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2024 Open Source Software Funding Report - NDLUG
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> This report summarizes insights from the inaugural 2024 Open Source Software Funding Survey, a collaboration between GitHub, the Linux Foundation, and researchers from Harvard University. The objective of the survey was to better understand how organizations fund, contribute to, and otherwise...
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2024 Open Source Software Funding Report - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1401792 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1401792] > This report summarizes insights from the inaugural 2024 Open Source Software Funding Survey, a collaboration between GitHub, the Linux Foundation, and researchers from Harvard University....
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Lesser known parts of Python standard library - NDLUG
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> In this article we will explore some lesser known, but interesting and useful corners of Python standard library. … > To provide more powerful containers for storing data in memory Python ships a collection module … > Python has with keyword to create context manager that will auto-cleanup...
on Sep 5
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Bcachefs Changes Rejected Reportedly Due To CoC, Kernel Future "Uncertain" - NDLUG
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> Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet published a Patreon post this evening entitled “Trouble in the kernel” [https://www.patreon.com/posts/116412665] where he explained: > “TLDR: the future of bcachefs in the kernel is uncertain, and lots of things aren’t looking good. > Linus has said he...
on Thu, 11AM
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A Linux Desktop for the family - NDLUG
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> I saw plenty of efforts that aim to create a Linux distribution for non-enthusiasts, for people who just want to use their computers, and not care about the details - A Desktop for All on the GNOME blog, most recently. While I commend the effort, my own experience is that these efforts are...
on Nov 15
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Upstream Linux Developers Take Aim At TUXEDO's Out-Of-Tree GPLv3 Drivers - NDLUG
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> A new patch series posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list would block kernel modules/drivers from TUXEDO Computers from accessing GPL-only symbols in the kernel. > TUXEDO Computers maintains a set of kernel drivers currently out-of-tree for their various laptops for additional...
on Nov 14
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> Community driven applications and extensions written to extend the power of the COSMIC™ Desktop made by System 76. > COSMIC Utils Projects are all open source and as such welcome the spirit of open collaboration. Head over to the source code of any of the projects listed above and help however...
on Oct 28
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A deep dive into Linux’s new mseal syscall - NDLUG
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> If you love exploit mitigations, you may have heard of a new system call named mseal landing into the Linux kernel’s 6.10 release, providing a protection called “memory sealing.” Beyond notes from the authors, very little information about this mitigation exists. In this blog post, we’ll...
on Oct 25
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SF ads call out tech firms for not paying for open source - NDLUG
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> Drivers passing through San Francisco have a new roadside distraction to consider: billboards calling out businesses that don’t cough up for the open source code that they use. > The signs are the work of the Open Source Pledge [https://blog.sentry.io/join-the-pledge/] – a group that launched...
on Oct 25
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Android "Password Store" client for pass discontinued - NDLUG
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> Over the past 3 years the pace of development in APS has steadily fallen off as maintainers including myself have moved on to other things. I no longer have time and motivation to dedicate to this project, and in the absence of significant external contributions there is no-one else I can...
on Oct 21
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Bitwarden Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software - NDLUG
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> Pull request #10974 introduces the @bitwarden/sdk-internal dependency which is needed to build the desktop client. The dependency contains a licence statement which contains the following clause: >> You may not use this SDK to develop applications for use with software other than Bitwarden...
on Oct 20
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Announcing FLOSS/fund: $1M per year for free and open source projects - NDLUG
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> We are excited to announce the launch of a dedicated fund aimed at providing financial assistance to Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FOSS/FLOSS) projects globally, with an annual commitment of $1 million. I will use the FOSS acronym in this post hereafter. … > For us, FLOSS/fund is about...
on Oct 18
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Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1225458 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1225458] > Powered by the latest Linux 6.11 kernel series, Ubuntu 24.10 features the latest and greatest GNOME 47 desktop environment for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor with additional patches for Mutter and GNOME...
on Oct 10
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Linux Mint 22.1 Slated for Release in December with Revamped Cinnamon Theme - NDLUG
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> The Linux Mint 22.1 distribution was slated for release in December 2024 with a revamped Cinnamon theme and better package management. > Slated for release in December 2024, near the Christmas holidays, Linux Mint 22.1 will ship with the soon-to-be-released Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment...
on Sep 30
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OpenPrinting News Flash - cups-browsed Remote Code Execution vulnerability - NDLUG
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> Exploit of a combination of several bugs - Overhyped but not that severe - Fixes already available … > Canonical’s security team has acted immediately to quickly apply the patches which Michael Sweet (author and maintainer of CUPS) had already prepared for CUPS, cups-browsed, libcups-filters,...
on Sep 30
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Unauthenticated RCE Flaw With CVSS 9.9 Rating For Linux Systems Affects CUPS - NDLUG
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> There’s been talk of this unauthenticated RCE vulnerability coming with a CVSS 9.9 rating but none of the technical details were publicly known until it was made public just now at the top of the hour. Simone Margaritelli discovered this vulnerability and has shared a write-up around this...
on Sep 26
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COSMIC Alpha 2 Released - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1167059 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1167059] > COSMIC’s Alpha 2 release builds upon that work with functionality built out for Files, additional Settings pages, considerable infrastructure work for screen reader support+, and some...
on Sep 26
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Mozilla’s brand update gives its old T-Rex logo a fresh new look - NDLUG
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> Mozilla has overhauled its branding to pay homage to its Netscape roots and better distinguish the wider organization from its Firefox web browser. The most notable change is to the company’s logo: what was previously a sans-serif wordmark styled as “Moz://a” has been updated to correctly...
on Sep 24
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The more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects - NDLUG
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> In the second finding of the 2024 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer survey, we found that the more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects. … > In the previous finding, we reported that 60% of maintainers describe themselves as unpaid hobbyists, and...
on Sep 23
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The more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1153465 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1153465] > In the second finding of the 2024 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer survey, we found that the more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects. … > In the...
on Sep 23
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Element X, Call and Server Suite are production ready - NDLUG
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> Element is launching the world’s first communications platform based on the upcoming Matrix 2.0 release. The result is blazing performance which outperforms the mainstream alternatives - across a decentralised system that enables self-hosting and end-to-end encryption - as well as open...
on Sep 20
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Linus Torvalds: Speaks on the Rust vs C Linux Divide - NDLUG
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> Linus Torvalds Speaks on the the divide between Rust and C Linux developers an the future Linux. Will things like fragmentation among the open source community hurt the Linux Kernel? We’ll listen to the Creator of Linux. For the full key note, checkout: Keynote: Linus Torvalds in Conversation...
on Sep 19
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18 Months with a Framework 13 - NDLUG
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> I’ve been using a Framework 13 laptop as my main/only computer for a little over 18 months now. > This is essentially a very personal review. I’ve broken it down into a summary of My Framework, a short Laptop Autobiography, then The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Rest. If you’re impatient...
on Sep 16
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Why Copilot is Making Programmers Worse at Programming - NDLUG
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> Over the past few years, the evolution of AI-driven tools like GitHub’s Copilot and other large language models (LLMs) has promised to revolutionise programming. By leveraging deep learning, these tools can generate code, suggest solutions, and even troubleshoot issues in real-time, saving...
on Sep 11
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Ubuntu 24.10 to Introduce User-Controlled Permissions Prompts - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1104312 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1104312] > The upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 operating system promises a new feature called “permissions prompting” for an extra layer of privacy and security. > The new permissions prompting feature in Ubuntu will let...
on Sep 11
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Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison - NDLUG
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> NT is often touted as a “very advanced” operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than Unix, if anything? And is that still the case? … > Which brings me to this article—a collection of thoughts comparing the design of NT (July 1993) against contemporary Unix systems such as 4.4BSD...
on Sep 10
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College Grades Have Become a Charade. It’s Time to Abolish Them. - NDLUG
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> Grade inflation at American universities is out of control. The statistics speak for themselves. In 1950, the average GPA at Harvard was estimated at 2.6 out of 4. By 2003, it had risen to 3.4. Today, it stands at 3.8. … > All of this contributes to the strikingly poor record of American...
on Sep 7
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Ubuntu 24.10 Default Wallpaper & Mascot Revealed - NDLUG
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> The default wallpaper of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ (and its official mascot artwork) has been revealed — along with an extra 20th anniversary surprise!
on Sep 5
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> Indiana State Parks will receive $50 million from the Lilly Endowment to improve and enhance facilities statewide. … > Half of the money will go towards Prophetstown State Park in Tippecanoe County. It will include the creation of a heritage area with a Native American village recreation. … >...
on Sep 4
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Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH - NDLUG
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> And Linux isn’t minimal effort. It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn...
on Sep 3
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Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1064425 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1064425] > And Linux isn’t minimal effort. It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding...
on Sep 2
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Gnome mutter 47.rc tagged - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19327308 [https://lemmy.world/post/19327308] >Notable changes > - Add experimental color management protocol support > - Use libadwaita for server-side decorations on GNOME (on Xorg and Xwayland apps) > - Let scaling-aware Xwayland clients...
on Sep 2
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Steam On Linux Drops Below 2% For August 2024 Survey - NDLUG
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> Back in May the Steam on Linux marketshare returned to passing the 2% threshold and remained above 2% through July. But the August 2024 survey results are out this evening and point to a drop for Linux. The August 2024 numbers show a 0.16% drop for Linux gamers, landing at a 1.92% marketshare....
on Sep 2
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California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges - NDLUG
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> Lawmakers want to ban legacy admissions at California private colleges, even though few colleges admit students that way. Bill backers say the bill will signal to students that college is for them in the aftermath of the national ban on affirmative action. … > If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the...
on Sep 2
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The Design & Implementation of the CPython Virtual Machine - NDLUG
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> For every bytecode compiled language, the most interesting part of its implementation is its virtual machine (also referred to as the bytecode interpreter) where the bytecode execution takes place. Because this is such a crucial part of the language machinery, its implementation has to be...
on Sep 1
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#163 Public Transit · This Week in GNOME - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1050940 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1050940]
on Aug 30
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Rust for Linux revisited (by Drew DeVault) - NDLUG
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> In practice, the Linux community is the wild wild west, and sweeping changes are infamously difficult to achieve consensus on, and this is by far the broadest sweeping change ever proposed for the project. Every subsystem is a private fiefdom, subject to the whims of each one of Linux’s 1,700+...
on Aug 30
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> Community themes for the COSMIC™ desktop by System76. GitHub Repository: cosmic-themes-org-py [https://github.com/Fingel/cosmic-themes-org-py/]
on Aug 30
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Debian Orphans Bcachefs-Tools: "Impossible To Maintain In Debian Stable" - NDLUG
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> Even before the Bcachefs file-system driver was accepted into the mainline kernel, Debian for the past five years has offered a “bcachefs-tools” package to provide the user-space programs to this copy-on-write file-system. It was simple at first when it was simple C code but since the Bcachefs...
on Aug 29
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Azure Linux In, CentOS Out: LinkedIn Switches its Server Operating System - NDLUG
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> As part of a massive migration campaign, LinkedIn has successfully moved their operations to Microsoft’s Azure Linux as of April 2024, ditching CentOS 7 in the process and taking advantage of a more modern compute platform. > As many of you might already know, back on June 30, 2024, CentOS 7...
on Aug 29
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One Of The Rust Linux Kernel Maintainers Steps Down - Cites "Nontechnical Nonsense" - NDLUG
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> Wedson Almeida Filho is a Microsoft engineer who has been prolific in his contributions to the Rust for the Linux kernel code over the past several years. Wedson has worked on many Rust Linux kernel features and even did a experimental EXT2 file-system driver port to Rust. But he’s had enough...
on Aug 29
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Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements - NDLUG
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> Remember, for every paid SaaS, there is a free open-source self-hosted alternative. Let’s take a look at 10 FOSS tools designed to replace popular tools like MS Office, Notion, Heroku, Vercel, Zoom, Adobe, and more. … > ⭐ Repos mentioned > - LibreOffice [https://github.com/LibreOffice] >...
on Aug 29
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The problems and shortcomings of Cosmic (According to Hyprland Dev, Vaxry) - NDLUG
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> My first impressions with cosmic were terrible to say the least. Amongst the sea of complete dealbreaker issues (horrible stutter and lag, inability to use 240hz, mouse sensitivity not working, etc) the general implementations atm are janky to say the least, tons of empty menus, wasted space,...
on Aug 28
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Fancy Titlebars (for X11 / Xwayland apps that don’t use client-side decorations) - NDLUG
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> As of today, Mutter will style legacy titlebars (i.e. of X11 / Xwayland apps that don’t use client-side decorations) using Adwaita on GNOME. > Shadows match the Adwaita style as well, including shadows of unfocused windows. These titlebars continue to follow the system dark and light mode,...
on Aug 28
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CircuitPython: Python for microcontrollers, simplified - NDLUG
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> CircuitPython is an open-source implementation of the Python programming language for microcontroller boards. The project, which is sponsored by Adafruit Industries, is designed with new programmers in mind, but it also has many features that may be of interest to more-experienced developers....
on Aug 28
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Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims - NDLUG
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> A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI. > The lawsuit was initiated by a group of developers in 2022 and originally made 22 claims against the companies, alleging copyright violations related to the...
on Aug 28
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Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1040526 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1040526] > A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI. > The lawsuit was initiated by a group of developers in 2022...
on Aug 28
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Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims - NDLUG
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1040526 [https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1040526] > A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI. > The lawsuit was initiated by a group of developers in 2022...
on Aug 28
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Anti-racism author accused of plagiarising ethnic minority academics - NDLUG
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> Robin DiAngelo alleged to have copied parts of doctoral thesis from Asian-American scholars. > The bestselling author of a book about “white fragility” has been accused of plagiarising sections of the work of two Asian-Americans in her doctoral thesis. > Robin DiAngelo, an...
on Aug 28
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Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team - NDLUG
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> The Mono Project (mono/mono) (‘original mono’) has been an important part of the .NET ecosystem since it was launched in 2001. Microsoft became the steward of the Mono Project when it acquired Xamarin in 2016. > The last major release of the Mono Project was in July 2019, with minor patch...
on Aug 27