The weekly message that Linus Torvalds sends to the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) has come with an unexpected surprise: Torvalds announces he’s going to get temporarily out from the project. The creator of Linux explains in the statement that he will take a break “to change some of my behavior” and includes those that seem sincere apologies for his inappropriate behavior in the public and private discussions he has held with certain developers.
UDS Enterprise is the only VDI and vApp connection broker compatible with XCP-ng, a fully Open Source hypervisor based on XenServer. The XCP-ng team has verified the seamless integration of both solutions and has granted UDS Enterprise the XCP-ng Ready certification.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States and the Linux Foundation have joined efforts to create the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF). This organization was born with the aim to provide “a neutral forum for Open Source software developers in the motion picture and broader media industries to share resources and collaborate on technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation and sound”, as explained in the official announcement.
If you’re facing the challenge of building a GNU/Linux system from scratch, there is a distribution that can make things easier for you. Linux From Scratch (LFS) guides you step by step to create a Linux OS from the source code of the packages. This distro receives regular updates as they are implemented in the Linux kernel and in its basic GNU tools.
The development team of the Linux independent distro KaOS has announced the availability of a new ISO. KaOS 2018.08 includes new features for KDE applications: the Dolphin context menu has been updated and the Settings have been revamped. In addition, Gwenview has been redesigned and Spectacle now has new options that improve its usability.
The new WDI solution for virtual desktops in the cloud with UDS Enterprise as connection broker that was released by our Authorized Partner Walhalla Cloud, the availability of UDS Enterprise in Russian thanks to another of our partners, SharxDC, and the I OpenGnsys Conference, where our software was described as the cornerstone of several technological projects of great use for the academic environment have been the topics of our blog that more interest have awakened during the summer months.
