{"id":7064,"date":"2019-01-01T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2019-01-08T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T10:25:27","slug":"what-happened-with-linux-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/01\/01\/what-happened-with-linux-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened with Linux in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"What<\/a><\/p>\n

Linux continued to dominate the realms of servers and smartphones in 2018, and the pace of development of distributions and the Linux kernel remained relentless.<\/p>\n

Kernel developers had their hands full this year, having to deal with the disclosure of significant vulnerabilities in the CPUs used by almost every desktop computer and web server in the world \u2013 Spectre and Meltdown.<\/p>\n

The year also saw significant changes within the community when the creator of the Linux kernel Linus Torvalds apologised for his past behaviour and advocated for a new contributor code of conduct.<\/p>\n

Below is the significant Linux news from the past year.<\/p>\n

Linux gaming<\/h3>\n

Valve released an update to its platform which included software that allows games built for Windows to run on Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tool that enables this compatibility is called Proton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to ProtonDB, by the end of December 2018 over 3,387 Windows games on Steam worked on Linux thanks to Proton.<\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/a><\/p>\n

Linux kernel releases<\/h3>\n

Torvalds released<\/a> version 4.20 of the Linux kernel on 23 December, rounding out the year on a high note.<\/p>\n

The following Linux kernel versions were released in 2018:<\/p>\n