# Linux Action News 183 URL: /show/linux-action-news/183/ > The first CentOS clone is out, but it's the second part of their announcement that might be the most important. Plus our reaction to SCO reigniting their decades-long fight with IBM and Red Hat, and the big news in GTK-land you might have missed. - Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/) - Episode: 183 - Date: 2021-04-04 - Hosts: chris, wes - Duration: 00:27:58 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/9de0479e-79ac-4704-90b9-55d21ddae6ca.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/-eKXjX407sE Sponsors: - [Linode](/sponsors/linode.com-lan/index.md): Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. - [Ting](/sponsors/ting.com-lan/index.md): Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! ### Episode Links * [AlmaLinux Now Available For Download As RHEL/CentOS Alternative](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Alma-Linux-Download-Now "AlmaLinux Now Available For Download As RHEL/CentOS Alternative") — As scheduled, AlmaLinux's initial release is available for download today from AlmaLinux.org. This initial AlmaLinux release is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 sources. * [AlmaLinux OS on GitHub](https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ "AlmaLinux OS on GitHub") * [AlmaLinux Repo](https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/ "AlmaLinux Repo") * [AlmaLinux Wiki](https://wiki.almalinux.org/ "AlmaLinux Wiki") * [Shop Almalinux](https://shop.almalinux.org/ "Shop Almalinux") * [CloudLinux Launches AlmaLinux, CentOS Linux clone](https://www.zdnet.com/article/cloudlinux-launches-almalinux-centos-linux-clone/ "CloudLinux Launches AlmaLinux, CentOS Linux clone") * [How to migrate CentOS to AlmaLinux and avoid downtime in your data center](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-migrate-centos-to-almalinux-and-avoid-downtime-in-your-data-center/ "How to migrate CentOS to AlmaLinux and avoid downtime in your data center") * [AlmaLinux OS Homepage](https://almalinux.org/ "AlmaLinux OS Homepage") * [IBM, Red Hat face copyright, antitrust lawsuit from SCO Group successor Xinuos](https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/31/ibm_redhat_xinuos/ "IBM, Red Hat face copyright, antitrust lawsuit from SCO Group successor Xinuos") — Xinuos' lawsuit contends that IBM stole UnixWare and OpenServer code and incorporated it into the heart of its AIX, z/OS mainframe, and its midrange server operating systems. * [SCO vs. IBM looks like it’s over for good](https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/29/sco_vs_ibm_over/ "SCO vs. IBM looks like it’s over for good") * [SCO slapped in latest round of eternal ‘Who owns UNIX?’ lawsuit](https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/08/sco_slapped_in_latest_round_of_eternal_who_owns_unix_lawsuit/ "SCO slapped in latest round of eternal ‘Who owns UNIX?’ lawsuit") * [Judge spanks SCO in ancient ownership of Unix lawsuit](https://www.theregister.com/2014/12/19/judge_spanks_sco_in_ancient_ownership_of_unix_lawsuit/ "Judge spanks SCO in ancient ownership of Unix lawsuit") * [SCO vs. IBM battle resumes over ownership of Unix](https://www.theregister.com/2013/06/17/sco_ibm_lawsuit_resumes/ "SCO vs. IBM battle resumes over ownership of Unix") * [SCO keeps dying, and dying, and dying](https://www.theregister.com/2012/08/09/sco_files_chapter_7/ "SCO keeps dying, and dying, and dying") * [SCO trading suspended in US](https://www.theregister.com/2011/04/06/sco_trading_suspended/ "SCO trading suspended in US") * [Xinuos sues IBM](https://lwn.net/Articles/851315/ "Xinuos sues IBM") * [SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead](https://www.zdnet.com/article/sco-linux-fud-returns-from-the-dead/ "SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead") * [Xinuos file suit against Red Hat and IBM](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/xinuos-finishes-picking-up-scos-mantle-by-suing-red-hat-and-ibm/ "Xinuos file suit against Red Hat and IBM") * [Canonical releases Ubuntu on Windows Preview with early builds, new tools for the brave](https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/01/canonical_ubuntu_on_windows_preview/ "Canonical releases Ubuntu on Windows Preview with early builds, new tools for the brave") — The setup is more user-friendly thanks to the Subiquity installer, and a utility called ubuntuwsl. * [Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview](https://ubuntu.com//blog/announcing-ubuntu-on-windows-community-preview-wsl-2 "Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview") * [Super Sneaky Ubuntu Link](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9P9Q5ZH1HRR0 "Super Sneaky Ubuntu Link") * [NVIDIA Proposes Mesa Patches To Support Alternative GBM Back-Ends](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-GBM-Mesa-Backend-Alt "NVIDIA Proposes Mesa Patches To Support Alternative GBM Back-Ends") — It looks like NVIDIA is finally taking the GBM route for supporting Wayland compositors with their proprietary driver... * [Mesa GitLab WIP Merge request](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/9902 "Mesa GitLab WIP Merge request") — GBM alternate backend discovery and loading * [Introducing Libadwaita](https://aplazas.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/blog/2021/03/31/introducing-libadwaita.html "Introducing Libadwaita") — This new libadwaita library intends to extend that concept by being the missing code part of Adwaita. and will be implemented as a direct GTK 4 continuation and replacement of libhandy. * [OBS Studio Now Ready With Wayland Capture Support](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OBS-Studio-Wayland-Ready "OBS Studio Now Ready With Wayland Capture Support") — Well-known GNOME developer Georges Stavracas has been working on allowing good and native Wayland support for OBS Studio with the last of that work being merged upstream today. * [OBS Studio on Wayland – Georges Stavracas](https://feaneron.com/2021/03/30/obs-studio-on-wayland/ "OBS Studio on Wayland – Georges Stavracas") * [Arch Linux Packages - archinstall 2.1.3-1](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/archinstall/ "Arch Linux Packages - archinstall 2.1.3-1") * [Arch Linux installer GitHub](https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall "Arch Linux installer GitHub")