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It remains to be seen if it will make it for the upcoming Linux 5.7 kernel merge window, but the FSCRYPT inline encryption functionality has now made it up to its ninth revision for offering better file-system encryption performance on modern mobile SoCs...

FSCRYPT Inline Encryption Revised For Better Encryption Performance On Modern SoCs  Phoronix

The internet offers plenty of free messaging services. Applications like WhatsApp and Viber are part of our daily life and are the most common way we communicate with relatives and friends. But security awareness is increasing the demand for a truly private chat solution. Furthermore, messaging apps take up a lot of space in our devices, so an alternative chat channel could be useful to share media, info, and contacts with our friends.

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Work is hard right now. COVID-19 makes it a challenge to stay focused and motivated. But it was cathartic for me to do some research into how the open source community is responding to the global pandemic.

Since the end of January, the community has contributed to thousands of open source repositories that mention coronavirus or COVID-19. These repositories consist of datasets, models, visualizations, web and mobile applications, and more, and the majority are written in JavaScript and Python.

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AryaLinux Provides the Building Blocks for a Unique Linux Experience  LinuxInsider.com

MERA, Mocana, and Osaka NDS Join Automotive Grade Linux  PRNewswire

Microsoft: First preview of PowerShell 7.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS is out  ZDNet

When you start working from home, one of the first things you might have noticed is that there almost no outside influences on your schedule.

You probably have meetings—some over team chat and others over video— that you have to attend, but otherwise, there's nothing requiring you to do anything at any specific time. What you find out pretty quickly, though, is that there's an invisible influence that sneaks up on you: deadlines.

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Cartesi launches Layer-2 Linux infrastructure for developing blockchain DApps -  Enterprise Times

Linux Mint releases Linux Mint 4 Debian Edition  Ghacks Technology News

One of many new features in the GCC 10 code compiler releasing in about one month's time is finally having a built-in static analyzer. This static analyzer can be enabled with the -fanalyzer switch and has been maturing nicely for its initial capabilities in the GNU Compiler Collection 10...

GCC's New Static Analysis Capabilities Are Getting Into Shape For GCC 10  Phoronix

KDE Plasma Bigscreen for TVs and TV Boxes Offers a Linux Alternative to Android TV  CNX Software

It shouldn't come as a big surprise but PHP 7.4 has now landed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to replace the existing PHP 7.3 support within the "Focal Fossa" package archive...

The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux – Paragon software's not happy about it  OS News

Following the virtual Linaro Tech Days this week, Nuvia's VP of Software, Jon Masters, has begun talking up the Arm server start-up's Linux/open-source support plans...

Nuvia's Jon Masters Talks Up Their Linux / Open-Source Support Plans  Phoronix

Splashtop Expands Linux Remote Access Support To Additional Linux Distributions  Yahoo Finance

Splashtop Expands Linux Remote Access Support To Additional Linux Distributions  Monterey County Weekly

For those managing to get their hands on a recently released Loongson 3A4000/3B4000 or even older Loongson 3 MIPS64 processors, improving the support is on the way with the upcoming Linux 5.7 kernel...