Matt Asay Joins Canonical as COO
Following the withdrawal of Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth from the day to day running of the company, and his replacement by Jane Silber, Matt Asay has now moved into the free post of chief operating officer.
Asay will be responsible for strategic goals and operational activities. The new man comes from the CMS provider, Alfresco, and according to Canonical's announcement, has vast experience in the world of open source. He is, for example, founder of the Open Source Conference and has worked as manager of the embedded Linux specialists, Lineo.
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Linux Mint 19.3 Will be Released by Christmas
The developers behind Linux Mint have announced 19.3 will be released by Christmas 2019.
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Linux Kernel 5.4 Released
A number of new changes and improvements have reached the Linux kernel.
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System76 To Design And Build Laptops In-House
In-house designed and built laptops coming from System76.
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News and views on the GPU revolution in HPC and Big Data:
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The PinePhone Pre-Order has Arrived
Anyone looking to finally get their hands on an early release of the PinePhone can do so as of November 15.
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Microsoft Edge Coming to Linux
Microsoft is bringing it’s new Chromium-based Edge browser to Linux.
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Open Invention Network Backs Gnome Project Against Patent Troll
OIN has deployed its legal team to find prior art.
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Fedora 31 Released
The latest version of Fedora comes with new packages and libraries.
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openSUSE OBS Can Now Build Windows WSL Images
openSUSE enables developers to build their own WSL distributions.
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Sudo Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the sudo package gives sudo users more powers than they deserve.