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=> ↺ Wondering If HP Will Release Linux++ This Month

• So far in 2015 we haven’t heard much at all about The Machine… Besides that X.Org veteran Keith Packard left Intel to join HP where he’s working on The Machine. Thus now being into June 2015, I’m wondering if this month we’ll see the debut of Linux++, “Software that emulates the hardware design of The Machine and other tools will be released so that programmers can test their code against the new operating system. Linux++ is intended to ultimately be replaced by an operating system designed from scratch for The Machine, which HP calls Carbon,” according to one of the earlier reports.

Desktop

=> ↺ The Worm (Dell) Has Turned

• Amazing. Wonders never cease in 2015, The Year Of The GNU/Linux Desktop.

=> ↺ Is Eye Candy Doomed?

• With the popularity of mobile computing, some thought that windows would not be necessary anymore. The guys at Redmond, for example, made an atrocity of an OS and trumpeted as the latest-greatest. It dismissed the idea of windows because all apps ran full screen. Way to go! Especially if one uses a big monitor…what a waste of screen real estate!

=> ↺ My dad, Linux, and me

• When I was a young girl, I remember my dad showing me Linux on his computer.

• He was showing me what was known then as Red Hat Linux—it was a fresh version of Colgate 4.0 from Best Buy. At that time, I was familiar with Windows 95 and knew how to use a computer, but Linux was new to me. It looked like a bunch of code and too technical. So, it was many years later, in January of 2009, that I finally made the switch.

=> ↺ Take your pick from 4 capable Chromebooks priced from $155 to $220

• Those on the fence about the Chromebook will find that budget-friendly models make it easy to give them a try. Here are four impressive models that don’t cost an arm and a leg.

=> ↺ A good start with room to improve: Thoughts on Citrix’s Linux VDA, plus a video demo from Citrix Synergy 2015

• One of the more surprising things in a relatively unsurprising Citrix Synergy was the round of applause created by the announcement of the Linux VDA Tech Preview. I think it’s great, but it’s not the kind of announcement you’d think would garner much more than a murmur, let alone get a larger reaction from the audience than the iBand’s rendition of “Hey Ya!”

Server

=> ↺ StackIQ debuts fastest, easiest open-source bare-metal installer for Linux server provisioning

• StackIQ, Inc., makers of the Warehouse-grade automation platform for any large-scale server infrastructure, today announced the release of open source Stacki (short for “Stack Installer”), the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use Linux server provisioning tool. With Stacki, there are zero prerequisites for taking systems from bare metal to ‘a ping and a prompt.’ Alongside this new release, the company made available a one-day, on-site Stacki training and an implementation service for users who want to use the tools immediately for production servers.

Kernel Space

=> ↺ XDC2015 X.Org Conference Announced, CFP Issued

=> ↺ Persistent Memory Microconference Accepted into 2015 Linux Plumbers Conference

• The topic of persistent memory is back to the future for those of us old enough to have used core memory, but today’s persistent memory boasts densities, speeds, latencies, and capacities that are well beyond the scope even of science fiction back in the core-memory era.

=> ↺ First Open Automotive Grade Linux Spec Released

• Since its inception, the Linux Foundation’s Automotive Grade Linux project has promoted itself as a collaborative open source project. With the release of the first AGL Requirements Specification for Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), AGL has earned that description more than ever.

=> ↺ AllSeen Alliance Strengthens IoT Open Source Ecosystem With 20 New Members

• The AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the Internet of Everything through an open source software project, today announced 20 new members have joined the initiative. This marks the sixth consecutive month with double-digit member growth for the AllSeen Alliance, with more than 70 companies joining the initiative since January. Furthermore, these new members hold expertise across critical horizontal areas of the Internet of Things (IoT) — telecommunications and networking operators, software developers, IoT platforms and solutions, product companies and smart home automation.

Graphics Stack

=> ↺ Libinput 0.16 Now Supports Devices Like The Chromebook Pixel

• The plans for Libinput 1.0 haven’t yielded fruit yet, but libinput 0.16 is out this afternoon as the latest version of this input library used both by Wayland and X11 (and potentially Mir moving forward).

=> ↺ libinput and the lack of device types

• libinput uses udev tags to determine what a device is. This is a significant difference to the X.Org stack which determines how to deal with a device based on an elaborate set of rules, rules grown over time, matured, but with a slight layer of mould on top by now. In evdev’s case that is understandable, it stems from a design where you could just point it at a device in your xorg.conf and it’d automagically work, well before we had even input hotplugging in X. What it leads to now though is that the server uses slightly different rules to decide what a device is (to implement MatchIsTouchscreen for example) than evdev does. So you may have, in theory, a device that responds to MatchIsTouchscreen only to set itself up as keyboard.

=> ↺ AMD Catalyst 15.5 Beta Linux Driver Surfaces

• AMD is finally out with a big Catalyst Linux driver update!

=> ↺ NVIDIA/Nouveau PerfKit Implemented Over Gallium3D State Tracker

• Samuel Pitoiset today unveiled his long sought after patches for implementing NVIDIA’s PerfKit performance utility as a Gallium3D state tracker for use by the open-source Linux graphics drivers.

Benchmarks

=> ↺ Benchmarking The Latest AMD Radeon & NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Cards On Ubuntu Linux

• Today we’re looking at the performance of the latest proprietary graphics drivers on the Linux desktop at the time of testing: NVIDIA 352.09 Beta and the Catalyst 15.4 Beta as packaged for Ubuntu Vivid — fglrx 15.20.2 / OpenGL 4.4.13374. Later in the week should be the open-source Intel/AMD/NVIDIA Linux graphics driver results for celebrating the Phoronix birthday. For this article there were 17 graphics cards tested all supported by these latest proprietary drivers — the graphics cards used were those that were available and in my possession at the time of testing, which sways to the NVIDIA side. There’s basically every major NVIDIA graphics card covered given they’re frequently sending out samples to Phoronix for Linux testing while in the past few years on the AMD side they have barely sent out any GPUs for Linux testing… All of the AMD GCN GPUs tested in this article were retail GPUs I purchased. Anyhow, the graphics cards able to be tested for this article were:

=> ↺ Intel Compute Stick Performance Surprises Under Ubuntu Linux

• All of the Intel x86 systems were running Ubuntu 15.04 with the Linux 4.1 kernel and the rest of the same software make-up. With the Utilite, Ubuntu 12.04 with the Linux 3.0 kernel was used due to newer releases not being supported by CompuLab. With the Jetson TK1 was Ubuntu 14.04 with the Linux 3.10 kernel, likewise due to NVIDIA not providing any newer official images. Due to running OpenGL (non-GLES) tests, only for the x86 systems are the graphics test results while for all of the processor-bound tests are results for all six systems in total.

Applications

=> ↺ SOGo 2.3.0 released

• The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SOGo 2.3.0. This is a major release of SOGo which focuses on improved stability over previous versions.

=> ↺ Oracle Announces VirtualBox 5.0 Release Candidate 1 with Major Improvements

• Oracle had the great pleasure of announcing today, June 2, the immediate availability for download and testing of the VirtualBox 5.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) virtualization software for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows platforms.

=> ↺ OpenShot Video Editor to Get a Ten-Fold Increase in Performance Speed

• The OpenShot Video Editor is preparing to get a major improvement as its developer has just revealed that he managed to improve the performance ten-fold.

=> ↺ CherryTree 0.35.8 Has Been Released

• CherryTree is a text editor, with the features of a modern editor, such as syntax highlighting, spell check, export to html, password protection, and many others.

=> ↺ GNU gcal 4 released

=> ↺ Fotoxx 15.06 Brings Interesting Changes

=> ↺ Finding That Sweet Spot: Focus On Guake

• One of the things I do quite often is go to a terminal, do some short command or two, then close the terminal. I do this away from my coding terminal as I don’t want to contaminate bash history with those commands, mainly because I do a lot of repetitive things [1].

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ Note to self: Resizing byobu to terminal size (tmux)

=> ↺ Out of the comfort zone: CentOS 5 mock chroot and /etc/filesystems vs net-snmp

=> ↺ How to install Sentora in Ubuntu 14.04 and CentOS 6

=> ↺ Cannot adjust screen brightness on Fedora

=> ↺ Debugging RabbitMQ frame_too_large Error

=> ↺ How To Install Varnish Cache 4.0 In CentOS 7

=> ↺ Recovering A Lost Commit With Git

=> ↺ Use Linux to watch Netflix outside the US, for nearly free (without paying for a tunnel)

=> ↺ Build Linux from scratch to improve admin skills

=> ↺ Here’s How to Install the Beautiful Arc GTK+ Flat Theme on Linux

=> ↺ How to upgrade your VPS cPanel/WHM version from command line?

=> ↺ How to set-up Tomcat 8 with Nginx reverse proxy on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS

=> ↺ Nagios Core Configuration Using NagiosQL (Web Interface)

=> ↺ Shell Scripting Part V: Functions in Bash

=> ↺ Problem reporting for IBM PowerKVM host through IBM Electronic Service Agent for IBM PowerLinux

=> ↺ Install GlassFish 4.1 and setup reverse proxy with Nginx on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS

Games

=> ↺ Our Review Of 3D Exploration Adventure Game ‘Rituals’

• Rituals is a game that mixes 3D exploration with a subtle story and traditional point-and-click puzzles. It was released on Steam last week, and thanks to a key from developer Tymon Zgainski, we’ve had a look at it.

=> ↺ Tactical Strategy Game Massive Chalice Released DRM Free And On Steam For Linux

• Massive Chalice was funded on Kickstarter two years ago, and after half a year in Steam Early Access, the full release is now available for Linux on GOG, Humble Bundle and Steam.

=> ↺ Sword Coast Legends, A Dungeons & Dragons RPG Announced For Linux, Day-1 Linux Release

• A new high quality RPG title ‘Sword Coast Legends’ is now confirmed to be coming to Linux, and it’s going to be a day-1 release for us.

=> ↺ Valve Appears To Be Rolling Out Source 2 Version Of Dota 2

• Valve has shipped a DLC to Dota 2 that appears to be the Source 2 Engine version of the game.

=> ↺ Sword Coast Legends: Mac And Linux Support Available On Launch Day, Confirms Game Director

=> ↺ Mac/Linux gamers will set sail to Sword Coast Legends

=> ↺ Sword Coast Legends to feature cross-play between Linux, Mac and PC

• Sword Coast Legends, the new game set within Dungeon & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms Sword Coast, has been announced for Linux and Mac.

• The party-based RPG is a collaboration between Wizards of the Coast, n-Space, Digital Extremes, and Dragon Age: Origins director and executive producer Dan Tudge.

=> ↺ More Details On XCOM 2 Emerge, With Linux Support

• XCOM 2 is going to be awesome, that’s pretty much a given. The annoying thing is we have to play catch up to IGN’s obviously paid for exclusivity here. IGN will be stretching it out as long as possible of course.

=> ↺ 2K Games Announces XCOM 2 for Linux and Gets November Launch – Video

• 2K Games has just announced that XCOM 2 will arrive this November and that there will also be a Linux port of the game handled by Feral Interactive.

=> ↺ Steam Linux Usage Drops Lower… Below 0.9%

=> ↺ Steam for Linux Usage Continues to Drop Dramatically in May

=> ↺ Beautiful Blackhole 2D Platformer Ported to Linux

• Blackhole is a beautifully rendered 2D sci-fi hardcore platformer developed and published on Steam by FiolaSoft Studio. The game has been ported to the Linux platform along with the just-released DLC.

Desktop Environments/WMs

=> ↺ Video: GNOME vs. KDE on USA’s “MR. ROBOT”

• If you haven’t seen the pilot episode of USA’s new series, “MR. ROBOT”… you can see the whole thing on YouTube… until they decide to take it down. Anyway, there was an exchange about GNOME vs. KDE and Linux is even mentioned. Here’s the 1 minute clip.

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt

=> ↺ KDE Applications 15.04.2 Released with More than 30 Bug Fixes

• The KDE Community has just revealed that KDE Applications 15.04.2 has been released, making this the second maintenance version in the new branch.

=> ↺ KDE Ships KDE Applications 15.04.2

• Today KDE released the second stability update for KDE Applications 15.04. This release contains only bugfixes and translation updates, providing a safe and pleasant update for everyone.

• More than 30 recorded bugfixes include improvements to gwenview, kate, kdenlive, kdepim, konsole, marble, kgpg, kig, ktp-call-ui and umbrello.

=> ↺ Qt 5.4.2 Officially Released

• While Qt 5.5 is hopefully shipping at the end of the month, Qt 5.4.2 is the newest stable version today. Qt 5.4.2 has important security fixes for the Qt WebEngine, DoS vulnerability fix for its BMP image handler, and various other security fixes. There’s also updates in Qt 5.4.2 for third-party libraries bundled within this leading open-source tool-kit.

=> ↺ Qt 5.4.2 and Qt Creator 3.4.1 Officially Released with Multiple Improvements and Fixes

• On June 2, the Qt Company, through Tuukka Turunen, announced the immediate availability for download of the second patch release for the stable Qt 5.4 series of the world’s most acclaimed GUI toolkit.

=> ↺ Qt 5.4.2 Released

• Today we have released Qt 5.4.2, the second patch update to Qt 5.4. In addition to improvements and fixes to Qt functionality it also packs new Qt Creator 3.4.1.

=> ↺ Qt Creator 3.4.1 released

• We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 3.4.1. It includes fixes for the following regressions: manually registered documentation on Windows was deregistered again on restart, and disabling plugins could disable most of the About Plugins dialog.

=> ↺ It is official, Marble is coming to Android

• First, I would like to announce, I have been chosen as a Google Summer of Code student and my task is to provide a working version of Marble on Android at the end of the summer.

=> ↺ Count downs: T -10 hours, -12 days, -30 days, -95 days

• So the first fundraiser I’d like to write about is the Make Krita faster than Photoshop Kickstarter campaign. It’s almost over and is already a success but that doesn’t mean you can’t still become a supporter of this awesome painting application. And for the case you shouldn’t have seen it there was a series of interviews with Krita users (and thus users of KDE software) you should have read at least in part.

=> ↺ Take control of your file systems with Konqueror

• Each of these profiles configures Konqueror in a specific way for a specific task. You can then use these as starting points configure Konqueror to meet your specific needs and save a profile so that you can reconfigure Konqueror at any time to meet those needs. Even when configured for one task, such as file management, Konqueror can be used for other tasks such as web browsing.

=> ↺ KDEPIM KF5

• I started porting of kdepim to KF5 1 year ago (in may 2014). When I started it I thought that it should be easy. But it was not easy because firstly KF5 was not release and it was not stable, there was some bugs. Secondary kdepim is not just KMail, it contains the kdepim libs + akonadi + kdepim runtime + kdepim apps (as korganizer, kmail, etc.).

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ Cinnamon 2.6 Is a Massive Update with Better Loading Times and 40% Less CPU Usage

• The Linux Mint team has just announced that Cinnamon 2.6 is finally stable and ready for download. They also detailed this latest release of the desktop environment, and it’s got to be biggest update made until now.

=> ↺ Cinnamon 2.6 Yields Lower CPU Usage

=> ↺ Cinnamon 2.6

• On behalf of the team and all the developers who contributed to this build, I am proud to announce the release of Cinnamon 2.6!

Distributions

Reviews

=> ↺ Deepin 2014.3 at a Glance

• Deepin, the Chinese Linux distribution, has previously been covered on MTE. In the two years that passed, Deepin has evolved both visually and in functionality, beyond expectations.

New Releases

=> ↺ Tiny Core v6.3

• Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Core v6.3…

=> ↺ Peppermint OS Six Screencast and Screenshots

=> ↺ Peppermint OS Six released

=> ↺ Peppermint Six is Here!

• Peppermint is excited to announce the launch of our latest operating system Peppermint Six. Lightweight and designed for speed, Peppermint Six delivers on that promise whether using software on your desktop, online, or using cloud based apps.

Arch Family

=> ↺ Arch Linux’s AUR Will Be Migrated to a Git-Based Platform Starting June 8

• All AUR (Arch User Repository) package maintainers received an email on June 1, 2015, that notifies them about the fact that the entire software repository will be migrated to a Git-based platform starting June 8, 2015.

Ballnux/SUSE

=> ↺ AMD Catalyst 15.5 Linux Video Driver Supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

• AMD finally updated their graphics driver for Linux platforms to version 15.5, a release that introduces support for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 12 operating system.

=> ↺ openSUSE Tumbleweed Still Has KDE3 Packages, Developer Wants to Keep Them

• In a recent report for the Tumbleweed rolling-release version of the openSUSE Linux operating system, Dominique Leuenberger informed users and developers alike that the KDE3 packages will soon be removed from the repositories.

Slackware Family

=> ↺ [Slackware] KDE 5_15.06 with a few useful fixes

• Yesterday there was a new release for the KDE Applications. I know that I updated my KDE 5 package set barely a week ago, but there were a few updates that I wanted to push anyway, so adding the updated Applications packages seemed like the proper thing to do.

Red Hat Family

=> ↺ Accanto Named Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner

• Accanto Systems, an established provider of customer experience management (CEM) and advanced analytics, today announced that it has become a Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner.

=> ↺ Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works Free hands-on lab on June 04 2015

• Red Hat JBoss Middleware Hands-On Labs, join us for a free hands-on lab at one of our Benelux locations

=> ↺ CISCO and Red Hat: CRUSHing innovation

• Ranga Rangachari, VP & GM of Red Hat, Inc., and Duane Decapite, the Director of OpenStack Product Management at Cisco Systems, Inc., have established a unique partnership between their respective companies under the OpenStack banner, based on the current trajectory of their shared technology.

=> ↺ Analyst Watch: Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT)

Fedora

=> ↺ 13 Useful Things to Do After Fedora 22 Workstation Installation

=> ↺ 11 Things to do After Installing Fedora 22

=> ↺ Good People of Ruby-SIG

• In the last fedora-infra meeting, Kushal pointed out that it is important that the gems I am using on my project are packaged in Fedora. I was taken aback by this, because I had no idea that such a thing as rpm package of ruby gem existed.

=> ↺ Perl 5.22 upgrade

=> ↺ Leechcraft RPM packages built with Qt5 for Fedora 21/22

=> ↺ Fedora Design Team Update (Two for One!)

• I have been very occupied in recent weeks with piggies of various shapes, sizes, and missions in life [1], so I missed posting the last design team meeting update. This is going to be a quick two-for-one with mostly links and not any summary at all. I’ve been trying hard to run the meetings so the auto-generated summaries are more usable, but I am always happy for tips on doing this even better from meetbot pros (like you? ?)

=> ↺ New “remi-safe” repository for EL-7

• I’ve just open the “remi-safe” repository for Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL, CentOS).

=> ↺ Developer Wants to Revive Fedora Linux for the MIPS Architecture

• Michal Toman, a Fedora developer known for his work on ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool), as well as the PowerPC (PPC) and s390 ports of the operating system, has posted a message on the Fedora Linux mailing list, announcing that he wants to revive the MIPS port of Fedora.

=> ↺ Ruth Suehle: Red Hat and Fedora derivatives and forks are part of the community

• I manage the community leadership portion of the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) team at Red Hat. Our team works to help ensure the success of the community upstream projects, which are so important to Red Hat. This includes Fedora, CentOS, RDO, oVirt, Project Atomic, and many others. You can read about what we’re working on and find events where our team and other Red Hat employees are presenting at community.redhat.com or follow us on Twitter at @redhatopen.

=> ↺ Default Local DNS Resolver Proposed for Fedora 23 Linux

• After having proposed the Cinnamon and Netizen Spins for the upcoming Fedora 23 Linux operating system, Jan Kurik comes with yet another interesting proposition: the addition of a default local DNS resolver.

=> ↺ Fedora 22 Is Now Ready For POWER & IBM Z Systems

• Announced today are the Fedora 22 releases for alternative architectures of POWER and IBM Z systems.

=> ↺ Fedora 22 for IBM z Systems is here!

=> ↺ Fedora 22 for POWER is here!

=> ↺ Fedora 22 Linux Officially Released for IBM System z 64-Bit and PowerPC

• On June 2, Fedora Project, through Peter Robinson, had the great pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of the Fedora 22 Linux operating system for the PowerPC and IBM System z (s390) 64-bit hardware architectures.

=> ↺ Fedora 22 Workstation : Video Overview and Screenshot tours

• Fedora Project have just released the latest version of Linux Distribution, Fedora 22. It now available for download for all the new flavors, Workstation, Server, and Cloud.

Debian Family

=> ↺ Improving update of existing debian/copyright file

=> ↺ Reproducible builds: week 5 in Stretch cycle

Derivatives

Canonical/Ubuntu

=> ↺ Bq Aquaris E5 HD, The Next Ubuntu Phone, Will Be Released In Mid-June

• As a reminder, the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition is the first Ubuntu Phone, but also the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available in Europe soon, now the phone being shipped only in China.

• Mark Shuttleworth has announced a while ago that a new BQ Ubuntu Phone will be released soon and now, new information about this has been revealed. The next Ubuntu phone is BQ Aquaris E5 HD, which will become available all over Europe in mid-June, this year.

=> ↺ BQ And Canonical Launch The Second Ubuntu Phone

• Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, today announced the launch of the second Ubuntu phone in partnership with Spanish manufacturer BQ. While it can’t rival any recent (or even older) Android flagship phones in terms of basic specs, the new BQ Aquaris E5 HD is a step up from BQ’s first Ubuntu phone.

• With a mediocre 4.5-inch 540×960 display, 1GB of RAM and 1.3 MediaTek A7 processor, the first Ubuntu phone wasn’t exactly a head-turner. The new device still uses the same MediaTek quad-core processor and only 1GB of RAM, but the rest of the specs have improved a bit.

=> ↺ Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition to Launch in Europe Soon, but Not for Everyone

• Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition is coming to Europe soon, but it would be available for everyone straight away. The latest Ubuntu insider event provided some more information about the impending launch.

=> ↺ The Ubuntu Phone That Transforms into a PC Will Be Built by BQ

• Canonical is still quite eager to have a “convergence” device out into the wild and it looks that BQ will be the company to build it.

=> ↺ Canonical Announces Major Improvements for Ubuntu Touch in Next OTA Updates

• The Ubuntu Touch platform already received a few major updates in the past few months, but the developers are preparing so much more with the next releases. This information was revealed during the latest Ubuntu insider hangout.

=> ↺ Snappy Ubuntu Core – An Entirely New Ubuntu Operating System For Clouds And Devices

• Canonical, the Company behind Ubuntu operating system, introduced a new operating system called “Snappy Ubuntu Core” a few months ago for Cloud and devices. Canonical, actually, introduced the Snappy mechanism for it’s mobile version of Ubuntu. Now, it extended this technology to Cloud too. Snappy Ubuntu Core delivers bullet-proof security, reliable updates and the enormous Ubuntu ecosystem at your fingertips, bringing the developer’s favourite cloud platform to a wide range of internet things, connected devices and autonomous machines. Snappy Ubuntu Core is available on a wide range of 32 and 64-bit ARM and X86 platforms.

=> ↺ Ubuntu Snappy Core to Power Intel’s IoT Gateway

• On June 2, Canonical had the great pleasure of announcing that they will join forces with Intel, one of the world’s biggest hardware manufacturer, to collaborate around Intel’s IoT (Internet of Things) gateways and Canonical’s Snappy Ubuntu Core operating system for IoT devices.

=> ↺ Mark Shuttleworth Introduces Snappy Ubuntu Core at Internet of Things World 2015

• The world’s most comprehensive IoT event of the year, Internet of Things World or popularly know as IoT World, took place last month at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, United States.

=> ↺ Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Update Arrives Next Week Based on Ubuntu 15.04

• Last week we reported on the new features that will arrive in the next major OTA (Over the Air) software update for the Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system for Ubuntu phones.

=> ↺ LibreOffice 4.4.3 Lands in Ubuntu 15.04, Snappy Desktop Next UEFI Support Coming Soon

=> ↺ Ubuntu Spotted in Google’s Futuristic “Project Soli” Promo

• Time and again, Ubuntu keeps popping up whenever there’s some Google product launch. Remember Google’s Project Tango or that bit of news about the use of a ‘lightly custmozied Ubuntu’ in Google’s Driverless Car project? Given its widespread use inside Google, it’s no surprise than Google is an Ubuntu Advantage Customer.

=> ↺ GPS Navigation For Ubuntu Touch, Now Available In The App Store

• As a reminder, Marcos Costales has worked at a GPS navigation application for Ubuntu Touch for a while now. The application, called intuitively GSP Navigation, has been finally added to the Ubuntu Store, being available for everybody that owns an Ubuntu phone.

=> ↺ BQ launches the new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition

• In February of this year, BQ, the European technology company, launched the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, the world´s first smartphone featuring the Ubuntu operating system

=> ↺ BQ Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Phone Being Released Next Week

=> ↺ Meizu MX4 Ubuntu smartphone Euro pricing and availability announced

• If neither Android or iOS tickle your fancy when it comes to smartphones and Windows Phone is still too mainstream for you, there are other options. In fact, Meizu has a smartphone called the MX4 that runs Ubuntu Phone OS, which will make fans of Ubuntu positively giddy. Details on the European launch of the smartphone have now surfaced and the device will land in Europe this month.

=> ↺ Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition Hits Europe This Month

• The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition was launched in China last month and now the handset is headed to Europe this month.

=> ↺ The second Ubuntu phone is coming out this month

=> ↺ BQ And Canonical Launch The Second Ubuntu Phone

=> ↺ Canonical and BQ launch the Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphone

=> ↺ BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Official Announced

=> ↺ BQ announces second Ubuntu phone and plans to build PC-smartphone combo

=> ↺ Second Ubuntu phone announced

=> ↺ BQ’s second Ubuntu OS handset arriving mid-June for just under €200

=> ↺ Canonical’s next Ubuntu-powered phone out this month

=> ↺ Canonical and BQ Launch the Second Ubuntu Smartphone

=> ↺ BQ reveals second Ubuntu Phone, plans Frankenphone that can be used as a Linux PC

=> ↺ Cononical And BQ Unveils Aquaris E5 Ubunut Edition Smartphone

=> ↺ BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition release date and pricing announced

=> ↺ Canonical’s second Ubuntu smartphone to launch next week

=> ↺ After a long silence, Canonical is upping its efforts in the smartphone market with the Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition

=> ↺ Canonical’s Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition launches tomorrow in the EU for $223

=> ↺ BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphone is here

=> ↺ BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition unveiled, out this month

=> ↺ BQ Launches Updated Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Mobile Smartphone

=> ↺ BQ Announces Aquaris E5 HD, The Second Commercially Available Ubuntu Phone

=> ↺ Ubuntu announces a new 5-inch phone

=> ↺ Ubuntu: Second phone launched in collaboration with BQ

=> ↺ BQ and Canonical debut next Ubuntu smartphone

=> ↺ The Second Ubuntu Smartphone Is Out Now

=> ↺ Canonical, BQ launch second Ubuntu smartphone in Europe

=> ↺ The latest Ubuntu smartphone features a bigger screen and a beefier rear camera

=> ↺ BQ’s second Ubuntu OS handset arriving mid-June for just under €200

=> ↺ BQ launching new Ubuntu phone, widely available across EU in mid-June

=> ↺ BQ To Launch New Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition Smartphone

=> ↺ Linux Kernel 4.0 to Land in Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) in the Next Few Weeks

• After reporting earlier the summary of the Ubuntu Desktop Team meeting that took place on June 2, we’re now informing you about the decisions made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team on the same day.

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Guy Builds Amazing Custom Smart Alarm Clock Powered by Linux Kernel 3.18

• A developer has built a custom alarm watch powered by the Linux kernel with NTP synchronization, touch keypad, and network connectivity.

=> ↺ Tiny IoT-oriented COM debuts new i.MX6 UltraLite SoC

• The PICO-IMX6UL is the first product we know to adopt the i.MX6 UltraLite SoC announced last week by Freescale. Like its siblings, it runs Linux 3.x or Yocto, but it lacks their Android and Ubuntu support. Like the other PICO-IMX6 modules, the PICO-IMX6UL measures 36 x 25mm and plugs into TechNexion’s PICO-DWARF carrier board (shown farther below), thereby converting the COM into a sandwich-style SBC.

=> ↺ Qseven COM runs Linux on 14nm Braswell, offers 4K video

• Congatec’s “Conga-QA4″ Qseven COM is based on Intel’s 14nm “Braswell” Pentium and Celeron SoCs, and offers MIPI-CSI, dual SATA ports, and 4K video.

=> ↺ Expandable 3.5-inch SBC runs Linux on Bay Trail SoCs

• Axiomtek’s “CAPA840″ SBC supports Atom E3800 SoCs, and offers -20 to 70°C support, wide-range power, dual mini-PCIe, and a “ZIO” connector for I/O modules.

Phones

Tizen

=> ↺ Samsung launches Tizen 4K TVs in India starting at Rs 3,14,900

Android

=> ↺ Project Ara’s head engineer leaves Google to start Airbus’ new Silicon Valley office

=> ↺ Bank: Without software mojo, Android OEMs are doomed to ‘implode’

• Oppenheimer’s analysts argued that Samsung and other Android OEMs had neglected the “software user experience” and sought to distinguish themselves through hardware, with the S6′s designers opting for: “A cutting-edge CPU, curved display, iPhone-like metal casing, front area fingerprint sensor and camera with OIS.”

• But the problem was that the software had barely changed. Look past the hardware and Samsung wasn’t rewarding previous brand owners with anything particularly new or interesting. Neither are other OEMs in the crowded Android market. They have also distinguished themselves through tiny hardware details and similarly don’t have a software story.

=> ↺ Why a self-described Android ‘addict’ isn’t excited for Android M in the slightest

• Google showed off some great new features with Android M last week, but is there any guarantee that any of this year’s big flagship phones will get the new software in a timely manner? BGR alum Dan Graziano writes over at CNET that despite being “addicted” to Android for the past several years, he can’t be bothered to feel the least bit excited about it because he has no idea when his device will get upgraded to the platform, if ever.

=> ↺ Android M’s coolest hidden feature needs a lot of work

• Last week, we brought you word of an incredibly cool hidden Android M feature: Multi-window support that will let you have two apps open at once side by side. However, Android Police has been playing around with this new feature and has found that Google has kept it hidden for a reason — namely, because it needs a lot more work.

=> ↺ Mitsubishi confirms summer launch for CarPlay and Android Auto (in Europe)

• Mitsubishi is the latest carmaker to confirm specific plans for both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, although U.S. consumers are still in the dark.

• The company announced that it will launch both products on the 2016 Pajero SUV in Europe this summer, but didn’t discuss any target dates for a U.S. launch.

=> ↺ The best Android apps for astronomy fans and stargazers

• It was the iPad that first introduced us to the magic of augmented reality for astronomy apps, in which your device adds graphics on top of a view of the real world.

=> ↺ [Android M Feature Spotlight] Direct Share Can Provide Share Links To Specific Contacts Or Conversations Inside Apps

=> ↺ Samsung Android 5.1.1 Release: 7 Things to Know Right Now

• The Samsung Galaxy Android 5.1 release continues to gain steam as we push into June and today we want to take a look at the most important things Galaxy smartphone and tablet users need to know about Samsung’s Galaxy Android 5.1 update and release.

=> ↺ Samsung Executive Insists Its Android Payment System Can Coexist With Google’s

• Samsung’s top strategy executive said Tuesday that there is room for both his company and Google in the mobile payment space despite some clear overlap.

=> ↺ Asus ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5, ZenFone 6 Receive Android 5.0 Lollipop Update

• Asus has finally solved the issues that it was experiencing in updating the operating system of the ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6 to Android 5.0 Lollipop, with the company already starting the roll out of the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system to the aforementioned smartphones.

=> ↺ Imgur launches a brand new Android app, overhauls its existing iOS one

• If you are an avid Internet user, chances are that you’ve stumbled upon Imgur at least once in your endeavors on the web – it’s not only one of the most user-friendly and appealing visual story-telling community that are completely free to use, it’s also home to one of the friendliest user communities. The Android version of the app was full of bugs and issues; all in all, it was a bit underwhelming. Until now, that is.

=> ↺ Kamcord Launches On Android With A Streamlined Video Capture Experience

• Mobile gameplay streaming service Kamcord has launched on Android, letting users share clips of their time playing games on their phone with voiceover.

=> ↺ Google Brings its Cloud and Android Efforts Closer Together

=> ↺ Amiduos is a $10 app that lets you run Android on a Windows PC

• “AMIDuOS can run nearly all of the Android applications available in Android app markets,” the company says on its website. “To get you started, it comes with preloaded Amazon Appstore. To make AMIDuOS your own, simply add your favorite Android app markets with the AMIDuOS package installer. AMIDuOS is also ARM v7 compatible, so it can run most popular ARM applications as well.”

=> ↺ Blocks Modular Smartwatch-In-The-Making Will Run On Android

• U.K. hardware startup Blocks Wearables, which is in the process of building a modular smartwatch — shown off in concept-form in this teaser video last fall, and originally inspired by Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone — has confirmed the device will run on a modified version of Android Lollipop, rather than the Google Wear platform.

• Also today the team has revealed the device’s core module will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset, with peripheral modules using ultra-low-power ARM processors.

=> ↺ How to get Android M now: How to install Android M Developer Preview on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus Player

• It’s unlikely that the final version of Android M will be available to consumers until November at the earliest. However, if you have a Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 or Nexus Player and you’re desperate to get your hands on Android M, you can download the Developer Preview today. Here’s how to install Android M now.

=> ↺ A Full-Fledged Harvest Moon Game Is Coming To Android This Winter, And It’s Not An Old Port

• Japanese developer and publisher Natsume has announced that it’s bringing the Harvest Moon franchise to Android for the first time. And this isn’t a port of one of the many previous entries in the series. Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories will be a full-blown sequel.

=> ↺ 5 new Android M features that power users are going to love

• It’s been less than a week since Google unveiled its Android M platform but in that time Android fans have gone over the Android M developer build with a fine-toothed comb searching for hidden gems that Google never mentioned. We’ve scoured the web and have cobbled together five of the best unheralded Android M features that we think will really improve the quality of the platform and give Android fans something to cheer, even if they’re not aware that these features exist.

=> ↺ Nintendo denies its next console will have Android-based OS [Updated]

• In a statement provided to the Wall Street Journal, an unnamed Nintendo spokesperson said “There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX.” That’s a pretty strong denial for a company whose usual stance is simply not to comment on rumors or speculation.

=> ↺ Nintendo Nixes Android Rumors

=> ↺ 3 Reasons Nintendo Should Switch to Google Android

• What are the odds Nintendo’s next platform, possibly a suite of devices codenamed “NX,” would emerge running a flavor of Google’s popular operating system, as claimed by a single anonymous insider in a column by Japanese biz paper Nikkei?

=> ↺ Nintendo’s next console won’t run Android after all

• Aside from its codename, we know little about Nintendo’s in-development “NX” console. Yesterday, however, Japanese publication Nikkei claimed to have hit upon a particularly juicy detail about the next-gen gaming system, with its sources stating the NX will run some form of Google’s Android OS. The rumor wasn’t exactly far-fetched, given Nintendo’s plans to get into mobile games this year; but alas, it appears to have been a blast of hot air.

=> ↺ Nintendo denies report it’s planning to use Android for next game console

=> ↺ Need a smart-home hub? Enblink transforms any Android TV-powered device into one

• Maybe you have a smart lock or connected light bulbs, but if you really want to move closer to true home automation, you need a smart-home hub. Without one, you can’t do something like set up a nighttime scenario, where your thermostat lowers, front door locks, and lights turn off at bedtime.

=> ↺ The Real Reason NVIDIA Corporation Is Making Shield Android TV Set-Top Boxes

• The Shield is much pricier and powerful than comparable devices such as Google/Asus’ Nexus Player, Razer’s Forge TV, and Amazon.com’s Fire TV, which cost between $79 and $149. Is there actually a market for these high-end Android set-top streaming media and gaming devices? More importantly, why is NVIDIA — a company that makes most of its money from GPU sales — developing a streaming set-top box?

=> ↺ Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update For Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Android 5.0.2 For Galaxy S5, Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE

• At the Google I/O 2015 conference, the search giant introduced the developer preview for the Android M system, whose release is expected in the year’s third quarter. Meanwhile, the Android L OS updates have been rolled out by various OEMs and carriers across the globe.

Free Software/Open Source

=> ↺ SourceForge commits reputational suicide

• Despite seeming reformed last year, SourceForge has been caught red-handed abusing the reputations of open source projects

=> ↺ Test It Right: 3 Open Source Load Testing Tools for Your Application!

=> ↺ Did Slashdot bury negative stories about SourceForge?

=> ↺ Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned SourceForge

• If you’ve followed any tech news aggregator in the past week, you’ve probably seen the story about how SourceForge is taking over admin accounts for existing projects and injecting adware in installers for packages like GIMP. For anyone not following the story, SourceForge has a long history of adware laden installers, but they used to be opt-in. It appears that the process is now mandatory for many projects.

• People have been wary of SourceForge ever since they added a feature to allow projects to opt-in to adware bundling, but you could at least claim that projects are doing it by choice. But now that SourceForge is clearly being malicious, they’ve wiped out all of the user trust that was built up over sixteen years of operating. No clueful person is going to ever download something from SourceForge again. If search engines start penalizing SourceForge for distributing adware, they won’t even get traffic from people who haven’t seen this story, wiping out basically all of their value.

=> ↺ Sourceforge Hijacking Projects to Deliver Malware

• It’s been a crazy few days in Linuxville to be sure. Sourceforge is accused of locking out GIMP developers and inserting malware into the application for users to download. Scott Dowdle spotted a “GNOME versus KDE” in MR. ROBOT and Ubuntu was seen in a Google promotional video. David Both shows users how to use Konqueror and Attila Orosz takes a look at Deepin 2014.3. And finally, is the Bling factor in Linux doomed?

=> ↺ Buffalo First to Ship Wireless Routers with DD-WRT NXT Open Source Firmware

=> ↺ Buffalo Wireless Routers Have DD-WRT NXT Open Source Firmware

• Buffalo First to Ship Wireless Routers with DD-WRT NXT Open Source Firmware

=> ↺ Why Intel Invests in Open Source [VIDEO]

• Few if any companies in the world today are as deeply involved in open source work as tech giant Intel. Helping to lead Intel’s open source efforts is Imad Sousou, VP in Intel’s Software and Services Group and GM of the Intel Open Source Technology Center

=> ↺ Debunking the Myths of the Open Source Community

• The Linux operating system is the most popular open-source software in the world and has been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other operating system. Readers will know the story of the underdog who rose to become the world’s leading server operating system. Android especially, a Linux derivative, has caused a stir in recent years with two out of three tablets and 75 percent of all smartphones using the Linux derivative operating system.

=> ↺ ‘Cardinal’ Takes Flight: ONOS Ships New Open Source SDN OS Version

• ONOS’ community today announced the availability of the third release of its open source SDN Open Network Operating System (ONOS), named Cardinal. Providing the best value proposition for scale, performance and high availability, Cardinal adds comprehensive feature sets and performance improvements to enable a new variety of deployments and solution proof of concepts (POCs). Cardinal delivers several significant enhancements, mainly in the areas of Application Intent Framework, southbound interfaces and new distributed core features and capabilities.

=> ↺ Open source and Apple: The nagging nausea

• Open source software fans hate walled gardens. After all, they believe in communities supporting each other for the greater good. Sure, they fight over the details and who gets the most support, but that’s part of what it means to be a creator, an owner, a participant in both the journey and the final result.

Events

=> ↺ Virtuozzo announces: We published source code of userspace utilities

Web Browsers

Chrome

=> ↺ Chromium 44 Beta Brings Improved Notifications, ES6 Additions

• The latest version of Google’s Chrome/Chromium web-browser is now in beta for its upcoming v44 release.

=> ↺ Chrome 44 Beta: Improvements to Notifications API and promoted add to homescreen

• The newest Chrome Beta channel release includes new ES6 features and a number of updates to existing APIs. Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to Chrome for Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS.

Mozilla

=> ↺ Firefox 38.0.5

• Firefox 38.0.5 has been released. This version introduces Pocket, which helps you keep track of articles and videos. Clean formatting for articles and blog posts with Reader View is also a new feature.

=> ↺ Firefox 38.0.5 Brings Pocket Integration

• As you may know, Mozilla Firefox is among the most popular internet browsers available, being very appreciated by FOSS users.

=> ↺ Firefox Puts You in Control of Your Online Life

• We created Firefox to give people choice and control of their Web experience and we’re always adding more ways to personalize your Firefox. Firefox is made by a non-profit organization and a global community dedicated to Mozilla’s mission of promoting openness, innovation and opportunity online.

SaaS/Big Data

=> ↺ Plans for Upcoming Hadoop Summit Arrive

=> ↺ HP Spreads Out with Helion Cloud Platform, Embraces OpenStack

• The HP Discover conference is going on in Las Vegas this week, and HP is deepening its commitment to OpenStack. It announced that it is expanding the HP Helion cloud portfolio by introducing Amazon Web Services compatibility and embedded OpenStack capabilities. It was all part of the introduction of the HP Helion CloudSystem 9.0 solution.

Databases

=> ↺ MongoDB at the crossroads: Growth or openness?

• MongoDB World 2015 introduces interesting new features in MongoDB 3.2 and more interesting questions about the future of the company and its community

Business

=> ↺ Make money with Open Source software

• Even today, the general consensus still stubbornly persists that Open Source software is developed by ponytailed computer geeks as a hobby in the middle of the night. It’s admittedly a very romantic notion, but one which only reflects the reality to a certain extent.

• [...]

• Even though there will still be good reasons for many on-premises application scenarios for a long time yet, cloud architecture’s ultimate victory is unavoidable: The cost benefits are simply too enticing.

=> ↺ WSO2 Launches WSO2 App Manager, Industry’s First 100% Open Source Software to Provide Enterprises With a Unified Approach to Secure Application Management

FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC

=> ↺ GCC’s JIT Library Could Soon Be Around 5x Faster

• David Malcom, the developer at Red Hat who has been spearheading the work on libgccjit, is making some progress on speeding up this embeddedable JIT compiler for the GNU Compiler Collection.

Licensing

=> ↺ Why Companies That Use Open Source Need a Compliance Program

• Corporate use of open source software is now the norm with more than 60 percent of companies saying that they build their products with open source software, according to the 2015 Future of Open Source survey. But that same survey also revealed that most companies that use FOSS in their products don’t have formal procedures in place for ensuring that their software complies with open source licenses and regulations.

Openness/Sharing

=> ↺ New open digital humanities projects

• The Digital Public Library of America and Europeana are collaborating on a project to standardize usage rights statements. Despite operating under different copyright laws (United States and European Union), the DPLA and Europeana are keen to have a clear and compatible way to share copyright information with collaborators and users. To that end, work has begun on developing a technical framework for interoperable rights statements. Currently, they are seeking comments on their Rights Statement White Paper and their Technical Infrastructure White Paper. The deadline for comments on both papers is June 26, 2015.

Programming

=> ↺ PyPy 2.6 Released, ~7x Faster Than CPython

• Version 2.6 of the PyPy JIT-compiler-based interpreter for Python has been released. With PyPy 2.6 there’s some Python compatibility improvements along with Numpy improvements and preliminary support for a new lightweight stats profiler.

Leftovers

Hardware

=> ↺ Sysadmin adventures: When weather threatens our work

• With summer fast approaching in Boston, I appreciate the FSF office’s air conditioning system. It keeps us comfortable in the heat, but during the record-breaking snowfall this winter, the system broke down, and as a result I found myself on an unexpected adventure.

=> ↺ Google’s Project Vault Is A Secure Computing Environment On A Micro SD Card, For Any Platform

• Onboard the Vault itself is an ARM processor running RTOS, a secure operating system focused on privacy and data security. It also has an NFC chip and an antenna (for proving that you are in control and that it’s correctly authorized). Finally, there’s a suite of cryptographic services, including hashing, signing, batch encryption and a hardware random number generator.

=> ↺ Cavium, System Makers Unveil ARM-Based Servers, Boards

• As Computex 2015 gets under way, server makers like Asus and Gigabyte announce they are using Cavium’s ThunderX SoCs in new systems.

Security

=> ↺ Tuesday’s security updates

=> ↺ OpenSSL Certificate Authority v1.0.0

• I’ve recently made many improvements and additions. The series is now available as a standalone document titled OpenSSL Certificate Authority. Make sure you check it out!

=> ↺ Majority of websites have serious, unfixed vulnerabilities

• In a recent analysis of more than 30,000 websites, most had at least one serious vulnerability for 150 or more days last year.

Defence/Police/Secrecy/Aggression

=> ↺ Charlie Kennedy

• Charlie told me the story of how, as party leader, he was invited by Blair to Downing Street to be shown the original key evidence on Iraqi WMD. Charlie was really worried as he walked there, that there really would be compelling evidence as Blair said, and he would then be unable to maintain the party line against the war. When he saw the actual intelligence on which the dodgy dossier was based, he was astounded. It was incredibly weak and “totally unconvincing”. Blair was not present while Charlie saw the reports, but he saw him afterwards and told Blair he was quite astonished by the paucity of the evidence. Blair went white and looked really rattled, and resorted to a plea for patriotic solidarity. He then reminded Charlie he was not allowed to reveal what he had seen. Charlie felt bound by good faith – he had been shown the intelligence in confidence – not to publish this. Not I think his best moral judgement.

Environment/Energy/Wildlife

=> ↺ CBS Evening News Covers Climate Change Link To Floods, Heat Waves, Droughts And Snowstorms

Finance

=> ↺ PM Gifts MPs 10% Pay Rise

• DAVID CAMERON effectively handed penny-pinching MPs a backdated 10 per cent pay rise yesterday after the PM dropped his opposition to the extra cash.

PR/AstroTurf/Lobbying

=> ↺ NYT Reports Large Crowds for Sanders in Iowa–but Isn’t He ‘Unelectable’?

• It sounds like it’s the New York Times that’s hoping to persuade Democrats that Sanders is unelectable.

Censorship

=> ↺ Government should be able to block websites, says report

• Government agencies should have the right to block access to any websites they wish, says Parliamentary Committee, provided there is an adequate oversight mechanism in place.

• House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications has handed down its report into whether Government agencies should ‘disrupt the operation of illegal online services.’

=> ↺ The Streisand Effect With Chinese Characteristics

• Even in China, people find ways to circumvent the country’s famous Great Firewall that tries to block access to some external sites with material deemed politically dangerous. Interestingly, an editorial in the Chinese-government tabloid, the Global Times, written in response to the students’ publication, recognizes that fact…

Privacy

=> ↺ Senate delays vote on NSA phone records dragnet

• A controversial program allowing the U.S. National Security Agency to collect millions of domestic telephone records expired Sunday night after the Senate failed to vote on a bill to extend the authority for the surveillance.

Civil Rights

=> ↺ TSA Not Detecting Weapons at Security Checkpoints

• This is bad. I have often made the point that airport security doesn’t have to be 100% effective in detecting guns and bombs.

=> ↺ EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports

• An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials, ABC News has learned.

=> ↺ Medical Marijuana Patient Protests After House Raided, Vibrator Allegedly Confiscated

• With her four teenagers inside, Ginnifer Hency’s house was raided by officers who suspected she was using and selling marijuana.

• In fact, she was. Hency, a multiple sclerosis patient with a medical marijuana card, was charged with intent to deliver, “even though I’m allowed to possess and deliver,” Hency said, in testimony before the Michigan House Committee.

• Medical marijuana use had been suggested by her neurologist, Hency said, adding that she can’t take run-of-the-mill pain medication because of a heart condition.

=> ↺ Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide

• In an alley in Denver, police gunned down a 17-year-old girl joyriding in a stolen car. In the backwoods of North Carolina, police opened fire on a gun-wielding moonshiner. And in a high-rise apartment in Birmingham, Ala., police shot an elderly man after his son asked them to make sure he was okay. Douglas Harris, 77, answered the door with a gun.

=> ↺ EU arts policies could lead to ISDS lawsuits, admits German government

• The German federal government has admitted that an EU country’s arts policies could lead to it being sued by foreign corporations before investor tribunals under trade agreements being negotiated with Canada and the US. Both the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently include the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, which allows foreign investors to claim millions of pounds from governments for “indirect expropriation” such as an alleged loss of future profits.

Intellectual Monopolies

Copyrights

=> ↺ Hollywood: Piracy Poses A Great Cybersecurity Threat

• The MPAA is advising the U.S. Government’s Internet Policy Task Force to help combat piracy, which they say poses a great cybersecurity threat. According to Hollywood, cyber criminals use pirated content as bait, to exploit citizens through malware and other scams. TSA Not Detecting Weapons at Security Checkpoints

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