AUSTIN (July 22, 2021) — The Adélie Linux distribution is announcing a strategic change in leadership to further refine and drive its mission. Zach van Rijn, former software engineer at IBM and computational modeler at Sanofi, will succeed A. Wilcox as the project’s lead. A. Wilcox has been the driving force behind Adélie since ca. …
Adélie Software has a long and rich history in the Tulsa community, and today is our community’s annual 918 Day celebration! The Adélie Linux project was started here just about five years ago, when A. Wilcox and Elizabeth Myers were discussing different Linux distributions. They decided to start a few projects aimed at improving the …
Hello all, You may have noticed that there have not been weekly status reports or blog articles since late March 2020. A lot of notable things have happened in the Adélie Linux project, and other related projects, since then. However, I feel it is important to start with a more personal introspection. As Project Lead …
Many of you that use x86_64 computers are likely concerned with the various security flaws that have been discovered in the silicon of virtually all 64-bit Intel CPUs this year. There have also been a few requests for packaging official microcode updates. Unfortunately, the EULA required to install, use, and redistribute these microcode updates is …
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A few people have asked us about when the Rust programming language will be packaged for Adélie. The short answer is that the Rust programming language fails the requirement that it can be packaged on all tier 1 architectures, and additionally fails to meet our libre source requirements. These issues are not insurmountable, and I …
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