Linux Kernel 5.12 RC-1 Released with Many ARM Board Support

The merge window for Linux Kernel 5.12 is closed and with that, Linux Kernel 5.12 RC-1 (release candidate) is now released for testing. This release brings many new features and improvements.

Android Leftovers

• LG democratizes Web OS to take on Android TV, Tizen OS, and others

• Xiaomi relaunches MiTalk as a Clubhouse clone for Android and iOS in China - Gizmochina

• Video: Best Free Photo Editor Apps for Android (Feb 2021): Edit Photos Like a Pro... on Your Phone! | NDTV Gadgets 360

• Galaxy S21 Ultra’s Best Camera Feature Coming To Other Android Phones

• Best Android app deals of the day: 9th Dawn III, more - 9to5Toys

• Tip: Nearby Share has the same tap-to-send NFC support as Android Beam

• Google releases a Jetpack library for Android Auto, preps two new APIs

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Ubuntu - the Linux distribution - has been around for 17 years. Over that time many projects and initiatives have been started, some successful, others less so. Not everything we try can work out, but as a group, we should feel empowered to try. The Ubuntu community isn’t quite the same as it was back in 2004-2010, and nobody I know argues that it is. People who were keen and active contributors may have had circumstantial changes which meant they moved on. Some took on new responsibilities, work, or started family. Some, sadly, have passed away. Over time though, new people discover Linux in general, and Ubuntu specifically. There’s a lot of institutional knowledge in the heads of those of us who’ve been around a long time. There are also plenty of documents squirrelled away on the Ubuntu Wiki, the website and in mailing list archives and forums & discourse pages. New people can feel overwhelmed by the entrenched knowledge and processes. We should improve that onboarding process. Over the last couple of years some fresh new faces have joined the Ubuntu community. Some have collaborated with existing developers, started new projects and built new Ubuntu Remixes. Whether I personally use them and whether they’re successfull (however you measure that) or not doesn’t matter. What matters is they played with the technology enough to build something on the shoulders of previous developers. I love this facet of Ubuntu.