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.

• Today in Techrights
  “What the Heli, Battistelli?” When It Comes to UPC, EPO is Still Stuck in Pre-Brexit Mindset (More Than Half a Decade in the Past) Links 27/9/2021: Q4OS 4, ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 5:03 pm
  22 mins ago
• Investigation: Minneapolis Cops Responded To George Floyd's Murder By Refusing To Do Their Jobs While Still Collecting Their Paychecks
  The police in Minneapolis are giving the public what they think the public wants: fewer police officers, fewers interactions with police, and, of course, MOAR CRIME. Calls to defund ... read more
  TechdirtSeptember 27, 2021 4:39 pm
  46 mins ago
• Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS
  

  Enlarge / SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellites launches from the Kennedy Space Center on October 6, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) ... read more
  Ars Technica News FeedSeptember 27, 2021 4:25 pm
  60 mins ago
• Clear APT Cache Using the apt clean Command
  In this tutorial we’ll learn about the APT cache, and how to use the apt clean command to clear it. The post Clear APT Cache Using the apt clean Command appeared first ... read more
  Linux TodaySeptember 27, 2021 4:00 pm
  1 hour ago
• Games: Humble, GOG, and Linux Gaming (Live)
  Humble has some co-op treats in the Dream Teams Bundle | GamingOnLinux Need more games to start your week? Humble recently put up the Dream Teams Bundle ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:52 pm
  2 hours ago
• Switched from Windows 10 to Debian 11 on Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen2 ITL. Plus, thoughts on Ubuntu and Fedora.
  

  I finally got off Windows again. It seems like every time I buy a new laptop, Windows is all that really works right on it for a while, ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:46 pm
  2 hours ago
• Audiocasts/Shows: Proxmox, Slimbook One, Manjaro 21.1.3 GNOME Edition, and Full Circle Weekly
  Proxmox VE Full Course: Class 9 - User Management - Invidious Welcome back to LearnLinuxTV's full course on Proxmox Virtual Environment! In class #9, we'll look at ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:42 pm
  2 hours ago
• Security Leftovers
  Security updates for Monday Security updates have been issued by Debian (kernel, libxml-security-java, and openssl), Fedora (fetchmail and python-rsa), openSUSE (grafana-piechart-panel and opera), and Red Hat (nodejs:14). ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:40 pm
  2 hours ago
• Developers: Let distros do their job
  

  I wrote a post some time ago titled Developers shouldn’t distribute their own software, and after a discussion on the sr.ht IRC channel today, the topic seems worthy ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:22 pm
  2 hours ago
• Inkscape 1.1.1 Open-Source and Free SVG Editor Released as a Bug and Crash Fix Update
  

  Inkscape 1.1.1 is the first point release to the Inkscape 1.1 series and comes about four months after it to address lots of bugs, crashes, and whatnot. But ... read more
  Tux MachinesSeptember 27, 2021 3:21 pm
  2 hours ago