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Reminder that FOSS Post prepared two complete series for: 1. Starting with Linux: https://fosspost.org/linux-full-guide 2. Protecting Privacy for Linux users: https://fosspost.org/privacy-security-series Enjoy reading them.

Greg KH responds to the University of Minnesota researchers' apology, saying that further actions need to be taken: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

Linux kernel 5.12 released. Here's a list of new features: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.12

Ubuntu 21.04 released: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-21-04-is-here

Godot 3.3 was released: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-3-has-arrived (It is an open source game development engine).

The University of Minnesota issued a statement about the Linux kernel research and issue: https://twitter.com/UMNComputerSci/status/1384948683821694976?s=19

Microsoft released an initial version of Linux GUI apps support inside WSL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-initial-preview-of-gui-app-support-is-now-available-for-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2 You'll soon be able to run Linux apps inside Windows easily.

Researchers Secretly Tried To Add Vulnerabilities to Linux Kernel, Ended Up Getting Banned https://fosspost.org/researchers-secretly-tried-to-add-vulnerabilities-to-linux-kernel/

Firefox 88 released: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/88.0/releasenotes/

LLVM 12.0, the alternative compiler to GCC, was released: https://releases.llvm.org/12.0.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

OpenSource.Builders is a website that aggregates open source alternatives to proprietary mainstream services. Check it if you want a quick list of open source solutions per category: https://opensource.builders/

Rust to enter as a second main language in the Linux kernel, behind C: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/4/14/1023