[09:11] schestowitz[TR2][09:11] schestowitz[TR2]Nearly six months after the release of Linux Mint 22 Wilma, the first update in the series, version 22.1 Xia is now available for download. Packed with various enhancements, it solidifies the distributions reputation as a top contender in the Linux desktop space.
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[09:12] schestowitz[TR2][09:12] schestowitz[TR2]The project had been going since 2007, as the oldest snapshot's copyright message shows. Its project page on Sourceforge is still there, complete with downloads, if you want to give it a try. Absolute Linux was a cut-down lightweight remix of the venerable Slackware Linux, which at 25 years old (or 0x20, in old money) is the oldest surviving distro. As we said in that story, Slackware itse [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] lf is anything but lightweight it nearly filled our 16GB test root partition. That would seem to leave room for a lightweight remix, and we like the sound of some of its choices the nearly as venerable IceWM and a Reg FOSS desk favourite, the ROX Filer.
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[09:17] schestowitz[TR2][09:17] schestowitz[TR2]OpenZFS, a robust, open-source file system and volume manager that integrates advanced data protection features like snapshots, checksums, and replication, has just released its latest version, 2.3.
[09:17] schestowitz[TR2]One of the standout features is RAIDZ Expansion, which allows users to add new devices to existing RAIDZ pools to increase storage capacity seamlessly without any downtime.
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