Open-source News

Google's FS-VERITY File Authentication Called For Inclusion In Linux 5.4 Kernel  Phoronix

Linux kernel engineer Eric Biggers of Google has sent in a pull request adding FS-VERITY support to the Linux 5.4 but it remains to be seen if Linus Torvalds is ...

Pine64 Is Making a $25 Linux Smartwatch  PCMag

If you think it's about time we had an open source Linux smartwatch, Pine64 is set to offer us just that for a mere $25.

Of the exciting changes so far for Qt 5.14, one of the big ticket items on the path to Qt 6 is the experimental implementation of Qt's new graphics API independent scenegraph renderer. Rather than being limited to OpenGL, Qt 5.14+ can target Vulkan, Direct3D 11, and even Apple's Metal API for rendering...

Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.3: Kernel fixes are about user impact, nothing else  ZDNet

Linux kernel developers get a gentle reminder of a lesson Linus Torvalds has been shouting at them for years: if there's no user impact, shut up.

One of the early pull requests for the just-opened Linux 5.4 kernel merge window is the hardware monitoring "hwmon" subsystem changes. This time around the notable change is CPU temperature reporting for Ryzen 3000 series processors...

Linux 5.4 Brings Working Temperature Reporting For AMD Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs  Phoronix

One of the early pull requests for the just-opened Linux 5.4 kernel merge window is the hardware monitoring "hwmon" subsystem changes. This time around the ...

Bad news for Microsoft as Huawei starts shipping Matebooks with Linux  MSPoweruser

Huawei's struggles with the US government is still far from over, with the company currently only 30 days into a 90-day reprieve from the US Commerce ...

Linux Drivers Entries Suggest two APU AMD Lines in 2020  guru3d.com

A Linux patch reveals that AMD is actively working on two APU series, Dali and Renoir. If chatter is correct then Renoir is to focus on the mobile and the desktop ...

The .NET framework was released in 2000 by Microsoft. An open source implementation of the platform, Mono, was the center of controversy in the early 2000s because Microsoft held several patents for .NET technology and could have used those patents to end Mono implementations. Fortunately, in 2014, Microsoft declared that the .NET development platform would be open source under the MIT license from then on, and in 2016, Microsoft purchased Xamarin, the company that produces Mono.

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There are many reasons you might need to find out details about your computer hardware. For example, if you need help fixing something and post a plea in an online forum, people will immediately ask you for specifics about your computer. Or, if you want to upgrade your computer, you'll need to know what you have and what you can have. You need to interrogate your computer to discover its specifications.

The easiest way is to do that is with one of the standard Linux GUI programs:

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There are many different ways to solve problems in computing. You might "brute force" your way to a solution by calculating as many possibilities as you can, or you might take a procedural approach and carefully establish the known factors that influence the correct answer. In constraint programming, a problem is viewed as a series of limitations on what could possibly be a valid solution.

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Linux Kernel 5.3 Released By Linus Torvalds With Support For AMD Navi GPUs  Fossbytes

After 8 release candidates, Linus Torvalds has finally released Linux Kernel 5.3. It is a major upgrade that brings many new features in terms of better hardware ...

PineTime Is A Linux Smartwatch To Work With The Linux Smartphone  Fossbytes

Those who are frequent followers of Linux know that the open-source OS-based smartphones are trying to make a stand in a world where Android and iOS are ...

Linux In, Windows Out: Huawei Laptops Coming With Deepin Linux Pre-Installed  Softpedia News

Huawei can't use Windows on new laptops anymore.

Feh is a light-weight command-line image viewer for Linux  Ghacks Technology News

The default image viewer in most Linux distros is a fine option for many users, but if you want a distraction free alternative, Feh is a good option. Feh's interface is ...

Linux 5.3 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures  CNX Software

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 5.3: So we've had a fairly quiet last week, but I think it was good that we ended up having that.

Linux Kernel 5.3 Officially Released, Here's What's New OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE  Softpedia News

It's coming soon to a GNU/Linux distribution near you.

Linus Torvalds just went ahead and released the Linux 5.3 kernel as stable while now opening the Linux 5.4 merge window...

Huawei embraces deepin Linux as Microsoft Windows 10 future remains uncertain  BetaNews

Huawei makes some of the best laptops around — the company actually puts Apple's design team to shame. This focus on elegance cannot be said for many ...

In this edition of our open source news roundup, Sandboxie's path to open source, update on the Pentagon's adoption of open source, open source in Hollywood, and more!

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