LF Networking has introduced what it describes as the first open source platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for 5G network functions. The project aims to enhance general PaaS functions from existing open source efforts for specialized telecommunications requirements. It is designed to enable more cloud deployments among network operators.
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Fedora 32 is far more than just a workstation distribution. It uses the Linux Kernel 5.6 and also includes WireGuard virtual private network (VPN) support and USB4 support. The new Fedora also comes with a feature that, if you’re using a PC without much memory, will come in handy: EarlyOOM.
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Raspberry Pi has announced a new High Quality Camera add-on, available for $50. It turns your diminutive credit card-sized computer into a fully-fledged digital camera with the variable focus you’d expect from a DSLR. The lens should appeal to camera hackers who have long used the Raspberry Pi alongside DSLR cameras.
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Here is some great news for developers keen to learn more about the family of open source projects! The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) has launched a hub for Cloud Foundry-related tutorials for new users. The tutorials have been created and curated by the community.
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Conferences, summits, forums, and other events have been canceled worldwide in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. These events are one of the most common ways technology professionals keep their skills and knowledge up to date, so these cancellations have a huge impact on the community. We’ve compiled some alternative ways of meeting this need below.
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This week, theCUBE spotlights Women in Open Source Award winners Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Netha Hussa in its Women in Tech feature. Byrd-Sanicki was recognized based on her commitment to open source over more than a decade, both in her current position at Google and her past work at Drupal Association.
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The team behind the open source Tern tools for scanning container images has released an update. Originally developed by VMware, the 2.0 release of Tern addresses a Dockerfile issue that occurs when the base digest changes because the packages that make up the base image have changed.
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Is your company looking for the means to visualize and present data for easier analysis? Open source tool Metabase is here to help. This is a powerful tool that can help your business make sense of all that data you’ve collected. And it won’t cost your business penny to use.
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Facebook has released a startlingly lifelike chatbot, dubbed Blender, as an open-source resource for AI research. The company claims that Blender is the single largest open-source chatbot created to date. It’s been trained on a whopping 9.4 billion parameters — nearly 4x as many as Google’s Meena.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges that are already in place. How will this pandemic change the way many industries operate? How polymorphic technologies by Polyverse protect Linux-powered systems to keep remote work secure? Don Maclean, Chief Cyber Security Technologist at DLT Solutions, has answers to these questions. Read More at TFiR
Making Linux The ‘Most Secure’ OS For Remote Working
