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FOSS Weekly #11 - Linux Kernel updates, DreamWork's OpenMoonRay, Distro releases, and other news
Sai Phanindra
August 06, 2022
Lots of exciting updates this week, including tons of projects releases and new announcements.
🐧 Linux Updates
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 5.19 from his M2 MacBook Air running Asahi [lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2207.3/07437.html]
Rust for Linux Kernel updates [phoronix.com/news/Rust-For-Linux-v9-Patches]
Ubuntu 22.04.1 release delayed due to Snap bug [discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-1-delayed-until-august-11/29859]
Slax 15.0 released based on Slackware after 9 years [slax.org/blog/27433-Releasing-Slax-15.0-based-on-Slackware...]
Linux user share on Steam is at its highest at 1.23% now [gamingonlinux.com/2022/08/linux-user-share-on-steam...]
Dell's new Linux landing page includes Linux Workstations, Laptops, and Desktops [dell.com/en-us/work/lp/linux-systems]
🗞️ Open Source News
Outreachy December internships applications open for students, mentors, and sponsors [outreachy.org/apply]
Gitlab backtracks on its plans to delete inactive projects [theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/]
DreamWorks Animation plans to open source the MoonRay renderer later this year. [openmoonray.org/about]
GlobalFoundries joins Google’s open source silicon initiative, releases Process Design Kit [opensource.googleblog.com/GlobalFoundries-joins-Googles-open-source..]
Microsoft has open sourced its model Open Source Software Secure Supply Chain (SSC) Framework [github.com/microsoft/oss-ssc-framework]
📝 Latest Releases
GoDot Engine [github.com/godotengine/godot/releases]
NetBSD 9.3 [netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_3_released]
OBS Studio 28.0 Beta [obsproject.com/obs-studio-28-0-beta.158248/]
Peppermint OS based on Devuan [peppermintos.com/peppermint-os-release...]
Django 4.1 [docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/4.1/]
Go 1.19 [go.dev/blog/go1.19]
Windows Subsystem for Linux 0.65.1 [github.com/microsoft/WSL/../0.65.1]
💡 Other Stuff
This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/08/twig-55/]
This Week in KDE [pointieststick.com/2022/08/05/this-week-in-kde...]
Apache news this week [blogs.apache.org/.../the-apache-news-round-up]
Scale19x review [adventuresinoss.com/2022/08/01/2022-scale-19x-day-four/]
India FOSS 2.0 review [nadh.in/blog/reflections-on-indiafoss-2022/]
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