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The Linux-powered game console Atari VCS: upgraded to AMD Ryzen.

It will additionally be using Radeon Vega graphics and not Radeon R7 which it was previously.

It seems they've been working with AMD on this, as the APU they're going to be using apparently has yet to actually be announced officially by AMD. From what they say it will be a 14nm, with 2 Zen CPU cores.

The final product has been pushed back until the end of 2019.

==> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-linux-powered-atari-vcs-is-getting-upgraded-to-amd-ryzen-shipping-dates-pushed-back.13783
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#AtariVCS #Ryzen #AMD #Linux #gaming

Wine 4.0 released!

This release represents a year of development effort and over 6,000 individual changes. It contains a large number of improvements that are listed in the release notes below. The main highlights are:

* Vulkan support.
* Direct3D 12 support.
* Game controllers support.
* High-DPI support on Android.

The source is available now. Binaries are being built, and will appear soon at their download locations.

==> https://www.winehq.org/news/2019012201
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#Wine #Linux #gaming #Vulkan

Mycroft Mark II.

Mycroft is the world’s 1st open source voice assistant such as Siri.

Mycroft runs anywhere – on a desktop Linux computer, inside an automobile, or on a Raspberry Pi.

This is all open source which can be freely remixed, extended, and improved. Mycroft may be used in anything from a science to an enterprise pplication.

Aiming Mycroft Mark II for Q1 2019 shipments!

==> https://mycroft.ai/blog/mark-ii-update-delivery-timeline-and-progress/

==> https://youtu.be/1o48-9YRe6c
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#Mycroft #voiceassistant #Linux #OpenSource #Siri

A new Linux smartphone is coming!

With an affordable price, too. Pine64 is behind this device running KDE Plasma.

KDE Neon creator Jonathan Riddell revealed this at Open Source Summit and it will be called PinePhone.

You can expect this open source Linux smartphone to cost $100+ for 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.

==> https://fossbytes.com/pinephone-pine64-affordable-linux-smartphone-kde-plasma/
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#Linux #smartphone #KDE #Pine64 #PinePhone

PeerTube 1.0 released.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized, federated video platform that uses peer-to-peer technology, developed by Framasoft.

To provide an alternative to centralized, now censorship infested platforms such as YouTube.

Mobile?

Sailfish OS: Sail2Play https://gitlab.com/fabrixxm/harbour-sail2play +Jolla Store

Android: P2Play https://gitlab.com/agosto182/p2play/

==> https://framablog.org/2018/10/15/peertube-1-0-the-free-libre-and-federated-video-platform/
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#PeerTube #decentralized #federated #fediverse #deleteYouTube #Framasoft #Android #SailfishOS #Linux #Sail2Play #P2Play

When support for Win7 ends in 2020 it's easy to imagine a lot of people will be migrating to Linux.

Spydows just keeps getting shittier and Linux keeps getting better.

Then we've got Vulkan on the horizon and it's not hard to see that the days of that M$ surveillance engine being the "avid users OS" are numbered.

Microshaft could say they love Linux when they:

* Port MS Office to Linux
* Implement directX for Linux
* Make a native Outl00k client for Linux.

Yet it won't happen: porting Office to Linux would be a really dangerous business plan for Microshaft.

It would make too many businesses ask the question "So what do we need Spydows for anymore?"

One might question though: "why is there an Office version for Macs?" - Well, Mac is more expensive than Spydows.

Bryan Lunduke's message to Mastodon developers:

"If you're listening, we need an ability to move between servers & migrate an account between servers where people who are following that account get updated in some way to follow it on a new server".

The issue was such: mastodon.rocks went down. Lunduke lost all of his account data with it being the most followed (4000) person on that particular server.

How to address this problem?

---> https://youtu.be/rgNJ_0B_AYI?t=615
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#Mastodon #Lunduke #trouble

FreeCAD 0.17 released.

Overhauls its PartDesign Workbench, a new add-on manager to make installing new modules/macros easier.

Sketcher improvements, new documentation, navigation improvements, and various Workbench improvements are among the changes making up this release.

--> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeCAD-0.17-Released
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#OpenSource #CAD #FreeCAD #Linux #3D #Workbench

KDE Connect – State of the union.

Some new features in place:

* Remote Keyboard plugin

* Reply to Telegram and similar apps

* Notification icons

* Runtime permissions

* Direct share

* Plasmoid redesign

* Choose ringtone for Find-my-Phone

* Blacklist numbers

* Media controller overhaul

* URL handler

More features in the pipeline and this week the core developers are meeting for a sprint to discuss the future of KDE Connect.

--> https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/kde-connect-state-of-the-union/
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#KDE #Linux #features #Connect

Easily fund open source projects with these platforms.

1. Liberapay | a non-profit, open source organization that helps in a periodic donation to a project.

2. Bountysource | for open source software, unique way of paying a developer for his time and work in the name of Bounties.

3. Open Collective | has more than 500 collectives being backed up by 5000+ users.

4. Open Source Grants | still in its beta stage.

--> https://itsfoss.com/open-source-funding-platforms/
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#Linux #donate #funding #developers #OpenSource

OpenStreetMap: now more than 1 million map contributors!

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and me, free to use under an open license.

A milestone has been recently passed which deserves some celebration.

Over the lifetime of the project, 1,000,000 different users have created a user account and made edits to the map.

Why not sign up right today and map your neighbourhood?

--> https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/03/18/1-million-map-contributors/
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#OpenStreetMap #OpenSource #maps #mobile #desktop #FOSSGIS

Mozilla (Firefox web browser ) has started to violate their users privacy and even practice censorship?

Here is Bryan Lunduke's take on this. More or less disturbing business of Mozilla indeed.

If you feel you can no longer stay on the Firefox wagon, some alternatives for Linux: Waterfox / Palemoon / Falkon (formerly Qupzilla).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMALm1VthGY

#Mozilla #Firefox #censorship #privacy #violation #adverts #Lunduke

Juno Computers. A new company with Linux pre-installed machines!

Recently was launched a laptop and mini PC business with full support for elementaryOS as the pre-installed Linux operating system.

Currently only shipping across the UK yet hoping to expand to the EU and rest of the world soon.

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https://junocomputers.com/

#Linux #preinstalled #PC #Juno #Computers #elementaryOS #UK https://mastodon.social/media/sUWYMhqRoKgKSEaQZuI

Call for help: fund GIMP (an open source and free Photoshop alternative) development & Libre animation.

The funding really did help the Blender Foundation for example, and it brought us a solid 3D software with tons of resources on the internet.

This could be GIMP's blender moment, let's get them funded!

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https://girinstud.io/news/2017/10/call-for-help-fund-gimp-development-libre-animation/

#OpenSource #GIMP #Photoshop #replacement #alternative #Libre #funding #FreeSoftware #FSF

@jjg1965 @colegota Translated your message: "I installed it and opened it out of curiosity. At the moment very solid". -That is very good to hear!

@colegota Haven't tried it yet but willing to later on, as it matures some more.

Ring is a free and universal communication platform especially for Linux which preserves the users' privacy and freedoms. Unlike for example in Skype, you get full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy. Free Software Foundation approved messaging application just reached 1.0 --> https://ring.cx/en #messenger #Ring #OpenSource #FSF #privacy #Linux