Hacker News with Generative AI: Linux Distributions

T2 System Development Environment (t2sde.org)
We are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a major update with a total of 37 pre-compiled base install ISOs for various Glibc, Musl and uClibc combinations are available for 25 CPU ISAs: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, Loongarch64, M68k, Microblaze, MIPS(64), Nios2, OpenRISC, PowerPC(64), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH, i486, i686, x86-64 and x32.

Operating Systems, Software Development, Open Source, CPU Architectures, Linux Distributions

33 points by marcodiego 23 days ago | 1 comments

Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready (theregister.com)
A fresh release of the minimalist and very lightweight Alpine Linux is here, with support for Chinese LoongArch64 CPUs.

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Hardware, CPU Architecture

6 points by LinuxBender 32 days ago | 0 comments

Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 Released (adelielinux.org)
TULSA (December 15, 2024) — The Adélie Linux distribution’s sixth beta release, 1.0-BETA6, is now available for download1 for 32- and 64- bit ARM, POWER, and x86. Compatible systems include smartphones, game consoles, ’90s-era PCs, and supercomputers2.

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, ARM, PowerPC, x86

20 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 9 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 Review (dedoimedo.com)
The more sharp-eyed among you will have noticed: I've not done an Ubuntu review in some six years.

Ubuntu, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Reviews

4 points by tannhaeuser 34 days ago | 1 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 review – Oracular but not spectacular (dedoimedo.com)
The more sharp-eyed among you will have noticed: I've not done an Ubuntu review in some six years.

Ubuntu, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Reviews

5 points by jandeboevrie 34 days ago | 0 comments

Apertis v2024 released – Debian Bookwarm for industrial embedded devices (lwn.net)
Apertis is a Collabora-developed Debian derivative distribution designed to be incorporated into electronic devices; the v2024 release is now available. It is now based on the Bookworm release, and includes support for Podman, ONNX Runtime, OP-TEE, and more.

Linux Distributions, Debian, Embedded Systems

10 points by mfilion 43 days ago | 1 comments

Ubuntu Hoping to Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (phoronix.com)
Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed.

Ubuntu, Qt, Linux Distributions, Software, Operating Systems

86 points by sandwichsphinx 78 days ago | 95 comments

Debian’s “secret” sauce (lwn.net)
While Debian's "sauce" is not actually all that secret, it is not particularly well-known either, Samuel Henrique said at the start of his DebConf24 talk.

Debian, Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Open Source

214 points by signa11 85 days ago | 45 comments

Nonfree software found in GNU Boot releases again, many distros affected (savannah.gnu.org)
Nonfree software found in GNU Boot releases again, many distros affected.

Software, Open Source, Security, Linux Distributions

67 points by TangerineDream 90 days ago | 58 comments

Glaucus: A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl and toybox (github.com/glaucuslinux)
A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox

Linux Distributions, Operating Systems, Musl, Toybox

13 points by ocean_moist 108 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Linux Tint, A Free as in Freedom distro with actual good UI (ycombinator.com)

Linux Distributions, User Interface, Open Source

8 points by applestone 124 days ago | 0 comments

The Insecurity of Debian (unix.foo)
In June of 2023 Red Hat made a controversial decision to change how they distribute the source code behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). There have been a lot of keyboards tapped angrily across social media that left many uncertain about the ramifications of the decision. There were many questions about the future viability of downstream rebuilds of RHEL affecting distributions like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, and others. Each have since made announcements to try and calm their communities.

Linux Distributions, Open Source, Security

248 points by cylo 136 days ago | 239 comments

Debian Developers Figuring Out Plan for Removing More Unmaintained Packages (phoronix.com)

Debian, Linux Distributions, Software Maintenance, Open Source

8 points by LinuxBender 136 days ago | 3 comments

Linux Deepin 23: A polished distro from China (theregister.com)

Linux Distributions, China, Operating Systems

7 points by sohkamyung 147 days ago | 0 comments

OpenBSD on ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 running KDE 6 (brynet.ca)

OpenBSD, Linux Distributions, ThinkPad, KDE

13 points by brynet 164 days ago | 0 comments

SnowflakeOS: Beginner friendly and GUI focused NixOS variant (snowflakeos.org)