Open-source News

Microsoft releases Windows 10 20H1 Build 18975 with Cortana and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) improvements  BetaNews

Work continues apace on the next major Windows 10 update due out next spring. Recent preview releases have all introduced big improvements, and today's ...

Microsoft hosts first Windows Subsystem for Linux conference  ZDNet

Microsoft will be hosting a community conference on the Windows Subsystem for Linux and related technologies in March 2020.

Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver crew has been on an exciting spree lately of not only punctually enabling new hardware support but also pushing some big performance improvements for new and existing generations of graphics hardware. Today another performance achievement was unlocked...

2-Minute Linux Tip: The env command  Network World

When working in shell sessions on Linux, it is sometimes necessary to investigate the settings for that particular environment, and the env command can help ...

New OSGeoLive Release Opens Doors to Geospatial Worlds  LinuxInsider.com

If you ever have considered investigating or working with elements of the geospatial world, check out the latest edition of OSGeoLive, a Linux distribution that ...

WireGuard 0.0.20190905 was released on Thursday by lead developer Jason Donenfeld...

WireGuard Releases New Snapshot While Not Expected For Linux 5.4 Mainline  Phoronix

WireGuard 0.0.20190905 was released on Thursday by lead developer Jason Donenfeld. WireGuard 0.0.20190905 is the newest snapshot for this secure VPN ...

Firefox 69 / 70 Beta Against Chrome 76 On Ubuntu Linux  Phoronix

With Firefox 69 released and Firefox 70 entering beta, here are some *fresh* web browser benchmarks between Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome from Ubuntu ...

With Firefox 69 released and Firefox 70 entering beta, here are some fresh web browser benchmarks between Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome from Ubuntu Linux. On the Firefox size, Firefox 68, 69, and 70 Beta were tested with and without WebRender being enabled and compared to Google's current Chrome 76 stable release.

Linux-based AI Camera Announced By Microsoft  Fossbytes

A Linux-based AI camera using the Microsoft Azure *service* has been officially announced. Microsoft made the announcement of the $249 "Vision AI Developer ...

GNU Wget2 is a from scratch rewrite of the popular wget downloading utility. GNU Wget2 wraps around the libwget library while now being multi-threaded and supporting other features to provide better performance over the current wget releases...

Since June Intel's open-source developers have begun volleying the initial open-source graphics driver code for Tigerlake "Gen12" hardware. To date the Gen12 changes haven't been too invasive even with this being the first generation with the "Xe Graphics" engine branding. But that's now changed with a new patch series showing major changes to the graphics instruction set...

PinePhone Linux phone prototypes to ship to developers this month  SlashGear

It seems that the dreams of an open source Linux phone are starting to pick up steam again. Purism has just announced its batched schedule of Librem 5 ...

Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware  ZDNet

Researchers spot new ransomware targeting Linux-based servers.

The Turbostat utility that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for reporting various power/frequency metrics on x86_64 processors saw some late updates merged last weekend for the upcoming Linux 5.3 kernel...

Exim marks the spot… of remote code execution: Patch due out today for 'give me root' flaw in mail server  The Register

The widely used Exim email server software is due to be patched today to close a critical security flaw that can be exploited to potentially gain root-level access ...

Here's How To Easily Use Apple Music From Any Linux Distribution  Forbes

People who use Apple Music on Linux exist, and now using Apple's streaming *service* doesn't require any workarounds.

For those excited by the prospects of running Linux on Arm-based laptops, with the upcoming Linux 5.4 kernel will be better mainline support for the Lenovo Yoga C630 laptop...

You can add color to your Linux terminal using special ANSI encoding settings, either dynamically in a terminal command or in configuration files, or you can use ready-made themes in your terminal emulator. Either way, the nostalgic green or amber text on a black screen is wholly optional. This article demonstrates how you can make Linux as colorful (or as monochromatic) as you want.

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Academic work fits nicely into the open source ethos: The higher the value of what you give away, the greater your academic prestige and earnings. Professors accomplish this by sharing their best ideas for free in journal articles in peer-reviewed literature. This is our currency, without a strong publishing record not only would our ability to progress in our careers degrade, but even our jobs could be lost (and the ability to get any other job).

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