April 2023: GNU/Linux News Event of the Month
Today, first of this month, we offer you, as usual, a first publication with a timely and brief summary of linuxeras news of the month which starts. In order to keep up to date with the "Informative event of April 2023".
And as usual, it will offer 3 recent news to explore, 3 alternative distros to know, plus a current Videotutorial y Linux Podcast, for a better understanding of what is currently being disseminated and shared on our GNU/Linux scope.
March 2023: GNU/Linux news event of the month
And, before starting this present post on the «Informative event of March 2023», we recommend you explore another previous related post:
Informational event of April 2023: News of the month
news updates from toinformative event of April 2023
Linux Lite 6.4: Official Release
The development team of the Distribution Linux Lite, this March 31, has announced the final release of the ISO of its new stable version, the version 6.4. Changes that have been added from the base of version 6.2. And among which he stands out, heImplementation of a new repackaging for your internal applications using ZSTD compression.
This is in order to achieve significantly faster decompression speeds and higher compression rates when developing or installing packages.
“Linux Lite 6.4 release adds webp support in the Thunar file manager to display thumbnails correctly.” Oficial announcement
Canaima GNU/Linux 7.1: Official release
Canaima GNU / Linux, was another GNU/Linux Distro that on the last day of the previous month, which had the pleasure of announcing to its community the availability of a new version, under the number 7.1. which, now, It comes with all the updated packaging, under the GNOME, XFCE, KDE Plasma, and LXDE desktops.
Being, this last LXDE Desktop Environment, a novelty in said operating system. Which, has been included with the aim of offering users who have low-resource or very old equipment, a viable option to use Canaima GNU/Linux without any inconvenience.
“Another striking feature of the project is the creation of the online community forum, the purpose of which is to connect users with the operating system development team. So that through this platform they can position themselves on topics, discussions that are related to the Canaima project”. Oficial announcement
Lubuntu 23.04 Beta: Has been released!
The announcement of the availability of the new beta version of Lubuntu It was a day before the previous 2. And in it, we have been informed than this version provisional, under the number 23.04, you will follow the standard support period of nine (9) months. Also, this beta version will be valid until the official release scheduled for April 20, 2023 of the final and stable version.
and it will come with LXQt 1.2 by default, plus the system installer squid. Which, will come in place of the Ubiquity installer that most other flavors use.
"With the code name Lunar Lobster , Lubuntu 23.04 will be the 24th release of Lubuntu, the XNUMXth release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment". Oficial announcement
Alternative and interesting distros to discover this month
Recommended video of the month
Recommended Podcast of the Month
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Having a coffee 112: Diversity and fragmentation. Good or bad?: listen here.
Summary
In summary, this first post of the fourth month of the year about the "Informative event of April 2023" as usual, bring the latest from the linux news on the Internet. And we hope that it will continue to contribute so that we are all better informed and educated about «GNU/Linux».
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