SleepyHead Project Is Shutting Down
LEDAK388 Berdiri Sebagai Bandar Game Online Resmi Memiliki Permainan Lengkap Dan Server Gacor Yang Terbukti Paling Gampang Mengasilkan Kemenangan.
DéjàVu: a map of code duplicates on GitHub
DéjàVu: A map of code duplicates on GitHub Lopes et al., OOPSLA ‘17 ‘DéjàVu’ drew me in with its attention grabbing abstract: This paper analyzes a corpus of 4.5 million non-fork projects hosted on…
BMW and the GPL
I accidentally caused a little brouhaha last week - for which I would like to apologise. In my blog post about BMW's unencrypted software updates, I said: Judging from the files, it would appear that the infotainment system is made by Magneti Marelli with components by Wind River, AutoSAR, and Nvidia Tegra. Looking at…
GCC 4.9 Release Series – Changes, New Features, and Fixes
The mudflap run time checker has been removed. The mudflap options remain, but do nothing.
Debian 8.4 released
[03 Oct 2016] Several donations boost reliability of Debian's core infrastructure [27 Sep 2016] The Debian Project mourns the loss of Kristoffer H. Rose [17 Sep 2016] Updated Debian 8: 8.6 released [09 Jul 2016] DebConf16 closes in Cape Town and DebConf17 dates announced [02 Jul 2016] Debian Edu / Skolelinux Jessie …
Introducing NVK
Say hello to a brand new, open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa.
PostgreSQL 10 Beta 4 Released
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces today that the fourth beta release of PostgreSQL 10 is available for download. This …
Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.
Gnome Turns 25
Around the end of 2020, I looked at GNOME's commit history as a proxy for the project's overall health. A year and a half went by since then, and it's time for an update.
Please stop inventing new software licences (2020)
A few weeks ago, I received an unsolicited email inviting me to try out an exciting new "quantum resistant" cryptography app called Cyph. Because I hate myself, I signed up. Of particular interest to me was the fact that the homepage loudly proclaimed that it was "Open Source" - and had a public GitHub repo. That was…
More people use Ubuntu than anyone actually knows
People of earth, waving at Saturn, courtesy of NASA . “It Doesn't Look Like Ubuntu Reached Its Goal Of 200 Million Users This Year”...
Fedora Linux 34 is officially here
Fedora Linux 34 is released and ready for you to install or upgrade today.
Operator Framework: Building Apps on Kubernetes
No single cloud fits all. Explore how we build a more flexible future with hybrid cloud.
Porting SBCL to the RISC-V
What better thing to do, during the hot, hot July days, thank something semi-mechanical involving very little brain power? With student-facing work briefly calming down (we've just about weathered the storm of appeals and complaints following the publication of exam results), and the all-too-brief Summer holidays…
GCC 4.8.0 released
The GNU project and the GCC developers are pleased to announce the release of GCC 4.8.5.
Linux Kernel Testing: Intro to kernelci.org
At BayLibre, contributing to open source is not a side project — it is how we work.Our engineers do not just consume open source software; they shape it.
Reproducible SBCL builds – a month ahead of schedule
I think this might be my last blog entry on the subject of building SBCL for a while.