Orange Pi 3 SBC is now available. The open-source hardware platform, Allwinner H6-based Orange Pi 3 SBC is now available for $30, or for $40 with 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. http://bit.ly/2U4PI20

Ubuntu Core 18 released for secure, reliable IoT devices https://bit.ly/2T489Uo #IoT #ubuntu

All #Debian & #Ubuntu users (as well as users of derivatives, #LinuxMint, Ubuntu MATE, #Kubuntu, #Lubuntu & #Xubuntu) should update APT immediately. There's a vulnerability allowing a remote attacker to trick APT into installing malicious packages. http://bit.ly/2AYVD1w

#Debian GNU/Linux 9.7 "Stretch" Released with Patched APT Package Manager https://buff.ly/2RHTBxc #debian #Linux #opensource

GNU Ring, the universal and distributed communication platform which is implemented as free software, is now called GNU Jami. #jami features a decentralized architecture, end-to-end encryption, and a strong commitment to freedom and privacy: http://bit.ly/2B52h6t

Bio-Linux: A stable, portable scientific research Linux distribution | https://red.ht/2BAsuue

Remember the glorious Pentium 4? A $35 Raspberry Pi 3 is twice as fast.

Researchers have released "Aztarna," an open-source framework to help engineers identify vulnerable Robots and Industrial Routers connected to the Internet.

http://bit.ly/2CPJood

A quick scan revealed almost 106 open ROS systems & 9000 insecure industrial routers worldwide.

Linux File Search Tool ‘Catfish’ Just Got Even Faster http://bit.ly/2WrnfWd

Introducing Spirit Animal, an electric guitar w/a Raspberry Pi synthesizer built in. The guitar "permits screen-sharing, updates, and control via SSH, the guitar allows access to the Pi's Ethernet port and wireless functionality." http://bit.ly/2Rr3Z7x

#KodiTV 18.0 "Leia" is now available for all supported platforms. This major release features support for gaming emulators, ROMs and controls; DRM decryption support; significant improvements to the music library; live TV improvements; and much more. http://bit.ly/2RXWI4e

Important: Ubuntu 18.04 needs to be patched to fix several security bugs. #ZDNet reports that Canonical is updating #Ubuntu 18.04 to a new kernel, 4.15.0-44.47, which contains 11 security fixes. The most addresses problems with the ext4 filesystem. https://zd.net/2S6w4pN

Troubleshooting hardware problems in Linux | red.ht/2R9UCNl

Middle school students are learning how to make "broken" computers useful again with #Linux and #opensource software: https://red.ht/2N6VFbx

#ZaReason debuted its new Gamerbox 9400, "the ultimate Linux gaming PC". The Gamebox runs #Ubuntu 18.04, with a 64-bit Pentium 3.8Ghz G5500 Coffee Lake processor and 8GB of DDR4 memory.
http://bit.ly/2TvUSEu

If you’re a fan of Netflix, you should definitely be a fan of freebsd. If you didn’t know, #FreeBSD is what powers the popular streaming service. Read more about how #Netflix utilizes FreeBSD to stream its content. #OpenSource #Storage #Server
http://bit.ly/2Serq9h

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr End of Life https://bit.ly/2DTLzst #Ubuntu

Security researchers have discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in LibreOffice, #softpedianews reports. Evidently "the flaw can be exploited with just a malicious ODT document that includes code for running a macro with a mouse-hover action." http://bit.ly/2SBKQEk

Google open-sources ClusterFuzz, a tool that automates bug detection in software via distributed fuzzing infrastructure
http://bit.ly/2WQZiHZ
ClusterFuzz has found ~16,000 bugs in Chrome and ~11,000 bugs in over 160 open source projects integrated with OSS-Fuzz.

Canonical Apologizes for Boot Failure in #Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 LTS, Fix Available Now https://buff.ly/2WQJfde #ubuntu #Linux #opensource

Microsoft joins open-source compliance group!

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