Excerpt from my Editorial: Probably for the first time in FCM history we only have enough for two HowTo articles. As stated last month:...

Canonical Announces Snapcraft Toolkit Rework: https://snapcraft.io/blog/the-future-of-snapcraft Messor, a decentralized intrusion detection system released: https://messor.network/ru/ Release of EasyOS 3.2: https://bkhome.org/news/202201/easyos-version-32-released.html Clonezilla Live 2.8.1 released: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/2022/01/stable-clonezilla-live-281-12-released-/ A completely free version of the Linux-libre 5.16...

Slackel 7.5 distribution released: http://www.slackel.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=688 Pinta 2.0 graphics editor released: https://www.pinta-project.com/releases/2-0 Solus project drama: https://twitter.com/JoshStrobl/status/1477391260340137988 Speed up building the Linux kernel by 50-80%: https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/1/2/187 KDE plans to achieve parity between Wayland and...

Release of Siduction 2021.3: https://siduction.org/2021/12/release-notes-for-siduction-2021-3-0-wintersky/ Release of Rescuezilla 2.3 backup distribution: https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/releases/tag/2.3 KiCad 6.0 CAD released: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/12/KiCad-6.0.0-Release/ Nitrux 1.8.0 Distribution Release with NX Desktop https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-1-8-0/ Lumina Desktop 1.6.2 Released: https://lumina-desktop.org/post/2021-12-25/ Enlightenment 0.25 Released: https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2021-12-26-enlightenment-0.25.0 Release of...

This month: * Command & Conquer : Terminal * How-To : Python, Blender and LibreOffice Writer Tips * Graphics : Inkscape * Everyday Ubuntu * Micro This Micro That * Review :...

Debian offers fnt font manager: https://bits.debian.org/2021/12/2000-fonts-debian.html Ubuntu 22.04 theme switched to orange: https://github.com/ubuntu/yaru/pull/3264 Debian 11.2 Update: https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211218 Mongoose OS 2.20, an IoT device platform released: https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/releases/tag/2.20.0 Release of the GNU library libmicrohttpd...

Release of Ventoy 1.0.62: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/tag/v1.0.62 ToaruOS 2.0 operating system released: https://github.com/klange/toaruos/releases/tag/v2.0.0 Intel Moves Cloud Hypervisor Development to Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/linux-foundation-to-host-the-cloud-hypervisor-project-creating-a-performant-lightweight-virtual-machine-monitor-for-modern-cloud-workloads/ PeerTube 4.0 released: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v4.0.0 ReactOS 0.4.14 operating system released: https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0414-released/ Release youtube-dl 2021.12.17: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.12.17 Credits: Full Circle...

Code removal in Mesa: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/10153 Blender 3.0 Release: https://www.blender.org/press/blender-3-0-a-new-era-for-content-creation/ Release of EndeavourOS 21.4: https://endeavouros.com/news/the-atlantis-release-is-in-orbit/ Introducing Blueprint, a new UI building language for GTK: https://www.jwestman.net/2021/12/02/introducing-blueprint-a-new-way-to-craft-user-interfaces.html VeraCrypt 1.25.4 released: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release%20Notes.html LibreOffice 7.2.4 and 7.1.8 Update with...

GhostBSD Release 21.11.24: https://ghostbsd.org/ghostbsd_21.11.24_iso_is_now_available Tux Paint 0.9.27 is released: https://tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.27-press-release.php SQLite 3.37 Released: https://www.sqlite.org/changes.html The OpenPrinting project has released CUPS 2.4.0: https://openprinting.github.io/cups-2.4.0/ WebOS Open Source Edition 2.14 Released: https://www.webosose.org/blog/2021/11/30/webos-ose-2-14-0-release/ 4MLinux 38.0 in the wild: https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2021/11/4mlinux-380-stable-released.html SDL...

nftables Packet Filter 1.0.1: https://www.mail-archive.com/netfilter-announce@lists.netfilter.org/msg00234.html Release of PureOS 10: https://puri.sm/posts/true-convergence-is-here-pureos-10-is-released-for-all-librem-products/ Arcan 0.6.1 Desktop Engine Released: https://arcan-fe.com/ Germany plans for Linux and LibreOffice: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/18/german-state-planning-to-switch-25000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ Q4OS 4.7 Distribution Released: https://www.q4os.org/blog.html#news211122 First test release of free 2D...