This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
postmarketOS 24.12 released with Plasma Mobile 6.2.4, GNOME Mobile 46, Phosh 0.43.1, Sxmo 1.17.0, initramfs changes to improve logging and debug console, support for fonts for non-Latin languages, proper PAM support for SSH sessions, doas instead of sudo, and more:
https://9to5linux.com/postmarketos-24-12-released-with-kde-plasma-mobile-6-2-4-gnome-shell-46
(RIP my postmarketOS installation. When I ran postmarketos-release-upgrade, terminal froze completely, had to reboot the system, but it was in a half upgraded state, so it basically borked itself...)
Linux kernel 6.13 RC4 released with AMD GPU fixes, BPF and network fixes, memory management and VM fixes, thermal and power management improvements etc.:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-13-rc4-released/
OpenSUSE introduces YQPkg to replace YaST:
https://ostechnix.com/yqpkg-opensuse-package-manager/
Serpent OS enters alpha with GNOME and COSMIC spins, Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, patches for ASUS and Surface devices, open-source NVIDIA graphics driver in the repositories, support for XFS, EXT4, and F2FS filesystems:
https://9to5linux.com/serpent-os-enters-alpha-with-gnome-and-cosmic-spins-powered-by-linux-6-12-lts
4MLinux 47.0 released with installation support for KVM block devices, out-of-the-box support for several new apps (including Gnome CD Master and Dia), 4MServer provides easy setop for LAMP HTTP/FTP server, includes updated packages:
https://9to5linux.com/4mlinux-47-0-released-with-installation-support-for-virtual-kvm-block-devices
siduction 2024.1.0 released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, Systemd 257.1-3, Systemd-boot support, support for SUSE’s Snapper tool for managing BTRFS snapshots:
https://9to5linux.com/siduction-linux-2024-1-0-released-with-xfce-4-20-kde-plasma-6-2-and-lxqt-2-1
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