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

‍ News for Thursday, July 12: freenode Launches New Job Board, Two More Spectre Security Holes Discovered, Debian Joins KDE's Advisory Board, Android Malware Found in the Google Play Store and Stable Kernels Released
http://bit.ly/2L4bSkd
#kde #Spectre
#android #malware #Linux

Thinking about moving to #blockchain? Here's how to tell if it's right for your organization: https://red.ht/2HWGRcM

Updated Debian 9: 9.5 released https://dlvr.it/QbXlKY
#debian

#Windows #Server 2016 vs. #FreeBSD 11.2 vs. 8 #Linux Distributions Performance Benchmarks, some reference tests done on a great #Tyan #Xeon Scalable server.
http://bit.ly/2NSov0b

‍‍ Stephen Bourne started working on a new shell early in 1976. Bourne shell was officially the default shell in Unix Version 7, released in 1979. In 1978 he published the following article in The Bell Technical Journal (an abridged version of this article appeared in BYTE, 1983)

React, Vue and Hyperapp Compared: http://bit.ly/2uFnbVF
(Based around a simple counter example.)

Here is a selection of some of the companies who have chosen #Canonical and #Ubuntu to help run their operations!
https://bit.ly/2NEVeGe

#PowerShell is now available as a snap!
bit.ly/2uR3I4l

European Space Agency's 5G Satellite Networks are being powered by #UbuntuCore and #snaps
https://bit.ly/2NEVeGe

DIY: Build a Custom Minimal Linux Distribution from Source by #pkoutoupis. Follow along with this step-by-step guide to build your own distribution from source and learn how it installs, loads and runs.
http://bit.ly/2LdX5Ez
#Linux #DIY #distribution

‍ NetBSD 8.0!!!
- Audio mixing!
- W^X!
- ASLR, with userland built as PIE!
- Reproducible build!
- x86 spectre mitigations!
- SMAP! (to go with SMEP, already available!)
- USB3!
- nvidia graphical acceleration!
http://bit.ly/2uXAb98

#Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Released, Available to Download Now
https://buff.ly/2OknHl2
#ubuntu #Linux #opensource