July 19, the development team behind the open-source photo editing and management application “digiKam” announced the latest major release “digiKam 7.0.0”.
Linux Foundation founded an initiative for COVID-19 exposure notification apps
July 20, Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports free and open-source software like Linux, announced a new initiative “Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH)”. It aims to help public health authorities fight against COVID-19 and future epidemics with open source technologies.
“SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2” Released
July 21, Germany-based SUSE announced the general availability of “SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2”.
Full-Text Search Platform Software “Apache Lucene/Solr 8.6” Released
July 15, Apache Lucene project released Java-based search software “Apache Lucene 8.6.0” and Lucene-based server “Apache Solr 8.6.0”.
Rust 1.45 Released, procedural macros stabilized to support Rocket
July 16, the development team of Mozilla programming language “Rust” announced the release of the latest version “Rust 1.45.0”.
Debian 9.13 has been released, the last release of the 9 series
July 18, the Debian Project released the latest stable version of GNU/Linux OS “Debian 9.13”. It is the last release of the v9 series. This release focuses on security-related fixes.
Thunderbird 78 Released
July 16, the development team behind “Thunderbird” released the latest major release “Thunderbird 78”. Thunderbird is an open-source email client. It provides features like email, news feed, chat, and calendar. The development of Thunderbird is operated from MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary owned by Mozilla Foundation.
Why Torvalds Wishes AVX-512 a “Painful Death”
Linus Torvalds, the man behind the development of Linux, criticized “Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512)” in an email sent to his mailing list. He appears to deem that the problem lies in the direction toward which Intel is heading and not the technology.
Serverless Framework 1.75.0 Released
The Serverless Framework released the latest version of the serverless application framework “Serverless Framework 1.75.0”.
Open-Source Java Framework “Apache Wicket v9” Released
July 15, Apache Software Foundation “ASF” announced the latest major release of the open-source Java framework “Apache Wicket v9.0.0”. The minimum requirement for Java is version 11, and this release includes many feature improvements.