EasyOS, IBM's Red Bait, SUSE, Canonical, and Microsoft

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 01, 2023

• Very old PKGget bug fixed

  How about that, a bug that has existed from 2018, nobody reported it. I was responding to don570 here:

  https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=9036

  ...as explained PKGget automatically creates the entries when you right-click on a file.
  

  Puppy Linux does not have this automatic management o mime-handling, so those coming from a Puppy background, like don570, will not know what is going on.

  Actually, what PKGget does is call /usr/sbin/build-rox-sendto, which creates the entries in the right-click menu.

• Perf 6.x now in CentOS Hyperscale!

  At Meta, we use sample-based profiling with perf to guide performance optimization work – otherwise we would need even more servers than the ones we already have! This 2018 engineering blog post on BOLT is still highly relevant. For a primer on perf, I highly recommend reading Brendan Gregg’s perf examples page.

• ISystemTap: An interactive SystemTap notebook

  SystemTap is a tool that streamlines the gathering of real-time information about a running Linux system. It can probe and even modify running processes in both the user and kernel spaces, so you can easily monitor your programs without recompiling and installing tools on your system. It also provides many tapsets, or prewritten libraries that aid in these tasks.

  But to a beginner, SystemTap can be overwhelming, and it can be said that with this great power comes an equally great learning curve. To solve this issue, we've introduced an interactive, beginner-friendly interface called ISystemTap.

• Empowering retailers to innovate and scale fast

  Guest blog – Inside the partnership: Flooid and SUSE Retailers moving to the ‘store of the future’ require new levels of speed, flexibility and open innovation, without compromising on security or performance.

• Digital Trust in Cloud and Containerization: A Shift in the Security Landscape

  In today’s digital environment, the importance of trust has taken center stage. As more businesses shift from traditional data center infrastructure to cloud and containerized environments, Digital Trust becomes more than just a buzzword; it’s an absolute necessity. 

• Snapcraft.io reloaded: check out the new look and feel

  We’re happy to announce that snapcraft.io has a fresh, new look! Time for an update After keeping the same user interface and style for several years, we embarked on a project to redesign snapcraft.io and give it a more modern look. We spent a lot of time analysing how we could improve the store and […]

• EV charging infrastructure: overcome the challenges with open source

  Range anxiety refers to the fear of running out of battery while driving. Of course, with more range or more charging stations, range anxiety decreases. Unfortunately, most countries lack EV charging infrastructure that meets consumer expectations.

• FSF Blogs: Keep cool with GNU summer swag

• LibreOffice project and community recap: June 2023

  Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We started June by announcing the LibreOffice Conf Asia x UbuCon Asia 2023, in Indonesia, an event that brings together Linux and Open Source Software (OSS) activists, contributors, users, communities [...]

• Furious Microsoft employees slam CEO Satya Nadella’s ‘landmark’ year claim

  Some angry Microsoft employees reportedly blasted their boss Satya Nadella on Thursday after he shared a message touting a “landmark year” at the tech giant — even as executives withheld raises, announced 10,000 layoffs in January and scramble to salvage a $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard.

  Nadella lauded the company’s accomplishments in a missive shared on Microsoft’s internal message boards on Thursday — the last day of the company’s 2023 fiscal year, Insider reported.

  “As we approach the end of FY23, I want to express my sincere appreciation to everyone working hard across the company for a strong close,” Nadella wrote in the post.

  “The innovation and creativity you continue to show have made this a landmark year not just for Microsoft, but for our customers, partners, and communities around the world,” he added.

• Microsoft and GitHub try to derail Copilot code lawsuit • The Register