De todito linuxero Oct-22: Informative review on GNU/Linux
In this new publication of our current monthly news digest series we will address a new news compendium to start the informative linux news of the current month. Therefore, here we leave this «Todito linuxero Oct-22».
Which as usual contains, 3 recent news, 3 alternative Distros, plus a current Videotutorial y Linux Podcast, for a better understanding of what is currently being disseminated and shared on our GNU/Linux scope.
De todito linuxero Sep-22: Informative review on GNU/Linux
But before starting this this publication (“De todito linuxero Oct-22”), we recommend exploring the previous “Of everything” of the previous months, at the end of reading this:
De todito linuxero Oct-22: News from the beginning of the month
News updates: De todito linuxero Oct-22
Ubuntu 22.10 Test Week
Our first outstanding news of the month could not be other than the long-awaited launch of the Final Beta version of Ubuntu 22.10, as well as the start of the last week of testing about bliss new version to be released definitely for him October 20 about. In this week of tests, the Ubuntu development team, as usual, will focus all its efforts on the necessary and pertinent ISO tests, bug reporting and bug fixes.
For more information, between now and the final date, during this October 2022, you can explore your release schedule, where surely the Ubuntu development team could offer more up-to-the-minute information, for everyone's consumption:
“Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed “Kinetic Kudu,” continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team team has worked hard during this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.” Oficial announcement
Release of the official development version of Kernel 6.0 RC1
This October 2, we have known, by the very linux torvalds, the great news that it is now available to the general public, the first public release of the Linux Kernel 6 series. And although, in his announcement he did not offer further details about the characteristics of said new kernel 6.0, many of them are already known, among which we can mention the following:
- for processors: Initial support for Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3, KPTI code enhancements for ARM64 Meltdown mitigation, support for 64-bit ARM THP SWAP, and more.
- Regarding the graphics: Improved support for Intel DG2/Alchemist and ATS-M technology, initial support for Intel Ponte Vecchio and Meteor Lake technology, and AMDGPU and AMDKFD kernel driver improvements, among others.
- For operating system and applications: Scalability improvements over the XFS file system, performance improvements for connections with SMB3 and many others, which can be seen in the following link.
“Of course, there are a lot of changes in version 6.0. We have over 15k unmerged commits in total, after all, and as such, version 6.0 is one of the biggest releases, at least in number of commits, in a long time." Torvalds Linux Announcement
Throwing of Linux Lite 6.2 RC1
Another GNU / Linux Distros that this month has given us the pleasure new ISO news available is Linux Lite. Certainly, a few months ago in our «All of June 2022» we dedicate a very opportune review related to the final release announcement Linux Lite 6.0Whose focus was on inclusion and freshness.
While for this new Linux Lite 6.2 RC1 release, given just a few months later, offer the following new arrivals: Fixes related to the length of dialogs in many Linux Lite apps, and a hostname bug in the Lite Tweaks tool. Many of the included applications have been updated, new wallpapers have been added, and access to the Task Manager (System Monitoring Center) has been added to the right click of the mouse.
“I have spent some time testing Linux Lite RC 1. I did it in a virtual machine and made a video. I hope you enjoy. In short: Everything went well: UEFI, GPT partition, network (LAN) usage during installation and after, update (21 items), Lite software, Chrome, among others”. Linux Lite 6.2 RC1 Release Announcement
Alternative and interesting distros to discover this month
Recommended video of the month
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Ubuntu 22.10 Beta (What's New): See here.
Recommended Podcast of the Month
- Jellyfin always ends up being the best option: listen here.
Summary
In short, we hope this «Todito linuxero Oct-22» with the most recent linux news on the Internet, for this tenth month of the year, «octubre 2022», be very useful for the whole «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto». And of course, that it contributes so that we are all better informed and educated about «GNU/Linux».
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