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Desktop

=> ↺ 6 Material-Inspired Themes/Icons for Your Linux Desktop

Server

=> ↺ Microservices Require Robust API Management

=> ↺ Infrastructure ‘Coming to Life in a New Way,’ SDN Inventor Says

Kernel Space

Graphics Stack

=> ↺ NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080 Sounds Great, Can’t Wait To Try It On Linux

Applications

=> ↺ Two of the Best Password Manager GUI Apps for Linux

Proprietary

=> ↺ MachineWorks to Release Polygonica v1.3 for Linux, Mac

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ Random Forest Clustering of Machine Package Configurations in Apache Spark

=> ↺ Self-organizing maps in Spark

=> ↺ Hidden gem of Fedora: git xcleaner

=> ↺ Containers and responsibilities on host actions

=> ↺ Yubikey NEO

=> ↺ RDO Mitaka && several external networks VLAN provider setup

=> ↺ Prioritizing System Services with Systemd – Run a Process Permanently in the Background

=> ↺ A Beginner’s Guide to Linux

Games

=> ↺ Stellaris preview on Linux, now available to watch on our Youtube

=> ↺ Stealth game Shadwen, the newest from Frozenbyte to launch 17th May with Linux support

=> ↺ Frozenbyte’s Shadwen Will Launch In Two Weeks

=> ↺ Free to play MMORPG Ryzom launches on Steam with Linux support

=> ↺ Action platformer Mighty No. 9 to be released June 21st, looks like Linux support will be day 1

Desktop Environments/WMs

=> ↺ Enlightenment Brings Session Recovery Support To Wayland

GNOME Desktop/GTK

=> ↺ GNOME Builder 3.20.4 IDE Re-Implements Support for Opening Remote Files

=> ↺ Builder 3.20.4

=> ↺ Change

Distributions

=> ↺ The PPA Problem

New Releases

=> ↺ Full Disk Encryption Coming to Manjaro Linux Soon, Calamares 2.2.2 Out Now

PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva Family

=> ↺ The May 2016 Issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine

Red Hat Family

=> ↺ Red Hat Data Science talks at Apache Big Data 2016

=> ↺ Red Hat Platform Selected As Reference Platform For Telefonica Operators

=> ↺ Telefonica and Red Hat Sign a Global Agreement to Help Companies Mobilize Business Processes

Fedora

=> ↺ Fedora “update testing” with Bodhi

=> ↺ Fedora 24 Beta a GO, LibreOffice 5.0.6, No PPAs on Bodhi

=> ↺ Fedora 24 Beta Linux Approved for Landing on May 10, Final Release Ships June 14

=> ↺ Fedora 24 Beta status is GO, release on May 10, 2016

Debian Family

=> ↺ DragonBox Pyra: Crowdfunding an open source, modular handheld PC (LPX Show)

Derivatives

Canonical/Ubuntu

=> ↺ Ubuntu 16.10 Developer Summit Videos To Watch This Weekend

=> ↺ m23 Rock 16.2 Linux Deployment Tool Adds Support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Clients

=> ↺ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – Video Overview and Screenshot Tours

=> ↺ Toronto Getting a Free Meshnet, Six New Distro Releases & More…

=> ↺ Future Of Ubuntu Linux Desktop After Ubuntu 16.10 — Unity 8 And Snaps

=> ↺ Mark Shuttleworth Talks Ubuntu Watches, Unity 8 and The Future of Free Software

Flavours and Variants

=> ↺ This Is How the New Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon Theme Looks Like

=> ↺ Linux Mint 18.1 to Ship with MATE 1.16 and New Mint-Y Theme by Default

Devices/Embedded

=> ↺ Adapter interfaces 40-pin Raspberry Pi add-ons over USB

=> ↺ Rugged PC/104 SBC offers ISA, PCI, and PCIe expansion

Phones

Android

=> ↺ Qualcomm patches widespread vulnerability, but most phones will remain at risk

=> ↺ Android One folded into Google’s new unified hardware division under Rick Osterloh

=> ↺ Google and Oracle lawyers prepare for Monday’s Android, Java retrial

=> ↺ The Oracle-Google trial over Android starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know

=> ↺ Android Pay looks like it’s about to get (a little) more convenient to use

=> ↺ Evernote enhances document scanning and annotation on Android

=> ↺ Millions of Android devices have been vulnerable for 5 years (but don’t worry too much)

=> ↺ Qualcomm flaw puts millions of Android devices at risk

=> ↺ Google attempts to tackle Stagefright with Android N changes

=> ↺ Security bug could expose Android phones to hackers

=> ↺ Google Has Plenty Of Cash, Even If It Loses Android Battle To Oracle

=> ↺ How to use Periscope on Android, and why you’d want to. What is Periscope – Periscope FAQ – How to save Periscope replays

=> ↺ Google’s New Android Keyboard Makes Typing Easier

=> ↺ Xiaomi is about to release a 6.4-inch Android phone

Free Software/Open Source

=> ↺ You can’t make money from open source

=> ↺ Opening Things Up – IoT and the Open Source Community

=> ↺ Linux open-source survey released, the AI Games, and iOS 9 supporting IPv6-only networks—SD Times news digest: May 6, 2016

=> ↺ Open source jobs boom continues worldwide

=> ↺ Open source talent in high demand

=> ↺ Report: Hiring hard-to-find open source talent a recruitment priority

=> ↺ Here’s the New Skills Shortage: Open Source

=> ↺ Netbeast: A cross-platform tool for the Internet of Things

=> ↺ ownCloud’s Founder is Leaving, But the Platform Marches On

=> ↺ Open source framework enables native mobile app development

=> ↺ Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Goes Open-Source

Events

=> ↺ What does the future of the Apache Software Foundation hold?

=> ↺ Watch Live Keynotes From Hadoop Creator Doug Cutting, + Speakers from Canonical, Databricks, Netflix, and more

=> ↺ Open Source Officers at SanDisk, Twitter, Google Will Share Best Practices at OSCON 2016

Web Browsers

Mozilla

=> ↺ Firefox 46.0 Released

SaaS/Back End

=> ↺ IBM Advances Support for OpenStack Interoperability, via RefStack

Databases

=> ↺ Basho Technologies launches version 1.3 of Riak TS optimised for IoT

=> ↺ Basho releases open-source version of Riak TS

=> ↺ Dropbox lifts the kimono

Oracle/Java/LibreOffice

=> ↺ LibreOffice 5.0.6 available for download

CMS

=> ↺ A step ahead on Drupal 8 with easy accessibility design

Pseudo-Open Source (Openwashing)

=> ↺ Commercial code riddled with open source vulnerabilities

=> ↺ Black Duck

BSD

=> ↺ DragonFlyBSD’s Intel DRM/KMS Driver Now On Par With Linux 4.3

FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC

=> ↺ FSF-Approved gNewSense 4 GNU/Linux Distribution Released

Openness/Sharing/Collaboration

=> ↺ Open wireless standards could save smart cities 30% on tech costs

Programming/Development

=> ↺ Kubernetes-powered PaaS focuses on devops

=> ↺ DevOps means Test Automation (too)

=> ↺ Adventures in D programming

Leftovers

=> ↺ “Captain America: Civil War” Is a Big Dumb Movie You Will Enjoy

Science

=> ↺ Junk Science on Trial in Bill Richards Bite-Mark Appeal

Health/Nutrition

=> ↺ ‘We need fundamental changes’: US doctors call for universal healthcare

=> ↺ Should you be worried about PFOA in drinking water? Here’s what we know

Security

=> ↺ Friday’s security updates

=> ↺ OpenSSL Patches Six Vulnerabilities

=> ↺ Critical Linux Kernel Update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Patches 15 Vulnerabilities

=> ↺ Linus Torvalds Talks IoT, Smart Devices, Security Concerns, and More [Video]

Defence/Aggression

=> ↺ Troubling Hidden Camera Video Reveals Why Children Should Never Be Left Around Guns

=> ↺ Report: Toddlers have shot 23 people so far this year

=> ↺ Obama’s Last Gasp Imperialism

=> ↺ Film Review: National Bird Looks Deeply in the Drone War’s Abyss

=> ↺ Remembering Father Dan Berrigan, a prophet of peace

=> ↺ Human rights violations in south-east Turkey: failed peace talks followed by increasing violence

=> ↺ Does the Erdoğan-Davutoğlu split provide an opening for Turkish democracy?

=> ↺ 15 Steps for Turkish-Kurdish peace

=> ↺ Former U.S. Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen

=> ↺ One Last Chance for Peace in Yemen

=> ↺ US Military Medical Ethics Guidelines in Limbo

=> ↺ How friends and family remember Daniel Berrigan

=> ↺ Cowardice and Exoneration in Kunduz

=> ↺ How Obama ‘Legalized’ the War on Terror

=> ↺ Obama’s Drone War is a Shameful Part of His Legacy

=> ↺ Afghanistan: Bombing the Land of the Snow Leopard

=> ↺ Daniel Berrigan, a Leader of Peaceful Opposition to Vietnam War, Inspired a Generation of Activists

=> ↺ Court victory gives momentum to long struggle against London arms fair

=> ↺ The Wall Street Journal is Playing Dirty in El Salvador, Again

=> ↺ Top Gun Lobbyist Calls Hundreds of Child Gun Deaths “Occasional Mishaps”

Environment/Energy/Wildlife/Nature

=> ↺ Contamination at Largest US Air Force Base in Asia: Kadena, Okinawa

=> ↺ Organizers Say Peabody Coal Will Not Escape Justice Through Bankruptcy

=> ↺ Florida Mayors Rush To Prepare For Rising Seas

=> ↺ Polluters In South Carolina Are About To Get A Huge Boost From The State House

=> ↺ Fort McMurray Wildfire Grows Tenfold as Mass Evacuations Continue

=> ↺ There’s more to Fort McMurray than oil sands – it’s a real community

=> ↺ Donald Trump’s Hairspray Woes Inspire Climate Denial Riff

=> ↺ These Activists Are Building A Sanctuary For SeaWorld’s Remaining Orcas

=> ↺ Alberta Declares State Of Emergency As Thousands Flee Massive Wildfire

=> ↺ Fort McMurray and the Fires of Climate Change

=> ↺ ALEC Appoints New Chair To Climate Denial Task Force

=> ↺ Climate confusion creeps into Trump camp

Finance

=> ↺ Economic Update: What Inequality Does

=> ↺ Ready for the Coming Assault on Social Security? Five Things Paul Ryan and Friends Don’t Want You to Think About

=> ↺ American Tax Havens: Elites Don’t Have to go to Panama to Hide Their Money–They’ve Got Delaware

=> ↺ This Town Ran An Illegal Debtor’s Prison For Years. Now It Has To Pay Back The People It Jailed.

=> ↺ ‘Why? And Why Now?’ Panama Papers ‘John Doe’ Steps Out of Shadows

=> ↺ C.F.P.B. Proposes Class Action Boost for Bank Victims

=> ↺ Job Growth Slows in April

=> ↺ Americans Finally Get A Raise, But Fewer People Get Jobs

=> ↺ The chart that shows the UK economic recovery is ‘on its knees’

=> ↺ Mayor of Cupertino Clashes with Tax-Dodging Apple: Company ‘Abuses Us’

=> ↺ Germans increasingly doubtful of TTIP

=> ↺ Scott Walker Implements Backdoor Way To Drug Test People For Unemployment Benefits

=> ↺ Irish beef farmers protest over ‘sell-out’ trade talks

=> ↺ Panama Papers source breaks silence over ‘scale of injustices’

=> ↺ Karen Hansen-Kuhn on TTIP Leak, Josmar Trujillo on Bronx Police Raid

=> ↺ Inequality Soars as Retirement Benefits Dwindle for All But the Rich

=> ↺ Retired Truckers Duck Pension Cuts – For Now

=> ↺ Panama Papers Source Wants Whistleblower Immunity to Aid Law Enforcement

=> ↺ Quote of the Day: Debt? What Debt?

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

=> ↺ Rick Perry Endorses Cancer for President, Would Be Willing to Accept Position as Cancer’s Running Mate

=> ↺ The Need for Progressive Voices

=> ↺ This Teen Went to Prom With a Cardboard Cutout of Bernie Sanders

=> ↺ Hey, Bernie, Leave Them Kids Alone

=> ↺ May Looking Bright for Sanders as Political Revolution Marches On

=> ↺ NYC Board of Elections Suspends 2nd Official, Delays Hillary Clinton v. Bernie Sanders Results Certification

=> ↺ Sheldon Adelson Pledges to Support Donald Trump

=> ↺ KING: Bernie Sanders would be Donald Trump’s worst nightmare; Hillary, not so much

=> ↺ Donald Trump’s Sacking of GOP Forces Elected Officials and Party Leaders to Make a Decision

=> ↺ Across Los Angeles, Hope Remains for a Big Upset in the California Primary

=> ↺ BBC Spread the Hatred

=> ↺ Pundits Will Pay No Price for Being Arrogantly Wrong About Trump

=> ↺ Robert Scheer Discusses What a Clinton Versus Trump Election Would Mean for Progressives

=> ↺ This Taco Bowl Is What Donald Trump Is Offering As Hispanic Outreach

=> ↺ Sometimes There Is No Lesser of Two Evils

=> ↺ The General Strike to Corbyn: 90 years of BBC establishment bias

=> ↺ Here Is the Wrong Way to Go About Defeating Trump

=> ↺ Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Astroturfing on Social Media, Op-Ed Pages

=> ↺ Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show

=> ↺ The Intelligence Community Casts Its Vote for Hillary Clinton

=> ↺ Election 2016: Not Donald Trump vs Not Hillary Clinton

=> ↺ Hillary Clinton and the End of the Democratic Party

=> ↺ Global press reaction to Sadiq Khan a mix of curiosity and ignorance

=> ↺ London’s FIRST Muslim Mayor: Sadiq Khan ahead as Goldsmith slammed for anti-Islam campaign

=> ↺ Uber picks up ex-EU digital chief Neelie Kroes—after cooling-off period

Censorship/Free Speech

=> ↺ Media Censorship: The News That Didn’t Make the News

=> ↺ Censorship or lack of confidence

=> ↺ Baidu Pushes Back On Chinese Gov’t Investigation By Freeing Up Images Related To Tiananmen Square

=> ↺ Elsevier Keeps Whac’ing Moles In Trying To Take Down Repository Of Academic Papers

=> ↺ UK Sports Star Threatens American Newspaper For Posting Public Information About His New Home

=> ↺ Media Blackout on Nuit Debout

=> ↺ Funnyman Cyrus Broacha bristles at the idea of censorship as he describes how comedy in India has become a tough business

=> ↺ Censorship is an outdated concept: Kunaal Roy Kapur

Privacy/Surveillance

=> ↺ Mexico’s Supreme Court Won’t Halt Data Retention: Activists Plan to Take Case to International Court

=> ↺ Why Government Use of Social Media Monitoring Software Is a Direct Threat to Our Liberty and Privacy

=> ↺ Oregon DOJ Encourages Surveillance Of First Amendment Activities; Acts Surprised When Agents Do Exactly That

=> ↺ Homeland Security Wants To Subpoena Us Over A Clearly Hyperbolic Techdirt Comment

=> ↺ NSA Spying: Another Foreign Intervention Come Home

=> ↺ US Intelligence Agencies Expand Electronic Surveillance Worldwide

=> ↺ ‘Too Much Data’: Why US Intelligence Unable to Prevent Terrorism

=> ↺ NSA Discloses Hundreds of Hardware, Software Bugs Per Year

=> ↺ NSA recognizes Embry Riddle as a top school for cyber defense

=> ↺ Embry-Riddle Designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education

=> ↺ UK’s Spy Agency Wants Users to Stop Resetting Their Passwords – No Joke

=> ↺ Stop resetting your passwords, says UK govt’s spy network

=> ↺ You Can’t Handle It: UK Spy Agency Tells Public to Stop Resetting Passwords

=> ↺ Stop resetting passwords often says British intelligence agency

=> ↺ Why Changing Passwords Often Could Make Them Weaker

=> ↺ Companies should NOT force customers to keep changing their passwords – GCHQ

=> ↺ FBI Harassing TOR Software Developer, Refusing To Explain Why They Want To Meet Her

=> ↺ Court Upholds Sentence For Ex-Cop Who Abused Law Enforcement Database Access

=> ↺ What you’re asked when interviewing with the NSA, according to GlassDoor

=> ↺ NSA Silent on Spies’ Child Porn Problem

Civil Rights/Policing

=> ↺ How Connecticut Plans To Break The School-To-Prison Pipeline

=> ↺ Conservative Christian Tow Truck Driver Abandons Disabled Woman Because of Her Bernie Bumper Sticker

=> ↺ Support Diego Garcia Football

=> ↺ Lawmakers In Missouri Just Passed A Voter ID Bill That Could Disenfranchise 220,000 People

=> ↺ The limits of borders

=> ↺ Gangbusters: Law Enforcement’s Dubious Means to Police Public Housing Residents

=> ↺ Rep. Issa Calls Out Civil Asset Forfeiture As Letting ‘Cops Go Treasure Hunting’

=> ↺ European Greens Present Draft Law On Protecting Whistleblowers

=> ↺ Report Shows There Aren’t Enough Teachers Of Color Coming Through Traditional Teacher Pipelines

=> ↺ After Arresting Driver for Silence, Cops Tell Her She Has a Right to Remain Silent

=> ↺ What does an anti-Semitic party look like in Europe today?

=> ↺ Sadiq Khan Overcomes Nasty Attacks From Conservatives, Becomes London’s First Muslim Mayor

=> ↺ How London’s Sadiq Khan Triumphed Over Race-Baiting

=> ↺ Transcending Ugly Campaign, London Elects First-Ever Muslim Mayor

=> ↺ How Opponents of UK Labour Leader Corbyn Advanced a Political Coup with Antisemitism Smears

=> ↺ The Enduring Racism of Wonder Woman

=> ↺ The New Wave of Repression in Puerto Rico

=> ↺ White Power Meets Business Casual

=> ↺ Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?

=> ↺ Will Our Love of Cheap Clothing Doom the Sustainable Fashion Movement?

Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

=> ↺ Congress Scolds The FCC For Making The Cable Set Top Box Market More Competitive

=> ↺ FCC Officially Approves Merger to Create ‘Price-Gouging Cable Giant’

=> ↺ FCC Approves Horrible Merger, Hurting Consumers Nationwide

Intellectual Monopolies

Trademarks

=> ↺ Game Developer Forced To Change Game’s Name Because ‘Wasteland’ Is A Trademark, Apparently

=> ↺ Advice To Immediately Trademark Kickstarter Projects Rests On Crowdfunding Not Being Commerce

Copyrights

=> ↺ Do You Own What You Own? Not So Much Anymore, Thanks To Copyright

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