Open-source News

Wine-Staging 5.13 Comes With 669 Patches Atop Upstream Wine  Phoronix

Intel's IWD wireless daemon for Linux systems has been seeing work in recent days on integration around WiFi Display support, a.k.a. WFD / Miracast...

The Corona-Warn-App is an awesome example of how governments and public administrations can use open source software development to help citizens while simultaneously advancing the technology ecosystem. The app helps trace infection chains of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in Germany.

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The Lutris open-source gaming platform manager that also makes it easier installing Windows games via Steam is now employing the Valve-backed VKD3D-Proton fork for Direct3D 12 over Vulkan...

Lutris Updated With D3D12 DLL Provided By VKD3D-Proton  Phoronix

While DragonFlyBSD has its own, original HAMMER2 file-system, for those needing to access data from EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 file-systems, there is a brand new "ext2fs" driver implementation for this BSD operating system...

For those looking for another rolling-release Linux distribution to try and one whose roots trace back to the legendary Mandrake Linux, OpenMandriva has been working to establish its own rolling-release spin for those preferring the latest software packages as opposed to their conventional releases. Additionally, OpenMandriva is nearing the end of its i686 repository offering while continuing to work with Wine and 32-bit games...

OpenMandriva Progressing On Rolling Release Version, Moving Away From i686 Repository  Phoronix

OpenMandriva Progressing On Rolling Release Version, Moving Away From i686 Repository  Phoronix

Debian 9.13 is now available as the last planned update for the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" series...

Debian 9.13 Released As The End To Stretch  Phoronix

can u dual boot a ssd with Linux 20 Matte & Haiku ? - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

'Will 2020 Be The 12 months Of Rust In The Linux Kernel?'  Editorials 360

Linux Operating System Market Share, Size 2020| Top Competitor, Regions, Growth, Market Distribution, Supply Demand Scenario, Type & Application and Forecast to 2024  Cole of Duty

Linux Software Market 2020 Report Forecast By Global Industry Trends, Future Growth, Regional Overview  CueReport

High-End Lightworks Video Editor Finally Says Why They Didn't Go Open-Source Yet  Phoronix

Way back in 2010 it was announced that Lightworks would be going open-source as this high-end, non-linear and cross-platform video editor solution. This video editing system has been used by many films over the years from The Wolf of Wall Street to Bruce Almighty to Moulin Rouge to Pulp Fiction as well as many other movies and television shows while also being approachable enough that it's used by less advanced video editing enthusiasts. Lightworks going open-source would be a big win, but ten years after their failed plans were announced they finally have shed some light on why such move away from being a proprietary application never materialized...

Linux Software Market 2020 Report Forecast By Global Industry Trends, Future Growth, Regional Overview  CueReport

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