Compiled by Larry Cafiero
Marcus Nestor in 9 to 5 Linux on Sunday wrote about Debian Linux turning 33 years old on Sunday.
“That’s right, it’s been 33 years since the late Ian Murdock announced the Debian Project on August 16th, 1993, and the initial release of Debian GNU/Linux a month later on September 15th, in an attempt to develop the so-called ‘Universal Operating System,’ ” the article states.
Debian is being used 33 years later by millions of users around the world, “either directly by using the Debian GNU/Linux operating system or by using one of its numerous derivatives, such as the very popular Ubuntu or Linux Mint distributions,” the article states.
Parties are taking place in multiple locations across Bolivia, Brazil, Germany, India, Indonesia, and Turkey.
“Without further ado, we would like to wish the team behind the Debian Project a big Happy Birthday!” the article says.
Gnome 51 beta released for testing
Michael Larabel on Phoronix on Saturday reported that Gnome 51 Beta has been released with a wide range of changes.
“The beta release of Gnome 51 is now available for testing,” the article states. “This cycle for the beta milestone is mostly a wide collection of minor improvements throughout the vast package set.”
Gnome 51.beta’s updates include the following:
– The Gnome Control Center added a new fingerprint management UI to the users area.
– Gnome Initial Setup gained support for systemd-homed accounts.
– Gnome Shell now honors the “reduced-motion” setting for those wanting reduced motions/visuals. There is also SVG-based cursor support in the same format handled by KDE.
– The Mutter compositor now supports the background blur effect on Wayland and various other improvements.
– Gnome Software improved the performance of icon loading and PackageKit repositories refine.
– GTK now supports the ext-background-effect Wayland protocol, reworked GDK frame-clock to improve precision and reduce frame drops, and other enhancements.
– The GVFS daemon added auto-unmount support for idle backends.
– Various small refinements to the Nautilus file manager.
Tuxedo OS releases beta for testing
Bobby Borisov on Linuxiac reported on Sunday that Tuxedo OS has released a beta version open for testing, marking the distro’s move away from Ubuntu to Debian Testing.
“In July, the company revealed that Ubuntu would no longer serve as the distribution’s foundation, ending the model under which Tuxedo combined an Ubuntu LTS base with newer kernels, graphics components, browsers, and KDE software maintained on top,” the article explained.
According to the article, Tuxedo maintained “that approach became increasingly difficult as Ubuntu LTS releases aged. Newer software depended on libraries that were unavailable or too old in the base. Additionally, the company cited Canonical’s growing emphasis on Snap as another reason for seeking greater independence.”
The replacement base distro has become Debian Testing, “which Tuxedo plans to use permanently instead of moving to Debian Stable when the current Testing branch becomes Debian 14 ‘Forky,’ ” the article continues. “The company calls this approach ‘Continuous Debian,’ allowing Tuxedo OS to keep its hybrid model while using a much newer package base.”
And that’s all for today. Don’t forget: Distro of the Week appears Wednesday – and it’s always a good one on hand – and Bits and Bobs will return with news over the week on Friday.