February 2020: The good, the bad and the interesting of Free Software

Today, the second month of the year ends, February 2020, and much has been published as news, tutorials, manuals, guides, or relevant or highlighted information on the field of «Software Libre», «Código Abierto», «GNU/Linux»both in DesdeLinux as in the rest of the Internet.

But, referring specifically to the posts of this current month, February 2020, which is ending, as usual, we will offer a review of the information important or outstandingBoth good as bad, worthy of remember or highlight, to provide a useful little grain of sand for all.

Therefore, we hope that this summary on the good, the bad and the interesting, inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» It is very useful to keep up to date on our publications, and other topics related to the «Informática y la Computación», and the «Actualidad tecnológica».

February 2020 Summary

Within DesdeLinux

The good

• List the first stable version of Trident OS based on Void Linux: A month after the release of the beta version, the Trident developers announced the news of the release of the stable version of Triden 20.02 in which the final work of the transfer of FreeBSD and TrueOS to the base of the Void package is presented Linux.
• The DEBIAN Desktop Environments Tutorials have been completed: Started in January with GNOME, KDE Plasma y XFCE, adding those of Cinnamon, MATE, LXDE y LXQT.

The bad

• Blizzard now claims to claim copyright on its title modifications: Blizzard Entertainment has decided to take action again on the matter of the rights of its games and its derivatives (mods), announcing that it wants to ensure that it will now have all the rights to other games derived from the modifications of its titles.
• Be careful if you make payments with Google Pay using your Paypal funds: Many people have started reporting that they have discovered unauthorized payments with their PayPal account on various platforms, such as PayPal forums or Twitter, of which all the reports have in common that they all used the Google Pay integration with PayPal.

The interesting

• OpenWifi, an open source project to implement wifi based on FPGA and SDR: During the FOSDEM 2020 conference the first open source development of OpenWifi "Wi-Fi 802.11 a / g / n" full stack waveform and programmatically defined modulation (SDR, Software Defined Radio) and FPGA.
• Raspberry Pi 4: a Spanish company works to bring Vulkan: Those who have a Raspberry Pi 4 SBC are in luck, since a Spanish company called Igalia is working hard to bring the Vulkan graphics API to this device as well. With Vulkan you could work with more power and a more modern system for this British computing platform.
• The most useful and interesting options for gamers applications for GNU / Linux were explored: Addressing the well-known applications GameHub, Itch.io, lutris y Steam, to show that currently GNU / Linux is an excellent Operating System for Gamers with a level very close to that of Windows and MacOS.

Other recommended posts of the month

• Messaging applications Session y Delta Cat: Interesting alternatives for WhatsApp.
• FSF plans to launch public code hosting and collaboration platform

Outside DesdeLinux

1. android-x86 9.0-r1: The Android-x86 project is pleased to announce the release of version 9.0-r1 to the public. This is the first stable version for Android-x86 9.0 (pie-x86). Version 9.0-r1 is based on the latest version of Android 9.0.0 Pie (android-9.0.0_r53).
2. Linux Mint 4 Beta (LMDE): The Linux Mint team has announced the availability of a new beta version of the DEBIAN Edition of their Distro. LMDE is a platform that provides packages and technology specific to Linux Mint using the DEBIAN distribution as a base, to offer the same user experience on a different basis than Ubuntu, to prevent extra work in case Ubuntu were to disappear, and to ensure that the software they develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu.
3. ManjaroLinux 19.0: The latest stable version of the originally forked Arch Linux Manjaro Linux distribution, called 'Kyria', has been released. In its edition with XFCE it offers a pleasant, integrated and avant-garde experience on said Desktop Environment. Also, it comes with a new theme called 'Matcha'. In its edition with KDE Plasma it provides a powerful, mature and rich desktop environment with a unique look, totally redesigned.
4. Other interesting releases of the month: IP Fire 2.25 Core 141, netrunner 20.01, Gobo Linux 017, NG Firewall 15.0, Elive 3.8.4, MX Linux 19.1, Q4OS 4, NetBSD 9.0, Project Trident 20.02, Ubuntu LTS 18.04.4, Tails 4.3, Sparky 2020.02, Tiny Core Linux 11.0, Raspbian 2020-02-05, elementary OS 5.1.2, Simplicity Linux 20.1, NetBSD 9.0 RC1 and OpenMandriva Lx 4.1.

Conclusion

As usual, we hope this "useful little summary" with the most outstanding inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» for the month of «febrero» 2020 year, is of great interest and utility, for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of and for «GNU/Linux».

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