July 2023: GNU/Linux News Event of the Month
Today, as usual, we offer you our great, timely and brief summary of some of the linux news of the current month starting. In order to keep up to date with the "informative event of July 2023".
And as usual, it will offer 3 recent news to explore, 3 alternative GNU/Linux Distros to know, plus a current Videotutorial and Linux Podcast.
June 2023: GNU/Linux news event of the month
And, before starting this present post on the "informative event of July 2023", we recommend you explore the previous related post, at the end of it:
Informative event of June 2023: News of the month
news updates from toinformative event of June 2023
Peppermint OS Released 2023-07-01
El first release recorded on DistroWatch for this present month is about Peppermint OS 2023-07-01. It is worth noting that, if you do not know much about this GNU/Linux Distribution, it is a derived Distro based on Debian/Devuan with XFCE that seeks to be super fast and light in terms of HW resource consumption. In addition, it stands out for the use of Mozilla's Prism technology to integrate efficiently and transparently with applications based on the network or in the cloud.
And among the new features in this release, which are incorporated into the already known traditional ones (automatic updates, easy installation, neat and friendly GUI, good integration with WebApps) we can mention the following: OS base upgraded to Debian 12 Bookworm, a n was includednew plymouth design, added settings on the welcome screen, the app Kumo has been updated to use Lua and the GUI has been simplified, Neofetch now comes configured to use the basic output (without the logo), and they added some Marawaita themes and Tela icons, among many other changes.
“This version is only for the base Debian (the Devuan base will be released later this year). You can upgrade your current Bullseye system to Bookworm using the Debian upgrade process. However, we are testing our update tool to help you with this.". Oficial announcement
Kumander Linux 1.0 released
And since, to this day, there hasn't been another release registered on DistroWatch, we'll explore one of an unconventional GNU/Linux DistributionHe, which we have already explored before. And this release is about Kumander Linux 1.0, that is to say, about the long-awaited first stable version of such a particular free and open operating system that seeks to imitate the visual appearance of Microsoft Windows 7. In order to offer a familiar appearance, good ease of use, more openness and necessary simplicity, so that it is always the user, who is in control of everything.
Among the novelties of this release, the following stand out: All the patented Win7 icons have been changed to non-proprietary ones (free and open), the Start menu button appearance updated, sand added full support for Flatpak (at the software center level and by command line), and Updated the following packages: Google Chrome, Steam, LibreOffice, blenders, Inkscape, Kdenlive, and VLC. In addition, a reverse-engineered clone of the original Windows 7 Space Cadet Pinball SE, 238 screen savers, and various retro video game emulators were added.
"When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, there is now an option to quickly open System Monitor, was updated to Libre Office 7.4.7.2, sAdded universal database manager DBeaver CE 23.1.0. Besides, sAdded Insomnia 2023.2.2 open source API client and design platform for GraphQL, REST, and gRPC". Oficial announcement
What happened to the development of ReactOS?
Finally, in terms of information, it is worth noting that recently the ReactOS development team, open source operating system that strives to be binary compatible with Microsoft Windows and, at the same time, search offers the same appearance as the classic versions of Windows has announced that, andhe project is still alive.
And that, the only thing that has happened is that, Visible activity level has been reduced, Since the latest version of ReactOS (0.4.14, published December 16, 2021). Therefore, for a long time, an update cycle of each 3 months to one based on the following objective:
"For a new version to reach Release status, it must have a reasonably low number of regressions (no more than 20) and stability must not be severely affected by new feature introductions or code changes made during development.". Oficial announcement
Alternative and interesting distros to discover this month
Recommended video of the month
Recommended Podcast of the Month
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Summary
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