Red Hat News: Flatpak, CloudLinux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4

• Flatpak 0.9.4 Adds Extra Layer of Performance Improvements When Installing Apps

• CloudLinux 7's Latest Beta Kernel Improves Fix for CVE-2017-7895 Security Issue

  CloudLinux's Mykola Naugolnyi informed the community today about the availability of yet another Beta kernel security update for those running the latest CloudLinux 7 operating system.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 OS Enters Beta, Promises New Security Features

• Ready for more Red Hat? RHEL 7.4 beta released

  For a change of pace, here is a Red Hat's announcement that isn't mostly about clouds and containers. Instead, the news about the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 is largely about new and updated features to help organizations bolster security and compliance, streamline management and automation, and improve systems administration.

Gaming News

• The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk to release July 13th with Linux support, new trailer

  The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk [Steam] will release with Linux support on July 13th and they have just shown off the first trailer.

• Pizza Connection 3 simulation and management game to release with Linux support

  https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/pizza-connection-3-simulation-and-management-game-to-release-with-linux-support.9693

• The developers of Stardrift Nomads are looking for testers of their Linux build

• Post Human W.A.R, a pretty decent looking strategy game might come to Linux with enough requests

  Post Human W.A.R [Steam, Official Site] is a turn-based, tactical and psychological strategy game set in an absurd and original post-apocalyptic world. According to the developer, they may do a Linux version if enough people ask.

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III releasing for Linux on June 8th

today's leftovers

• 4 cool Kubernetes tools for mastering clusters

  Kubernetes, the cluster manager for containerized workloads, is a hit. With the Big K doing the heavy lifting in load balancing and job management, you can turn your attention to other matters. But like nearly every open source project, it's a work in progress, and almost everyone who works with Kubernetes will find shortcomings, rough spots, and annoyances. Here are four projects that lighten the load that comes with administering a Kubernetes cluster.

• Skyport Systems Extends Secure Server Protection to Hybrid Cloud Edge

  Skyport Systems is a security vendor that first emerged from stealth three years ago in May 2015 and has raised $67 million in venture funding to date. The core promise behind Skyport is secure hardware attestation, with the company's SkySecure server hardware platform.

• FontBase – A Beautiful Font Manager for Designers

  FontBase is a cross-platform font manager with a beautifully designed UI and a well-organized panel layout. It is free and just as fast, stable, and reliable as several paid apps in its category.

• Wine Staging 2.8 Improves Support for Star Wars: The Old Republic, StarCraft

  The Wine Staging team announced the release of version 2.8 of the open-source compatibility layer for running Windows programs on top of Linux-based operating systems.

• Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai Are Out Now on Linux and SteamOS

• SteamOS Now Based on Debian 8.8 with Linux 4.11, Uses Mesa Instead of AMDGPU-PRO

• 10 Linux distributions for developers

  Linux distributions geared toward casual desktop users are important, but developers also need to use Linux. Developers have different needs than other users, so certain distributions can be better than others for development purposes. But which distros are well suited for developers?

• Libre OS USB : Your Portable System [TechPhylum Exclusive Review]

  Libre OS USB is not yet released to the public as it needs crowd-funding to be released on a larger scale and keep it maintained. Once released Libre OS USB will be completely free for everyone and will release a new version on every Long Term Support version of Ubuntu. Furthermore, intermediate versions on every Ubuntu release will also be made available to the public.

• Tails 3.0 Anonymous Live OS Gets a Release Candidate, Upgrades to Tor 0.3.0.7

• 4MParted 22.0 Disk Partitioning Live CD Enters Beta Based on GParted 0.28.1

  4MLinux developer and founder Zbigniew Konojacki‏ is informing Softpedia today about the release and immediate availability for download of the Beta version of the upcoming 4MParted 22.0 open-source disk partitioning live OS. 4MParted is a freely distributed live system that users can deploy on a USB flash drive or CD/DVD disc and use it independently of the operating system installed on a personal computer to manipulate partitions. The Beta release of the upcoming 4MParted 22.0 version is based on 4MLinux 22.0 and GParted 0.28.1.

• SMB on openSUSE Conference

  The conference program is impressive and if you can make it, you should consider stopping by.

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