The Supreme Court in the US has ruled that Google's usage of Java is included in fair use, and does not violate Oracle's rights.
Quite a relief; cause had Oracle won this case, the entire software industry would have been negatively affected: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-google-oracle/u-s-supreme-court-sides-with-google-in-major-copyright-dispute-with-oracle-idUSKBN2BS1A9
Quite a relief; cause had Oracle won this case, the entire software industry would have been negatively affected: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-google-oracle/u-s-supreme-court-sides-with-google-in-major-copyright-dispute-with-oracle-idUSKBN2BS1A9
U.S.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case
The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc's Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp's software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world's smartphones did not violate federal copyright law.
Native Apple M1 support is coming in the Linux kernel 5.13: https://twitter.com/AsahiLinux/status/1380364593126539265
Twitter
Asahi Linux
Initial M1 support has been merged into the Linux SoC tree and will be coming to Linux 5.13! 🎉git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/…
Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman
https://www.fsf.org/news/statement-of-fsf-board-on-election-of-richard-stallman
https://www.fsf.org/news/statement-of-fsf-board-on-election-of-richard-stallman
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Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman
Rust to enter as a second main language in the Linux kernel, behind C: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/4/14/1023
OpenSource.Builders is a website that aggregates open source alternatives to proprietary mainstream services. Check it if you want a quick list of open source solutions per category: https://opensource.builders/
opensource.builders
opensource.builders - Find Open Source Alternatives
Discover open source alternatives to popular proprietary software.
LLVM 12.0, the alternative compiler to GCC, was released: https://releases.llvm.org/12.0.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
Researchers Secretly Tried To Add Vulnerabilities to Linux Kernel, Ended Up Getting Banned
https://fosspost.org/researchers-secretly-tried-to-add-vulnerabilities-to-linux-kernel/
https://fosspost.org/researchers-secretly-tried-to-add-vulnerabilities-to-linux-kernel/
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Researchers Secretly Tried To Add Vulnerabilities To Linux Kernel, Ended Up Getting Banned
Researchers from the University of Minnesota secretly tried to add security vulnerabilities to Linux kernel, but they were caught and banned.
Microsoft released an initial version of Linux GUI apps support inside WSL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-initial-preview-of-gui-app-support-is-now-available-for-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2
You'll soon be able to run Linux apps inside Windows easily.
You'll soon be able to run Linux apps inside Windows easily.
Microsoft News
The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
A year ago at BUILD 2020 we introduced our goal to bring Linux GUI applications to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux GUI applications. We are proud to announce the first preview of this highly anticipated and open source feature!
The University of Minnesota issued a statement about the Linux kernel research and issue: https://twitter.com/UMNComputerSci/status/1384948683821694976?s=19
Twitter
UMNComputerScience
Leadership in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering learned today about the details of research being conducted by one of its faculty members and graduate students into the security of the Linux Kernel.
Godot 3.3 was released: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-3-has-arrived
(It is an open source game development engine).
(It is an open source game development engine).
Godot Engine
Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability
All Godot contributors are delighted to release our latest milestone today, Godot 3.3, after more than 7 months of development!
This release was initially planned as a 3.2.4 update to the 3.2 branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth…
This release was initially planned as a 3.2.4 update to the 3.2 branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth…
Linux kernel 5.12 released. Here's a list of new features: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.12
kernelnewbies.org
Linux_5.12 - Linux Kernel Newbies
List of changes and new features merged in the Linux kernel during the 5.12 development cycle
Greg KH responds to the University of Minnesota researchers' apology, saying that further actions need to be taken: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YIV+pLR0nt94q0xQ@kroah.com/
Reminder that FOSS Post prepared two complete series for:
1. Starting with Linux: https://fosspost.org/linux-full-guide
2. Protecting Privacy for Linux users: https://fosspost.org/privacy-security-series
Enjoy reading them.
1. Starting with Linux: https://fosspost.org/linux-full-guide
2. Protecting Privacy for Linux users: https://fosspost.org/privacy-security-series
Enjoy reading them.
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Full Linux Guide – FOSS Post
Are you thinking of making the switch to Linux world? Here is your full Linux guide on making the switch and everything you should know.
US court asks Signal to hand in user data, but Signal gave them basically no data in return, as it doesn't even have access to it: https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/
Signal Messenger
Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California
It’s the first half of 2021 – nearly five years since the “first half of 2016” – but in many ways not much has changed. The United Kingdom is still trying to figure out Brexit, another Justin Bieber song hit #1 on the charts (is it too late now to say sorry?)…
QEMU (an open source emulator) 6.0 was released: https://www.qemu.org/2021/04/30/qemu-6-0-0/
Here's an article on how to use it: https://fosspost.org/use-qemu-test-operating-systems-distributions/
Here's an article on how to use it: https://fosspost.org/use-qemu-test-operating-systems-distributions/
FOSS Post
Use QEMU To Run Operating Systems Virtually - FOSS Post
This tutorial explains how to install and use QEMU on your Linux distribution in order to run operating systems and distros easily on your machine.
Things to do after installing Fedora 34: https://fosspost.org/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora-34/
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Things To Do After Installing Fedora 34
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