An absolute ton of new announcements has been coming out of this week’s Microsoft Build 2020 virtual conference for Windows developers. Windows Terminal has just gone 1.0. The terminal itself is open source and is available for perusal and/or hacking at Github under the MIT license.
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While cutting-edge technologies may be the most appropriate for solving increasingly sophisticated business problems, companies need easy-to-use solutions. Simplifying modernization to facilitate its consumption by companies is one of the goals of the open-source software company SUSE.
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PHP and JavaScript developers need to pay close attention because different languages and frameworks have different rates of vulnerability. The management of open source libraries poses a major challenge for secure development as seven in 10 applications use at least one flawed open source library, according to a new study.
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The Linux Foundation has achieved a major milestone: formal status on the international standards front. Its Joint Development Foundation (JDF) received approval as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 Publicly Available Specification (PAS) Submitter, LF announced last week. This status gives JDF’s standards development projects a path to international standardization.
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When it comes to cloud-native open source projects, Kubernetes gets a lot of the press. And why wouldn’t it? You’ll find many open source projects in the Kubernetes ecosystem. These five are widely used and provide capabilities in a number of key areas relevant to developers, operations, or both.
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Leonardo Gonçalves da Silva had worked with Linux and open source for 20 years, including contributing to several projects. He was looking to shift his career towards cloud development based on Linux and the Kubernetes framework. He plans to use the scholarship to take the Kubernetes Fundamentals course to provide better service to his clients. In 2017, Leonardo heard about the Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarship program and submitted an application.
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Walmart has released new versions of its Onn tablets, starting at $99 and including some uncommon features for Android tablets in that price range, as spotted by 9to5Google. The new Onn Tablet Pro comes in eight-inch and 10.1-inch models. Both variants run Android 10 and use USB-C to charge.
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NVIDIA has added two new products to its EGX Edge AI platform — the EGX A100 for larger commercial off-the-shelf servers and the tiny EGX Jetson Xavier NX for micro-edge servers — delivering secure AI processing at the edge. The EGX A100 is the first edge AI product based on the Ampere architecture.
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Microsoft is adding GPU and graphical user interface (GUI) support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, pushing the intriguing Windows feature ever closer to becoming a full-fledged Linux instantiation. The company announced the changes during its digital Microsoft Build 2020 event for developers.
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For the first time, Microsoft is building Fluid Framework into a couple of key productivity apps, starting with Outlook and Office.com. In addition, the software giant is also open-sourcing the Fluid Framework and making the code available on GitHub within the next few weeks.
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