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January 17, 20202020-01-17
Nextcloud announces exciting changes to the platform, Puppet is now releasing both faster and slower, DigitalOcean's restructuring is resulting in layoffs, and Fedora CoreOS reaches production-ready status.
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The new standard in on-premises team collaboration: Nextcloud Hub
Nextcloud Special Event January 2020
Nextcloud 3.10.0 for Android is here, bringing collaborative tools, dark mode, rich workspaces and more!
Updates to Puppet Enterprise release cadence
Cloud services provider DigitalOcean is laying off staff, sources say 30-50 affected
Fedora CoreOS out of preview
Introducing Fedora CoreOS
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January 16, 20202020-01-16
Mozilla faces difficult choices after a major layoff, a new release of PyTorch adds long-awaited Java support, GNU Guile sees a significant speedup, and the LLVM community debates the future of decision making for the project.
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Readying for the Future at Mozilla
Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue
No Mo'zilla for about 100 techies today: Firefox maker lays off staff as boss talks of 'difficult choices' and funding
Hacker News: Mozilla lays off 70
r/linux: Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize
PyTorch 1.4 released, domain libraries updated
GNU Guile 3.0.0 released
GNU Guile 3.0.0 microbenchmark performance
llvm-dev] [PITCH] Improvements to LLVM Decision Making
[PITCH] Improvements to LLVM Decision Making
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January 15, 20202020-01-15
We say goodbye to a community member, the latest Vulkan update is looking great, while GitHub, IBM, and CentOS all have announcements.
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Peppermint project lead Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec) has passed away
Khronos Group Releases Vulkan 1.2
RenderDoc 1.6 Released, NVIDIA + AMD + Intel All Primed For Vulkan 1.2
The GitHub for Android beta is here
GitHub Mobile beta signup
GitHub for Android beta now available for download, shows you everything but code
IBM Joins LOT Network in Major Step to Promote and Protect Open Innovation
LOT Network
Red Hat commends IBM’s decision to join the LOT Network, protecting developers from patent threats
CentOS-8 (1911) Release Notes
Update: State of CentOS Linux 8, and CentOS Stream
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January 14, 20202020-01-14
MariaDB has a new cloud-native database, PC sales were up for the first time in 8 years, Google's Hash Code opens its registration, and GitLab achieved a bug bounty milestone.
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MariaDB Platform Goes Cloud Native, Powers a New Generation of Modern Applications with Smart Transactions
PC shipments grew in 2019 ahead of bet on 5G and dual-screen devices
IDC reports Apple set to gain 13% of Windows 7 upgrades as Microsoft ends support
Google’s Hash Code competition is back
Announcing the Kubernetes bug bounty program
GitLab: We are increasing bounties in our bug bounty program
GitLab: Celebrating a million dollars in bounties paid
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January 13, 20202020-01-13
GRUB gets an important patch, a great twitter client for desktop Linux, another Linux distro reaches out to Windows 7 refugees, and the ever-deepening relationship between Microsoft and Samsung.
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GRUB: Implement support for LUKS2
[2017] cryptsetup 2.0 release
Cawbird 1.0.4
Samsung and Microsoft Expand Strategic Partnership to Deliver Unified Experiences Across Mobile Devices
Samsung, Microsoft and Verizon to Digitally Enable Frontline Workers
Samsung Introduces Galaxy XCover Pro: A Sleek, Durable and Enterprise-ready Smartphone Built for Business
8 new ways to empower Firstline Workers and transform the way they work with Microsoft 365
Linux Lite 4.8 Final Released
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January 10, 20202020-01-10
A developer is seeking feedback for a proposed Rust Foundation, Amazon relaunches a machine learning tool, and Linus Torvalds issues a warning against using ZFS.
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Towards a Rust foundation
[2019] Rust 2020
[2019] AutoGluon: Deep Learning AutoML
Amazon’s AutoGluon helps developers deploy deep learning models with just a few lines of code
AutoGluon: AutoML Toolkit for Deep Learning
Linus Torvalds on ZFS
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January 09, 20202020-01-09
An important security fix for Firefox, handy upgrades for a Tor tool, and a new security-optimized laptop from Nitrokey.
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Firefox 72.0.1 release notes
Firefox 68.4.1 release notes
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-03
CISA: Mozilla Patches Critical Vulnerability
Tor Project: New Release: Stem 1.8
NitroPad: Secure Laptop With Unique Tamper Detection
Shop: NitroPad X230
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3min
January 08, 20202020-01-08
Tails has a new trick to keep you secure, Google's Project Zero is making a change, and OpenMandriva ups its package game. Plus the KDE Community's well-timed new campaign.
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Tails 4.2 is out
Project Zero: Policy and Disclosure: 2020 Edition
OpenMandriva Is The Latest Linux Distribution Using Zstd To Compress Packages
Windows 7 support will end on January 14, 2020
Plasma: A Safe Haven for Windows 7 Refugees
[Video] Upgrade from Windows 7 to KDE Plasma
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January 07, 20202020-01-07
The darktable project releases a major new version, Firefox extends picture-in-picture mode to Linux and macOS, and Arduino announces a new modular hardware system for IoT.
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darktable 3.0
Firefox 72 release notes
Firefox 72: Say goodbye to annoying notification requests (unless you want them)
Firefox 72 blocks third-party fingerprinting resources
Arduino goes PRO at CES 2020
Portenta H7
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January 06, 20202020-01-06
Why a free software pioneer has walked away from the Open Source Initiative, Telegram's cryptocurrency surprise, and China's new CentOS competitor.
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Bruce Perens quits Open Source Initiative amid row over new data-sharing crypto license
Perens 'ballot stuffing' tweet and responses
A Public Notice About the TON Blockchain and Grams
Telegram’s cryptocurrency won’t launch within its messaging app
Internet giant Baidu launches its XuperChain
Huawei releases openEuler operating system source code
EulerOS: Introduction
openEuler: Download ISO
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FAQs about Linux Headlines:

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The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.