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Today Linux Journal shut its doors for good. All staff were laid off and the company is left with no operating funds to continue in any capacity... https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye

Today's #Linux News:
* Collabora Announces xrdesktop
* Arduino Selects Auth0 as Its Identity Management Platform of Choice
* Microway Showcasing Its Data Science WhisperStation at PEARC19
* Blender 2.8 Released KDE Plasma Maintenance Update
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/collabora-announces-xrdesktop-blender-28-released-arduino-selects-auth0-its-identity

#privacymatters

New #Linux #malware has been discovered that masquerades as a #GNOME shell extension and spies on users.

https://www.intezer.com/blog-evilgnome-rare-malware-spying-on-linux-desktop-users/ …

What Really IRCs Me: Mastodon
By @kyle
Learn how to use the Mastodon social network platform from the comfort of your regular #IRC client. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-really-ircs-me-mastodon

GRUB 2.04 has been released. According to @phoronix this version, which has been two years in the making, includes RISC-V architecture support, native UEFI Secure Boot support, support for the F2FS filesystem and more.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GRUB-2.04-Released

The PineBook Pro laptop w/be available for pre-order July 25. @omgubuntu reports that the $199 PineBook Pro will now include privacy switches to disable the internal Bluetooth and WiFi module, the webcam & the microphone at the hardware level. https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/