Open-source News

At the start of 2020 well known KDE developer Nate Graham who publishes the weekly status reports on their desktop environment posted a 2020 KDE roadmap of sorts. Now being half-way through the year, here is a look at how that roadmap is looking with what items have been completed, what is still being tackled, and what is looking less likely to be accomplished...

Idol Manager New Game+ Expo Trailer, Launches 2020 on Windows PC, Linux, and Mac  Niche Gamer

Up to 21.5-inch touch panels power up with Whiskey Lake  LinuxGizmos.com

Purism Librem Mini is now shipping (Linux mini PC with Intel Whiskey Lake CPU)  Liliputing

TCG Pushes for Security in Embedded, Automotive, and IoT Systems with Complete TPM 2.0 Software Stack  Embedded Computing Design

NVIDIA today released a new Vulkan beta driver for Linux systems at version 440.66.17...

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver Finally Adds External Memory Host Support  Phoronix

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver Finally Adds External Memory Host Support  Phoronix

Microsoft Defender ATP can now protect Linux, Android devices  BleepingComputer

ARM and Linux take the supercomputer TOP500 crown  ZDNet

ARM and Linux take the supercomputer TOP500 crown  ZDNet

Linux-based wireless gateway links up to Azure-ready IoT stack  LinuxGizmos.com

Linux-based wireless gateway links up to Azure-ready IoT stack  LinuxGizmos.com

Microsoft continues to extend security for all with mobile protection for Android  Microsoft

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Harbor Graduation | 2020-06-23 | Press Releases  Stockhouse

First Linux Laptop With Ubuntu 20.04 Now Available To Buy At $1,099.99  Fossbytes

Star Micronics launches mC-Print POS printers with USB-C port and USB Power Delivery  RealWire

Ampere Announces Altra Max 128-Core Server Processor  Phoronix

Linux: Dell's top developer laptop now comes with Ubuntu 20.04 out of the box  TechRepublic

Back in March Ampere Computing detailed their next-gen Altra ARM-based server CPU with up to 80 cores per socket. Today the company is revealing more roadmap details including the forthcoming Altra Max that offers 128 cores per socket.