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

Today is the last day of March 2020, month that has given so much to talk about, due to the massive and global expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore, here as on other websites some have been published Related "post" with it, among the many news, tutorials, manuals, guides, or relevant or highlighted information on the field of «Software Libre», «Código Abierto», «GNU/Linux».

Hence, as usual, this month of March 2020, which is ending, we 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.

Consequently, we present to you below, our good summary on the good, the bad and the interesting, inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» intended to be of use to those who wish to keep up to date on our publications, and other topics related to «Informática y la Computación», and the «Actualidad tecnológica».

February 2020 Summary

Inside FromLinux

The good

• Zorin OS 15.2 arrives with Linux Kernel 5.3: Zorin Group has released a new version of Zorin OS, updating its system to Linux Kernel 5.3 with the latest software for Linux. Zorin OS 15.2 brings with it a faster, safer and better performance experience, and thanks to the Kernel update, it is also a more secure and compatible version.
• Firefox 75: call to development phase with news: Firefox developers get down to business with the next major version, which will be Mozilla's Firefox 75. Version that can already be seen and tested using the Beta version available on the official Mozilla website.
• Debian.social: a site to simplify communication and content between project participants: The debian.social site's main objective is to simplify communication and content exchange among project participants. Its ultimate goal is to create a safe space for developers and project supporters.
• Free, Free and Open LMS Platforms: Features and Functions: LMS Platforms or Online Learning Management Systems offer an efficient and effective alternative to innovate in teaching and learning processes, that is, in training and / or educational processes. Some of these are created with Free Software and Open Source and / or are simply free.

The bad

• Eric S. Raymond, one of the founders of the Open Source Initiative, was denied access to the mailing listsEric S. Raymond, one of the founders of the Open Source Initiative organization, who was at the forefront of the open source software movement, said he was denied access to the organization's mailing lists because he tried to resist review of criteria 5 and 6.
• Microsoft released the news of the NPM purchase and will develop it with GitHub: NPM Inc, owner of the NPM repository and package manager, has announced the sale of its business to GitHub Inc (which is currently owned by Microsoft), which operates as a separate business unit.
• Fall in bitcoin price forces miners to quit: According to data from the Bitcoin mining group F2Pool, most of the mining pools have registered strong drops in the hash rate on their platforms, among other problems, which affects is that the fall of the prices of the same.

The interesting

• XAMPP: An easy-to-install PHP development environment on GNU / Linux: A completely free and easy to install Apache distribution (bundled package) containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. And whose installation package or installer has been designed to be incredibly easy to install and use.
• Daisy: an SBC specially designed for sound: It is "the Arduino of music", a project of a compact SBC and specially designed to facilitate the use of different devices for sound, the creation of code for programming and the power to work with musical devices.
• The new version of Apache CouchDB 3.0 has already been released and these are its changes: The new version of Apache CouchDB 3.0, a distributed document-oriented database, belonging to the NoSQL systems class.
• Linspire 8.7 promises great performance on slow Windows 10 computers: A paid Linux Distro (not free) that this new version uses MATE 1.20.1 and LTS Server Kernel 5.3.0-40, and comes equipped with applications to make the transition from Windows to Linux in a much simpler way.

Other recommended posts of the month

• Coronavirus: How does Free and Open Software contribute to the fight?
• Mesh Computing Projects with Free Software against COVID-19
• CHIME and Nextstrain: Open Source Projects for Health

Outside FromLinux

Among the new releases of GNU / Linux Distros for this month of March 2020, in chronological order, we can mention:

1. emmabuntüs DE3-1.01
2. Fedora 32 Beta
3. Devuan GNU + Linux 3.0.0 Beta
4. FuryBSD 12.1
5. Linux Mint 4 "LMDE"
6. Parrot 4.8
7. Univention Corporate Server 4.4-4
8. BodhiLinux 5.1.0
9. pfSense 2.4.5
10. antiX 19.2

Conclusion

As usual, we hope this "useful little summary" with the highlights inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» for the month of «marzo» 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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