Open-source News

Kali Linux 2019.4 Hacking OS Comes With An Undercover Mode  Fossbytes

New Undercover mode lets Kali Linux users pretend to be running Windows  BetaNews

300+ Benchmarks With AMD Threadripper 3960X vs. Intel Core i9 10980XE  Phoronix

Complementing our launch-day Intel Core i9 10980XE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X/3970X Linux benchmarks, here is much more data now that we've had the additional time for carrying out more tests... For your viewing pleasure this US holiday week are more than 330 benchmarks carried out on both the Core i9 10980XE and Threadripper 3960X in the same configuration while running Ubuntu Linux.

Recently the CentOS Board met for the first time since the recent CentOS 8.0 and CentOS Stream releases. It was an interesting outcome...

While the release of Linux 5.3-ck1 with MuQSS was quite tardy and only arrived a few weeks ago, Con Kolivas has returned to his punctuality in releasing Linux 5.4-ck1 with the updated MuQSS scheduler intended to improve the responsiveness of desktop/mobile class Linux systems...

Linux 5.4-ck1 Kernel Released With MuQSS Patched In  Phoronix

Simon Ser has stepped up again to manage the upcoming release of the Weston 8.0 Wayland reference compositor. No Wayland update itself is planned with nothing real to release at this point, but Weston 8.0 should arrive before the end of January...

IOTA news: Contest for sustainability and update on cooperation with Linux  Crypto News Flash

NanoPi NEO2 Black Arm Linux SBC for Headless Applications Launched for $20 and Up  CNX Software

The RISC-V kernel code has some interesting changes ready for Linux 5.5...

Many RISC-V Improvements Ready For Linux 5.5: M-Mode, SECCOMP, Other Features  Phoronix

Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce, a new desktop environment, a new GTK3 theme, and much more!  Packt Hub

Python is a high-level, object-oriented programming language known for its simple syntax. It is consistently among the top-rated programming languages for building RESTful APIs.

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I have been involved with assistive technology for about ten years now, beginning with a stint as an assistive technology tutor with the Kenya Society for the Blind.

Assistive technology helps improve the lives of people with cognitive, physical or sensory challenges. It comprises a wide range of hardware, specialist software such as screen readers, as well as accessibility features in general software.

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Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce, a new desktop environment, a new GTK3 theme, and much more!  Security Boulevard

Organizations as a whole contribute to open source software projects for a variety of reasons.

One of the most important is that the open source development model is such an effective way to collaborate with other companies on projects of mutual interest. But they also want to better understand the technologies they use. They also want to influence direction.

The specific rationale will vary by organization but it usually boils down to the simple fact that working in open source benefits their business.

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Linux Operating System Industry Annual Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of 2019 Report: IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, Debian, Manjaro  Space Market Research

Latest Kali Linux OS Added Windows-Style Undercover Theme for Hackers  Internet

As covered earlier this month, the next version of the Linux kernel is finally offering mainline support for SGI's Octane / Octane II MIPS workstations from the SGI IRIX days about two decades ago. Not only is the vintage SGI IP30 hardware seeing mainline kernel support, but there is other new MIPS hardware support too...