February 2023: The good, bad and interesting of Free Software

February 2023: The good, bad and interesting of Free Software

February 2023: The good, bad and interesting of Free Software

Today, penultimate day of «feverro 2023», as usual, at the end of each month, we bring you this little compendium, with some of the most featured publications of that period.

To make it easier for you to enjoy and share some of the best and most relevant information, news, tutorials, manuals, guides and releases, from our website. And from other reliable sources, such as the web DistroWatch, Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Linux Foundation (LF).

Introduction of the Month

In such a way that they can more easily keep up to date in the field of Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux, and other areas related to technological news.

Posts of the Month

February summary 2023

Within DesdeLinux en February 2023

Good

LibreOffice-7.5
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Linuxeros Events 2023: Dates, characteristics and more details!
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Transmission
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Bags

goland
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facebook-battery-drain
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Profanity
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Interesting

Linux commands: The most essential to master in the year 2023
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Gnoppix: A Distro focused on privacy and online security
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BlendOS
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blendOS, a distro built on Distrobox that allows you to have all distributions in one

Top 10: Recommended Posts

  1. February 2023: GNU/Linux News Event of the Month: News summary about GNU/Linux, Free Software and Open Source for the current month that begins. (VIEW)
  2. Wireless Attack Hacking Tools: Wifite and WEF: 2 similar tools FSociety, which also offer easy management and automation of various Hacking Tools. (VIEW)
  3. OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, with a subscription plan of $20 per month: In order to get better access to ChatGPT and to be able to use all its available potential. (VIEW)
  4. Go 1.20 arrives with experimental PGO support, improvements and more: The result of an extended development phase, it now includes support for Profile Guided Optimization (PGO). (VIEW)
  5. Linux Audit Framework: All About the Auditd Command: A software utility Audit for Linux, which provides a CAPP-compliant auditing system. (VIEW)
  6. Lynis: Security auditing software on Linux, macOS and UNIX: A security tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix-based OS. (VIEW)
  7. Endless OS 5.0 arrives with 5.15, GNOME 41 and more: Many new features included for this GNU/Linux Distro that drives innovation among consumer GNU/Linux systems. (VIEW)
  8. Google's ChatBot Bard: The Next Big Competitor to ChatGPT: ChatBot Bard, is a conversational AI system that has the potential to rival ChatGPT. (VIEW)
  9. OpenSSL 3.0.8 arrives with several security bug fixes: Bugs including the dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2023-0286), and others like CVE-2022-4304(VIEW)
  10. Translaite: An interesting free website to test ChatGPT: Which allows you to enjoy many features and benefits of ChatGPT without subscribing. (VIEW)

Outside DesdeLinux

Outside DesdeLinux en February 2023

GNU/Linux Distro Releases According to DistroWatch

  1. Gnoppix Linux 23.2: 01/02/2023.
  2. Slax 15.0.1 and 11.6.0: 02/02/2023.
  3. SparkyLinux 6.6: 06/02/2023.
  4. EndlessOS 5.0.0: 08/01/2023.
  5. Deepin 23 Alpha 2: 08/01/2023.
  6. Univention Corporate Server 5.0-3: 09/02/2023.
  7. KaOS 2023.02: 14/02/2023.
  8. Parrot 5.2: 15/02/2023.
  9. Clonezilla Live 3.0.3-22: 16/02/2023.
  10. Athena OS 2023.02.20: 20/02/2023.
  11. Neptune 7.9 Beta 1: 21/02/2023.
  12. OpenSUSE 15.5 Beta: 22/02/2023.
  13. TrueNAS 22.12.1 “SCALE”: 22/02/2023.
  14. GParted Live 1.5.0-1: 23/02/2023.
  15. Ubuntu 22.04.2: 24/02/2023.
  16. Red Core Linux 2301: 24/02/2023.
  17. TUXEDO OS 2: 24/02/2023.
  18. Easy OS 5.0: 26/02/2023.
  19. IP Fire 2.27 Core 173: 27/02/2023.
  20. emmabuntüs DE4-1.03: 27/02/2023.

To find out more about each of these releases and more, click on the following link.

Latest News from the Free Software Foundation (FSF / FSFE)

  • Free Software Foundation Europe – Thank you for helping us reach our goal!: Thanks to your valuable contributions we have reached our fundraising goal. Thank you for your trust and support, even in these difficult times. These funds will help us boost our campaigns and organize events and talks to spread the word about our work, while continuing to promote software freedom. (VIEW)

To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following links: FSF y FSFE.

Latest News from the Open Source Initiative (OSI)

  • Open Source Predictions: Security, Mature Strategies, COSO, AI/ML: These include: increased demand for open source skills, increased impact on the economy and labor market, increased awareness of open source security, increased mainstream adoption of containers and Kubernetes technology, increased awareness and application of ethical AI technology, among others. (VIEW)

To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following link.

Latest News from the Linux Foundation Organization (FL)

  • Linux Foundation Europe announces the constitution of the OpenWallet Foundation: The Linux Foundation Europe, a trusted independent provider and neutral home for open source projects in Europe, today announced the official constitution of the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF). This new collaborative effort will develop open source software to support interoperability for a wide range of wallet use cases, including making payments, proof of identity, storing validated credentials for jobs, education, financial status, and rights in order to promote confidence in the digital future. (VIEW)

To learn more about this information and other news from the same period, click on the following links: linux foundation, in English; and the Linux Foundation Europe, in Spanish.

Summary: Various publications

Summary

In short, we hope this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» for this second month of the year, «febrero 2023», be a great contribution to the improvement, growth and diffusion of the «tecnologías libres y abiertas».

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