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Confirmed! Microsoft Edge Will be Available on Linux  It's FOSS

Last year it was decided that FreeBSD's ZFS code would be re-based on OpenZFS (ZFS On Linux) code for ultimately better support and functionality as well as largely unifying the open-source ZFS ecosystem. While still transitioning towards the OpenZFS code-base, for FreeBSD it's still looking to be a positive move and one that will pay off for all parties involved...

A surprisingly controversial proposal for Fedora 32 is to shift from dynamically linking Python 3 with the libpython3.X.so library to static linking. The change can yield double digit percentage improvements to Python scripts but at the cost of larger on-disk space...

The OGRE open-source 3D graphics engine that is used by many games as well as different simulation / educational / interactive / visualization software is working on enabling Vulkan API support...

The Free Software Foundation's "Respect Your Freedom" program has tended to mostly endorse products like old motherboards re-flashed with Coreboot/Libreboot along with dated networking products and obscure products like USB microphones and USB to parallel printer port cables. But today comes the Free Software Foundation's most prominent RYF endorsement...

Rust 1.39 is out today as the latest stable update for this popular programming language...

SMARC module runs Linux on i.MX8X  LinuxGizmos.com

Get the Vocore2 mini Linux computer bundle for just $69  Windows Central

Stunning Desktop Linux OS Deepin v20 Has A Release Date  Forbes

Kinvolk Announces Commercial Support and Update Service for Flatcar Container Linux  PR Web

Linux Operating System Market Witness Highest Growth In Near Future | Leading Key Players – IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, Fedora Linux  Market Expert

How to set a Linux hostname without rebooting  TechRepublic

While the processors are not shipping until later this month, AMD is today making known their next batch of CPUs being released...

Approaching ten years old, OpenIndiana is still kicking as one of the few platforms derived from the former OpenSolaris (now "Illumos") code-base as a Linux/BSD alternative...

Linux users warned to update libarchive to beat flaw  Naked Security

GNU Binutils with its "Gas" assembler has now added the rest of the instructions supported by the AMD Zen 2 microarchitecture that previously were unsupported by this piece of the GNU toolchain...

PinePhone with Linux OS up for pre-order next week  Notebookcheck.net

Jolla has outed Sailfish OS "Torronsuo" or more easily known as the version 3.2 update for this mobile Linux-based largely proprietary operating system...

Microsoft's new Edge web browser has been confirmed for a future launch on Linux  OnMSFT

Microservices—applications broken down into smaller, composable pieces that work together—are getting as much attention as the hottest new restaurant in town. (If you're not yet familiar, dive into What Are Microservices before continuing here.)

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