Open-source News

MERA, Mocana, and Osaka NDS Join Automotive Grade Linux  Yahoo Finance

With the Linux 5.7 cycle kicking off in April with its merge window opening upon the release of Linux 5.6, here is a look at some of the changes and new features that have been on our radar for this next version of the Linux kernel...

Intel Software has increased their developer funding provided to Blender, the leading open-source, cross-platform 3D modeling software...

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

Plasma BigScreen — A Brand New Free Linux Desktop For Smart TVs  Fossbytes

Linux Operating System Market 2020 by Companies, Key Applications, Industry Growth, Competitors Analysis, New Technology, Trends, Forecast 2026  Techozen

Linux Operating System Market is Gaining an Upward Trend Due to Rising Demand for Open Source Operating System  MENAFN.COM

Linux Software Market 2020 by Global Industry Trends, Sales  openPR

How to Use Linux’s screen Command  How-To Geek

Filelight is an open source disk space analyzer for Linux and Windows  Ghacks Technology News

Following two and a half years of development, the first pre-release of the forthcoming Ardour 6.0 digital audio workstation is now available for testing...

AMDVLK 2020.Q1.4 is out today as the fourth and last open-source AMD Radeon Vulkan driver code drop of the quarter...

AMDVLK 2020.Q1.4 Vulkan Driver Brings Direct Display Improvements  Phoronix

Splashtop Expands Linux Remote Access Support To Additional Linux Distributions  AiThority

Plasma Bigscreen is a new KDE project aiming to provide a user interface for television screens..

Drupal is a free and open-source CMS written in PHP that ships with the GNU / GPL license. Just like popular CMS platforms such as WordPress and Joomla, with Drupal, you can get started...

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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