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  • 2020-03-27

    Ardour and Ubuntu Flavors call for testing of their upcoming major releases, Google aims to ease the burden of developing for ARM on x86, and Blender gains a new Corporate Gold-level sponsor.

    Links:

    • Links to the Ubuntu flavours
  • Ubuntu Studio 20.04 Testing Week
  • Ardour: Development update: 6.0-pre1 now ready for testing
  • Run ARM apps on the Android Emulator
  • Simplifying Google Drive’s folder structure and sharing models
  • Blender gains Intel sponsorship tweet
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-26

    The Apache Software Foundation turns twenty-one, Kubernetes 1.18 brings stability as well as some exciting preview features, the latest ESET Endpoint Antivirus adds Linux support, and Krita delivers one of its most complicated releases to date.

    Links:

    • The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership
  • Kubernetes 1.18: Fit & Finish
  • ESET expands its protection for businesses with Endpoint Antivirus for Linux
  • ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux
  • Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux
  • Krita 4.2.9 Released
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-25

    LLVM 10 arrives with improvements for RISC-V and WebAssembly, the latest version of Swift improves package management and focuses on developer productivity, Cloudflare makes some impressive performance upgrades to Linux disk encryption performance, and Plasma Bigscreen aims to provide a voice-controlled smart TV interface powered by KDE and Mycroft.

    Links:

    • LLVM 10.0.0 Release
  • Federal court judge grants temporary injunction against Telegram
  • Telegram ICO — SEC prevails, Telegram restrained from issuing Grams
  • Court in Telegram case blocks gram token issuance, says token distribution likely violates securities law
  • Swift 5.2 Released!
  • Speeding up Linux disk encryption
  • Plasma Bigscreen
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-24

    Mozilla partners with Scroll for a premium ad-free browsing experience, Tor and Tails release key security fixes, Magisk 20.4 launches with MagiskHide disabled by default, and Python is looking for user feedback to improve pip.

    Links:

    • Try our latest Test Pilot, Firefox for a Better Web, offering privacy and faster access to great content
  • Scroll partners with Firefox to build a better internet
  • Scroll partner information
  • Firefox Better Web with Scroll
  • New Release: Tor Browser 9.0.7
  • Tails 4.4.1 is out
  • Tor DoS fixes
  • Magisk v20.4
  • New pip resolver to roll out this year
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-23

    Folding@home's processing power continues to surge in the fight against COVID-19, Audacious switches to QT5, UBports and Volla join forces, and MythTV rolls out modern decoding improvements.

    Links:

    • Folding@home Support Forum
  • Folding@home Active CPUs & GPUs by OS
  • Global supercomputer TOP500
  • IBM, White House, Department of Energy, and others launch consortium to give coronavirus researchers access to supercomputers
  • Audacious 4.0 released
  • Ubuntu Touch Q&A 72: Foundation & Volla News
  • MythTV version 31 Release Notes
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-20

    Linux Mint Debian Edition version 4 is out, Google releases tools for embedded developers, a socially isolated Pwn2Own still manages to hack multiple targets, and GPU owners from around the world pitch in to fight the novel coronavirus.

    Links:

    • LMDE 4 “Debbie” released!
  • Pigweed: A collection of embedded libraries
  • Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, VirtualBox fall at Pwn2Own hacking contest
  • Pwn2Own success for Manfred Paul
  • Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus
  • Coronavirus – What we’re doing and how you can help in simple terms
  • CoreWeave, the largest U.S. miner on the Ethereum blockchain, is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a therapy for the coronavirus
  • Intel Folding@home tweet
  • NVIDIA Folding@home tweet
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-19

    Mozilla announces plans to remove FTP support from Firefox, the latest version of Oracle's Java Development Kit is out, and OBS Studio's latest release has some handy new source and capture features.

    Links:

    • Oracle Announces Java 14
  • JDK 14 Release Notes
  • The Arrival of Java 14!
  • OBS Studio 25.0
  • Firefox to remove support for the FTP protocol
  • GOG free games
  • GOG discounted Linux games
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-18

    GitHub goes mobile with new apps for Android and iOS, Vulkan has new ray tracing extensions, RiskSense reports on the most vulnerable web and application frameworks, System76 enters the keyboard market, and Google starts rolling out new labels for Chromebook-compatible accessories.

    Links:

    • GitHub for mobile is now available
  • GitHub for mobile is generally available
  • Khronos Group Releases Vulkan Ray Tracing
  • Ray Tracing In Vulkan
  • RiskSense Spotlight Report Finds WordPress and Apache are Most Weaponized Web and Application Frameworks
  • Making a Keyboard: The System76 Approach
  • Works With Chromebook helps you find Chromebook accessories
  • Works With Chromebook
  • Chrome OS to get native app for printing and scanning documents
  • Upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-17

    Debian Project Leader elections heat up, the Linux Vendor Firmware Service adds NVMe drives to its stable of supported devices, Oracle and Google's Supreme Court case gets put on hold, and Fedora 32 hits beta status.

    Links:

    • Debian Project Leader Elections 2020
  • Platform: Jonathan Carter
  • Platform: Sruthi Chandran
  • Platform: Brian Gupta
  • LVFS NVMe firmware support
  • US Supreme Court press release
  • Announcing the release of Fedora 32 Beta
    • 3 min
  • 2020-03-16

    Manjaro KDE is now the default OS on the Pinebook Pro, GitHub announces the acquisition of npm, Google has a new library aimed at simplifying infinite-width neural networks, and the winners of this year's Free Software Awards.

    Links:

    • March Update: Manjaro On Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software
  • New Release: Tor Browser 9.0.6
  • NoScript workaround for Tor bug
  • npm is joining GitHub
  • npm: Next Phase Montage
  • Fast and Easy Infinitely Wide Networks with Neural Tangents
  • 2020 OSI Election Results
  • OSI platform: Josh Simmons
  • OSI platform: Megan Byrd-Sanicki
  • OSI platform: Vignoli2020
  • Let's Encrypt, Jim Meyering, and Clarissa Lima Borges receive FSF's 2019 Free Software Awards
    • 3 min

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