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What does this mean for Red Hat’s contributions to the CentOS project?
In short, nothing.
I was curious about what the IBM purchase of Red Hat meant for CentOS. Of course, I’m glad things don’t seem to be changing too much, but nothing stays the same forever. But for now, I’m happy. Until I’m unhappy…
IBM, Red Hat, and CentOS | Blog.CentOS.org
When I first saw this Tweet, I assumed the issue would be resolved:
And it has:
In response to the concerns raised by ourselves and the wider community, the Ubuntu project recently discussed a more conservative approach wherein a selection of 32-bit libraries would still be available on the host system, through at least 20.04 LTS.
I don’t understand the technical issues here, but coordinating projects is hard and sometimes you need a dramatic announcement, like Pierre-Loup’s, to get everyone to see the challenge and get on the same page. So I’m happy things worked out.
Update on Steam, Ubuntu, and 32-bit support | Steam for Linux General Discussions
A deep dive into a nice-looking Linux set-up.
My beautiful Linux development environment | DEV Community
Another story of switching to Linux. I love that Richard went from OS X to i3. That’s a bold move!
Hello Again, Linux | Linux Journal
Overall, I’m glad the upgrade went smoothly, and while I grumble about Fedora upgrades, they usually work, even though they take a long time.
I haven’t used Fedora in quite some time, but I’m always impressed with how well the upgrades work for people. I tend to repave Ubuntu when it reaches end of support, but maybe that’s old fashioned. Or maybe Fedora has more of the upgrade mentality baked into it.
A quick recap of the Fedora 30 upgrade | Steven Rosenberg
This is really cool. Instead of needing to use Crouton, ChromeOS will provide access to a terminal, which will let you run a Debian container. But with the terminal, you’ll probably be able to use just about any distro.
All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward | ZDNet
The Linux App Summit (LAS) is looking for locations. What’s cool is that it’s being co-hosted by KDE and GNOME.
By co-hosting the conference with KDE, GNOME hopes to create a space for more widespread collaboration and working towards a common goal: expanding the Linux application ecosystem.
Cooperation and competition aren’t mutually exclusive!
LAS 2019 Call for Locations | GNOME
In a discussion at the OpenStack Foundation’s Open Infrastructure Summit recently, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux and its commercial holding company Canonical, admitted he’d been caught on the hop by the change in demand.
“We have seen companies signing up for Linux desktop support, because they want to have fleets of Ubuntu desktop for their artificial intelligence engineers,” he said in the conversation as reported by ZDNet. It seems therefore that companies are placing literal dollar-value on the continuity of their development processes, to the extent that they need to ensure that Ubuntu keeps running.
It’s great to see the Linux desktop, and not just the kernel, getting some love.
Also, I would have linked to ZDNet, which has the original story, but it has a super-annoying autoplay video. So you’re welcome 🙂 .
I’m disappointed this interview doesn’t address Linus’s behavior issues, which resulted in a one-month time out. Especially since Linus gives a solid opening:
But, I absolutely detest modern “social media”—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. It’s a disease. It seems to encourage bad behavior.
I think part of it is something that email shares too, and that I’ve said before: “On the internet, nobody can hear you being subtle”. When you’re not talking to somebody face to face, and you miss all the normal social cues, it’s easy to miss humor and sarcasm, but it’s also very easy to overlook the reaction of the recipient, so you get things like flame wars, etc., that might not happen as easily with face-to-face interaction.
It seems like some lessons were learned, but I would have liked to have read more about his take on the experience.
25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds | Linux Journal
Image courtesy of Faces of Open Source / Peter Adams
Jason Evangelho deserves credit for reading the monthly Linux Mint updates and unearthing the angst in it. Running a distribution is a huge endeavor, but it’s also thankless, and it seems like the Mint team is feeling that pain.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has more on this, with some interesting quotes from reddit, too.
I try never to hate on any distros, because I can’t even imagine how hard a job it is. Now I’m thinking I should be more proactively kind. Especially to Mint, which I use (and love) on my ThinkPad.
Linux Mint’s Sobering Update: A Rare Glimpse Into The Personal Struggles Developers Face | Forbes
