United Linux - the famous Red Hat Enterprise Linux killer!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Linux

I think you mean Chimera Linux

I never used Caldera Linux but I did use their DOS for a while.

DSL is basically an Antix spin now ( which is itself basically just Debian ).

I had not noticed that KDE is available for Chimera now. Very cool.

WSL isn’t a distro.

I think you mean Azure Linux ( formerly CBL Mariner ):

https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux?tab=readme-ov-file

They are using pacman obviously :)

Well, since they missed 24.10 as well, it is going to be 25.04 at this point.

I hate to fanboy but EndeavourOS is awesome.

My advice as well!

I just put one down as I walked away from the couch a few minutes ago. :)

I bought it to carry in my backpack in Europe. Super light. Super handy. And inexpensive enough that I did not worry too much of it being lost, broken, or stolen ( which it never was ).

It is more important what it can be upgraded to. RAM will be cheaper tomorrow ( historically ).

The problem is the non-upgradable trend in laptops. Ironically I have MacBooks from 2012 with 16 GB in them but much never ones that are stuck at 8.

I am running Wayland on my 2013 MacBook Air. Joe old is your hardware?

Other way around

I read this on my 2013 MacBook Air 2013 running EndeavourOS. It runs amazingly well including video meetings.

Nice timing. I just switched a desktop to Alpha 2 earlier today.

What is new in Alpha 3? New functionality? Or just more polish?

Jellyfin has been rock solid for me, especially since the move to .NET 8. Looking forward to this release.

Any bets on how likely that this is even maintained six months from now?

Real question: does India contribute anything to the kernel?

Let’s just say this properly ok so that 70 percent of the commenters here might better understand.

Association with some of the people previously on the kernel maintainers list was putting the Linux kernel at risk. The risk was that European, American, and other users may be prohibited from using it. The risk was that entities such as the Linux Foundation could be held in contempt of sanctions and sanctioned themselves. That could mean financial damage or even a full stop to operations.

If the kernel were sanctioned, every entity, individual or company, could be put at risk.

Association with sanctioned individuals put every other maintainer at risk. Being listed together in the maintainers file put many innocent people in extreme jeopardy.

So, let’s say this properly ok…

Some of the maintainers were removed to defend the Linux kernel and the many, many entities ( individual and corporate ) that use it. They were removed to protect the other maintainers and the people and companies that they associate with.

The Linux Foundation, being American, may have been particularly at risk. But “moving” the kernel does nothing. The contributors and maintainers are still wherever they are. Linux users are equally economically dependent on the US and Europe regardless. The issue are the international sanctions. My country has issued them too ( neither American or European ). And blaming the counties that issued the sanctions, instead of blaming Russia, is a very interesting morale position to take ( not getting into that here ).

My first reaction was to have a problem with how this was done. However, once you acknowledge the association, any interaction, collaboration, or communication becomes even more problematic as you KNOW that you are working with sanctioned individuals. So, doing it simply and succinctly was probably best.