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 Government of Poland is increasing the adoption of Linux. The Social Insurance Institution of this country (ZUS for its acronym in Polish) has implemented an integrated virtualization solution for Linux servers. The installation and maintenance of this infrastructure is carried out by the Polish company Linux Polska. Over the next three years, they will provide 24×7 support to this institution.
The KDE team has announced the availability of a new version of the popular desktop Plasma, which comes with the last name LTS, which means that it has extended support. That is, Plasma 5.18 will be the stable version for the next two years. Of course, it will receive periodic updates to polish and improve its functionalities.
The Red Hat community distribution based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code and designed for business use, CentOS 8.1, is now available for download. This new version incorporates all the news of RHEL 8.1 and some included in the previous release.
The elementary OS development team has announced the release of the latest update of this Linux operating system. Elementary OS 5.1 Hera uses the same repositories and libraries as version 5.0 Juno, but adds a number of interesting new features that improve the user experience.
Linux is the safest operating system when it comes to the possibility of receiving malicious advertising campaigns. This conclusion is drawn from a study published by the security firm DEVCON, in which they ensure that the majority of online ads hiding malware are targeted to Windows OS. These campaigns are designed for the user to click on a link and be redirected to a fraudulent site or to download any type of virus and thus infect the device.
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