News : Smallest Operating System in the World!

... from the Datastream - official youtube channel.

News : Fedora 42 (Adams) !

Fedora 42 is a version of Fedora released to the public on 15 April 2025[1], under the codename "Adams". This version is notably the first version since Fedora 23 to use a codename. This version updates GNOME to version 48.

See the wikipedia article.

Yesterday I installed the Fedora Linux distro with version 42 also known as Adams, on the old Cosmic environment.

The packages were installed correctly and updated to version 42. The Cosmic environment, although it has a pretty good design, is just as poor as some of the implemented applications. I tried with about three screenshot applications to take a screenshot and I couldn't succeed. I noticed some packages for basic and cosmic implementation, but they didn't solve anything. Moreover, it seems that cosmic is related to rust and it's throwing me some strange messages!!!

I had to take a picture of the screen for this installation ... after all, it is a test version from the Fedora team based on RedHat linux!

News : System76 Transmission Log: Linux Hardware, COSMIC News and Enhancing AI with View.IO

Unleash your potential on Pop!_OS: an operating system for STEM and creative professionals.

... is ubuntu based and you can find more about this and Linux distros in the official website - distrowatch.

Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring a custom GNOME desktop. Pop!_OS is designed to have a minimal amount of clutter on the desktop without distractions in order to allow the user to focus on work. The distribution is developed by Linux computer retailer System76.

... from 9 days ago, ... is a new video with this distro based on the System76 - the official youtube channel:

News : Debian - new refresh (12.11) updates !

NOTE : ... this is not only news on linux distro area , but I wrote only I read about or used ...

Debian distro Linux comes with a new refresh (12.11), featuring 81 bug fixes and 45 security updates. Here's more on that.

After Debian archive was updated to 12.11, the Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to ensure everything worked properly. Their work is now complete and the images are available at

News : Wine development release 10.8 .

The Wine development release 10.8 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• User handles in shared memory for better performance.
• Improvements to TIFF image support.
• More work on the new PDB backend.
• Various bug fixes.

See this news on the official website ...

News : Discover the Top 10 Linux Distros Which One’s Right for You

... from the linuxhint - the official youtube channel.

News : Bluefin Linux: The Future of Desktop?

News : Do more with Oreon 10.

Linux ditro named Oreon based on AlmaLinux.

Oreon is based on AlmaLinux and our goal is to provide more software packages and features than the upstream provider. Oreon gets 10 years of security support from each release!

News : Try old design with ascii and assembly language.

The old ASCII design can still be captivating. I used FASM in fedora to create such a design.

Read my article how can be done on my fedora blogger.

News : KDE Plasma 6.2, Gnome 47 RC and the KDE Frameworks 6.6.

Linux distros comes with new released graphic user interface, you an find some videos on the LinuxNetwork youtube channel.

News : Nix in 100 Seconds from Fireship.

Nix is a purely functional package manager and config tool. It also takes form as a fully-fledged Linux distro called NixOS.

... from the Fireship - youtube channel.

News : Gnome 46

News : The DSL 2024.

The New DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY.

See this webpage.

The Ren'Py visual novel engine .

Ren'Py is a visual novel engine – used by thousands of creators from around the world – that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers and mobile devices. These can be both visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script language allows anyone to efficiently write large visual novels, while its Python scripting is enough for complex simulation games.

Ren'Py is free to use with commercial and non-commercial games and you can find on the official website.

This run's on Android 5.0+,HTML5/Web Assembly (Beta),Linux x86_64/Arm,Windows 7+,Mac OS X 10.10+ and iOS 11+.

This is last video tutorial from RenPy start tutorials but you can find more on web.

News : Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia – BETA Release with a good design.

My preference would be Fedora Linux, but this Linux Mint distro would be a possible design choice.

Linux Mint 21.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027 and now comes with Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia – BETA Release.

I used in the past and works great because has based on Debian distro and now use Ubuntu.

Minimal system requirements:

2GB RAM (4GB recommended for a comfortable usage). 20GB of disk space (100GB recommended). 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

You can read more on the official blog.

News : Environment designs in Linux !

I do not consider the design of linux environments to be very evolved from a design point of view. It is worth noting the effort of the developers to customize the old source code. Here are some old and new remarkable examples:

Cool Desktop Animations for Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 36, other Linux with GNOME

Deepin environment

MamoLinux

eDEX-UI ...

Budgie desktop ...

Boxy SVG - tool for editing SVG files.

This online tool for drawing and working with SVG file format comes with this intro:

Boxy SVG project goal is to create the best tool for editing SVG files. For beginners as well as for professional web designers and web developers. On any device and operating system. 

 ... 

 Boxy SVG is built around the idea that user interfaces should get out of the way. There is no crowded workspace with overlapping dialogs or dozens of opened palettes and toolbars. Your illustration takes the center stage. Whether it's the editing of shapes or adjustment of gradient fills, most of the action is taking place directly on the canvas. Fine control over the changes is available in panels that you can expand and then collapse with a single click or keypress. Many features are accessible with keyboard shortcuts that you can customize to your liking. This is especially useful if you are coming with a lot of muscle memory from years of using other vector graphics editors.

The tool comes with a trial for 15 days or you can subscribe with these two options: 9.99 USD/ year or 9.99 USD/month register with your account.

On the official webpage, the Linux version is Free.

I install it easily on my Fedora 33 distro Linux with the snap tool:

[mythcat@desk ~]$ snap search boxy
Name      Version  Publisher    Notes  Summary
boxy-svg  3.46.0   jarek-foksa  -      Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) editor
boxy-svg 3.46.0 from Jarosław Foksa (jarek-foksa) installed
...

I tested all features of this tool and, is very good for an SVG tool.

You can see many tutorials with this online tool from the official youtube channel.

In the next video you can see one video tutorial with the SVG library of this online tool:

Linux Games: The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt.

This weekend I played a bit with a steam game installed on the Fedora distribution. I have a pretty weak hardware of only 10 Gb Ram and an NVIDIA Corporation GT218 video card [GeForce 210] (rev a2).

The game is called The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt and you can find it here, see intro:

Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King.

I played for almost 7 hours and I didn't find any irregularities in the fluidity of the game. It is a very interesting game for both single player and multi player.

I found a video on the internet that shows that some users have found a way to navigate the world, see:

About Phaser Editor 2D game editor.

Today I install Phaser Editor 2D on Fedora 32, you can download it from the official website. Phaser Editor 2D is a commercial IDE to develop video-games. It is delivered as an offline product and users can run it for free (with certain limitations) or can purchase a license key to unlock all features. Phaser Editor 2D version 3, the latest, is a complete new software based on web technologies. So we created Play Phaser Editor 2D, a small service to allow Phaser Editor 2D license owners, to run the editor and create small projects in the cloud. However, in the future, we will provide a different cloud service with options for storage, collaboration, publishing, integration with other services and payment. These are the Play Phaser Editor 2D available plans: Free Plan and Premium Plan About Free Plan: Running the FREE PLAN 0B/50MB of storage is used 59 days before expiration date The Premium Plan comes with these options:

• One Year License - 30$ Valid for one year after the purchase. Phaser Editor 2D Team email support. Write to developers@phasereditor2d.com. The option to refund in the first month after the purchase.
• Two Years License - 45$ Valid for two years after the purchase. Phaser Editor 2D Team email support. Write to developers@phasereditor2d.com. The option to refund in the first month after the purchase.
• Lifetime License - 75$ Never expires. Phaser Editor 2D Team email support. Write to developers@phasereditor2d.com. The option to refund in the first month after the purchase.
• Two Years Team License - 125$ 5 developers allowed. Valid for two years. Phaser Editor 2D Team email support. Write to developers@phasereditor2d.com. The option to refund in the first month after the purchase.

This is a video tutorial from official youtube channel:

Unity 3D on Fedora 31 Linux distro.

First, you need to have good hardware to run the Unity 3D software on Fedora 31 Linux.
To install on Fedora 31 Linux is easy to do. You need to download the Unity beta application from this website.

[mythcat@desk ~]$ cd Downloads/
[mythcat@desk Downloads]$ chmod +x UnitySetup-2018.2.7f1 

You need to install this package for this file: libgconf-2.so.4

[root@desk Downloads]# dnf install GConf2-devel.x86_64

The next step is simple run the installer and follow the interface...

[mythcat@desk Downloads]$ ./UnitySetup-2018.2.7f1 

If you want to use a free license then you need to save the license from application into the file named Unity_v2018.2.7f1.alf .
Using the Unity website manual activate the free license and download the file named Unity_v2018.x.ulf. You can use the UnityHub.AppImage from Unity official website to install any Unity 3D version:

[mythcat@desk Downloads]$ chmod +x UnityHub.AppImage 
[mythcat@desk Downloads]$ ./UnityHub.AppImage 

See the screenshots: