Full Circle Weekly News 394 1 Dec 2024 · 1 minutes

• Linux kernel 6.12 releases with Realtime support:

• GhostBSD 24.10.1 Released:

• Linux-libre 6.12 kernel available: (Resolving licensing issues with Tuxedo drivers)

• Arch Linux Moves Package Build Scripts to 0BSD License:

• Ubuntu developers analyzed the effectiveness of enabling PGO optimization:

• Canonical Announces First LTS Release of MicroCloud Tools:

• Release of FreeCAD 1.0:

• GitHub’s Initiative to Fund Security Improvements for Open Source Projects:

• ReiserFS has been removed from the Linux kernel:

• Mesa 24.3 is released:

• The Linux Foundation Technical Committee has officially announced the temporary suspension of the author of BсacheFS:

• MaXX Interactive Desktop 2.2:

Full Circle Weekly News 303 4 Mar 2023 · 1 minutes

• Release of Linux kernel 6.2:

• Release of Budgie 10.7.1:

• Fish shell is being rewritten in Rust language:

• openSUSE Leap beta release 15.5:

• Jami “Vilagfa” is available:

• A plan to promote a Linux driver, Xe for Intel GPU:

• Release of SQLite DBMS 3.41:

• Ubuntu will stop supporting Flatpak in basic delivery:

• GNOME Mutter will stop supporting old versions of OpenGL:

• The first release of the open multiplayer game engine Ambient:

• GitHub showing its Microsoft colours:

• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with updated graphical stack and Linux kernel:

• Canonical and Elektrobit introduced EB corbos Linux:

• GParted 1.5 and GParted Live 1.5:

• Release of Apache NetBeans 17:

• Release of Mesa 23.0:

Full Circle Weekly News 270 23 Jul 2022 · 1 minutes

• SFC urges open source projects to stop using GitHub:

• Porteus 5.0 distribution released:

• Release of Zabbix 6.2:

• The KDE project introduced their fourth generation of KDE Slimbooks:

• Oracle Linux 9 and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 available:

• NIST Approves Quantum Resistant Encryption Algorithms:

• Lennart Pottering left Red Hat and joined Microsoft:

• Release of SpaceVim 2.0:

• Ubuntu MATE distribution has generated builds for the Raspberry Pi:

• wxWidgets 3.2.0 graphical toolkit:

• Bacula 13.0.0 Available:

• Microsoft introduces a ban on the sale of open source software through the Microsoft Store:

• nDPI 4.4 Deep Packet Inspection Released:

• Debian 11.4 update:

• rclone 1.59 released:

• Release of Libreboot 20220710, a completely free distribution of Coreboot:

Full Circle Weekly News 266 19 Jul 2022 · 1 minutes

• Paragon Software has resumed maintenance of the NTFS3 module in the Linux kernel:

• Release of Tails 5.1:

• New driver for the Vulkan graphics API is being developed:

• Rakudo compiler release 2022.06 for the Raku programming language (former Perl 6):

• SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 distribution available:

• Lighttpd http server release 1.4.65:

• Release of the openSUSE Leap 15.4 distribution:

• GitHub wraps up development of Atom code editor:

• Pale Moon Browser 31.1 Released:

• Regolith 2.0 Desktop Environment Released:

Full Circle Weekly News 261 17 May 2022 · 1 minutes

• Canonical introduces Steam Snap for easier access to games on Ubuntu:

• Unity 7.6.0 Custom Shell Release:

• fwupd 1.8.0, firmware download toolkit available:

• Release of Trinity R14.0.12 DE:

• KaOS 2022.04 distribution released:

• Microsoft has joined the work on the Open 3D Engine:

• Debugger Release GDB 12

• Oracle Publishes Solaris 10 to Solaris 11.4 Application Migration Tool

• T.A.I.L.S. 5.0 released:

• Release of SeaMonkey 2.53.12, Tor Browser 11.0.11 and Thunderbird 91.9.0: (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11011/) (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/91.9.0/releasenotes/)

• Enthusiasts have prepared a Steam OS 3 build for regular PCs:

• Microsoft Open Sources the basically obsolete 3D Movie Maker:(https://3dmm.com/)

• Cisco has released ClamAV 0.105:

• Release of Proxmox VE 7.2:

• OpenMediaVault 6 is available:

• Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 released:

• GitHub will switch to mandatory two-factor authentication:

• Kubernetes 1.24 Released:

• Nextcloud Hub 24 Collaboration Platform Available:

• Apple has published the code for the kernel and system components of macOS 12.3:

• Release of the GCC 12 compiler suite:

• The deb-get utility, offering apt-get-like functionality for third-party packages:

• China intends to transfer state institutions and state-owned enterprises to Linux:

• Release of new stable branch Tor 0.4.7

Full Circle Weekly News 260 8 May 2022 · 1 minutes

• Mesa’s Rust implementation of OpenCL now supports OpenCL 3.0:

• Intel Opens PSE Block Firmware Code for Elkhart Lake Chips:

• DBMS libmdbx 0.11.7 Move Development to GitFlic After Lockdown on GitHub:

• Wolfire open source game Overgrowth:

• The Warsmash project develops an alternative open source game engine for Warcraft III:

• Release of GNUnet Messenger 0.7 and libgnunetchat 0.1 to create decentralized chats:

• The system programming language Hare:

• Updating the Steam OS distribution used on the Steam Deck gaming console:

• Spotify donates 100,000 euros in open source awards:

• Xpdf 4.04 released:

• Release of the Pop!_OS 22.04 with the COSMIC desktop:

• Technical committee rejects plan to end BIOS support in Fedora:

• Release of the Archinstall 2.4:

• KDE Plasma Mobile 22.04 Mobile Platform Available:

• Redis 7.0 released:

• Mozilla Common Voice 9.0 Voice Update:

• The Genode Project has published the Sculpt 22.04 General Purpose OS:

• Patent used to attack GNOME is invalidated:

• Release of the Redox OS 0.7 operating system written in Rust:

Full Circle Weekly News 173 2 Jun 2020 · 1 minutes

• March Update on Pinebook Pro

• GitHub to Acquire NPM

• Shortwave Radio 1.0 Out

• Emmabuntus 1.01 Out

• Fedora 32 Beta Out

• LibreOffice 6.4.2 Out

• Java 14 Out

• Linux Kernel 5.6 rc7 Out

• Postfix 3.5.0 Out

Full Circle Weekly News 115 18 Nov 2018 · 1 minutes

• Open Source Software: 20-Plus Years of Innovation

• IBM Buys Linux & Open Source Software Distributor Red Hat For $34 Billion

• We (may) now know the real reason for that IBM takeover. A distraction for Red Hat to axe KDE

• Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth Has No Plans Of Selling Canonical

• Mark Shuttleworth reveals Ubuntu 18.04 will get a 10-year support lifespan

• Debian GNU/Linux 9.6 “Stretch” Released with Hundreds of Updates

• Fresh Linux Mint 19.1 Arrives This Christmas

• Linux-friendly company System76 shares more open source Thelio computer details Source

• Linus Torvalds Says Linux 5.0 Comes in 2019, Kicks Off Development of Linux 4.20

• Canonical Adds Spectre V4, SpectreRSB Fixes to New Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Azure Kernel

• Trivial Bug in X.Org Gives Root Permission on Linux and BSD Systems

• Security Researcher Drops VirtualBox Guest-to-Host Escape Zero-Day on GitHub

Full Circle Weekly News 96 11 Jun 2018 · 1 minutes

A bumper episode for you this week!

• You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened

• GNU Emacs 26.1 released

• Firefox And Chrome Bug Leaked Facebook Profile Details For Almost A Year

• Support for Linux 3.2 and 4.1 finishedlinux-32-und-41-beendet.html

• Linus Torvalds decides world isn’t ready for Linux 5.0

• Dell Precision ‘Developer Edition’ mobile workstations run Ubuntu Linux and are RHEL certified

• Ubuntu 18.04-based Linux Mint 19 ‘Tara’ Beta is here with Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce

• Canonical Announces Ubuntu for Amazon’s Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes

• Purism’s Librem 5 Privacy, Security-Focused Linux Phone Arrives in January 2019

• Microsoft Buys Github

• GitLab Ultimate and GitLab Gold for open source projects for free

• GNOME transitions to GitLab

Full Circle Weekly News 84 12 Mar 2018 · 1 minutes

• Purism to Bring Hardware Encryption to Its Librem 5 Privacy-Focused Linux Phone

• Android Phones Caught Selling with Pre-Installed Factory Malware

• Exton|OS Claims to Be First Distribution Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Linux 4.16

• As Debian comes to Windows 10, should we worry Microsoft will ’embrace, extend, and extinguish’ Linux?

• Security researchers’ warning over Linux feature used in biggest ever DDoS attack on Github

• Open-source Exim remote attack bug: 400,000 servers still vulnerable

• Kotlin programming language snap available on Ubuntu