today's leftovers
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Chrome OS can now install Linux apps from .deb packages
Linux applications are usually distributed in one of two ways - through a software repository, or by downloading an installer package from a website. For example, the Steam download page offers a .deb package for Linux users. Even though Linux app support on Chrome OS is improving rapidly, there has never been an obvious way to install .deb packages - until now.
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Forget Surface Go -- System76 offers huge back-to-school savings on Linux laptops
Next month, students across America will be returning to school. Whether K-12 or college, technology has become increasingly important in the classroom. It is for this reason that a laptop can be an essential tool for a learner.
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Instaclustr: 9 tips to improve Apache Kafka management
Instaclustr is known for its focus on providing the Cassandra database as a managed service in the cloud — the company is equally known for its work providing Apache Kafka, Apache Spark and Elasticsearch.
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How to quickly setup an FTP server on Ubuntu 18.04
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How to set up high availability storage with GlusterFS on Ubuntu 18.04
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How To Switch Between Multiple PHP Versions In Ubuntu
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Use JQ to get a csv list of assets in aws with security groups, names, and ENI ID for tracking VPC Flows from JSON
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The Android Open Source Project now has a new lead
Jeff has a rich history in open source. He co-founded Savannah, where GNU software is developed and distributed, has spent 15 years working on Debian, and has been an Ubuntu core developer. Further, he spent some time on the Google Open Source team and was involved in open-sourcing Android back in 2008.
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Introducing the new lead for Android Open Source Project
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The Best Android Audio Apps 2018 – Audiophiles Edition
Last year 2017, we ran an article “Top 5 Best Music Player Apps for Android 2017” – and while it was a good introduction to some of the more popular music apps on Android, we focused primarily on the mainstream audio apps available at the time intended for the average music consumer.
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GitHub looses load-balancing open-source code on netops world [Ed: But GitHub is still a proprietary software company. It's just openwashing like Microsoft does.]
Putting a bunch of machines behind a single IP address is a common enough trick, however, Julienne wrote that there’s a particular challenge for an organization like GitHub: network changes are frequent, and many load balancing technologies can break if there’s a change in the server lineup.
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Scotiabank’s ‘PLATO’ team shows its serious about technology-first approach with open source release
Not only did Arbuckle detail how his team of engineers has used its public cloud deployments to completely transform how Scotiabank builds new applications and integrates them into business processes, he also announced the bank’s first open source software release to Github. Initializer is the first open source module of many to come from Scotiabank, each module a new piece of the bank’s own Accelerator product that serves as its own integrated development pipeline, which integrates the required security controls and approvals for code as they move through various stages of production.
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Apple's iOS Health Records has 75+ backers, uses open-source frameworks for easy adoption [Ed: openwashing Apple-centric malware (it’s proprietary) that’s hoovering up medical data, misusing privacy practices]
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g2k18 hackathon report: Ingo Schwarze on sed(1) bugfixing with Martijn van Duren, and about other small userland stuff
For the g2k18 Ljubljana hackathon, i decided to try and get rid of as many small userland tasks as possible. Lots of them have been piling up over time.
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The business rationale for an open source software internal audit [Ed: Commercials as 'articles' at IDG again. IDG isn't dead yet. But it's dying. And it's now owned by some Chinese entity, just like House as Fraser and other firms that get liquidated...]
There’s no debate about the value of using open source software (OSS) when building new business applications – cost, flexibility, quality and ease of use, to name a few – but its use comes with legal obligations and security vulnerabilities that can pose significant risks to organizations. To effectively pre-empt such risks, proactive OSS management is essential. To this end, conducting an audit of the use of OSS code can help companies get a handle on the emerging risk areas.
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Capital F ... As In Freedom
Today, Bryan Lunduke announces the immediate release of the first issue of 'Capital F', a magazine dedicated to all things Free Software and Free Culture. Made available free of charge, 'Capital F' is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
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WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Hackers Intercept & Manipulate Messages to Spread Fake News
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Google Bug Hunter Urges Apple to Change its iOS Security Culture
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Firefox experiment recommends articles based on your browsing
The new experiment is a cooperation between Mozilla and Laserlike. Laserlike is a startup that built a recommendation platform and the experiment taps into the data to provide recommendations.
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