, ja, pt and ru, among many others) to find out more current content. Additionally, we invite you to join our Official Telegram channel to read and share more news, guides and tutorials from our website. And also, the next Alternative Telegram channel to learn more about the Linuxverse in general.