Ubuntu 19.04 is now officially in a Final Freeze stage. Its official release date is still scheduled for April 18. http://bit.ly/2UkQ0BJ

Happy 15th birthday to CentOS
Much admiration for your community's hard work and contributions all of these years. Read about the history of CentOS here:
https://blog.centos.org. (A fun look back!)

Canonical this morning announced the release of Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo". According to the press release, #ubuntu 19.04 is "on open infrastructure deployments, the developer desktop, IoT, and cloud to edge software distribution". ubuntu.com/download

OpenSSH 8.0 was released. The release has several new features and fixes a weakness with scp. http://bit.ly/2UIesSx

The challenges of decoding open source DNA | https://red.ht/2sTQhAk #TheOpenOrg

After 12 years in the making, SuperTuxKart 1.0 is here. Now you can play w/others online instead of split-screen. Also: various new game modes, such as "normal race, time trial, soccer mode, battle mode and the new Capture-The-Flag mode". http://bit.ly/2IBkRIF
#linux #gaming

YaCy is an open source, peer-to-peer search engine and intranet search appliance. Easily installed and setup as a snap for #ubuntu. Run a decentralized search engine on your own hardware in minutes.
snap install yacy-search
http://bit.ly/2GE01X9

A combination of Ubuntu Core, snaps and Kura can solve the limitations that come with Linux distributions for IoT edge gateway devices. https://bit.ly/2RvPy2h #IoT

Scientific Linux is being discontinued. According to BetaNews, the RHEL-based distro maintained by the scientific community at The Fermi National Laboratory and CERN will no longer be developed, and the organizations will switch to #CentOS. http://bit.ly/2XSDUlB

#Docker Hub suffers a #databreach,
Exposes sensitive information of 190,000 users,
Users should reset passwords,
#GitHub tokens and access keys have been revoked,
Check your GitHub / BitBucket repos for unauthorised access,
http://bit.ly/2IMdm1B

Parrot #Security 4.6 Ethical #Hacking OS Officially Released, Here's What's New https://buff.ly/2INC2aa #Linux #opensource

Goodbye Shadowman. Today #RedHat introduces a new logo.
https://red.ht/2VCTNPf
#linux

A Handy Battery Optimizer for #Ubuntu Laptops http://bit.ly/2GTA4Si

Copy Your Linux Install to a Different Partition or Drive
If you need to move your #Linux installation to a different hard drive or partition (and keep it working) and your distro uses #grub, this #oldbutgold tech tip is what you need. http://bit.ly/2J3bO3I #TechTips

Linus Torvalds Releases #Linux 5.1 With Lots Of New Features http://bit.ly/2H2SVu3

#Microsoft will soon include a custom-built full #Linux kernel in #Windows10 to underpin its newest version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2.0 (WSL 2)
http://bit.ly/2LtIuFu

#RedHat Enterprise 8 is now available. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is the operating system redesigned for the hybrid cloud era and built to support the workloads and operations that stretch from enterprise datacenters to multiple public clouds." https://red.ht/2JodLa9

#Ubuntu 19.10 is going to be called the Eoan Ermine release. #phoronix reports "An Ermine is a stoat, or a short-tailed weasel. Eoan, as a reminder, means 'relating to the dawn or the east.'... So Ubuntu 19.10 is the dawn of the short-tailed weasel and will be out in October."

Innovations on the Linux desktop: A look at Fedora 30's new features https://red.ht/2Wv8eCf

#Ubuntu Touch OTA-9 Released for Ubuntu Phones with a Refreshed Look, Improvements https://buff.ly/2WqKuPL
#UBports #Linux #opensource

Coming to Plasma 5.16: a new notification system with a fresh look and feel and updated, user-friendly settings. http://bit.ly/2Hg2fel