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.

• Lubuntu Next 17.10 Rolls Out to Early Adopters with LXQt 0.11.1 Desktop
  Lubuntu team announced the release and immediate availability for download of Lubuntu 17.10 and Lubuntu Next 17.10 distributions as part of the Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system. While Lubuntu ... read more
  SoftpediaOctober 22, 2017 8:07 pm
  37 mins ago
• Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
  Sorry for the late post, everyone! A glitch crept into our admin system and I was unable to access the leaderboards for most of the day. But now, without ... read more
  TechdirtOctober 22, 2017 7:16 pm
  1 hour ago
• Planet FSFE on Iain R. Learmonth: Free Software Efforts (2017W42)
  Here’s my weekly report for week 42 of 2017. In this week I have replaced my spacebar, failed to replace a HDD and begun the process to replace my YubiKey. ... read more
  FSF PlanetOctober 22, 2017 6:00 pm
  3 hours ago
• Canonical on Path to IPO as Ubuntu Unity Linux Desktop Ends
  VIDEO: Mark Shuttleworth discusses the next steps for his Linux business and why he made the decision to end develop on the Unity converged desktop environment. ... read more
  LXerOctober 22, 2017 5:50 pm
  3 hours ago
• This Week in Open Source News: Linux 4.14 Means Tighter Security, Hyperledger Adds Quilt Project & More
  This week in open source and Linux news, Linus Torvalds reveals that fuzzing is improving security in Linux, Hyperledger announces a new sub-project and member, and more! ... read more
  LXerOctober 22, 2017 5:20 pm
  3 hours ago
• Dirk Eddelbuettel: linl 0.0.1: linl is not Letter
  Aaron Wolen and I are pleased to announce the availability of the initial 0.0.1 release of our new linl package on the CRAN network. It provides a simple-yet-powerful Markdown---and RMarkdown---wrapper ... read more
  Debian PlanetOctober 22, 2017 5:06 pm
  4 hours ago
• A look at Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark
  I’m going to preface this review, and say that I liked Ubuntu 17.10 after using it for a few days. However, there were multiple issues with it, that ultimately ... read more
  Tux MachinesOctober 22, 2017 5:01 pm
  4 hours ago
• 9 Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 17.10
  Here are the essential things to do after installing Ubuntu 17.10 in order to give you a better and smooth experience after the fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10. ... read more
  LXerOctober 22, 2017 4:50 pm
  4 hours ago
• Iain R. Learmonth: Free Software Efforts (2017W42)
  Here’s my weekly report for week 42 of 2017. In this week I have replaced my spacebar, failed to replace a HDD and begun the process to replace my YubiKey. ... read more
  Debian PlanetOctober 22, 2017 4:45 pm
  4 hours ago
• Steinar H. Gunderson: Introducing Narabu, part 3: Parallel structure
  Narabu is a new intraframe video codec. You probably want to read part 1 and part 2 first. Now having a rough idea of how the GPU works, it's obvious ... read more
  Debian PlanetOctober 22, 2017 4:39 pm
  4 hours ago