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When the Problem Is the Story

Linux isn't a story anymore.
 
 That's a good thing, but not an interesting one. Let me explain.
 
 Journalism's main product is the story. In newsrooms, the three words uttered most often by editors to reporters are "What's the story?"
 
 As I was taught by an editor long ago—and as I have found to be true constantly ever since—all stories are about three things:

openSUSE Tumbleweed Snapshots Update, Nominations Now Open for 2019 Red Hat Women in Open Source Awards, OpenSSH 7.9 Released, Some VestaCP Servers Compromised by New Linux/ChachaDDOS Malware and Kraft 0.82 Now Available

News briefs for October 19, 2018. Two new openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots provide KDE users with a newer version of Applications 18.08.2, and all Tumbleweed users can update kernel 4.18.13. Last week's snapshots included newer versions of KDE's Plasma 5.14 and Frameworks 5.50.0. For more info on the recent updates, visit opensuse.org.

Doing Date Math on the Command Line - Part II

In part II of this series of articles on doing date math from the command line we want to try to solve a problem we noted in part I: passing the date command a date specification something like "the first Monday after some date".

Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" Due Out Today, Arm Launches IoT-Focused Mbed Linux, GitHub's New Security Features, MongoDB Announces New Server Side License and Google to Charge for Apps on Android Handsets Sold in Europe

News briefs for October 18, 2018. Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" expected to be released today. According to Phoronix, the biggest change for users will be the revised default theme for the GNOME Shell experience, now known as "Yaru". Ubuntu 18.10 will also have the Linux 4.18 kernel, "which means better hardware support, various performance improvements, and other optimizations compared to Ubuntu 18.04's Linux 4.15".

Keeping Control in the Hands of the User

Various efforts always are underway to implement Secure Boot and to add features that will allow vendors to lock users out of controlling their own systems. In that scenario, users would look helplessly on while their systems refused to boot any kernels but those controlled by the vendors.

Weekend Reading: Gaming

Games for Linux are booming like never before. The revolution comes courtesy of cross-platform dev tools, passionate programmers and community support. Join us this weekend as we learn about Linux gaming.   Game Review: Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements Welcome, young initiate. Do you have what it takes to become a full-fledged mage?   Game Review: Lamplight City