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- Making compliance scalable in a container worldSoftware is increasingly being distributed as container images. Container images include the many software components needed to support the featured software in the container. We should design source code availability ... read more4 hours ago
- Nvidia 450.57 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Vulkan Apps, Adds New FeaturesNvidia released today the Nvidia 450.57 graphics driver for UNIX platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, a major update that brings numerous improvements, new features and bug fixes. ... read more4 hours ago
- [Humour] The ‘Orange One’ Does Not Respect Judges Either
Summary: More than two years after taking over the European Patent Office (EPO) António Campinos has done absolutely nothing to restore judicial independence of the Boards of ... read more4 hours ago - Google open sources trademarks with the Open Usage CommonsIn a somewhat confusing move, Google is placing three of its open-source projects[he]#039[/he] trademarks under its new Open Usage Commons. ... read more5 hours ago
- Add videos as wallpaper on your Linux desktopThe Linux desktop is a beautiful thing, but if you[he]#039[/he]re tired of boring wallpaper, then you should try wallset, a command-line utility allowing you to set a video as your ... read more5 hours ago
- The Systemd Song
A reminder that systemd is only ever taking over more and more of GNU/Linux (little by little, one step at a time in order to minimise resistance) ... read more5 hours ago - Monopoly (or Vendor Lock-in) is Not Modularity
They mean systemd “modules” (not the same as universal modularity, which they’ve obliterated) Summary: IBM cannot totally control the kernel, Linux; IBM’s control over GNU/Linux may be ... read more5 hours ago - KDE’s July 2020 Apps Update Improves KTorrent, KMyMoney, KDiff3, and OthersThe KDE Project announced today the July 2020 Apps update for their KDE Applications open-source software suite, versioned 20.04.3. ... read more5 hours ago
- Kernel: Rust, Language, and Linux Plumbers ConferenceLinus Torvalds' Initial Comment On Rust Code Prospects Within The Linux Kernel Kernel developers appear to be eager to debate the merits of potentially allowing Rust code within ... read more7 hours ago
- Programming: GNOME/GTK, GNU C Library, Perl and PythonImplementing Gtk based Container-Widget: Part — 2 This write-up is in continuation of its previous part — setting up basic container functionality. In the past couple of weeks, we moved ... read more7 hours ago
