Hacker News with Generative AI: Linux Distributions

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 20 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 28 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 33 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 51 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 66 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 78 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 79 days ago | 3 comments

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

Linux Distributions, China, Operating Systems

7 points by sohkamyung 90 days ago | 0 comments

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

OpenBSD, Linux Distributions, ThinkPad, KDE

13 points by brynet 107 days ago | 0 comments

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