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Ongoing (Albeit Secret) Campaign of Patent Extortion Against GNU/Linux Distributions Using Software Patents, Even Expired Ones in Europe
https://linuxreviews.org/Ongoing_(Albeit_Secret)_Campaign_of_Patent_Extortion_Against_GNU/Linux_Distributions_Using_Software_Patents,_Even_Expired_Ones_in_Europe

The Mesa Graphics Library Just Got A Significant Performance Boost For #Intel Tiger Lake Chips. Don't get too excited, it only applies to gen12+ and it won't arrive in mainstream #Linux distributions until #Mesa 20.3 is released mid-December.
https://linuxreviews.org/Mesa_Just_Got_A_Significant_Performance_Boost_For_Intel_Tiger_Lake_Chips

#Vulkan Specification Version 1.2.158 Brings Two New Extensions. One is VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate. It lets developers change the rate at which fragments are shaded on a per-region, per-primitive or per-draw basis.
https://linuxreviews.org/Vulkan_Specification_Version_1.2.158_Brings_Two_New_Extensions

Apple's CUPS Repository Has Died A Quiet Death. There's no activity, it's a virtual ghost-town. #CUPS creator Michael Sweet has moved on to a CUPS fork maintained by #OpenPrinting and #Apple doesn't appear to have a single person work on their git tree.
https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death

#Microsoft promised #Edge for #Linux in October 2020. There's.. 12 days left.

Microsoft will .. surely deliver this time? Or..?

https://linuxreviews.org/Microsoft_Edge_Is_Coming_To_Linux_In_October_2020#comment-1163

Linux 5.9.1 And Older Stable Kernel Updates Fixing "Bleeding Tooth" #Bluetooth #Vulnerability Are Available. Remote code execution is possible is you have BT and it's turned on and made discoverable. You should upgrade your #linux kernel if you use BT.
https://linuxreviews.org/Linux_5.9.1_And_Older_Stable_Kernel_Updates_Fixing_%22Bleeding_Tooth%22_Bluetooth_Vulnerability_Are_Available

SDL2 Gains OS/2 Support. The cross-platform zlib-licensed Simple DirectMedia Layer v2 now supports the OS/2 operating system. #SDL2 support for OS/2 comes nearly 19 years since #IBM released the last OS/2 version in December 2001.
https://linuxreviews.org/SDL2_Gains_OS/2_Support

How Fedora Is Run And Why: Senior #Fedora Program Manager Ben Cotton explain how the Fedora #Linux project is ran in a 30 minute presentation at the joint openSUSE/LibreOffice Conference this week.

"By enlarge they don't just swoop in and say "You must do this or else". There are some things that certainly feel that way but by enlarge that's not the case." -Ben Cotton

https://linuxreviews.org/Ben_Cotton:_How_Fedora_Is_Run_And_Why

#Linux 5.10 Will Have A Fully Lock-Less Ring Buffer. Linus Torvalds has merged a set of printk() patches by John Ogness that make the kernel ring buffer (see dmesg) fully lock-less. This allows messages to be stored and read with no risk of deadlocks.
https://linuxreviews.org/Linux_5.10_Will_Have_A_Fully_Lock-Less_Ring_Buffer

Richard Brown: Regular Releases are Wrong, Roll for your life: #openSUSE Chairman Richard Brown made a really compelling argument for why a rolling release model is better than using "stable" packages that have to have fixes back-ported to them in a 35 minute video presentation at the joint openSUSE+LibreOffice Virtual Conference 2020 taking place this week.
https://linuxreviews.org/Richard_Brown:_Regular_Releases_are_Wrong,_Roll_for_your_life

#XFS Patches For #Linux 5.10 Delays The Year #2038 Problem To 2486. That extends the deadline for coming up with a real long-term solution by 448 years, which should be enough.
https://linuxreviews.org/XFS_Patches_For_Linux_5.10_Delays_The_Year_2038_Problem_To_2486

GCC 11 Will Be Set In Stone On November 15th. Any features that aren't added to the #GNU Compiler Collection the next two months will have to wait until the GCC 12 cycle starts next year.
https://linuxreviews.org/GCC_11_Will_Be_Set_In_Stone_On_November_15th

Latest 20.41.18123 Intel NEO #OpenCL Driver Claims "Production" OpenCL 3.0 Quality On All #Intel CPUs Going Back To Broadwell. The claim doesn't hold water, but it's there in the release-notes.
https://linuxreviews.org/Latest_20.41.18123_Intel_NEO_OpenCL_Driver_Claims_%22Production%22_OpenCL_3.0_Quality_On_All_Intel_CPUs_Going_Back_To_Broadwell

#Plausible Web Analytics Switches From MIT To #GNU #AGPL License Due To Competition: Turns out making web software and giving it away for free results in competing corporations building services around said software in competition with your own services.
https://linuxreviews.org/Plausible_Analytics_Switches_From_MIT_To_GNU_AGPL_License_Due_To_Competition

Mesa 20.1.10 Is Released With A Handful Of Bug-Fixes. There's a few fixes for #Intel graphics and two for #AMD in the last release 20.1.x #Mesa release. Only 20.2.x will be supported from now on.
https://linuxreviews.org/Mesa_20.1.10_Is_Released_With_A_Handful_Of_Bug-Fixes

The #Arch #Linux #Pacman package manager isn't fast enough for Michael Stapelberg so he developed #Distri, a blazing fast package manager. He presented it at the Arch Conf 2020. The video presentation is 20 minutes + 30 minutes of Q&A.
https://linuxreviews.org/Distri:_researching_fast_Linux_package_management

Martin Dougiamas: Why Openness in Education is essential. Martin Dougiamas wrote #Moodle, the only free software educational learning platform. He held a interesting talk about it and the state of modern education at the #NextCloud conf 2020.
https://linuxreviews.org/Martin_Dougiamas:_Why_Openness_in_Education_is_essential

Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software: Educational activities, including schools of all levels from kindergarten to university, have a moral duty to teach only free software.
https://linuxreviews.org/Why_Schools_Should_Exclusively_Use_Free_Software

GamerOS, An Arch Linux based gaming OS: Alesh Slovak missed Vavle's SteamOS so he created a new GNU/Linux operating system called #GamerOS based on #Arch #Linux. It is designed so you can sit on the couch and use a #PC with a game-pad.
https://linuxreviews.org/GamerOS:_An_Arch_Linux_based_gaming_OS

Kdenlive 20.08.2 Is Released With 17 Bug-Fixes And GPU Accelerated Video Rendering. "Accelerated" in this case means it's actually slower. There's also a new "Automatic Scene Split" feature in the free #kdenlive video editor for #Linux, Windows and macOS.
https://linuxreviews.org/Kdenlive_20.08.2_Is_Released_With_17_Bug-Fixes_And_GPU_Accelerated_Video_Rendering