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The open-source MoltenVK continues advancing for supporting a healthy subset of the Vulkan API on Apple's macOS and iOS platforms. MoltenVK 1.0.36 was released today with support for more Vulkan extensions, many bug fixes, and a variety of other improvements...

British Telecom has chosen Ubuntu OpenStack, developed by open-source specialist Canonical, as the cloud platform that will help support the introduction of 5G and fibre-to-the-premises connectivity in the UK. As part of the deal, Canonical will provide the open-source virtual infrastructure manager (VIM) that will enable BT – and by extension, its mobile network EE - to run network functions as code, reducing the need for specialized telco hardware. (Source: The Registrar)

Extending the Linux kernel with built-in kernel headers – OSnews  OS News

Linux kernel headers are the unstable, constantly-changing, internal API of the kernel. This includes internal kernel structures (for example, task_struct ) as well ...

Uber Releases Ludwig 0.2 | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

Roughly five months following the debut of Ludwig, Uber's open source and no-code deep learning toolkit, the ride-hailing company today detailed ...

Roughly five months following the debut of Ludwig, Uber’s open source and no-code deep learning toolkit, the ride-hailing company today detailed improvements with the latest version: Ludwig 0.2. Among them are new tools and over 50 bug fixes, plus Comet.ml integration, the addition of Google’s BERT natural language model, and support for new feature types including audio, speech, geospatial, time, and date. (Source: VentureBeat)

Canonical Outs New Linux Kernel Security Updates for Ubuntu 19.04 and 18.04 LTS  Softpedia News

Addresses various security vulnerabilities and issues.

VirtualBox 6.0.10 Adds UEFI Secure Boot Driver Signing Support on Ubuntu, Debian  Softpedia News

Also brings various other improvements for Linux guests.

The gNewSense that is based on Debian GNU/Linux but comprised entirely of free software without any non-free software support is now without a maintainer...

Linus Torvalds Kicks Off Development of Linux Kernel 5.3 as First RC Is Out Now  Softpedia News

Linus Torvalds has kicked off the development of the Linux 5.3 kernel series, which will be the next major Linux kernel branch to be released this fall in early ...

Deepin 15.11 GNU/Linux OS Released with Could Sync and Many Other Improvements  Softpedia News

The Deepin 15.11 GNU/Linux operating system has been released and it brings lots of improvements and some exciting new features for fans of this ...

Mageia Linux 7.1 Adds Support for AMD Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs, Download Now  Softpedia News

The Mageia project has released an emergency update to the latest Mageia 7 Linux operating system to address installation issues reported by users with ...

Linux Kernel 5.2 Series Is Now Ready for Mass Deployments, Upgrade Now  Softpedia News

Released earlier this month, the Linux 5.2 kernel series is now ready for mass deployments as the first point releases are out, marking the branch as stable on ...

How to perform security audits on Ubuntu server with OpenSCAP  TechRepublic

Are your Linux server patches up to date? Find out with OpenSCAP.

Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina" Enters Beta, Based on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS and Linux 4.15  Softpedia News

The Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce editions are available.

Red Hat Announces RHEL 8.1 Beta | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

Red Hat has released a minor beta update to RHEL 8 to improve manageability and add new security enhancements and new drivers to the operating system.

Red Hat has released a minor beta update to RHEL 8 to improve manageability and add new security enhancements and new drivers to the operating system. RHEL 8 was announced in May this year as a successor to RHEL 7. One of the highlights of RHEL 8 was an image builder, which helps users to create custom system images in a variety of formats. With RHEL 8.1 Beta, Image Builder is extended to support more configuration options for adding users and SSH keys. New image formats have also been added to support cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud.

Red Hat has released a minor beta update to RHEL 8 to improve manageability and add new security enhancements and new drivers to the operating system. RHEL 8 was announced in May this year as a successor to RHEL 7. One of the highlights of RHEL 8 was an image builder, which helps users to create custom system images in a variety of formats. With RHEL 8.1 Beta, Image Builder is extended to support more configuration options for adding users and SSH keys. New image formats have also been added to support cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud.

Initial Benchmarks Of Endeavour OS - The New Linux Distro Based On Arch  Phoronix

Following the Antergos Linux distribution being discontinued one of the new projects stemming from that decision is Endeavour OS as a new convenient to use ...

Following the Antergos Linux distribution being discontinued one of the new projects stemming from that decision is Endeavour OS as a new convenient to use Arch Linux distribution. Here are some early benchmarks of Endeavour OS compared to Ubuntu, Clear Linux, and other distributions on an Intel Core i9 system.

Ahead of the first point release to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 due out around October, the first beta of RHEL 8.1 is now available for early evaluation...