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Ubuntu 24.10 and Debian 13 will get Apt version 3.0 see here for changes.

The Open Suse Security team has released a long article about how they review Security issues with KDE6 , It's quite impressive. I've found out of all the KDE6 Distros I've tried so far Open Suse tumbleweed to be the best for stability and Just working.

The Following was posted on the LM forum from Clem. those here that use Mint may be interested.

New install media for PClinuxOS 2024.04 KDE released, Texstar said this will be that last plasma 5 release next one will be Plasma 6 with wayland. No time frame given.

The march Blog from Cinnamon head Developer Clem is full of info about the upcoming Mint 22 Release that those using Mint may find interesting. See here: Of interest to me is the fact that Mint will package Thunderbird e-mail client and not go with the Ubuntu snap package. That is good news!

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

Red hat announced it's driver team is working on a replacement for Nouveau Nvidia driver. Hope it works.

A few weeks ago Ubuntu said it had a problem with snap where Snap from Scammers were in the snap store and removed. They announced that the problme still exists. Which to me brings in the question why use snaps at all? If I'm using a Ubuntu or derivative I would de-snap the thing. Ubuntu can't...

I installed OpenSuse Tumbleweed with KDE/plasma 6 today and so far it's been working smoothly. Best Kde 6 implementation so far. So if you want to give KDE 6 a whirl try open Suse Tumbleweed.

On 3/20/24 KDE issued a warning about Global themes. See Here for details.

Just an update- KDE 6 /KDE-neon has come along nicely since being released. Crashes I experienced at first have been fixed and the system has been running quite well for the last week or so. Your mileage may differ :) Tuxedo OS - is nice also give it a try.

I've been asked lately what my favorite DE is by a couple people. Usually when when one or two ask other are curious. So here is my list in order of my preference. 1. KDE/plasma 2. Cinnamon 3. XFCE4 4. LXQT 5. JWM Just my opinion others will vary. You will notice gnome is not on my list. Though...

LXQT team has announced that LXQT 2.0 will support Wayland and QT6 . Of interest to those who use this DE. Lubuntu?

If you are in the market for new laptop you may want to consider the new Lenovo thinkpads. Also Hp is sponsoring the framework series with one that is user repairable.

KDE 6 has been released. May be awhile for it to be available on your distro though. Also here From KDE:

For those that do a lot of image work you may be interested to know that Gimp 3 is almost here. And if you want you can give the Development release a try.

LXqt 2.0 will have a QT6 port. Also of interest is that Slimbook computers has begun to ship it's new laptop with KDE6 as defualt.

For those interested in PopOS System 76 has announced that their new Cosmic DE will be incorporated in their 24.04 release sometime after ubuntu 24.04 LTS is released. Cosmic unlike anyother DE will be written completely in the Rust programming language. Fedora is considering a Cosmic spin...

Ubuntu has announced that they will deploy a new install for version 24.04. This will I'm sure eventually affect Distros derived from ubuntu such as Mint and others.