[14:19] schestowitz[TR2][14:19] schestowitz[TR2]If you use Ubuntu, then you enjoy one of its great benefits: long-term support. Five years for each LTS, ten or more if you activate the pro offering (which is free for home users). But if you use one of the community editions, like say Kubuntu, you will be told that you only get three years of updates.
[14:19] schestowitz[TR2]Indeed, for the past year, Kubuntu 22.04 users would see a prompt, on every login, telling them how their version would stop receiving updates and security fixes in this or that many days. I reported about this back in my Slimbook Titan 4 article. The prompt nag couldn't really be easily disabled (from the UI). Worst of all, it simply isn't correct. Your Kubuntu will continue receiving up [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] dates, just like an ordinary Ubuntu. Let me show you what gives.
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[14:26] schestowitz[TR2][14:26] schestowitz[TR2]Keep in mind that this is a testing release, as the last stable one remains 20241206 from December 2024. The next production-ready image is set to ship as Libreboot 25.06 in June.
[14:26] schestowitz[TR2]For the uninitiated, Libreboot is a free and open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware based on Coreboot, designed to replace proprietary ones on specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM-based motherboards. However, it runs only on select older laptops and desktops due to limitations in supporting modern firmware.
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[14:29] schestowitz[TR2][14:29] schestowitz[TR2]Like its predecessor Leap 15.6, the Leap 16.0 version continues the tradition of a stable, classic Linux distribution; its built from SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and its new base, SUSE Linux Framework One (formerly ALP).
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[14:30] schestowitz[TR2][14:30] schestowitz[TR2]Powered by kernel 6.12 and built on the foundation of SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and the brand-new SUSE Linux Framework One (formerly known as ALP), the upcoming Leap continues the distributions classic yet current philosophy, with the final stable release scheduled in mid-October.
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[15:17] schestowitz[TR2][15:17] schestowitz[TR2]Bad news for Kali Linux users! In the coming day(s), apt update is going to fail for pretty much everyone out there:
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[15:17] schestowitz[TR2]Reason is, we had to roll a new signing key for the Kali repository. You need to download and install the new key manually, heres the one-liner: [...]
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[15:18] schestowitz[TR2][15:18] schestowitz[TR2]One purpose for my effort is to be able to trust the binaries that I use on my laptop. I believe that without building binaries from source code, there is no practically feasible way to trust binaries. To trust any binary you receive, you can de-assemble the bits and audit the assembler instructions for the CPU you will execute it on. Doing that on a OS-wide level this is unpractical. A mo [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] re practical approach is to audit the source code, and then confirm that the binary is 100% bit-by-bit identical to one that you can build yourself (from the same source) on your own trusted toolchain. This is similar to a reproducible build.
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[15:18] schestowitz[TR2][15:18] schestowitz[TR2]OSL logo Oregon State Universitys Open Source Lab (OSL) has been a major supporter of Gentoo Linux and many other software projects for years. It is currently hosting several of our infrastructure servers as well as development machines for exotic architectures, and is critical for Gentoo operation.
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