Open source is growing at an unbelievable rate and the #linuxfoundation is much more than #Linux!

#Flatpak 1.0 #Linux Application Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Is Almost Here and It Promises Awesome New Features
https://buff.ly/2tsiFcG
#FlatpakApps #opensource

Git 2.18 was released. The most significant new feature is the introduction of the wire protocol (protocol_v2), which is "designed to be much faster and is already being used at Google and elsewhere due to the significant performance benefits".
http://bit.ly/2Mj8wGV

Long live IRC! Major announcement at IRC.com. #IRC

Eclipse Che 6.6 has arrived! See what's new in the release notes: https://red.ht/2JIIxIb

Keep up to date with the #WorldCup scores and standings in your terminal with https://github.com/ManrajGrover/football-cli ⚽️

CorvOS: A custom, #Linux-based solution for the classroom: https://red.ht/2reoyZT

Eclipse Photon, "a quantum leap for computing", launched. This release "delivers native Eclipse IDE experiences for Rust and C# through Language Server based plugins".
bit.ly/2lEbV7R

‍ The original Unix shell was written by Ken Thompson sometime in 1971. In 1974-1975, John Mashey extended Thompson shell to add programming capabilities, producing Mashey shell. Stephen Bourne started working on a new shell early in 1976, to produce Bourne shell

The FreeBSD team has announced an update for the operating system's 11.x series. The new version, FreeBSD 11.2.
http://bit.ly/2yRwqr3

The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project's latest release:
http://bit.ly/2lEj3RF

Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Is Now Available to Download as Cinnamon, MATE & Xfce Editions https://buff.ly/2tCVRHO #Linux #opensource

MintBox Mini 2 Computers Now Ready to Ship Worldwide with Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Pre-Installed https://buff.ly/2N6P9SJ #linuxmint #Linux

Gentoo's GitHub account has been hacked and is temporarily locked down by #GitHub support.
http://bit.ly/2IC6ZcK

SUSE Linux Sold in $2.5 Billion Deal #linux #opensource
http://bit.ly/2Kyys4j

‍ "Dennis (Ritchie) is rather modest, and doesn’t tell you that the UNIX world has named the C compiler ‘the Ritchie compiler’ to distinguish it from other C translators”
An article from Microsystems, November 1984

‍ In 1989, Sun Microsystems launched SPARCstation 1/1+ featuring Sun's own SPARC RISC architecture, running SunOS 4 based on 4BSD UNIX. Price: $9,000-30,000. Ad from Computerworld, May 1989
SunOS 4 screenshot:
http://bit.ly/2KY5yYb
1+ boot screen:
http://bit.ly/2udNlyD

Open source is more than just chucking some code up on GitHub. #jrssnet breaks down what it really is (and what it's not): https://red.ht/2Hi4iNp