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  • Fedora 38 Will Include a Budgie Spin

    Fedora 38 Will Include a Budgie Spin

    The Fedora Project has announced it will offer a spin based on the Budgie desktop environment (DE), beginning with Fedora 38.

    Fedora is one of the most popular Linux distributions (distros) and serves as the upstream distro for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The flagship Fedora release, Fedora Workstation, uses the Gnome DE, but the project maintains a number of spins. Each of these spins uses a different DE, such as KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, and more.

    Budgie is a popular DE that was originally created for the Solus distro, but has become popular outside of Solus. The Fedora Project announced the DE will be one of its next official spins.

    Budgie Desktop’s goal is to be a feature-rich and modern desktop that provides unique ways of interacting with the system (such as the widget and notification center Raven) while being approachable to many users with its default more traditional look and feel. Budgie Desktop is extensible through its own plugin architecture and offers a variety of customization options to enable users and partners (e.g. Ubuntu Budgie) to make it their own.

    Budgie Desktop and its respective components (Budgie Desktop View, Budgie Control Center, Budgie Screensaver) is officially maintained by Joshua Strobl, the lead of the Buddies of Budgie organization and a newly proposed Budgie SIG . Budgie Desktop was introduced in Fedora 37. A Fedora Budgie Spin would be a valuable addition to Fedora’s existing spins, providing Budgie Desktop users with the ability to use their favorite desktop environment with a leading operating system.

  • Fedora 37 Released, Including Two New Official Editions

    After two separate delays, Fedora 37 has been officially released, adding two new official editions.

    Fedora is a popular Linux distro that focuses on bleeding edge features and serves as the basis for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Fedora community releases a new version every six months, but doesn’t hold fast to announced release dates. Instead, the community focuses on releasing when the new version is ready and isn’t afraid to delay a release if show-stopping bugs are present, as was the case with Fedora 37.

    The latest version of Fedora was released Tuesday, adding Fedora Cloud, as well as Fedora CoreOS as official versions. Fedora CoreOS is the successor to Atomic Host.

    The main edition, Fedora Workstation, features a slew of improvements, including the latest GNOME 43. The version also splits out some language packs in an effort to slim down the install. The Raspberry Pi 4 is also now supported. SELinux, Fedora’s security module, can now be run with less issues on everyday use.

    Users can download the new version at https://getfedora.org/ or follow these instructions to upgrade an existing installation.

  • Red Hat Suspends Russian Business Operations

    Red Hat Suspends Russian Business Operations

    Red Hat has suspended operations in Russia, dealing another blow to the country over its invasion of Ukraine.

    Red Hat is a subsidiary of IBM and the maker of the popular Red Hat Enterprise Linux, widely used to power servers around the world. The company has now joined the plethora of companies that are pulling out of Russia.

    While relevant sanctions must guide many of our actions, we’ve taken additional measures as a company. Effective immediately, Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and Belarus (for both organizations located in or headquartered in Russia or Belarus). This includes discontinuing partner relationships with organizations based in or headquartered in Russia or Belarus.

    In addition to suspending operations in Russia, Red Hat is also working to help its employees in Ukraine get to safety.

    The safety, security, and well-being of our associates remain our top priority. The cross-functional team we established several weeks ago has connected directly with every Red Hatter in Ukraine and Russia and will continue to ensure they have the support and resources they need. We have helped Red Hatters in Ukraine and their families (including spouses, children and family members) move safely to nearby countries and continue to help those who remain in the country in any way possible.

  • Lenova Expands Linux Certification to Its Entire Lineup

    Lenova Expands Linux Certification to Its Entire Lineup

    In good news for Linux, Lenovo has expanded its Linux certification to its entire ThinkPad and ThinkStation lineup.

    Toward the end of April, Lenovo announced it would be offering Fedora Workstation on its ThinkPad laptops. Previously, Dell had been the main manufacturer offering an OEM Linux option.

    It seems Lenovo is now going all-in on Linux, with both the ThinkPad and ThinkStation lineup being certified for both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu LTS

    “Now, I’m excited to share Lenovo is moving to certify the full workstation portfolio for top Linux distributions from Ubuntu® and Red Hat® – every model, every configuration,” writes Rob Herman, General Manager, Executive Director Workstation & Client AI Group.

    “While many users prefer to customize their own machines – either on hardware without an OS or by wiping an existing client OS, then configuring and installing Linux – this can raise uncertainty with system stability, restricted performance, compatibility, end-user productivity and even IT support for devices. Now that these users are making their way out of the proverbial shadows and onto the enterprise floor, the demand is high for an out-of-the-box solution that removes the barrier for deployment of enterprise-grade hardware within a Linux software ecosystem.”

    This is an excellent turn of events for Linux and its users, and will help remove a barrier-to-entry for the operating system.