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Links 31/10/2015: Twitch's Arch Linux Challenge, GNOME 3.19.1





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GNU/Linux



Free Software/Open Source



  • Using open source in the enterprise - 11 CIOs embracing free and open source software
    Open source enterprise use cases appear to be on the rise, at least anecdotally, with an increasing number of CIOs, IT directors and Chief Technology Officers telling CIO UK about investigating and adopting free and open source alternatives to proprietary software as they seek to gain freedom and flexibility, cut costs, increase agility, improve code quality and avoid vendor lock-in.

    UK businesses it seems have also finally conquered their "irrational fears" of open source and security fears are also on the wane, reports have suggested.

    The most recent studies by the non-profit Linux Foundation in its Enterprise End User Trends reports have revealed year on year increases in Linux deployments over the last four years, with the open operating system seeing particular growth as a platform for cloud computing.


  • Neo4j Launches Open Source Graph Query Language openCypher
    Neo4j graph NoSQL database team launches open source graph query language called openCypher. Neo Technology, the company behind the graph database, announced last week at GraphConnect Conference, the launch of the open source project that will be available to technology providers as a common language for querying graph data.


  • Tor Project launches encrypted anonymous chat app to the public
    The Tor Project has launched the beta version of Tor Messenger, an easy-to-use encrypted message client for those concerned about their privacy and potential surveillance.


  • Keeping Open Source Code Safe: 5 Tips for the Enterprise
    Many organizations use static analysis security testing (SAST) and dynamic analysis security testing (DAST) for monitoring, but while these tools are excellent for finding bugs in code written by internal developers, they are not effective in detecting known open source vulnerabilities in application code. In fact, open source vulnerabilities are far too complex to be found by these automated tools.


  • Events



  • Web Browsers



  • SaaS/Big Data



    • Why Contributing to OpenStack Makes Sense for Vendors
      At the OpenStack Summit here, there have been a number of common themes and questions that keep surfacing. Time and again panels are discussing why contributions matter and how Amazon is or isn't the competition.

      One such panel session was titled "The OpenStack Orchestra: The Next Wave of OpenStack Specialist Startups," and included executives from Mirantis, Tesora, SwiftStack and PLUMgrid.


    • OpenStack Tokyo: The Ascendance of Cloud Networking
      Networking has always been a part of the open source OpenStack cloud platform, but it has never been more popular, or as exciting as it is now. At the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo, one of the hottest topics is networking, as organizations of all sizes turn to the cloud for Software Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization capabilities.


    • Why HP Helion public cloud went down for the count




  • Oracle/Java/LibreOffice



    • LibreOffice 5.1 to launch bug hunting session
      LibreOffice 5.1 Alpha has launched, ready for the weekend. Enthusiasts and community members will be able to grab the software and partake in the first Bug Hunting Session from Friday October 30th to Sunday November 1st. The final build of LibreOffice 5.1 is expected to launch in February next year.




  • BSD



    • Deweloperzy OpenBSD: Henning Brauer
      I’m Henning, not 20 any more, OpenBSD developer since 2002. I architected & wrote large parts of pf, started, architected and wrote large parts of bgpd and ntpd. The imsg & privsep framework I wrote for bgpd is in almost all newer OpenBSD daemons. I also worked a lot in the network stack, including many redesigns. One of the last bigger projects I did was the replacement of the queueing subsystem.




  • FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC



    • GNU Hurd 0.7 & GNU Mach 1.6 Released
      Stepping ahead of the Linux 4.3 release is a Halloween release of GNU Hurd 0.7, GNU Mach 1.6, and GNU MIG 1.6.

      GNU Hurd 0.7 improves the node cache for the EXT2 file-system code (ext2fs), improves the native fakeroot tool, provides a new rpcscan utility, fixes a long-standing synchronization issue with the file-system translators and other components, and the Hurd code has been ported to work with newer GCC versions and libc.


    • Library of Congress issues limited exemptions to DMCA anti-circumvention provisions but leaves users without full control over their own computing
      The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contains provisions penalizing the circumvention of "technological protection measures". These measures are digital jails denying users access to the software and other digital works they possess, preventing them from examining or changing the software on their devices. While such measures are nominally meant to protect copyrighted works, in reality they function as unacceptable restrictions on computer user freedom. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) opposes such Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) systems. The FSF further opposes the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, and demands that Congress repeal those provisions. Other countries with similar laws should follow suit.

      Every three years, the Library of Congress reviews proposals granting limited exemptions from the DMCA's broad ban on users controlling the software and data on devices encumbered with DRM. This flawed process is meant to lessen the DMCA's harm by giving user rights advocates an opportunity to request exemptions allowing circumvention in particular cases. Even when such petitions succeed, the resulting exemptions last only three years, meaning that advocates must repeatedly fight to retain the limited ground they won.




  • Licensing



  • Openness/Sharing



  • Programming



    • PHP 7.0 RC6 Released Ahead Of PHP 7.0 Final On 12 November
      PHP 7.0 RC6 was released today for what may be the final release candidate ahead of PHP 7.0.0's official premiere in two weeks.


    • Ceylon 1.2 Brings New Language Features
      Ceylon, the programming language based on Java and developed at Red Hat, is out with a new version of this programming language that can be lowered down into JavaScript.


    • PyPy 4.0.0 Released - A Jit with SIMD Vectorization and More
      We’re pleased and proud to unleash PyPy 4.0.0, a major update of the PyPy python 2.7.10 compatible interpreter with a Just In Time compiler. We have improved warmup time and memory overhead used for tracing, added vectorization for numpy and general loops where possible on x86 hardware (disabled by default), refactored rough edges in rpython, and increased functionality of numpy.


    • PyPy 4.0 Released For Speedy Python
      PyPy 4.0.0 was released today as a major update for this Python 2.7 interpreter and JIT compiler.






Leftovers



Recent Techrights' Posts

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