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You can’t escape Google. At least, that’s how it seems. The company doesn’t just dominate search. It also has its tendrils in personal storage, online productivity tools, books, music, social networking, and more. Billions of people the world over use their services because of the convenience and power.
NASA open sources its Mars rover, Rome adopts LibreOffice, and more news
In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at NASA's open source mars rover, Rome's latest open source efforts, two new research projects, and more. NASA open sources design for a Martian rover
Do you want to build your own Mars rover? Of course you do! And now you can, thanks to NASA's JPL Open Source Rover (OSR for short).
Peace pays dividend for OpenWRT as 'baseline' release lands on servers
Libre Linux for wireless, embedded kit unforks OpenWRT and LEDE
The OpenWRT project has emitted version 18.06, and in doing so, puts to rest the damage done by the March 2016 fork that created the competing project LEDE (Linux Embedded Development Environment).…
Apollo Lake embedded PC boasts eight PoE+ ports
Lanner’s Linux-ready, 1U “NVA-3000” embedded computer for video surveillance and machine vision is equipped with an Apollo Lake SoC, up to 4GB LPDDR4, dual GbE, 8x GbE with PoE+, 2x USB 3.0, and a SATA bay. Lanner Electronics’ 1U sized, 310 x 220 x 44mm NVA-3000 system supports video surveillance, machine vision, and industrial automation applications.
Extending Landlocked Processes
Mickaël Salaün posted a patch to improve communication
between landlocked processes. Landlock is a security module that creates an isolated "sandbox"
where a process is prevented from interacting with the rest of the system,
even if that process itself is compromised by a hostile attacker. The
ultimate goal is to allow regular user processes to isolate themselves in
this way, reducing the likelihood that they could be an entry point for an
attack against the system.
New EdgeX Foundry "California" Released, Rust v. 1.28.0 Now Available, Humble Bundle's Sports Bundle Has Games for Linux, Firefox 63 Will Have Out-of-Process Extensions for Linux and an Update on EFF'
News briefs for August 3, 2018.
Top 10 July must-reads: Killer tools and practical guides for admins, Skype alternatives, Slackware turns 25, and more
Opensource.com brought in 776,198 unique visitors who generated 1,253,209 page views in July, a 22% year over year increase. We published 85 articles in July, and welcomed 14 new authors. More than 56% of our content was contributed by members of the open source community, and our community moderators contributed 22 articles.
Squashing inclusivity bugs in open source software
When people talk about diversity and inclusion in open source, the discussion is usually about how to improve a project culture's inclusivity. But can the software itself be gender biased? Our research says it can. So, how do you know if your software is biased? And, if it is, how can you make it more inclusive?
The GenderMag method is a way to identify gender-inclusiveness problems in your software. It is available in a "kit" freely available for download at GenderMag.org.
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5 Essential Tools for Linux Development
instead of saying you should use Tool X and Tool Y, I’m going to narrow it down to five categories and then offer up an example for each. Just remember, for most categories, there are several available options. And, with that said, let’s get started.
Why I still love Alpine for email at the Linux terminal
Maybe you can relate to this story: You try out a program and really love it. Over the years, new programs are developed that can do the same things and more, maybe even better. You try them out, and they are great too—but you keep coming back to the first program.
That is the story of my relationship with Alpine Mail. So I decided to write a little article praising my de facto favorite mail program.
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Linux boots on new “Shakti” RISC-V chip
The Shakti project, based at IIT Madras, has booted Linux on its first RISC-V processor. The 22nm FinFET fabricated, 400MHz Shakti chip can run at 1.67 DMIPS/MHz. Shakti — the Hindu goddess who personifies creative power — has been enlisted in a variety of creative enterprises, including Unilever’s Project Shakti NGO for empowering rural Indian […]
What data is too risky for the cloud?
In this four-part series, we've been looking at the pitfalls every organization should avoid when transitioning operations to the cloud—specifically into hybrid multi-cloud environments.
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How to Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. We will show you how to install and configure Rails with a PostgreSQL database, and how to create a new first project with Rails.
How to use Fedora Server to create a router / gateway
Building a router (or gateway) using Fedora Server is an interesting project for users wanting to learn more about Linux system administration and networking. In this article, learn how to configure a Fedora Server minimal install to act as an internet router / gateway. This guide is based on Fedora 28 and assumes you have already installed […]
EdgeX Adds Security and Reduces Footprint with "California" Release
The Linux Foundation’s EdgeX Foundry announced its second major EdgeX release of its EdgeX IoT middleware for edge computing. The “California” release adds security features including reverse proxy and secure credentials storage. It’s also rewritten in Go to offer a smaller footprint This makes it possible to run EdgeX on the Raspberry Pi 3, which has been chosen as the official target platform for California.
Mozilla Announces Things Gateway 0.5, Reddit Security Incident, Docker Moving to a New Release Cycle, Artifact Coming in November and LibreOffice 6.0.6 Now Available
News briefs for August 2, 2018.
VCs Are Investing Big into a New Cryptocurrency: Introducing Handshake
The entire landscape of how we authenticate domain names likely will see a
complete overhaul, all powered by blockchain technologies. Just released,
Handshake brings with it the much needed security and reliability on which
we rely. Backed by venture capitalists and industry-established blockchain
developers, Handshake has raised $10.2 million to replace the current
digital entities maintaining our current internet infrastructure.
Design thinking as a way of life
Over the past few years, design has become more than a discipline. It has become a mindset, one gaining more and more traction in industrial practices, processes, and operations.
People have begun to recognize the value in making design the fundamental component of the process and methodologies aimed at both the "business side" and the "people side" of the organization. In other words, "thinking with design" is a great way to approach business problems and organizational culture problems.
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Kotlin code quality smells better than Java
Boffins find this makes a whole lot of scents for developers. Kotlin, which Google blessed last year as an alternative to Java for programming Android apps, has already made its way into almost 12 per cent of open source Android apps and in so doing has elevated their code quality.…
Latest EdgeX IoT middleware release gets smaller, faster, and more secure
EdgeX Foundry’s “California” release of its EdgeX IoT middleware adds security features and is rewritten in Go for faster boot and a smaller footprint, enabling it to run on its target platform: the Raspberry Pi. The Linux Foundation’s EdgeX Foundry project announced its second major release of its EdgeX IoT middleware for edge computing.
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