On this penultimate day of March 2021, we hope that our large and growing global community of readers and visitors has passed until today, a happy, prosperous, healthy, successful and blessed time, while enjoying all our informative news and technological that we have offered you, related to the Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux mainly.
And as usual, today in the Blog DesdeLinux we bring this little summary, of some of the most featured publications of the month, that is, the most relevant news, tutorials, manuals and guides of the current period that ends, both from our own and from other reliable sources.
This Monthly summary, as many of you already know, its purpose is to provide useful little grain of sand for all our readers, especially for those who did not manage to see, read and share them in a timely manner. But that, in the same way, they want to keep up to date through our publications related to the Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux, and other areas related to technological news.
Summary of March 2021
Within DesdeLinux
1.- The good
2.- The bad
3.- The interesting
Other recommended posts from March 2021
- Hyperledger: An open source community focused on the DeFi field. (VIEW)
- Arduino IDE 2.0 (beta): official announcement of the new development environment. (VIEW)
- BIND DNS already has experimental DNS over HTTPS support. (VIEW)
- NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens): DeFi + Open Source Software Development. (VIEW)
- How to convert your Oneplus 2 on a Linux mobile with Ubuntu Touch (easy). (VIEW)
- Google demonstrates exploiting Specter vulnerabilities using JavaScript in a browser. (VIEW)
Outside DesdeLinux
March 2021 GNU / Linux Distros Releases According to DistroWatch
- FreeBSD 13.0-RC4: 2021-03-30
- Parrot 4.11: 2021-03-29
- 4MLinux 36.0: 2021-03-28
- Manjaro Linux 21.0: 2021-03-24
- SME Server 10.0 RC 1: 2021-03-23
- Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 RC 0: 2021-03-23
- Fedora 34 Beta: 2021-03-23
- Tails 4.17: 2021-03-23
- Porteus Kiosk 5.2.0: 2021-03-22
- FreeBSD 13.0-RC3: 2021-03-20
- Manjaro Linux 21.0 RC1: 2021-03-19
- Linux Kodachi 8.0: 2021-03-18
- LibreELEC 10.0 Beta 1: 2021-03-15
- UBports 16.04 OTA-16: 2021-03-15
- FreeBSD 13.0-RC2: 2021-03-13
- SparkyLinux 2021.03: 2021-03-07
- FreeBSD 13.0-RC1: 2021-03-06
- System Rescue 8.00: 2021-03-06
- MakuluLinux 2021-03-05: 2021-03-06
- Qubes OS 4.0.4: 2021-03-05
- NomadBSD 1.4: 2021-03-04
- OpenSUSE 15.3 Beta: 2021-03-03
- IP Fire 2.25 Core 154: 2021-03-03
- Linux From Scratch 10.1: 2021-03-02
- emmabuntüs DE3-1.04: 2021-03-02
To find out more about each of these releases, click on the following link.
Latest News from the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- 21 / 03 / 2021 - LibrePlanet Day Two: Empowering Users in Real and Virtual Space: The second day of the LibrePlanet 2021 conference is generally a quieter time for us at the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as, everything is running smoothly and our guests are enjoying it. The websites work, the talks go smoothly, attendees from around the world have a great time socializing on LibreAdventure, we've delivered the Free Software Awards and announced a new e-book initiative, and now we can take a deep breath. and enjoy the conference a bit. (VIEW)
- 20/03/2021 - First day of LibrePlanet 2021: Act to empower users: As you may already know, this is not the first LibrePlanet conference to take place entirely online, which is why the Free Software Foundation (FSF) still managed to put together a full and vibrant program, which it streamed live using only free software thanks to our highly talented and dedicated technical team, although we knew that with a little more time to plan, we could do even more. (VIEW)
- 10 / 03 / 2021 - Virtual LibrePlanet is full of space to explore: LibrePlanet 2021 is about to offer a packed program of things for everyone in the free software movement, from the most curious newcomers to the most die-hard developers. There are tons of activities taking place in and around LibrePlanet in the Free Software Foundation (FSF) online spaces this year, and we want to tell you all about it. Register now and don't miss a thing. (VIEW)
Latest News from the Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- 23/03/2021 - OSI's response to the new appointment of RMS in the Council of the Foundation for Free Software: To fully realize the promise of open source, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is committed to building an inclusive environment in which a diverse community of contributors feels welcome. It is clear that this is not possible if we include those who have demonstrated a pattern of behavior incompatible with these objectives. (VIEW)
- 23/03/2021 - Update of the elections to the OSI: trust and transparency in the elections to the Board of Directors of 2021: We are committed to nothing less than the full restoration of confidence in the OSI elections, and transparency as to what went wrong in our initial 2021 Board election. While our Board was initially confident that we could return To make a successful election starting today, many people have raised quite reasonable doubts, and then some less reasonable fears, uncertainties and doubts (FUD) seeped into the speech. We are changing plans accordingly. (VIEW)
- 19/03/2021 - Repetition of the 2021 Board of Directors elections: We have already made this known to our candidates, affiliate representatives and voting members, but we also wanted to make it known to the public. This week we found a vulnerability in our voting processes that was exploited and had an impact on the outcome of the recent Board of Directors election. That vulnerability has already been closed. OSI will hire an independent expert to conduct a forensic investigation to help us understand how it happened and to put measures in place to prevent it from happening again. (VIEW)
Conclusion
As usual, we hope this "useful little summary" with the highlights inside and outside the blog «DesdeLinux» for the month of «Marzo» 2021 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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