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February 7, 2019
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Microsoft joins OpenChain open-source compliance group

OpenChain, I would argue, is the most important open-source project you’ve never heard of before. This Linux Foundationconsortium provides an industry standard for open-source supply chain license compliance. And now, Microsoft has joined the the OpenChain Project.

OpenChain’s important because the open-source software supply chain goes from companies that are little more than a single developer in his home office to multi-billion dollar businesses. Within it, there are tens of thousands of programs with a wide variety of open-source software licenses. So, how can companies trust and manage all the code’s legal requirements? The answer is with OpenChain.

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February 7, 2019
by sjvn01
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Zero rating: Another way of poisoning net neutrality

Net neutrality was killed in the US in 2017. One lie Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their allies used to promote this was that people would benefit by having ISPs make some sites and services’ data access free or cheaper.

This concept is known as zero rating. With a zero-rating plan, you won’t be charged for some data counting against your data cap when you use data for a particular service. For example, if you use  AT&T Wireless, you won’t get charged for watching DirecTV Now. When you subscribe to Virgin Mobile you’re not charged for data used with WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Twitter.

Sounds good, doesn’t it? Think again.

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February 6, 2019
by sjvn01
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How to download your photos from Flickr before it deletes them

Once upon a time, Flickr was a popular photo-sharing site with a remarkably generous free terabyte of storage. Well, all good things must come to an end.

After SmugMug bought Flickr in 2018 in the post-Yahoo firesale, it’s new owner soon realized there was no way it could profit, so it cut your free storage from a terabyte to 1,000 photos. And — here comes the bad news — on March 12, 2019, Flickr will start deleting your photos for you.

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February 5, 2019
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Red Hat introduces first Kubernetes-native IDE

These days we often package our new programs in containers, and we then manage those containers with Kubernetes. That’s great as far as it goes, but if you’re a programmer, it’s still missing a vital part: An integrated development environment (IDE). Now, Red Hat is filling this hole with Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, a Kubernetes-native, browser-based IDE.

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February 1, 2019
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ZaReason Gamerbox 9400: The ultimate Linux gaming PC

A few years back, Gabe Newell, Valve‘s CEO, said, “Linux is the future of gaming.” Well, that didn’t happen, but Valve, creator of the Steam game engine and network, is renewing its push for Linux games. So, it makes good sense that ZaReason, a Linux computer manufacturer, has released a top-of-the-line gaming PC: The ZaReason Gamerbox 9400.

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