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Amazon: Not OK – Why we had to change Elastic licensing
We've had a few questions about our recent license change to Elasticsearch and Kibana.
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VideoLAN is 20 years old today
The VideoLAN project and the VideoLAN non-profit organization are happy to celebrate today the 20 th anniversary of the open-sourcing of the project.
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AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana
Last week, Elastic announced they will change their software licensing strategy, and will not release new versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2). Instead, new versions of the software will be offered under the Elastic License (which limits how it can be used) or the Server…
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PostgreSQL 14
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of [PostgreSQL 14](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14.html), the latest version of the world’s [most advanced …
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Homebrew 3.0
Today I’d like to announce Homebrew 3.0.0. The most significant changes since 2.7.0 are official Apple Silicon support and a new bottle format in formulae.
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Blender 3.0
21 years after Blender 2.0, version 3.0 brings unprecedented performance on a robust yet light package.
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Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
Apple has joined the Blender Development Fund as a Patron Member to support continued core development for Blender.
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Freesound just reached 500K Creative Commons sounds
In our recent 2020 in numbers blog post we predicted that we would reach 500k sound uploads at some point in 2021 and… it has just happened! At some point during the past weekend, the number of sounds which are available for download in Freesound has surpassed half a million. Note that by sounds which are available…
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Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3
We believe that this change allows our community and users to have the same core freedoms of free and open source software that they have enjoyed since the inception of Grafana Labs and encourages third parties to also contribute back.
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OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana
Today, we are introducing the OpenSearch project, a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. We are making a long-term investment in OpenSearch to ensure users continue to have a secure, high-quality, fully open source search and analytics suite with a rich roadmap of new and innovative…
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Our lawsuit against ChessBase
Stockfish is a free, open-source, and cross-platform chess engine, trusted by grandmasters and leading chess platforms worldwide.
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PeerTube v3
Today we are releasing a major new version of PeerTube, our alternative to centralized video platforms like YouTube. Please note: La version Française (originale) de cet article est disponible ici ; Here is a direct link to the release, complete with its changelog. Wait... What is PeerTube? PeerTube is not a platform…
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Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of money?
Since 2018, Babel has been doing a funding experiment: can full time work on Babel be sustained? We've learned the answer might be no.
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UMN CS&E Statement on Linux Kernel Research
Leadership in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering learned today about the details of research being conducted by one of its faculty members and graduate students into the security of the Linux Kernel. The research method used raised serious concerns in the Linux Kernel community…
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Gentoo Freenode channels have been hijacked
News and information from Gentoo Linux
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Zulip 4.0: Threaded open source team chat
We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 4.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes! Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with unique topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat to make remote work productive and delightful. Fortune 500 companies, …
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Introduction to open source private LTE and 5G networks
It’s so easy these days to set-up your own WiFi network. You order a router online, plug it into the electrical socket, define a password and you’re good to go. WiFi is fast, reliable and easy to use. But if you want to cover a wider area or connect hundreds of small devices it quickly […]
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Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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Introducing the PineNote
This month brings news that many of you have been waiting years for - we’re introducing the PineNote, a high-end e-ink device based on the powerful Quartz64 single board computer. But the good news doesn’t end here, the PinePhone keyboard has entered production, developers have begun work on PinePhone’s back cases…
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Apache Arrow 3.0
The Apache Arrow team is pleased to announce the 3.0.0 release. This covers over 3 months of development work and includes 666 resolved issues from 106 distinct contributors. See the Install Page to learn how to get the libraries for your platform. The release notes below are not exhaustive and only expose selected…
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Elementary OS 6 Odin
It’s finally here, and it’s the biggest update to the platform yet
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Open-sourcing a more precise time appliance
Facebook engineers have built and open-sourced an Open Compute Time Appliance, an important component of the modern timing infrastructure. To make this possible, we came up with the Time Card — a P…
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Asahi Linux for M1 Macs: progress report for September 2021
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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Ubuntu 21.04
Ubuntu 21.04 is here, with native Microsoft Active Directory integration, performance optimization and joint support for Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu. […]
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