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.

• How to trace system calls made by a process with strace on Linux
  

  There are times when it's useful to inspect what a running application is doing under the hood, and what system calls it is performing during its execution. ... read more
  Linux TodayAugust 11, 2020 2:00 pm
  9 hours ago
• Equinix Enters India with a $161M Mumbai Data Center Acquisition
  

  Acquires local provider GPX’s network-dense two-data center campus ... read more
  Data Center KnowledgeAugust 11, 2020 1:44 pm
  10 hours ago
• Security updates for Tuesday
  Security updates have been issued by Debian (firmware-nonfree, golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang, and ruby-kramdown), Fedora (kernel, libmetalink, and nodejs), openSUSE (go1.13 and perl-XML-Twig), Oracle (kernel, libvncserver, and thunderbird), Red Hat (kernel-rt and python-paunch ... read more
  Linux World NewsAugust 11, 2020 1:43 pm
  10 hours ago
• Hong Kong Uses New National Security Law To Arrest Prominent Pro-Democracy Media Tycoon
  Hong Kong's new national security law -- foisted upon it by the Chinese government -- has nothing to do with securing the nation and everything to do with silencing ... read more
  TechdirtAugust 11, 2020 1:43 pm
  10 hours ago
• Daily Deal: The Exclusive Business Analysis Bundle With Jeremy Aschenbrenner
  

  The Exclusive Business Analysis Bundle with Jeremy Aschenbrenner has 8 courses to show you how to use fundamental business analysis techniques to optimize business processes. Courses cover Agile, process ... read more
  TechdirtAugust 11, 2020 1:38 pm
  10 hours ago
• Stable kernels 5.8.1, 5.7.15, 5.4.58, and 4.19.139
  Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 5.8.1, 5.7.15, 5.4.58, and 4.19.139 stable kernels. As usual, these contain lots of important fixes throughout the tree; users should upgrade. ... read more
  Linux World NewsAugust 11, 2020 1:35 pm
  10 hours ago
• Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 19042.450 (20H2) to the Beta Channel, with important security updates
  The Windows 10 Insider Beta Channel is what used to be the Slow ring, and updates pushed out here are typically a lot more stable than those on the Dev ... read more
  BetaNewsAugust 11, 2020 1:22 pm
  10 hours ago
• Debian-Based Finnix 121 Live Linux Distro Arrives with Goodies for Sysadmins
  

  ... read more
  Linux TodayAugust 11, 2020 1:00 pm
  10 hours ago
• Pentagon to Share Spectrum With Telecoms for 5G Networks
  

  The move will open 100 megahertz of spectrum to be auctioned by the US Federal Communications Commission for sharing with companies. ... read more
  Data Center KnowledgeAugust 11, 2020 12:45 pm
  11 hours ago
• Yes, Facebook Treats Trump Fans Differently: It Has Relaxed The Rules To Give Them More Leeway
  I know that it's become accepted wisdom among some that the various social media platforms have an "anti-conservative bias" in how they moderate content. However, we've yet to see ... read more
  TechdirtAugust 11, 2020 12:35 pm
  11 hours ago