Building your own Atomic (bootc) Desktop
Bootc and associated tools provide the basis for building a personalised desktop. This article will describe the process to build your own custom installation.
↫ Daniel Mendizabal at Fedora Magazine
The fact that atomic distributions make it relatively easy to create custom "distributions" is s really interesting bonus quality of these types of Linux
https://www.osnews.com/story/142282/building-your-own-atomic-bootc-desktop/
Fedora change proposal would remove the X11 GNOME session from Fedora 43
I'm sure this won't make anybody mad, and we can all have a reasonable discussion about this. A change proposal for Fedora suggests Fedora should drop the X11 GNOME session from Fedora 43, moving GNOME's target of removing X11 in GNOME 50 to the Fedora release carrying GNOME 49. Fedora 43
Blue95 Topanga released with Paint and Plus! clones
Only a few weeks ago we talked about Blue95, a Fedora-based distribution focused on bringing the Windows 95 look to the Linux world by integrating a set of existing Windows 95 Xfce themes. Since Fedora 42 has just been released, the Blue95 project also pushed out a new release, called Blue95 Topanga. It brings with it all the impro
https://www.osnews.com/story/142161/blue95-topanga-released-with-paint-and-plus-clones/
Fedora 42 released
Fedora 42 has been released, bringing with it a major policy change: the Fedora KDE version now has the same status as the GNOME version. This means that Fedora KDE will be getting the same promotion, website space, and potential blocker status as the GNOME version. For now, the naming is a bit weird - Fedora Workstation for GNOME, Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop for KDE - but they intend to fix this
Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility
The effort to ensure that open-source software is reproducible has been gathering steam over the years, and gaining traction with major Linux distributions. Debian, for example, has been working toward reproducible builds for more than a decade; it can now produce official live CDs of the current stable release that are reproducible.
https://www.osnews.com/story/142113/fedora-change-aims-for-99-package-reproducibility/
Blue95: Fedora Atomic Xfce converted to a Windows 95 desktop
Blue95 is a modern and lightweight desktop experience that is reminiscent of a bygone era of computing. Based on Fedora Atomic Xfce with the Chicago95 theme.
↫ Blue95 GitHub page
Exactly as it says on the tin. This is by far the easiest way to get the excellent Chigaco95 theme for Xfce set up and working in a p
https://www.osnews.com/story/142021/blue95-fedora-atomic-xfce-converted-to-a-windows-95-desktop/
Fedora should not push its users to its own Flatpak repository
Unlike most (all?) other distributions with built-in Flatpak support, Fedora maintains its own repository of Flatpak applications. Everyone else defaults to using Flathub, where developers of applications themselves tend to publish their Flatpaks. Fedora's 'shadow Flathub' sometimes leads to problems, with Fe
https://www.osnews.com/story/141723/fedora-should-not-push-its-users-to-its-own-flatpak-repository/
Fedora proposes dropping Atomic desktops for PPC64LE
Fedora is proposing to stop building their Atomic desktop versions for PPC64LE. PopwerPC 64 LE basically comes down to IBM's POWER architecture, and as far as desktop use goes, that exclusively means the POWER9 machines from Raptor Computing Systems. I reviewed their small single-socket Blackbird machine in 2021, and I also have
https://www.osnews.com/story/141366/fedora-proposes-dropping-atomic-desktops-for-ppc64le/
Fedora’s new Btrfs SIG should focus on making Btrfs’ features more accessible
As Michel Lind mentioned back in August, we wanted to form a Special Interest Group to further the development and adoption of Btrfs in Fedora. As of yesterday, the SIG is now formed.
↫ Neal Gompa
Since I've been using Fedora on all my machines for a while now, I've also bee
@zombiewarrior You are correct about the OpenSouce / FOSS type stuff. It's just #BSD never landed w/ me. I was having a difficult enough time trying to figure out #fedoracore 5 (i think it was). I mean, i was probably afraid to switch to Ubuntu. (.rpm to .deb). #opensuse something else for a while. Mint.
but, never BSD.
the guy i used to "partner" with, wso.host
i think he knows about BSD. super tuned Apache server from the 90's. haha.
it works.
but the VPS he and i admin'd -- it is #CentOS
Fedora KDE approved to become of equal status to Fedora GNOME
Earlier this year, a proposal was made to replace the primary edition of Fedora from the GNOME variant to the KDE variant. This proposal, while serious, was mostly intended to stir up discussion about the position of the Fedora KDE spin within the larger Fedora community, and it seems this has had its intended
https://www.osnews.com/story/141098/fedora-kde-approved-to-become-of-equal-status-to-fedora-gnome/
#BIRTHDAY 2003-11-06 14:19:18 UTC Fedora Core 1 - https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2003-November/msg00000.html
Fedora 40 released with KDE Plasma 6 and GNOME 46
It's a big day for Fedora users such as myself - and especially for Fedora KDE users, also such as myself. Fedora 40 has been released today, and while the main focus is always on the GNOME release - although not everyone is happy about that - the various other spins, in Fedora parlance, have also seen major updates. Most prominently
https://www.osnews.com/story/139405/fedora-40-released-with-kde-plasma-6-and-gnome-46/
Today is the scheduled release day of Fedora 40, which reminds me of how long I've been using Fedora - since Fedora Core 1, and before that Red Hat Linux (alongside Debian & FreeBSD).
And it makes me a little depressed, because now I think about how long I've been around, now well over 50 years old and won't see another 40 releases due to my age.
#fedora #fedora40 #fedoracore #redhat #rhel #debian #freebsd #linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware
Fedora intends to fully embrace “AI”, but doesn’t address sourcing or its environmental impact
All weekend, I've been mulling over a recent blog post by Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller, which he wrote and published on behalf of the Fedora Council. Fedora (the KDE version) is my distribution of choice, I love using it, and I consider
Fedora change proposal suggests switching the main Fedora Workstation release to KDE Plasma
I have been assured by the main author of the proposal itself that this is very much not an April Fools joke, but of course, there's still the very real possibility we're being led on here. Still, I'm taking the risk and treating this as a serious chan
Fedora Workstation 41 to no longer install GNOME X.org session by default
Fedora Workstation has long defaulted to using GNOME's Wayland session by default, but it has continued to install the GNOME X.Org session for fallback purposes or those opting to use it instead. But for the Fedora Workstation 41 release later in the year, there is a newly-approved plan
Introducing Fedora Atomic Desktops
We are happy to announce the creation of a new family of Fedora Linux spins: Fedora Atomic Desktops! As Silverblue has grown in popularity, we’ve seen more of our mainline Fedora Linux spins make the jump to offer a version that implements rpm-ostree. It’s reached the point where it can be hard to talk about all of them at the same time. Therefore we’ve introduced
https://www.osnews.com/story/138563/introducing-fedora-atomic-desktops/
Fedora ponders merging /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
The split between /bin and /sbin is not useful, and also unused. The original split was to have "important" binaries statically linked in /sbin which could then be used for emergency and rescue operations. Obviously, we don't do static linking anymore. Later, the split was repurposed to isolate "important" binaries that would only be used by th
https://www.osnews.com/story/138129/fedora-ponders-merging-usr-bin-and-usr-sbin/
Fedora Linux 39 released
Fedora Workstation now features GNOME 45, which brings better performance and many usability enhancements, including a new workspace switcher and a much-improved image viewer.
If you’re looking for a different desktop experience, our Budgie Special Interest Group has created Fedora Onyx, a Budgie-based “Atomic” desktop in the spirit of Fedora Silverblue.
Of course, that’s not
https://www.osnews.com/story/137767/fedora-linux-39-released/
