Open-source News

Like its Windows-noob-stabilisers OS, Zorin's cloudy Grid tool is Linux desktop management for idiots  The Register

Rocket League support ending on Mac and Linux, offers refunds  GamesIndustry.biz

Rocket League Recalls Support to MacOS and Linux, Offers Refund  Tech Times

Another alternative to slow initramfs generation could be distributing pre-built initramfs images to users. An additional benefit of that is possibly better security with measured boot capabilities, a matter currently being discussed by Fedora stakeholders...

How to install Virtualbox guest additions Windows or Linux  H2S Media

Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using.

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StreetComplete is an Android app that makes it fun and easy to contribute to open data by completing quests.

Quests are used to fill in incomplete or inaccurate information on OpenStreetMap, an open data project dedicated to mapping the world through crowdsourcing. Anyone can contribute to the map and, thanks to free culture and open source licenses, that data can then be used by anyone for anything, from video games to custom map applications and artwork.

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The nice aspect of being a physicist and a researcher is the openness of our community. There is a lot of collaboration and sharing of ideas (especially during coffee breaks). We also tend to share the software we write. Since we are very picky about algorithms, we want to modify other people’s code to fix the obvious errors that we find. It feels frustrating when I have to use proprietary tools since I cannot understand their inner workings. Having grown up professionally in such an environment, open source has been my go-to solution for all the software I use.

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The Surface Duo SDK is now available for macOS and Linux  Neowin

Multiple books in the Open Organization series discuss the many ways new communication technologies are changing the nature of both work and management. I've seen these changes firsthand during my nearly three decades working for Japanese corporations. Over time, I've been able to classify and characterize some of the impacts these technologies—particularly new telecommunication technologies and social media—are having on daily life in many organizations.

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Linux Operating System Market Sets the Table for Continued Growth  openPR

Linux 5.5 “Kleptomaniac Octopus” Officially Launched  Softpedia News

AppStream was started in 2011 as a means of drawing up cross-distribution (XML-based) standards for describing software components/packages metadata and for repositories to describe software collections. Now nearly a decade later, AppStream 1.0 should be coming in the next few months...

Linux 5.5 officially released with a couple of hardware improvements  Gizchina.com

Linux power management subsystem maintainer Rafael Wysocki is punctual as always in sending in his feature pull requests for the new merge window...

Power Management + ACPI Updates Submitted For The Linux 5.6 Kernel  Phoronix

In the words of the National Cyber Security Alliance, Data Privacy Day "is an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust."

Data privacy should be at the forefront of everyone's mind.  Protecting your personal data and understanding your right to privacy is becoming more and more important as we start to understand how valuable personal data is and how we are all accountable for protecting our privacy.

Rocket League--Owners Of Unsupported Mac And Linux Versions Can Get A Refund Through Steam  GameSpot

Rocket League Ends Online Multiplayer Support For Linux, macOS Devices  Ubergizmo

Unfortunately it wasn't a trouble-free experience at launch but with time Raven Ridge APUs have been getting cleaned up on Linux for a pleasant experience, thanks in part to the Google Chromebook play that has also seen these newer AMD APUs seeing HDCP content protection support and PSP / TEE trusted execution functionality...