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The minimalist Tiny Core Linux distribution, Linux has been released in version 4.4 and including updated versions of the packages included, bringing the kernel improvements and innovations in the handling of boot parameters.

Tiny Core 4.4 is based on a 3.0.21 kernel and runs completely in memory. The main novelty of this version in addition to an upgraded system, the advanced parameters at startup. Thus, the distribution may for example be transmitted via the parameter “iso” is the location of the ISO image embedded extensions. In addition, the distribution of a new sript “fromISOfile” which starts after the start of an ISO file. Also new is the ssb module in the base component. The kernel also has support from at ax25/ham and comes with an on kexec. In addition, the developers have fixed a crash of the kernel in the integration of CIFS shares.
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Linux initiator Linus Torvalds has released version 3.3 of the Linux kernel. A number of Android subsystems have been integrated, so that the difference to the Android kernel reduced.

In spite of extensive changes in turn is the patch from Linux 2.3 to 3.3 slightly smaller than previous versions. About 60% of the account changes, according to Torvalds to the driver, which is less than usual. 20% relate to changes in the architecture and 20% of the rest
Linux 3.3 brings some subsystems in the kernel, which were designed by Google Android. It is still not all of Android over, but some is in its present form does not even get into the kernel. However, it is conceivable that the developers agree on common functionality that reduces the remaining differences to the Android kernel on.
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Mark Shuttleworth has published in his blog, interesting information and said a significant increase in the share of industrial solutions based on the server edition of Ubuntu:

Hewlett-Packard expanded its offerings to include new workstation models that can be had with Linux pre-installed.
The new Z workstations use a tower of Xeon processors from Intel E5 and Nvidia Quadro graphics cards. The selection starts with the HP Z420, which accommodates up to 64 GB of RAM and up to 11 terabytes of storage. The device has been designed by the manufacturer for product designers and architects, prices start at 1249 €, including VAT.

The HP Z620 model can accommodate up to 96 GB of RAM and up to 11 terabytes of disk space. It should be available from 1499 €. HP Z820 is the most powerful race car and has the same solid-state disk storage to 1.8 TB. Working memory can be installed up to 512 GB. The price of the computer for demanding computing applications will start at 1899 €.
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Yesterday there were the source on github open source project musicpaused. The main purpose of the program – to stop playing music when removing the headphones, just as is done on mobile devices running Android and iOS. Many would like to have the same functionality on their laptops and computers, and it is now possible. It can also display notifications on your desktop when inserting and removing the earphone jack, microphone, and a few others. Similar programs for Linux did not exist before.

The program consists of three daemons:

• jacklistener – event monitor state change connectors. Reads events from the event-device’ov and transfers them to a system bus signals on D-Bus;

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The minimalistic Linux distribution Ttylinux is available in version 10.0.

With this release, all architecture-specific issues consistently receive the code name and version number 10 bazooka – even if that means in some cases, a paradoxical counting.With BusyBox 1.19.3, 1.42 and iptables 1.4.12 E2fsprogs there updated software.

Ttylinux only requires 8 MB for the system partition and already runs on i486 machines with 28 Mbytes of RAM. The new version 10.0 is available for i486, i686, x86_64, PowerPC, and WRTU54G-TM (MIPS) available. At an output for the ARM Board Beaglebone the developer Douglas Jerome is still working.
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Kmod, the collection of utilities for Linux kernel modules is available in version 6.

This is mainly a maintenance release, which irons out some bugs, such as infinite loops to the InstallShield command-and soft dependencies. In addition, version 6 is again compatible with the uClibc C library. However, it also is a new feature: The API of the underlying Libkmod receives the new “kmod_module_apply_filter ()”, the filter applies to a list of modules. In addition, the included test suite has been increasing in size.
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Linux From Scratch (LFS), one of the most popular distributions for users who want to create their own distribution, was released in version 7.1. Changes include updates to the packages and corrections.

Linux From Scratch (LFS) does not represent a distribution rather than a guide to creating a GNU / Linux system from source in the form of a document. The book shows in a step-by-step guide on how to create a Linux-only system on the basis of source packages, and would so give you a deep insight into the structure and procedures of the operating system. In addition, many LFS provides necessary knowledge to create a Linux system to very different requirements, such as in the embedded space to adapt.
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The new Linux file system Btrfs has recently dominated the compression process and Snappy LZ4 that save space and are fast.

Within the last week, two developers for the Linux kernel file system Btrfs have implemented new compression method. First, Andi Kleen has on the mailing list a patch released that developed by Google Snappy implemented algorithm. The procedure puts more emphasis on fast (de) compression rather than large compression ratios. Because the use of file system code in the Linux kernel must be implemented, Kleen has integrated the first Snappy code from C + + and ported to C and the kernel, before he wrote the actual code Btrfs. Snappy the code in the kernel is now also other kernel subsystems.
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The Scientific Linux Red Hat derivative is available in version 6.2 now also live issues are available.
The images are created with Fedora’s livecd-tools in version 13.4 and have a different scope: The live mini-CD (477 MB) used the window manager Ice WM 1.2, the live CD (695 MB), the desktop environment, GNOME 2.28, and the Live DVD (2.2 GB) offers a choice of Ice World, and Gnome 4.3.
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