Google is cracking down very hard on ungoogled services/software.
Google has removed ClearURLs extension from Chrome web store; an extension which was used to remove Google tracking from search results, for no reason: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/issues/102
Google has removed ClearURLs extension from Chrome web store; an extension which was used to remove Google tracking from search results, for no reason: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/issues/102
GitHub
Addon Unavailable on Google Chrome · Issue #102 · ClearURLs/Addon
Has the addon been removed from the webstore? The URL listed here is responding with a 404 error. It's not coming up in search either. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lckanj...
Manjaro 21.0 released: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-21-0-ornara-released/59399
Manjaro Linux Forum
Manjaro 21.0 Ornara released!
We are happy to publish our latest stable release 21.0 we named Ornara. Our last release Nibia was from January and a lot of things changed between those releases. For once, we dropped Gnome Initial Setup routine from our ISOs. It was nice to try out, but…
Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20,000 euros in damages
https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210302-01.fr.html
https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210302-01.fr.html
FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20,000 euros in damages - FSFE
In a historic judgment in Italy, in a case initiated by FSFE supporter Luca Bonissi, Lenovo was ordered to pay 20,000 euros in damages for abusive behaviou...
PHP moves to Github due to the compromise of git.php.net
https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113838
https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113838
Linus Torvalds weighs in on Rust language in the Linux kernel
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/linus-torvalds-weighs-in-on-rust-language-in-the-linux-kernel/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/linus-torvalds-weighs-in-on-rust-language-in-the-linux-kernel/
Ars Technica
Linus Torvalds weighs in on Rust language in the Linux kernel
"Memory managed languages? In my kernel?" It's more likely than you think.
Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview – WSL 2
https://ubuntu.com/blog/announcing-ubuntu-on-windows-community-preview-wsl-2
https://ubuntu.com/blog/announcing-ubuntu-on-windows-community-preview-wsl-2
Ubuntu
Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview – WSL 2 | Ubuntu
We are thrilled to release the Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview, a special build of Ubuntu for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) that serves as a sandbox for experimenting with new features and functionality. The new Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview…
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
www.fsf.org
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
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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/
FOSS Post
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.