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We continue to digest news and other materials about free and open source software and a little about hardware. The most important thing about penguins and not only, in Russia and the world. Why Congress Should Invest in Open Source; Open Source makes a definitive contribution to the development of everything related to software; understand Open Source is it a development model, a business model or what; Introduction to Linux Kernel Development the recently released Linux 5.9 kernel supports 99% of the popular PCI hardware on the market and more.
Table of contents
- the main thing
- Why Congress Should Invest in Open Source
- Open Source makes a defining contribution to the development of everything related to software
- Is open source a development model, business model, or what?
- Linux kernel development for the little ones
- Linux 5.9 kernel supports 99% of popular PCI hardware on the market
- In a short line
- Releases
- What else to see
the main thing
Why Congress Should Invest in Open Source
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Open Source makes a defining 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 leads to a fundamental shift for "vertical industries". LF released an extensive report on September 24th 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 major 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 . ”
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Open Source , - ?
Opensource.com writes, “ People who view open source as a development model emphasize collaboration, the decentralized nature of coding, and the licenses under which that code is released. Those who see 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 compelling arguments on both sides, none of these models have 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 . "
Details - opensource.com/article/20/10/open-source-supply-chain (en)
Linux kernel development for the little ones
A material with an introduction to the development of the Linux kernel appeared on Habré: “ Any programmer knows that theoretically he can make his contribution to the development of the Linux kernel. On the other hand, the overwhelming majority is sure that only the inhabitants of heaven are engaged in this, and the process of contributing to the core is so complicated and confusing that an ordinary person has no way of understanding it. And that means the needs. Today we will try to dispel this legend and show how absolutely any engineer, with a worthy idea embodied in the code, can propose it for consideration by the Linux community for inclusion in the kernel . "
Details - habr.com/ru/post/520296
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. The average support for PCI devices across all categories (Ethernet, WiFi, graphics cards, sound, etc.) was 99.3%. The DevicePopulation repository was created specifically for the study, which presents the population of PCI devices on users' computers. Device support status for the latest Linux kernel can be obtained from the LKDDb project. "
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In a short line
FOSS organizations news
- The OpenPrinting project started a fork of the CUPS printing system [→]
- OpenOffice.org turns 20 [→]
- KDE turns 24 on October 14th [→]
- LibreOffice calls on the Apache Foundation to end support for legacy OpenOffice and support LibreOffice [→ (en)]
Legal issues
520 new packages included in Linux patent protection program [→]
Kernel and distributions
- Support for VPN WireGuard has been moved to the core of the Android platform [→]
- What are the Arch Linux kernel types and how to use them [→ (en)]
Systemic
Barriers and Journaled File Systems [→]
Special
- CrossOver, software for running Windows applications on Chromebooks, is out of beta [→]
- A new version of the notcurses 2.0 library has been released [→]
- How you can conduct virtual lessons using Moodle on Linux [→ (en)]
- About measured and trusted Linux boot [→ (en)]
Multimedia
MellowPlayer is a desktop application for listening to various music streaming services [→ (en)]
Safety
- Malicious changes detected in Chrome add-ons NanoAdblocker and NanoDefender [→]
- Linux kernel vulnerability [→]
- Vulnerabilities in the fsck utility for F2FS allowing code execution during the FS check phase [→]
- Vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack BlueZ, allowing remote code execution with Linux kernel rights [→]
- Remote vulnerability in NetBSD kernel, exploited from LAN [→]
DevOps
- Introducing Debezium - CDC for Apache Kafka [→]
- Kubernetes . (Altinity, 2019) [→]
- Open Source . (.) [→]
- Zimbra OSE [→]
- DELETE. (Postgres.ai) [→]
- 12 , Kubernetes [→]
- 11 , Kubernetes [→]
- NGINX Service Mesh [→]
- AWS Meetup Terraform & Terragrunt. (2020) [→]
- «, OpenShift, » [→]
- IPv6 Advanced Direct Connect [→]
- Virtual PBX. Part 2: Solving security problems with Asterisk and setting up calls [→]
- Installation and Operation of "Rudder" [→]
- Setting up ZFS on Fedora Linux [→ (en)]
- First day of using Ansible [→ (en)]
- Installing MariaDB or MySQL on Linux [→ (en)]
- Building Kubernetes Minecraft Server with Helm Ansible Modules [→ (en)]
- Creation of Ansible module for integration with Google Calendar [→ (en)]
Data Science
Making a neural network that can distinguish borscht from dumplings [→]
Web
4 Firefox Features You Should Start Using Right Now [→ (en)]
For developers
- Non-trivial merging of repositories with GitPython [→]
- Rust 1.47 [→]
- Android Studio 4.1 [→]
- Jupyter [→ (en)]
- Python [→ (en)]
- 7 Rust [→ (en)]
- Open Source ( , , ) [→]
- OnlyOffice DesktopEditors 6.0.0 [→]
- : Linux? [→ (en)]
- Linux Mint [→]
- AnyDesk Linux [→]
- SSH Debian [→]
- Plasma Mobile: 2020 [→]
- Flatpak [→]
- nano 5.3. , … [→]
- KDE Apps ( 2020) [→]
- GNOME 3.36.7. [→]
- GIMP 2.10.22. AVIF, [→]
- PaleMoon 28.14. [→]
- USB Fedora Media Writer [→ (en)]
- Windows Calculator? Linux [→ 1, 2 (en)]
- 2 Linux [→ (en)]
- Flipper Zero — [→]
- The Kubuntu Project introduced the second Kubuntu Focus laptop model [→ 1 , 2 ]
- Linux laptop manufacturers [→]
miscellanea
About the competent construction of interaction with the manager [→ (en)]
Releases
Kernel and distributions
- Linux kernel 5.9 release [→ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Release of lightweight antiX 19.3 distribution kit [→]
- Ubuntu CyberPack (ALF) 2.0 forensic analysis distribution kit released [→]
- Release of Rescuezilla 2.0 backup distribution [→]
- Sailfish 3.4 mobile OS release [→]
- Chrome OS 86 Release [→]
- Release of Porteus Kiosk 5.1.0, a distribution kit for equipping Internet kiosks [→]
- Redo Rescue 2.0.6 release, backup and recovery distribution [→]
System software
Release of KWinFT 5.20 and kwin-lowlatency 5.20, forks of the KWin window manager [→]
Web
- Firefox 81.0.2 update [→]
- Googler 4.3 Command Line Tool Release [→]
- Release of Brython 3.9, Python implementation for web browsers [→]
- Release of Dendrite 0.1.0, a communication server with the implementation of the Matrix protocol [→]
- NPM 7.0 package manager available [→]
For developers
LLVM 11.0 Compiler Set Release [→ 1 , 2 ]
Special software
- SU2 7.0.7 release [→]
- Actor framework rotor v0.09 (c ++) released [→]
- CrossOver 20.0 release for Linux, Chrome OS and macOS [→]
- Wine 5.19 and Wine staging 5.19 release [→]
- NoRT CNC Control 0.5 [→]
Multimedia
- Release Kdenlive 20.08.2 [→]
- Release of the raster graphics editor Krita 4.4.0 [→ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Release of video editor Pitivi 2020.09 [→]
Games
Valve has released Proton 5.13, a package for running Windows games on Linux [→ 1 , 2 ]
Custom software
KDE Plasma 5.20 Desktop Release [→ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
miscellanea
FreeType 2.10.3 font engine release [→]
What else to see
10 years of OpenStack, Kubernetes at the forefront and other industry trends - a short digest from opensource.com (en) with the news of the last week, it practically does not overlap with mine.
That's all, until next Sunday!
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