Cockpit 294
Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly.
Here are the release notes from Cockpit 294:
Introducing the Python bridge
The primary process in a Cockpit Linux session is called cockpit-bridge. It translates operating system interfaces to a JSON stream protocol, which is used by Cockpit browser pages.
Recently, cockpit-bridge has been rewritten in Python. The rewrite is now complete enough to start rolling it out.
- In Release 294, the Python bridge will be used on Debian unstable/testing and Fedora Rawhide (release ≥ 39).
- As the Python bridge undergoes further stabilization, it will gradually become available on additional distributions.
- The old C bridge will be retained for RHEL/CentOS 8 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, to avoid any potential risks.
Despite careful testing, the new bridge may cause some regressions or instability. Please let us know if you run into any trouble!
In addition to improving maintainability, the Python bridge will enable some exciting new features. For example: Using Cockpit with machines that do not have Cockpit packages installed.
This functionality is already available in Cockpit Client as a preview release on flathub-beta:
flatpak install flathub-beta org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient
flatpak run --branch=beta org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient
See the instructions for using flathub-beta for more information.
Try it out
Cockpit 294 is available now: