The GNOME project has announced the immediate availability and release of version 43 after putting in a lot of effort over the past six months. The most recent version of GNOME has a plethora of enhancements, some of which include a revamped Files app, an updated fast settings menu, and improved cooperation with hardware security.… Read More »
The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of three new edX training courses covering Linux, Git, and other open-source development tools. A Professional Certificate in Open Source Software Development, Linux, and Git can be earned by taking the courses individually or in combination. Jerry Cooperstein, PhD, who has been working with Linux since 1994 and… Read More »
No doubt if you have been using computers, most especially when accessing the internet, you would have come across that yellow logo above. That is the ubiquitous logo of an internet giant – Mozilla. To take its online privacy one step further, Mozilla has decided to venture into the VPN space by launching its own… Read More »
Last month (May 8 to be precise) we got a very interesting email from one Albert Liu ([email protected]) which was in retrospect with the intention to scare us into purchasing unwanted domains from him and possibly other scam trick he’s got up in his sleeves. Claiming to be a staff of the Chinese domain name registration, he wrote that a company, Hongbo Ltd,… Read More »
GitHub has announced that it now allows unlimited private repositories (“repos” for short). For those who don’t know, GitHub is an online code-hosting platform using the open-source version control software system called git. Code stored on GitHub can be modified and improved upon any an individual developer or group of developers; and any changes made… Read More »
One of the beautiful aspect of the Linux world is the availability of a variety of Linux distributions (ditros) to choose from. Ranging from the ones that powers space hardware (like rockets and the ISS) to the ones that can power your refrigerator; Linux has it all. Popular ones you would likely hear about include… Read More »
Mir is a wonderful software product from Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu Linux. It has announced the release of mir application (mir 1.0.0). The very first major release by the Mir team. Mir is graphics rendering server that can be used to render graphics on the screen of internet of things (IoT) devices. It… Read More »
Microsoft has finally hit the nail squarely in a much rumoured deal of acquiring GitHub. Though the talks for the acquisition has been on and off for while according to rumours from unnamed persons close to the companies. Finally the rumours have been put to rest as it announced on June 4 that… Read More »
Bringing the unmatched Linux experience to the world of windows is being made possible by Microsoft through its windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) that has been released as open-source software to the public. Though the then newly appointed CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, publicly declared Microsoft’s love for Linux, many in the free and open… Read More »
The anonymous Pineapple Fund has donated $1 million worth of Bitcoin to promote and defend free software, computer user freedom, and digital rights. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced it has received a record-breaking charitable contribution of 91.45 Bitcoin from the Pineapple Fund, valued at $1 million at the time of the donation. This gift… Read More »
