Microsoft Virtual Studio Code editor is widely used by developers around the world. It is an Open Source software that is available for download under MIT license. The problem is that official binary compilations are not exactly the same as the public source code. They include a telemetry system enabled by default with a series of components that track the actions performed within the editor.
The next version of the UDS Enterprise VDI broker will include a new service provider highly demanded by the community. This is Proxmox Virtual Environment, a KVM-based Open Source virtualization platform, very easy to install and manage.
The change from a proprietary to a free and Open Source environment is often looked on with mistrust by employees, especially when it involves adapting to something new. The municipality of Eyüpsultan in Turkey decided to implement the Open Source model for their computer desktops. They managed to do it successfully and with great criticism from users following a simple premise: the new Open Source desktops had to look a lot like the ones used by workers.
The Administration and Services staff of the Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) are using virtual desktops managed and deployed by UDS Enterprise to work from home during the health crisis due to Covid-19. “From the first day that the university closed its facilities, this solution has allowed all the staff to work remotely, accessing their work tools with a simple web browser. Thanks to UDS Enterprise, they have been able to keep on working in a very similar way as they had done at the university,” explains Xavier Pons, Head of the infrastructure area at the UIB Information Technology Center.
Mobile gaming company King has decided to share the source code of the Defold graphics engine. This cross-platform software has always been free. The company has now gone a step further by releasing the source code and making it available to all users at GitHub.
