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Mint 22.2 “Zara”, 22.1 “Xia”, Debian 13.0, 13.1, Fedora 42, and more now available
admin October 23rd, 2025
Posted In: Debian, Fedora, Linux, Mint, NEW, News, Open Source, Operating Systems, Technology
Tags: Debian, fedora, Latest OS, linux, Mint, Open Source, ubuntu
Debian 12.9, Mint 22.1, Fedora 41, more
As always, the latest releases are available to be installed, such as Linux Mint 22.1 (and of course 22.0), Debian Stable 12.9, of course Ubuntu LTS 24.04.1 (and 24.10), Fedora 41, Centos 10, and more – ask us for your favorite if you don’t see it listed.
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joe January 28th, 2025
Posted In: Debian, Fedora, Linux, Mint, Open Source, Operating Systems, Technology
‘Tis the Open Source Season
From all of us here at eRacks Systems to all of you, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season.
And here’s a great article about how Linux can help Santa:
https://betanews.com/2024/12/22/how-santa-claus-could-transform-christmas-with-linux
joe December 24th, 2024
Posted In: Greetings, Linux, News, Open Source
Tags: Christmas, Linux Infrastructure, Santa, tree, Tux, Xmas
Open-Washing AI and the REAL Open AI Definition
I saw both of these within 24 hours –
“Open-Washing” is a thing these days, many companies are trying to spin their AI offerings as “Open”, and piggyback on the brand image of Open Source, when actually they’re really not that open. Some even have it in their name – eg, “Open AI”, which isn’t…
In response, the Open Source Initiative released the OSAID “Open Source AI Definition” – Which we have endorsed. More on that in our next post, stay tuned…
Here’s the article, from yesterday: The illusion of AI openness
joe December 20th, 2024
Posted In: AI, Open Source, Reviews, Technology
Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” is here!
Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed “Kinetic Kudu”, is here with eRacks Systems. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.
Ubuntu Desktop 22.10 users will benefit from the refinements in GNOME 43, including GTK4 theming for improved performance and consistency. Quick Settings now provide faster access to commonly used options such as wifi, bluetooth, dark mode and power settings.
Since Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” will be supported for 9 months until July 2023, it was released to the wider public on Oct 20, 2022. Here’s in short, what you can expect from the Ubuntu 22.10 release.
Linux kernel
Ubuntu 22.10 is shipped with the new 5.19 Linux kernel that brings the most relevant features (in addition to many other new features, new drivers, improvements and fixes.
GNOME 43
In Ubuntu 22.10, GNOME 43 is the base desktop version. GNOME 43 is an impressive release in terms of features and work around the GTK4 and libadwaita. A lot of features which was missed to reach in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, finally arrived in this version.
Qemu
Qemu was updated to version v7.0.0 which brings many major and minor improvements.
libvirt
Tracking the releases of libvirt continuously version v8.6.0 is now provided in Ubuntu 22.10 which – among many other fixes, improvements and features.
Docker.io 20.10.16
This new version contains fixes to avoid potential lock issues and update its dependencies internally.
Security Improvements
AppArmor gained support for restricting access to unprivileged user namespaces. This allows a system administrator to configure their system so that only applications and services which are confined by an appropriate AppArmor profile can use this feature.
Summary of the key changes in Ubuntu 22.10
- Linux Kernel 5.19
- GNOME 43
- Pipewire by default
- IWD is replacing wpa_supplicant
- KDE Plasma 5.25 in Kubuntu
- LXQt 1.1.0 in Lubuntu
- Firefox 106
- LibreOffice 7.4
- Thunderbird 102
Including these, there are a lot of improvements. To experience the full improvements, you need to use one. You can download an installation file directly from here, or get a pre-installed ready to use system from eRacks Systems’ Store.
Asif Raihan October 28th, 2022
Posted In: Linux, LiveCD, New products, Open Source, Operating Systems, ubuntu, Zenbook
Tags: Laptops, linux, New products, Rolling Release, ubuntu, Zenbook