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The new spi-amd driver looks like it could make its debut in Linux 5.8...

AMD SPI SoC Linux Driver Appears Ready For Mainline In Linux 5.8  Phoronix

28 popular antivirus apps found to have a serious security flaw  Laptop Mag

Following the release a few weeks back of the Intel Media Driver Q1-2020 update for this open-source Linux video encode/decode driver for Intel graphics, their first pre-release of the Q2-2020 driver update is now out for testing...

Intel Media Driver 20.2.pre1 Released With More Work Towards Gen12 + Discrete GPUs  Phoronix

Intel Media Driver 20.2.pre1 Released With More Work Towards Gen12 + Discrete GPUs  Phoronix

Just days after Canonical shipped the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" release, Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" is now open for development...

Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" Open For Development  Phoronix

How to Get Skype for Chromebook Working  Beebom

Manjaro Linux 20.0 'Lysia' Released: A Beginner-Friendly Arch Experience  Fossbytes

Linux client program to connect to a virtual serial port - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

The topic of DevOps vs. Agile is almost like debating iPhone vs. Android—everyone has an opinion, and emotions can become heated, especially if people disagree.

After writing DevOps v. Agile: What's the difference? and reading the comments on the article, I wanted to add some more thoughts—including how some of my thinking has changed on the topic.

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At FOSS Backstage this year, I hosted a discussion on open source models and shared why I think subscriptions are a great way to support open source products.

Picking a business model

The company I co-founded, Nextcloud, only offers its services to customers on a (per user) subscription model. Some customers ask us during the sales conversation why they cannot just get access to our engineers on an hourly basis as they get from third party consultants: pay for the bug fix or support case, and be done?

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Traditionally, email services send data in an unprotected way—whether you are sending emails via SMTP or receiving them via IMAP or POP, the defaults are in cleartext. With more online applications enforcing encryption and the general consensus to protect your data, it's best to secure your email services with a Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) security certificate.

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Global Linux Software Market Report 2020  Latest Herald

Global MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market Status and Outlook 2020: Industry Analysis by Types and Application, Key Segments, Cost Analysis, Pricing Strategy, Top Manufacturers and Regional Demand till 2025 – Aminet Market Reports  amitnetserver

Ubuntu Server 20.04, also named Focal Fossa, has been released by Canonical and it’s now ready for installation. This article will walk you through the process of installing Ubuntu 20.04 Server Edition with Long...

OpenCL 3.0 is being released today in provisional form. OpenCL 3.0 is making OpenCL 2.x functionality now optional to make it better suited for a range of devices plus there is new functionality introduced like subgroups, extensions for asynchronous data copies, and more.

When we made the decision to move Red Hat Summit from a physical event in San Francisco to an online-only virtual experience, we also reconsidered what we put our focus on this week. 

Red Hat's lifecycles are carefully planned to give our customers a stable platform for building, deploying and maintaining their applications while also delivering innovation at a steady pace. Red Hat understands that undertaking planned migrations during this crisis is more challenging than usual, and we want to help take pressure off organizations while they are focused on near-term operations.