August 2021: The good, the bad and the interesting of Free Software

On this penultimate day of August 2021, as usual at the end of each month, we bring you this little compendium, of some of the most featured publications of that period.

So that they can review (see, read 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).

With this monthly compilation, we hope as usual, 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.

Summary of August 2021

Within DesdeLinux

Top 10: Recommended Posts from August 2021

Axie Infinity: An interesting online game from the DeFi World based on NFT. (VIEW)
glibc 2.34: Arrives with vulnerability fixes, new features for Linux, and more. (VIEW)
Freespire 7.7 vs. Linspire 10 Service Pack 1: Beyond Windows. (VIEW)
A necessary evil? Apple could detect child abuse images in photo gallery (VIEW)
wire guard: You have done things well and now it comes as a port to the Windows Kernel. (VIEW)
StackOverflow Developer Survey 2021: Exploring the results of the year. (VIEW)
Trading View Desktop: How to install this DeFi app on GNU / Linux? (VIEW)
APT attack: Persistent Advanced Threats Can They Affect Linux? (VIEW)
QEMU 6.1: Comes with hardware encryption, support for more boards, and more. (VIEW)
Light way: ExpressVPN's open source protocol. (VIEW)

Outside DesdeLinux

August 2021 GNU / Linux Distros Releases According to DistroWatch

Linux Lite 5.6: Day 31
EndeavorOS 2021.08.27: Day 30
FreeELEC 10.0.0: Day 29
Ubuntu 20.04.3: Day 26
Clonezilla Live 2.7.3-19: Day 26
Voyager Live 11: Day 24
PARDUS 21.0: Day 22
SparkyLinux 6.0: Day 20
KaOS 2021.08: Day 18
IP Fire 2.27 Core 159: Day 18
Manjaro Linux 21.1.0: Day 18
Zorin OS 16: Day 17
Slackware Linux 15.0 RC1: Day 16
Debian Education 11.0.0: Day 15
Debian 11: Day 14
Elive 3.8.22 (Beta): Day 12
Basic OS 6.0: Day 10
4MLinux 37.0: Day 01

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)

05-08-2021 - The Dutch authority reinforces the freedom of routers: The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has published new rules that will advance Router Freedom in the Netherlands. Within 6 months, ISPs will have to comply and offer consumers and businesses the option of connecting a modem or router of their choice. The FSFE recognizes this decision as a great victory for consumer rights. Router freedom is the right that consumers of any Internet Service Provider (ISP) have to choose and use a private modem and router instead of the equipment that the ISP provides. (VIEW)

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

Latest News from the Open Source Initiative (OSI)

12-08-2021 - Open Source Practical Information - The event program is now available!: On September 16, 2021, the Open Source Initiative will host a free half-day virtual event on Practical Open Source Information. Aimed at open source developers, academics, lawyers and managers interested in learning about open source in practice, this unique event will feature speakers with extensive experience in the field - with a focus towards new adopters and those looking to deepen their participation. in open source. (VIEW)

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

Latest News from the Linux Foundation Organization (FL)

18-08-2021 - The expansion of the list of speakers of the Open Networking Summit and Edge + Kubernetes on Edge Day includes luminaries of the sector: Four additional keynote speakers will grace the main stage of the Open Networks Summit and Edge + Kubernetes on Edge Day to share their expertise in Automation and AI, 5G and the power of Open Ecosystems. (VIEW)

To learn more about this and other news from the same period, click on the following links: Blog, Project news y Press releases.

Summary

In short, we hope that this "small and useful news compendium " with the highlights inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» for the month of «agosto» 2021 year, be very useful for the whole «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the improvement, growth and diffusion of the ecosystem of applications available for «GNU/Linux».

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Summary of August 2021

Within DesdeLinux

Good

Bags

Interesting