Linus Torvalds On Where Rust Will Fit Into Linux
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a ZDNet article, written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Linux is the poster-child for the C language. But times change. The Rust language has been slowly gathering support for use as a system language in Linu.....»»
Microsoft To Add Support for Linux GUI Apps on Windows 10 Later This Year
Microsoft is making the promised support for Linux graphical user interface (GUI) apps on Windows 10 available to customers as of the next Windows 10 release, officials said on May 25. Microsoft officials made the announcement on Day 1 of its virtual.....»»
What Python Creator Guido van Rossum Thinks of Rust, Go, Julia, and TypeScript
Python's creator Guido van Rossum shared his opinions on other programming languages during a new hour-long interview with Microsoft's principle cloud advocate manager. Some of the highlights: Rust: "It sounds like it's a great language — for.....»»
First stable release of Sublime Text 4 has arrived
Sublime Text 4 offers numerous UI and tab improvements to enhance workflow, Apple Silicon and Linux ARM64 support, a rewritten auto complete engine, and much more......»»
Linux 5.13 Reverts and Fixes Problematic University of Minnesota Patches
An anonymous reader shares a report: One month ago the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel when it was revealed the university researchers were trying to intentionally submit bugs into the kernel via new patches a.....»»
SUSE IPO Disappoints
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Swedish private equity firm EQT had high hopes for its SUSE IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and set the European Linux and cloud power's IPO price at 30 euros per share. Alas, SUSE's shares opened.....»»
Wheat hybrid necrosis gene Ne2 provides leaf rust resistance and valuable for breeding new cultivars
Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt) is a destructive foliar disease that threatens world wheat production. Breeding and deployment of resistant cultivars are the most profitable and environmental friendly method to prevent disease loss.....»»
Linux on Chromebooks is Finally Coming Out of Beta
Linux on Chromebooks is finally coming out of beta with the release of Chrome OS 91, Google said at its developer I/O conference. From a report: The company had offered Linux apps on Chrome OS alongside Android apps, hoping to reach an audience of de.....»»
System76 Unveils Open Source "Launch Configurable Keyboard" for Linux, Windows, and macOS
System76 today unveiled its newest product -- the "Launch Configurable Keyboard." It is a mechanical keyboard made in the USA with a focus on open source. The Launch has both open source firmware and hardware. Even the configuration software -- which.....»»
Hivelocity adds AlmaLinux to custom server options
Hivelocity, a global provider of Dedicated Server and Private Cloud solutions, has announced new options to their premium custom server which now include AlmaLinux OS. As an open-source Linux distribution, it is developed for and around the CloudLinu.....»»
Linus Torvalds Weighs in on Commercial Users of Open Source Code
This week Linus Torvalds continued a long email interview with Jeremy Andrews, founding partner/CEO of Tag1 (a global technology consulting firm and the second all-time leading contributor to Drupal). In the first part Torvalds had discussed everythi.....»»
Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Agriculture Infrastructure Project
"The Linux Foundation has lifted the lid on a new open source digital infrastructure project aimed at the agriculture industry," reports VentureBeat: The AgStack Foundation, as the new project will be known, is designed to foster collaboration amon.....»»
Why is F34 the Most Popular Fedora Linux in Years?
This week ZDNet dedicated an article to "the most popular Fedora Linux in years." Red Hat's community Linux distribution Fedora has always been popular with open-source and Linux developers, but this latest release, Fedora 34 seems to be something s.....»»
Linus Torvalds Reflects In New Interview on Linux"s Earliest Days
Linus Torvalds gave a long new email interview to Jeremy Andrews, founding partner/CEO of Tag1 (a global technology consulting firm and the second all-time leading contributor to Drupal). Torvalds discusses everything from the creation of Git, licens.....»»
New Malware Found Lurking In 64-Bit Linux Installs
syn3rg shares a report from ZDNet: A Linux backdoor recently discovered by researchers has avoided VirusTotal detection since 2018. Dubbed RotaJakiro, the Linux malware has been described by the Qihoo 360 Netlab team as a backdoor targeting Linux 64-.....»»
Rust Programming Language: We Want To Take It Into the Mainstream, Says Facebook
Facebook has joined the Rust Foundation, the organization driving the Rust programming language, alongside Amazon Web Services, Google, Huawei, Microsoft, and Mozilla. From a report: Facebook is the latest tech giant to ramp up its adoption of Rust,.....»»
Linux Stops Reverting Most University of Minnesota Patches, Admits Good Faith
destinyland writes: LWN has a terrific update what's happened since the discovery of University of Minnesota researchers intentionally submitting buggy code to the Linux kernel: The writing of a paper on this research [PDF] was not the immediate ca.....»»
Linux kernel team rejects University of Minnesota researchers’ apology
UMN researchers probed for weaknesses in patch approval—Greg K-H wasn't amused. Enlarge / Do not anger the penguin, for it is long of memory and slow to forgive. (credit: DJRPhoto36 / Flickr) Last week, senior Linux kernel developer Greg Kro.....»»
Greg Kroah-Hartman Rejects Apology from University of Minnesota Researchers
Saturday University of Minnesota researchers emailed the Linux kernel mailing list apologizing for submitting buggy code as part of a research project to see whether it would be accepted. Late Saturday night, the kernel team's Greg Kroah-Hartman re.....»»
University of Minnesota Researchers Send Apology to Linux Kernel Mailing List
Earlier this week Greg Kroah-Hartman of the Linux kernel development team banned the University of Minnesota from contributing after researchers there submitted what he called "obviously-incorrect patches" believed to be part of a research project in.....»»
Microsoft Previews "Rust for Windows"
From Mike Melanson's "This Week in Programming" column: "The Rustening at Microsoft has begun," tweeted Microsoft distinguished engineer Miguel de Icaza. What de Icaza is referring to is a newly-offered course by Microsoft on taking the first ste.....»»