Open-source News

Introduced alongside CentOS 8 last year was CentOS Stream as a developer-focused, rolling-release of CentOS/RHEL. With those processes getting squared away and CentOS recently debuting its RHEL 8.2 rebuild, CentOS Stream is beginning to see new and interesting material...

Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 is on track to reach 85% by mid-2021  Computerworld

Earlier this year was news of GNU Guix wanting to replace their Linux kernel usage with the Hurd microkernel. For those interested, the project recently began producing system images with indeed Hurd wired up for this software distribution...

The Current State of Open-Source Testing Tools  LinuxInsider.com

What’s the Difference Between Linux and Unix?  How-To Geek

Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service  Internet

Valve Starts Official VKD3D-Proton To Bring D3D12-Based Games On Linux  Fossbytes

Experimental patches under discussion for the GNU C Library (glibc) would make it easier to dynamically load optimized libraries (shared objects) on systems depending upon the CPU in use and its hardware capabilities. This glibc-hwcaps work stems from the desired work on being able to better leverage Linux performance optimizations on AMD Zen-based systems but the hardware capabilities patches themselves can help any CPU microarchitecture family in more easily shipping optimized support...

When it comes to accessing remote devices such as servers, routers, and switches, SSH protocol comes highly recommended given its ability to encrypt traffic and ward off anyone who might try to eavesdrop on

In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, Mozilla updates its open source voice stack, a tool to tame VR cybersickness, and more open source news.

A new open source toolkit to prevent VR cybersickness

Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced the release of GingerVR last month. A UTSA blog post announcing the news called GingerVR the first open-source Unity software toolkit using proven techniques to help virtual reality (VR) users fight cybersickness. 

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I am in the process of converting my cron jobs to systemd timers. I have used timers for a few years, but usually, I learned just enough to perform the task I was working on. While doing research for this systemd series, I learned that systemd timers have some very interesting capabilities.

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What's my terminal of choice?

I use xterm. That's right, xterm. It may seem like an old school choice, and I do use GNOME 3 now as well, but after many years of trying some and ignoring others, then going back to old standbys, I find I don't need (or like) newer stuff like GNOME Terminal.

My philosophy: Start simple, improve over time, and aim for productivity.

Background and foreground

I start up xterm with this script:

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How to Manage an SSH Config File in Windows and Linux  How-To Geek

There is a tool in the security practitioner's repertoire that's helpful for everyone to understand, regardless of what they do with computers: cryptographic hash functions. That may sound mysterious, technical, and maybe even boring, but I have a concise explanation of what hashes are and why they matter to you.

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OpenSynergy Collaborates With Google and Qualcomm on Virtualizing Android Automotive OS  PR Newswire India

Linux Computer Market 2026 Opportunities, Applications, Drivers, Limitations, C  News by aeresearch

Global Linux Operating System Market Assessment Report 2020 – IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE – Owned  Owned

The mouse reporting functionality offered by the Linux VT console is rather basic and seemingly seldom used by text-based, mouse-aware programs. However, a series of patches was sent out this week for improving the implementation to provide for more xterm-like mouse reporting...

Better Mouse Reporting For The Linux Virtual Terminal Is Being Worked On  Phoronix

Better Mouse Reporting For The Linux Virtual Terminal Is Being Worked On  Phoronix