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The following is an excerpt from my Red Hat Summit keynote today.

 

Just over a decade ago, Marc Andreessen pointed out that software was eating the world. We can definitively update his quote to be more accurate: "Software ate the world." Software has taken over our businesses and how you create value for your customers.

Another Intel (open-source) software update coinciding with the company's Vision 2022 conference is a new oneAPI Level Zero Loader release...

Share Files Between Guest and Host OS in GNOME Boxes  It's FOSS

Zerto enhances ransomware recovery capabilities to address a wide range of data protection issues  Help Net Security

Critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability exploited to wipe devices  BleepingComputer

Today at the Red Hat Summit is word of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 reaching general availability status in the coming weeks...

Docker Desktop for Linux finally arrives  ZDNet

The Razer Lambda Tensorbook deep learning laptop is a milestone in pure Linux power  TechRepublic

In addition to all the product announcements made for Intel Vision 2022 in Texas, today marks patch Tuesday with a new round of security disclosures from Intel. This month there are 16 new advisories for addressing 41 vulnerabilities affecting their software and hardware. 76% of these vulnerabilities were found by Intel engineers...

Intel Releases New CPU Microcode For Latest Security Advisory (CVE-2022-21151)  Phoronix

Red Hat Releases Enterprise Linux 9  HPCwire

1. Red Hat Releases Enterprise Linux 9  HPCwire
2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 offers new solution to verify the integrity of OS’s  VentureBeat
3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Security baked in  ZDNet
4. Red Hat rollout parade led by Enterprise Linux 9  SiliconANGLE News
5. At last, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 slips out  The Register
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

This past week, we lost our dear friend, colleague, and a true champion of the open source community. Our CTO, Shubhra Kar, passed away suddenly while he was with his entire LF family at our first in-person, all-hands gathering since before the pandemic. 

Those who had the honor to work with him will know, he was a special leader and a wonderful human being.  Above all, Shubhra was the kind of leader who quickly passed the credit for accomplishments to his team over himself. His humble spirit and ever-present smile was admired by all around him. He was so proud of the world class team he had built here, and did that in part with engineers who followed him from one organization to another throughout his career.

We also knew Shubhra as a selfless leader – one who was more interested in the work than the reward. At the same time, he was incredibly ambitious – wanting to build a platform that would not only transform The Linux Foundation but support open source development communities around the world.  This was the week his team unveiled significant new enhancements across the LFX platform. It was a project he led from vision to reality, after many – even members of his own team – had told him the path to success was impossible. He was a transformational leader that has left his legacy here.

While he was passionate about his work and his team, he loved his family even more. In fact, his children were often spotted behind him during video calls throughout the day. He was a fantastic husband and father, and we are so grateful for his wife, son, and daughter sharing him with us. 

Sharing Memories

Our thoughts and prayers remain with Shubhra’s family in this incredibly difficult time. If you would like to leave a memorial message for Shubhra, please submit a pull request on GitHub here. His family would love to hear from you and especially appreciates stories that are shared of his life and career.

Memorial Fund

The Linux Foundation has made arrangements with the family to establish Shubhra’s memorial fund that will provide support for his family and his children’s education.  Donations can be made to the family here.

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Fedora Linux 36 is finally here and it is much better than Ubuntu  BetaNews

Vulkan 1.3.213 is out today that on top of the usual specification clarifications/corrections are also four new extensions, including VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1...

Vulkan 1.3.213 Released With Minor Ray-Tracing Update, Other New Extensions  Phoronix

Blockchain Technology Market See Huge Growth for New Normal | IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Linux Foundation – SMU Daily Mustang  SMU Daily Mustang

MIPS Tech is no longer working on their MIPS CPU instruction set architecture but has been taking on RISC-V based designs. Today the company made the bold announcement for their new eVocore P8700 and I8500 multiprocessor IP cores that they offer "Best-In-Class Performance and Scalability."..

MIPS Claims "Best-In-Class Performance" With New RISC-V eVocore CPUs  Phoronix