Mobile Progress Report – June 2025
Welcome back to another update on how things are going on mobile. Thunderbird for iOS We’ve been going back and forth between database and JMAP for Thunderbird for iOS. Most of the visible work has flown into creating an initial JMAP library that w...
What is Linux Support
In the world of enterprise IT, “support” can mean many things. For some, it’s a safety net – insurance for the day something breaks. For others, it’s the difference between a minor hiccup and a full-scale outage. At Canonical, it means a simp...
What is Linux Support?
In the world of enterprise IT, “support” can mean many things. For some, it’s a safety net – insurance for the day something breaks. For others, it’s the difference between a minor hiccup and a full-scale outage. At Canonical, it means a simp...
Monthly News – July 2025
Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Linux Mint 22.2 The team is working on a BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2. This new version introduces an HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication,...
Monthly News – June 2025
Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Sponsorships: Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by: Gold Sponsors: Silver Sponsors: Bronze Sponsors: Donations in May: A total of $15,377 were rais...
Can System Initiative fix devops?
Let’s face it. Devops hasn’t seen much innovation in recent years, particularly in infrastructure automation. Despite radical shifts in technology, infrastructure automation has remained largely unchanged. Sure, it’s evolved — from on-prem con...
Why zero CVEs makes zero sense
If a vendor tells you it can enable zero CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), you should run, not walk, away. Not only is it impossible to get to zero CVEs, there’s really no need to even try. In fact, the very act of trying to achieve zero ...
Why LLMs demand a new approach to authorization
Large language models (LLMs) have quickly evolved from novelty chatbots to sophisticated agentic AI systems that act on our behalf. Unlike traditional software, these AI agents don’t follow rigid, predefined instructions. They interpret our intent a...
Building a simple router with OpenBSD
I’m hardly a “networking” or system admin expert. Even still, I’ve always been interested in the concept of building out my own home router with OpenBSD. It seemed so “hacky” and cool! The problem is that most of the tutorials I stumble acr...
