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- 2019-11-06
npm comes up with a reasonable way to fund future contributions; also the new RHEL release has a specific focus, UBports builds for 64bit, while GitHub and Microsoft have some big news to share.
Links:
- npm: Updates to Community, Docs & more…
- npm: Add fund subcommand
- What’s new in RHEL 8.1: Kernel patching, more Insights, and right on time
- Ubuntu Touch Q&A 62
- Announcing TypeScript 3.7
- The State of the Octoverse 2019
3 min - 2019-11-05
Open source code that can listen to songs and tear them apart, longer lifespans for some Chromebooks, and new Google partnership to build an open hardware root of trust.
Links:
- Releasing Spleeter: Deezer Research source separation engine
- Fast and Free Music Separation with Deezer’s Machine Learning Library
- OpenTitan - open sourcing transparent, trustworthy, and secure silicon
- Google gives most Chromebooks an extra year of software support
- What’s new in Chrome OS: Virtual Desks, simpler printing and more
- WordPress: 2019 Annual Survey
3 min - 2019-11-04
elementary OS has beefed up its Flatpak support, Firefox's plan to save you some frustration, Canonical commits to the best Pi 4 experience and the Raspberry Pi Foundation has something for your stocking.
Links:
- elementary OS: Updates for October, 2019
- Restricting Notification Permission Prompts in Firefox
- New book (with added computer): Get Started with Raspberry Pi
- Roadmap for official support for the Raspberry Pi 4
- Jupiter Extras #29
3 min - 2019-11-01
Firefox is phasing out traditional sideloaded apps, but it's not as reported. Almost all of LibreOffice's UI is ported to GTK, Google wants to help WordPress admins, and Python goes annual.
Links:
- Firefox to discontinue sideloaded extensions
- Firefox 70.0.1 release notes
- Disable LSNG (LocalStorage NextGen) in Firefox 70 release for dot release
- LocalStorage/QuotaManager: known issue on beta 71
- Native GTK Dialogs in LibreOffice
- LibreOffice » vcl
- Native GTK Dialogs - current status and future work
- Accepting PEP 602 -- Annual Release Cycle for Python
- Changing the Python release cadence
- PEP 602 -- Annual Release Cycle for Python
- Site Kit is now available as a developer preview
- Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites
3 min - 2019-10-31
SUSE comes to Oracle Cloud, it's time to move on from openSUSE LEAP 15.0, a new home for Vulkan code samples, and Google's AI takes on StarCraft II.
Links:
- SUSE announces enterprise Linux customised for Oracle Cloud
- SUSE Brings Enterprise Linux to Oracle Cloud to Meet Growing Demand for Cloud-Based Business Deployments
- Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE Leap 15.0
- Vulkan Releases Unified Samples Repository
- KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples: One stop solution for all Vulkan samples
- Google AI beats top human players at strategy game StarCraft II
- AlphaStar: Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinforcement learning
3 min - 2019-10-30
Microsoft open sources more code, a replacement for managing wireless networking in Linux, changes at Dropbox, and why the Conservancy would like to hear from Tesla owners.
Links:
- Announcing ONNX Runtime 1.0
- iwd: simplifying WiFi management
- iwd commit log
- LibreOffice and Google Summer of Code 2019: The results
- Calling all Tesla owners: let's discuss the source code for the GPLed parts of your car!
- Dropbox: Thank you, Guido
3 min - 2019-10-29
Fedora 31 finally arrives, a bug pops up in Firefox 70, and the Open Invention Network joins GNOME's patent fight.
Links:
- Firefox 70 not loading some pages or elements? Here is a fix
- Some pages or page elements fail to load after updating to Firefox 70
- Fedora 31 is officially here!
- In Fedora 31, 32-bit i686 is 86ed
- Linux Unplugged #325
- KeePassXC 2.5.0 released
- Open Invention Network comes to GNOME's aid in patent troll fight
- Debian Donates to Support GNOME Patent Defense
3 min - 2019-10-28
Tor sets its sights on 2020, the KernelCI project moves to its new home, Microsoft finalizes their Linux powered IoT plans and great news for video playback on older Linux systems.
Links:
- Distributed Linux Testing Platform KernelCI Secures Funding and Long-Term Sustainability as New Linux Foundation Project
- A new home for KernelCI
- Automated testing comes to the Linux kernel: KernelCI
- Take Back the Internet with Us
- dav1d 0.5.1 release notes
- dav1d 0.5.0 release: fastest!
- Unlocking opportunities in the next frontier of IoT
- IoT security will set innovation free: Azure Sphere general availability scheduled for February 2020
3 min - 2019-10-25
US telcos cut Google out of the shift to rich communication services, three companies respond to user backlash, and Google unveils a new search algorithm.
Links:
- AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard
- [Update: Google will replace devices] Google Home firmware update is bricking some units
- Update on free software and telemetry (Updated October 24th, 2019)
- DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) FAQs
- Understanding searches better than ever before
- The Joy of Plex with Elan Feingold
3 min - 2019-10-24
A PHP 7 security bug gets a fix, Project Verify gets a new name, and Netflix has open sourced a powerful new programming notebook.
Links:
- PHP: CVE-2019-11043
- PHP Remote Code Execution 0-Day Discovered in Real World CTF Exercise
- PHP RCE exploit
- Nextcloud: Urgent security issue in NGINX/php-fpm
- ZenKey
- Dash to Panel v24
- Open-sourcing Polynote: an IDE-inspired polyglot notebook
- BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror
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