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.
FOSS Post
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/
fosspost.org
Things To Do After Installing Fedora 34
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Nginx is now the most popular web server, overtaking Apache
https://w3techs.com/blog/entry/nginx_is_now_the_most_popular_web_server_overtaking_apache
https://w3techs.com/blog/entry/nginx_is_now_the_most_popular_web_server_overtaking_apache
Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board published a full detailed report about the University of Minnesota and all the patches they submitted to the kernel: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/5/5/1244
#FP_Discussions: Have you ever succeeded in making someone else switch to Linux? What were the hardest things standing in the way?
China announces a similar initiative to Google Summer of Code called "2021 Summer of Open Source Promotion Plans" to help develop open source projects: https://summer.iscas.ac.cn/help/en
#FP_Discussions: Would you support such initiative?
#FP_Discussions: Would you support such initiative?
Python micro-framework Flask 2.0 was released: https://palletsprojects.com/blog/flask-2-0-released/
Pallets
New Major Versions Released! Flask 2.0, Werkzeug 2.0, Jinja 3.0, Click 8.0, ItsDangerous 2.0, and MarkupSafe 2.0
Audacity answers to criticism about adding telemetry to the program; Will drop all of it: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/889
GitHub
Actions we propose to take on PR #835 · audacity/audacity · Discussion #889
Hi everyone, I’m going to describe the actions we propose to take to address the concerns raised about PR #835 (opt-in Telemetry using Google and Yandex as 3rd party hosts): We are dropping the tel...
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PipeWire: the new audio and video daemon in Fedora Linux 34
https://fedoramagazine.org/pipewire-the-new-audio-and-video-daemon-in-fedora-linux-34/
https://fedoramagazine.org/pipewire-the-new-audio-and-video-daemon-in-fedora-linux-34/
Fedora Magazine
PipeWire: the new audio and video daemon in Fedora Linux 34 - Fedora Magazine
Learn more about PipeWire—Fedora Linux's new default audio and video daemon—in this interview with it's creator Wim Taymans.