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While the Open Sound System (OSS) usage hasn't been prevalent on Linux systems in many years, on NetBSD there still is some software making use of the OSS interfaces in not supporting the native NetBSD audio interfaces. Better OSS compatibility via a translation layer is available while ultimately they are working on transitioning more open-source software to support the native interfaces...

NetBSD Working On Better OSS Compatibility / Translation Layer, Encouraging Native API Use  Phoronix

Argentine Ministry of Health Enlists Red Hat to Help Establish a National Digital Health Network  Odessa American

Zero-Day Flaw Allowed Attackers to Achieve RCE on Sophos Firewalls  tripwire.com

Argentine Ministry of Health Enlists Red Hat to Help Establish a National Digital Health Network  Business Wire

The Qt Company has published an initial release schedule for Qt 6.0...

Manjaro 20.0 Linux distribution has been released  Ghacks Technology News

Manjaro 20.0 Linux distribution has been released  Ghacks Technology News

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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