FOSS Force News Wire

The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire.

• Anthem review: BioWare’s sky-high gaming ambition crashes back to Earth
  

  Enlarge (credit: EA / Bioware) BioWare, the developer responsible for Mass Effect and Dragon Age, has returned with its first new series in over a decade, Anthem. It's a pretty big ... read more
  Ars Technica News FeedFebruary 19, 2019 12:30 pm
  26 mins ago
• Leftovers: Windows 10 Being Called “Linux” (Again), Linux Foundation Controls TNS, Mozilla Developer Tools and LibreOffice at FOSDEM 2019
  Next Windows update brings better Linux integration [Ed: Disappointing to see even SJVN calling this "Linux" even though it is not Linux, it's Vista 10 hijacking the brand] The ... read more
  Tux MachinesFebruary 19, 2019 12:28 pm
  28 mins ago
• Red Hat on Middleware, RHEL AUDITD, and More Security Issues
  Open Outlook: Middleware (part 1) Middleware, both as a term and as a concept, has been around for decades. As a term, like other terms in the Darwinian world ... read more
  Tux MachinesFebruary 19, 2019 12:24 pm
  32 mins ago
• First LibreOffice Asia Conference to Take Place May 25-26, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
  

  The Document Foundation published today more information on when and where the first ever LibreOffice Asia Conference event will take place this year. LibreOffice Asia Conference 2019 will be the ... read more
  SoftpediaFebruary 19, 2019 12:22 pm
  35 mins ago
• Vulkan/DXVK and More GNU/Linux Games (Native)
  Vulkan 1.1.101 Released With Two New Extensions - Including Another To Help DXVK Coming just one week after the Vulkan 1.1.100 release and just days after the Vulkan API ... read more
  Tux MachinesFebruary 19, 2019 12:21 pm
  35 mins ago
• Software and HowTos: Organizer, Handbrake, Logical & in Bash and Python
  Organize Files In Filetype-Based Named Directories On Linux Using Organizer (GUI) Organizer is new and doesn't have a lot of features yet, but it can already be very helpful ... read more
  Tux MachinesFebruary 19, 2019 12:19 pm
  37 mins ago
• The Verge briefly censored YouTubers who mocked its bad PC building advice
  

  Enlarge / We think copyright's fair use doctrine allows us to show you this screenshot from the Verge's video. (credit: The Verge) Last week, The Verge got a ... read more
  Ars Technica News FeedFebruary 19, 2019 12:15 pm
  41 mins ago
• Mandatory update coming to Windows 7, 2008 to kill off weak update hashes
  

  Enlarge Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 users will imminently have to deploy a mandatory patch if they want to continue updating their systems, as spotted by ... read more
  Ars Technica News FeedFebruary 19, 2019 12:10 pm
  46 mins ago
• German Politician Thinks Gmail Constituent Messages Are All Faked By Google
  

  Christopher Clay alerts us to the latest Google Derangement Syndrome from an EU Bureaucrat. Last year, we noted that various EU politicians kept insisting that all of the complaints ... read more
  TechdirtFebruary 19, 2019 12:08 pm
  48 mins ago
• [$] Patent exhaustion and open source
  When patents and free software crop up together, the usual question is about patent licensing. Patent exhaustion — the principle that patent rights don't reach past the first sale ... read more
  Linux World NewsFebruary 19, 2019 11:55 am
  1 hour ago