Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: XenSummit, LF, Homebrew/Wine
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XenSummit 2023 announced!
The annual Xen Project Developer and Design Summit 2023 will be held 24-26 June.
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Linux Foundation’s LF Edge and Open Grid Alliance Collaborate on Accelerating Innovation for Reimagining the Edge
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Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here [Ed: Can work with GNU/Linux too]
Homebrew is a handy tool if you work in a terminal window on a Mac, which lets you quickly and easily install a wide variety of familiar tools from the wider FOSS world.
The add-on package manager doesn't need superuser permissions and installs programs into your home directory: it "does for macOS what apt-get does for Debian". The new version 4.0.0 is faster than before, especially when it comes to the update process.
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Wayland driver for Wine is getting closer
Back late last year, Collabora developer Alexandros Frantzis blogged about a whole lot of work going into getting full Wayland support for Wine and now a big first step towards it being included in Wine is happening.