Open-source News

Debian GNU / Linux: Cinnamon Desktop Future (For Now) Preserved  TechNewsInsight

Debian GNU / Linux: future of the Cinnamon desktop (for now) secured  Market Research Telecast

5 Best htop alternatives to monitor Linux systems - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Following last month's LibreOffice 7.2 Alpha, the first beta for this open-source office suite update is now available for testing...

New Linux Patch To Allow Booting From Arbitrary Non-Block Device File-Systems  Phoronix

The Linux kernel currently has code to allow booting an initial root file-system via NFS or CIFS for non-blockdevice file-systems while a new patch aims to allow for mounting of arbitrary non-block device file-systems as root...

The MSM DRM driver changes have been submitted to DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 5.14 cycle for improving this open-source Qualcomm Adreno kernel graphics/display driver...

Rust in the Linux kernel just got a big boost from Google  ZDNet

Microsoft's Linux work apparently broke itself  TechRadar

While this week's landing of the Crocus Gallium3D driver for Intel Gen4 through Gen7 graphics (i965 through Haswell) in Mesa is exciting for Linux users that are still running aging Intel systems, going back even further has been the i915g Gallium3D driver and there this week there happens to be a big improvement too...

Microsoft Linux repos suffer day-long outage, still recovering  BleepingComputer

Microsoft Linux repos suffer day-long outage, still recovering  BleepingComputer

In 5 reasons to run Kubernetes on your Raspberry Pi homelab, I explain why you might want to use Kubernetes at home. Those reasons are relatively arbitrary, and they mostly focus on outcomes. Aside from what Kubernetes can do, there are several other good reasons to look at Kubernetes as an important next step in your personal computing experience.

1. It's built on the foundation of Linux

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Recent supply chain breaches, plus President Biden's new Cybersecurity executive order, are bringing renewed attention to DevSecOps' value for the enterprise. DevSecOps brings culture changes, frameworks, and tools into open source software (OSS). To understand DevSecOps, you must understand its relationship with OSS.

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Microsoft's Linux work apparently broke itself  Techradar

Microsoft's Linux work apparently broke itself  TechRadar

Microsoft's Linux work apparently broke itself  Techradar

In the very early days of DOS, the standard editor was a no-frills line editor called Edlin. Tim Paterson wrote the original Edlin for the first version of DOS, then called 86-DOS and later branded PC-DOS and MS-DOS. Paterson has commented that he meant to replace Edlin eventually, but it wasn't until ten years later that MS-DOS 5 (1991) replaced Edlin with Edit, a full-screen editor.

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7 Free And Open Source Download Managers For Windows And Linux  Fossbytes

The Modula-2 programming language developed from the late 70's to 80's might finally see mainline GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) support in 2021...