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Distro Monday Roundup: New stuff in Ubuntu 22.04 vs 20.04... let's see what they've changed. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/ubuntu-22-04-lts-20-key-changes TailsOS 5 beta released, for our privacy wonks out there. https://9to5linux.com/tails-5-0-enters-beta-testing-as-first-release-based-on-debian-gnu-linux-11-bullseye New DietPi version out for single-board and RaspberryPi fans out there who want something even lighter than Raspbian. https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/dietpi-released-a-new-version-8-3/

Today's highlighted tech articles... https://cloud7.news/linux/linux-is-now-rebooting-faster-on-nvme-drives/ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/maui-shell-alpha-05-04-2022/ https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/01/kde-plasma-guide/

Tech Wednesday Roundup: Claws Mail new release... lots of good stuff. Discord install guide for our gamers out there who have not sorted it out until now... What's Kitty? It is a GPU powered terminal program... read to find more. Plus Bonus Time on KDE Features

Recorded this morning... thought it might've been missing audio, but it was just my machine. Tech Tips Roundup: Why Linux is the best desktop OS, written by a Greybeard who has been in IT since the early days. Linux filesystem path cheatsheet Best FOSS alternatives to Meet and Zoom New version of lightweight DE, LXQT... more themes and customization options How to build your own handheld with an SBC.

Kernel 5.16 end-of-life notice EndeavourOS with WormWM release It's FOSS Linus Release Roundup

Debian To Consider Changing How It Treats Closed-Source Firmware - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-Considering-Firmware Tech Wednesday #1: What else is there other than SystemD? 3 or 4 others, including: runit, Sysvinit, OpenRC, and GNU Daemon Shepherd... Why should you care? SystemD, some have argued, is bloated and needlessly complex to work with (I barely understand it, tbh). The others are lighter and simpler. SysVInit descends from Unix System V, and was replaced by upstart on Ubuntu, then supplanted by SystemD about 10 years ago, and pretty much everyone but Gentoo uses it, now, as Gentoo developed OpenRC, which sits on top of SysVInit. There is another, the ShepherD (GNU Shepherd Daemon), which was initially developed 20 years ago, abandoned, then picked up again in 2013. Not sure if it is being actively developed now or not. https://www.linux-magazine.com/index.php/Online/Features/A-Survey-of-Init-Systems Tech Wedensday #2: How to ditch SystemD... just in case you're curious. It probably isn't worth the trouble. https://www.linux-magazine.com/index.php/Issues/2017/199/Professor-Knopper-s-Lab-Removing-systemd Tech Wednesday #3: What's new in Thunderbird? 7 new features... https://news.itsfoss.com/thunderbird-102-features/

Today's Stories: Ubuntu user tries Manjaro https://news.itsfoss.com/manjaro-linux-experience/ Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS Released https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/04/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts/ Fedora seems to be serious about migrating away from x11... we shall see. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-37-Drop-Legacy-DDX

Tech Tuesday KDE News #1 Lots of Fixes in the KDE 5.25 Good stuff here, all. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Theme-Handling-Better Tech Tuesday KDE News #2 Plasma Wayland fixes!! Yes!!! https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Fixes-Easter-2022 If you need someone to talk to about what would be best for you and yours, in terms of technology, then to help to remotely teach you to do what is discussed, check out my Freedom Consultation (https://techfreedom.pro/product/freedom-consultation/). Tech Tuesday #3 New Version of Proton makes Linux gaming better and more accessible... https://9to5linux.com/proton-7-0-2-makes-more-games-playable-on-linux-fixes-numerous-bugs

Tech Wednesday #1: Last Thursday may have been some of your first introduction to virtualization and virtual machines. Here is some news for the not-so-new users among us. A new version of the tool has been released. https://9to5linux.com/qemu-7-0-released-with-kvm-support-for-risc-v-arm-and-openrisc-improvements Tech Wednesday #2: AMD Parallelization Hits a Snag... Darn, devs haven't quite hammered out CPU parallelization for AMD chips yet, but it is coming, all. You with the latest Ryzen chips will soon have an even larger advantage over Intel users... https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Parallel-CPU-Bringup-AMD-Snag If you need a degoogled phone, head over to my site and purchase check out a Freed Phone (https://techfreedom.pro/product/freed-phone/). If you want to get it faster and customized, including a case, screen protector, the UI, and up to 15 apps (total) installed for you please consider the Premium Freed Phone (https://techfreedom.pro/product/premium-freed-phone/). Tech Wednesday #3: Latest Gen Intel motherboard now has a working port of coreboot. Coreboot is open source bios/UEFI firmware. This is HUGE. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Coreboot-Start-ADL-MSI-Dasharo If a separate encrypted collaboration suite is an option for you, check out cryptpad... https://itsfoss.com/cryptpad/ https://cryptpad.fr Another alternative to Cryptpad is Twake. Also FOSS, and self-hostable. https://twake.app

Distro Monday Roundup #4 #1: 3 Best Arch Distros for Everyday I may just have to try out EndeavourOS, after all. EndeavourOS Manjaro Garuda Linux https://linuxiac.com/best-arch-based-linux-distributions/ Product Spot: Liberty Overhaul (https://techfreedom.pro/product/freedom-overhaul/) #2: Alternative (non-Linux, non-BSD) OS RedoxOS new point release. Developed by one of the System76 team, written in Rust. Check it out if your are interested. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Redox-OS-0.7.0 #3: Cannonical forced to go back to X.Org as default driver for Nvidia systems in 22.04. https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-22-04-switched-back-to-x-org-when-using-the-nvidia-driver/ #4: Archinstall Updates Make Arch More Friendly New menu options make installing Arch less daunting, and the guys who gloried in “I use Arch, btw” to be edgy or something like that are already whining because now their edginess is less meaningful. https://9to5linux.com/arch-linuxs-archinstall-gets-a-brand-new-menu-system-many-other-new-features