At the end of last week the Asturian parliament marked a milestone in the adoption of Free Software in Spain. The majority of the deputies voted “yes” to the proposal made by the Pica Pica HackLab group so that the administration of this autonomous community joins the international campaign Public money? Public Code! launched by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE).
Security experts at Check Point have discovered a new Trojan that exploits vulnerabilities in six Linux distributions and macOS devices. This malware is able to implement a backdoor in the system that dodges the antivirus and other security solutions installed on the devices.
Netflix, the popular platform to watch series and movies online, is built with free software. The network of servers that allows users to watch online content at any time and from anywhere runs FreeBSD, a free and very powerful operating system.
Like every month, we’re collecting here the most read articles in our blog. This past January, our followers were first interested in the release of the new version of the VDI and vApp connection broker UDS Enterprise 2.2.1.
The next topic that aroused most interest was the Free Software University Contest called by several Spanish university centers.
In third position, the use of virtual desktops by the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) to resolve certain technical limitations and thus be able to successfully perform the public exams to the auxiliary staff of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands.
The Government of France has launched an interesting initiative to promote the development of Open Source software nationwide. It is called “Blue Hats, hackers of general interest” and is a community made up of software developers and IT specialists from within and outside the public sector interested in contributing to Open Source projects promoted by the central administration.
IDC Research Spain has announced the 10 technological predictions that will shape this year 2019. As a main data, according to the studies they have conducted, the technological cost for digital transformation will exceed 47,500 million euros.
