Android Leftovers

• Samsung Galaxy A02 goes official with MediaTek MT6739W SoC and Android 10

• OnePlus brings the new OxygenOS 11 launcher to some older phones

• Poco X2 starts receiving Android 11 through MIUI 12.1 update: Everything that's new

• The Samsung Galaxy S10 Android 11 update is rolling out again

• Android 12 beta updates, features and what to expect from the new OS

• Top 9 Best Telemedicine Android Apps – 2021

• Tasker's Android phone automation connects with Google Assistant

• Motorola launches MOTOTRBO™ Smart Radio with full Android interface

• Google Chrome Canary is rolling out a Read Later feature to save articles on Android

• Google Lens on Android can now translate text while offline

• Netflix brings ‘studio-quality’ audio to Android devices with latest update

Latest on CentOS

• CentOS Linux ending because "Red Hat simply refused to invest in it" | TechRadar

• The killing of CentOS Linux: 'The CentOS board doesn't get to decide what Red Hat engineering teams do'

  Brian Exelbierd, responsible for Red Hat liaison with the CentOS project and a board member of that project, has told The Register that CentOS Linux is ending because Red Hat simply refused to invest in it. Early last month Red Hat shocked users of CentOS, a free community build of the same sources that make up the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), by revealing that CentOS Linux would cease and be replaced by CentOS Stream, a build of what is likely to be in the next RHEL update. What happened, and how is it possible that the supposedly independent CentOS project conformed to a change of direction that was not driven by the wishes of its own members? "Red Hat participates in lots of open-source projects and communities. Red Hat sponsors some open-source projects and communities," said Exelbierd. "CentOS is a sponsored project, we are the funding agent and we happen to also be a heavy contributor. We have learned that open-source communities do well with independence. We let those governing bodies govern."

• CloudLinux Hopes to Release CentOS Replacement AlmaLinux This Week | Data Center Knowledge

  It is one of two CentOS clones being built to fill the void left by Red Hat's unpopular decision to end CentOS's role as a downstream version of RHEL.

• CloudLinux Expands Its Extended Lifecycle Support Services to Cover More End-of-Life Linux Distributions | Business Wire

  CloudLinux announces the expansion of its affordable Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) services for Linux distributions, by providing its own updates and security patches for several years after expiration of the products’ end-of-life date. For example, support for CentOS 6 from Red Hat expired November 30 last year.

Linux at Home: Circuit Design with Linux

We are told by our governments that in the current crisis the single most important action we can take is to stay at home and minimise the amount of contact with others. The new variant of Covid-19 is much more transmissible than the virus’s previous version. The advice to stay safe is therefore even more important. It’s only with everyone abiding by the law can we protect our health services and save lives. In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can play its part, making the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged. The change of lifestyle enforced by Covid-19 is an opportunity to expand our horizons, and spend more time on activities we have neglected in the past. Now is a great time to take up a new hobby. How about learning to design circuits? The key to perfection is practice. Take any random circuit from the internet and start your designing. With this software, you’ll be able to practice, practice, practice.