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We continue to digest news and other materials about free and open source software and a bit about hardware. All the most important things about penguins and not only in Russia and the world. Why Congress Should Invest in Open Source; Open Source makes a defining contribution to the development of everything related to software; understand Open Source is a development model, a business model or something; an introduction to developing for the Linux kernel; The recently released Linux 5.9 kernel supports 99% of the popular PCI hardware on the market and more.
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Why Congress Should Invest in Open Source
Brookings writes:In response to past crises, investment in physical infrastructure has helped the United States bounce back and thrive after major challenges. … The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis require an equally significant response, but also require lawmakers to think about what comes next. We cannot invest only in highways – we also need to invest in the technologies that underpin the information superhighway. To overcome one of the greatest challenges of our time, the United States must invest in both physical and digital infrastructure to enable its recovery. … we must not forget the equal importance of digital infrastructure, especially Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), which is largely voluntary work and is at the heart of the digital world».
Open Source makes a decisive contribution to the development of everything related to software
Linux Insider writes: "The Linux Foundation (LF) is quietly pushing for the industrial revolution. This brings about unique changes and results in a fundamental shift for "vertical industries". On September 24th, LF published an extensive report on how software-defined elements and open source software are digitally transforming important vertical industries around the world. "Software-Defined Vertical Industries: Transformation Through Open Source" are the main vertical industry initiatives served by the Linux Foundation. The report highlights the most prominent open source projects and explains why the foundation believes key industry verticals, some over 100 years old, have been transformed by open source software.».
Is Open Source a development model, a business model, or what?
Opensource.com writes: "People who view open source as a development model emphasize collaboration, the decentralized nature of writing code, and the license under which that code is released. Those who consider open source as a business model discuss monetization through support, services, software as a service (SaaS), paid features, and even in the context of low-cost marketing or advertising. While there are strong arguments on both sides, none of these models has ever satisfied everyone. Perhaps this is because we have never fully considered open source in the historical context of software products and their practical construction.».
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Linux kernel development for the little ones
Material appeared on Habré with an introduction to the development of the Linux kernel:Any programmer knows that theoretically he can contribute to the development of the Linux kernel. On the other hand, the overwhelming majority are sure that only celestials are engaged in this, and the process of contributing to the core is so complicated and confusing that there is no way for an ordinary person to understand it. And that means the need. Today we will try to dispel this legend and show how absolutely any engineer, having a worthy idea embodied in the code, can submit it to the Linux community for consideration for inclusion in the kernel.».
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Linux 5.9 kernel supports 99% of popular PCI hardware on the market
OpenNET writes:The level of hardware support for the Linux 5.9 kernel has been assessed. Average support for PCI devices across all categories (Ethernet, WiFi, graphics cards, audio, etc.) was 99,3%. Especially for the study, the DevicePopulation repository was created, which presents a population of PCI devices on users' computers. The status of device support in the latest Linux kernel can be obtained using the LKDDb project».
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News from FOSS organizations
- The OpenPrinting project began developing a fork of the CUPS printing system
- OpenOffice.org is 20 years old
- On October 14, KDE turned 24
- LibreOffice Urges Apache Foundation to End Support for Legacy OpenOffice and Support LibreOffice
Legal Issues
520 New Packages Included in Linux Patent Protection Program
Kernel and distributions
- Moved VPN WireGuard support to Android core
- What are the types of kernel for Arch Linux and how to use them
Systemic
Barriers and journaling file systems
Special
- CrossOver, the software for running Windows apps on Chromebooks, is out of beta
- New version of notcurses 2.0 library released
- How to conduct virtual lessons with Moodle on Linux
- About Measured and Trusted Linux Boot Views
Banners
MellowPlayer is a desktop application for listening to various music streaming services
Security
- Malicious changes detected in NanoAdblocker and NanoDefender Chrome add-ons
- Vulnerability in the Linux kernel
- Vulnerabilities in the fsck utility for F2FS that allow code execution at the FS check stage
- Vulnerability in the BlueZ Bluetooth stack that allows remote code execution with Linux kernel privileges
- Remote vulnerability in the NetBSD kernel, exploited from a local network
DevOps
- Introducing Debezium - CDC for Apache Kafka
- Operator in Kubernetes for managing database clusters. Vladislav Klimenko (Altinity, 2019)
- What and why we do in Open Source databases. Andrey Borodin (Yandex.Cloud)
- How to work with Zimbra OSE logs
- Dear DELETE. Nikolay Samokhvalov (Postgres.ai)
- 12 Tools That Make Kubernetes Easier
- 11 tools that make Kubernetes better
- NGINX Service Mesh available
- AWS Meetup Terraform & Terragrunt. Anton Babenko (2020)
- "Sorry OpenShift, we didn't appreciate you enough and took you for granted"
- Using IPv6 with Advanced Direct Connect
- Virtual PBX. Part 2: Solve security issues with Asterisk and set up calls
- Installation and operation of Rudder
- Configuring ZFS on Fedora Linux
- First day of using Ansible
- Installing MariaDB or MySQL on Linux
- Building a Kubernetes Minecraft server with Ansible Helm modules
- Creating an Ansible module for integration with Google Calendar
Data Science
Making a neural network that can distinguish borscht from dumplings
Website
4 Firefox Features You Should Start Using Right Now
For developers
- Nontrivial merging of repositories with GitPython
- Rust programming language 1.47 release
- Android Studio 4.1
- Explore the world of programming with Jupyter
- Learn Python by making a video game
- Top 7 keywords in Rust
Custom
- A selection of useful lightweight Open Source solutions (text notes, image collections, video capture and editing)
- OnlyOffice DesktopEditors 6.0.0 released
- Linuxprosvet: what is a display manager in Linux?
- How to Russify Linux Mint
- How to Change AnyDesk ID on Linux
- Setting up SSH on Debian
- Plasma Mobile update: September 2020
- How to install flatpak
- nano 5.3. Colored scroll bars, indication…
- KDE Apps Update (October 2020)
- GNOME 3.36.7. Corrective release
- GIMP 2.10.22. Support for AVIF format, new pipette mode and more
- Release of the fast browser PaleMoon 28.14. New statuses
- Creating a bootable USB with Fedora Media Writer
- Like Windows Calculator? Now it can also be used on Linux [→ , ]
- 2 ways to download files via Linux terminal
Hardware
- Flipper Zero - September Progress
- The Kubuntu project introduced the second model of the Kubuntu Focus laptop [→ , ]
- Linux laptop manufacturers
Miscellanea
On the competent construction of interaction with the manager
Releases
Kernel and distributions
- Linux kernel release 5.9 [→ , , , ]
- Release of antiX 19.3 lightweight distribution
- Ubuntu CyberPack (ALF) 2.0 Forensic Analysis Distribution Released
- Rescuezilla 2.0 backup distribution release
- Sailfish 3.4 mobile OS release
- Chrome OS Release 86
- Release of Porteus Kiosk 5.1.0, a distribution kit for equipping Internet kiosks
- Release of Redo Rescue 2.0.6, a distribution for backup and recovery
System software
Release of KWinFT 5.20 and kwin-lowlatency 5.20, forks of the KWin window manager
Website
- Firefox Update 81.0.2
- Googler Command Line Tool Release 4.3
- Release of Brython 3.9, implementations of the Python language for web browsers
- Release of Dendrite 0.1.0, a communication server with an implementation of the Matrix protocol
- NPM 7.0 package manager available
For developers
Release of the LLVM 11.0 compiler set [→ , ]
Special software
- Release SU2 7.0.7
- Release of actor framework rotor v0.09 (c++)
- CrossOver 20.0 release for Linux, Chrome OS and macOS
- Wine 5.19 release and Wine staging 5.19
- NoRT CNC Control 0.5
Banners
- Kdenlive release 20.08.2
- Release of raster graphics editor Krita 4.4.0 [→ , , ]
- Pitivi Video Editor Release 2020.09
Games
Valve has released Proton 5.13, a package for running Windows games on Linux [→ , ]
Custom software
KDE Plasma 5.20 Desktop Release [→ , , , ]
Miscellanea
FreeType 2.10.3 font engine release
What else to see
10 years of OpenStack, Kubernetes at the forefront and other industry trends - with the news of the last week, it practically does not intersect with mine.
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