today's leftovers
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The Open-Source Linux Letdowns of 2015
While this year there were many great achievements in the Linux/open-source space with a ton of new innovations, exciting free software project releases, and much more (I'll have a recap of the best of 2015 in the days ahead), there were sadly many things that didn't pan out or materialize this year. Here's a look at the open-source and Linux letdowns of 2015.
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IBM, JPMorgan, and Others Join Forces to Create Their Own Blockchain
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IBM Launches Open-Source Blockchain Project Backed By Linux and Big Banks
Blockchain is a digital ledger that can be used to create secure, cost-efficient business networks that do not require a centralised point of control.
Speaking to Wired, Linux Foundation head Jim Zemlin defrayed possible discussion about a "proprietary" blockchain for the "majors", emphasising that Open Ledger - which the same report mentions may end up being named "Hyperledger" - is designed not only to be more flexible and instance-based but also is meant to collaborate with other blockchain infrastructures, commenting "We have a lot of confidence in this process".
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State of Sway - December 2015
For those who are new to the project, sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. That is, your existing i3 configuration file will work as-is on sway, and your keybindings will be the same and the colors and font configuration will be the same, and so on. It’s i3, but on Wayland.
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Wine 1.9 Is the First Version in the New Development Branch
The Wine developers have just revealed the new 1.9 development version of the Wine is now available for download, marking the launch of a new branch.
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The Google Code-in and the WikiToLearn Community
Over the past few weeks, I have been participating in the Google Code-in, which has been a blast. For those who aren't familiar, the idea for the code-in came from the Google Summer of Code, which is for college students. They wanted to create one for high schoolers, with less commitment. To do this they created the task-based code-in.
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Manjaro Linux Deepin 15.12 Has Been Released
As you may know, Deepin Linux is a free and open-source Debian-derivative (former Ubuntu-derivative) system that uses a beautiful desktop environment called Deepin.
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Announcing Li-f-e 42.1
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SUSE Updates Enterprise Open Source OS with Docker Support and More
Significant updates to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, the enterprise open source operating system, arrived this week with the release of the first service pack for the platform.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 appeared earlier this fall. It introduced a range of new features, such as live kernel patching and full system rollback, to SUSE's commercial OS.
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This Week in Solus – Install #15
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Plop Linux 4.3.1 (System For Recovering Data From Damaged Hard Drivers) Has Been Released
As you may know, Plop Linux is a free and open-source operating system built from scratch, specially created for retrieving data from damaged hard drivers. Plop Linux system is small and can boot from CD/DVD/USB Flash Driver or network with PXE.
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SparkyLinux 4.2 Received A Spin That Uses Enlightenment 0.20
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Vivaldi Snapshot 1.0.355.7 Brings Awesome New Features
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Beta3 of Slackware Live Edition is available
It took me a while to get to a level where I could do another public update of my “liveslak” scripts for the Slackware Live Edition. The previous two articles about the Live OS generated quite some feedback and I think I was able to address a lot of those remarks and suggestions in the updated code. My TODO has however only shrunk with one item…
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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) Stock Update
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Tails OS 2.0 Beta 1 (OS Focused On Internet Privacy) Has Been Released
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Deepin 15 RC Dropped Ubuntu For Debian Sid
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