Open-source News

If you didn't have a chance to attend our Road Ahead session at Red Hat Summit 2019 (or you did, but want a refresher) you'll want to read on for a quick update. We'll cover where Red Hat OpenStack Platform is today, where we're planning to go tomorrow, and the longer-term plan for Red Hat OpenStack Platform support all the way to 2025. 

Introducing kdevops, modern devops framework for Linux kernel development  Packt Hub

Last Friday, Luis Chamberlain announced the release of kdevops as a Linux kernel development DevOps framework. Chamberlain wrote in his email, “the goal.

Mesa 19.2 was supposed to be branched marking its feature freeze two weeks ago on 6 August along with the issuing of the first release candidate. That milestone has yet to be crossed but should happen tomorrow...

For those using OBS Studio for cross-platform live-streaming and screen recording needs, OBS Studio 24.0 is on the way but out first is their release candidate to vet the new features coming into this big update...

Your Older Chromebook, Chromebox, Or Chromebase Will Run Linux Soon  Android Headlines

The ability to use Linux on a Chromebook is going to be the norm from this year forward but now at least eight much older devices are gaining that.

Gerald Pfeifer Appointed Chair of the openSUSE Board  PRNewswire

NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seasoned open source leader Gerald Pfeifer has been appointed chair of the openSUSE board.

Gerald Pfeifer Appointed Chair of the openSUSE Board  Yahoo Finance

SUSE CTO in EMEA and open source veteran Pfeifer replaces Richard Brown as chair of openSUSE Board. NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 19, 2019 ...

Backdoor found in Webmin, a popular web-based utility for managing Unix servers  ZDNet

Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for more than a year through the official site.

The month-old proposal for the upcoming Fedora 31 Linux distribution release to stop with their i686 repositories for Everything and Modules was voted on today by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee...

One of the kernel-side features not yet in place for AMD's newest Navi graphics processors on Linux has been Display Stream Compression support but that is being squared away with a new patch series...

Get The Complete Linux eBook Bundle For An Amazing Pay What You Want Offer – Offer Expires In Few Hours  Wccftech

The Complete Linux eBook Bundle is your chance to explore a new aspect of programming. Get the discount right away and enjoy!

Google brings Linux app support to some older Chromebooks (including Chromebook Pixel 2015)  Liliputing

Chrome OS started out as a browser-based operating system that could run web apps only. Eventually Google added support for Android apps, and then for ...

POWER9 & ARM Performance Against Intel Xeon Cascadelake + AMD EPYC Rome  Phoronix

For those wondering how ARM and IBM POWER hardware stack up against AMD's new EPYC "Rome" processors and that of Intel's existing Xeon "Cascade ...

For those wondering how ARM and IBM POWER hardware stack up against AMD's new EPYC "Rome" processors and that of Intel's existing Xeon "Cascade Lake" processors, here is a round of tests from the POWER9 Talos II, Ampere eMAG, and Cavium ThunderX in looking at the cross-architecture Linux CPU performance currently in the server space.

Four more years! Four more years! Svelte Linux desktop Xfce gets first big update since 2015  The Register

In contrast to the frenetic pace of updates now typical in the software industry, the team behind Xfce, a lightweight desktop for Linux, have released version 4.14 ...

Four more years! Four more years! Svelte Linux desktop Xfce gets first big update since 2015  The Register

In contrast to the frenetic pace of updates now typical in the software industry, the team behind Xfce, a lightweight desktop for Linux, have released version 4.14 ...

Tails 4.0 Anonymous Linux OS Enters Beta Based on Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster"  Softpedia News

The Tails development team is currently working on the next major release of the Tails amnesic incognito live GNU/Linux system, also known by many as the ...

Adding to the interesting objectives for Qt 6 are further enhancements to "Qt for Python" for enhancing the programming language's support for this tool-kit...

Intel Icelake laptops will soon be hitting store shelves and a vast majority of the Linux support has been squared away for many months. Unfortunately one bit still not mainlined is the Thunderbolt support...

KNOPPIX Live GNU/Linux System Is Now Based on Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster"  Softpedia News

A new release of the KNOPPIX Live GNU/Linux system has been released and it's based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series ...