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Researchers find new variant of Golang cryptominer with likely links to China  Livemint

MLflow moves to Linux Foundation project  TechCentral.ie

Linux Operating System Market (COVID-19) Opportunities Research 2020 by Industrial In-Depth Analysis, Shares, Size, Sales and Forecasts To 2026  Cole of Duty

Redditor Boots Linux Kernel 5.8 On 30-Year-Old Intel Processor via Floppy Disk  Fossbytes

It's been quite an unfortunately wild year thus far with everything going on in the world, but at least within the open-source / Linux scope it's been an exciting time as ever. Here is a look at the top stories on Phoronix during the first half of this year...

Intel vs. AMD, Systemd-Homed, Kernel Advancements Top H1'2020 For Linux  Phoronix

Intel vs. AMD, Systemd-Homed, Kernel Advancements Top H1'2020 For Linux  Phoronix

Teamviewer is a remote desktop application that enables fast and secure remote connections between PCs. With Teamviewer, users can share their desktops, share files, and even hold online meetings. TeamViewer is multi-platform and can...

New malware 'Golang' targeting Windows, Linux machines  BusinessLine

New malware 'Golang' targeting Windows, Linux machines  The Hindu BusinessLine

Fedora for the past few releases doesn't show the GRUB boot-loader menu by default when only Fedora is installed on the system as there is little purpose for most users and it just interrupts the boot flow. But for those wanting to access the GRUB bootloader menu on reboot, they offer integration in GNOME to easily reboot into this menu. The other exception is the menu will be shown if the previous boot failed. This functionality has relied on downstream patches but now they are working towards a better upstream solution...

Baidu joins Open Invention Network Linux patent protection group  ZDNet

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Mozilla Firefox 78 Is Now Available for Download on Linux, Windows, macOS  Softpedia News

Chinese malware 'Golang' targeting Windows, Linux machines  ETCIO.com

Chinese malware 'Golang' targeting Windows, Linux machines  Express Computer

FinOps Foundation Joins Linux Foundation to Bring Focus to Cloud Costs  ITPro Today

Zink is the generic OpenGL over Vulkan driver that has been in development as part of Mesa's Gallium3D code. It was just earlier this month that Zink achieved OpenGL 3.0 support and now it looks like OpenGL 3.1 will soon be flipped on...