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iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:08 Debian votes for no statement on Stallmans move back to FSF board Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The Debian GNU/Linux project has voted to stay out of the controversy over Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman rejoining the board in March, by backing the option of not releasing a statement on the issue as an organisation. This option was one of seven that developers voted on in a general resolution over the fo...

ELISA Project Welcomes Codethink, Horizon Robotics, Huawei Technologies, NVIDIA and Red Hat to its Global Ecosystem News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) Project, an open source initiative that aims to create a shared set of tools and processes to help companies build and certify Linux-based safety-critical applications and systems, announced that Codethink, Horizon Robotics,...

iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:47 Jonathan Carter wins second term as Debian leader Shares South African developer Jonathan Carter. Supplied South African developer Jonathan Carter will continue to lead the Debian GNU/Linux project for a second year, after winning the election for the position, the results of which were declared over the weekend. only one opponent, Sruthi Chandran. She contested the elections in 2020 as well, but was unsuccessful that year too. Debian use...

Apr 19, 2021 09:36 EDT with 0 comments PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. Its freeware and free of charge for any use. PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available. Open and extract 180+ archive formats: 001, 7Z, ACE(*), ARC, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, DMG, GZ, ISO, LHA, PAQ, PEA, RAR, TAR, UDF, WIM, XZ, ZIP Z...

Apr 19, 2021 15:46 EDT with 0 comments Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform application for managing email and news feeds. It is a local (rather than a web-based) email application that is powerful yet easy-to-use. Thunderbird is developed, tested, translated and supported by the folks at Mozilla Corporation and by a group of dedicated volunteers. Thunderbird gives you control and ownership over your email. There are lots of add-ons available for Thunderbird that ena...

Apr 19, 2021 08:40 EDT with 0 comments Audacity is a free, open source digital audio editor and recording application. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency-analysis window for audio-analysis applications. Built-in effects include bass boost, wah wah, and noise removal, and t...

Crate.io Receives 2021 IoT Evolution Industrial IoT Product of the Year Award CrateDB, the distributed SQL database optimized for large-scale IoT and IIoT use cases, is recognized for superior technical capabilities and innovation April 19, 2021 11:00 ET | Source: Crate.io Crate.io SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crate.io, developer and supplier of  CrateDB, the purpose-built database optimized for machine data use cases, today announced...

4 Open Source Tools to Add to Your Security Arsenal Open source solutions can offer an accessible and powerful way to enhance your security-testing capabilities. Security research often requires a wide variety of tools and approaches. Open source tools can offer an accessible and powerful way to enhance security-testing capabilities. If you work in the security space, here are several open source tools that might be worth adding to your security tool arsenal.  Doxygen Documentation Generator D...

Jakarta EE/MicroProfile Alignment Survey Results! The results of the Jakarta EE/MicroProfile alignment survey are summarized here. by Join the DZone community and get the full member experience.Join For Free As you are likely aware, Java EE has transitioned to Open Source governance in the Eclipse Foundation as Jakarta EE. MicroProfile has been moving forward as an independent initiative to optimize enterprise Java for microservices architectures. The Cloud Native for Java (CN4J) Alliance has ...

Apr 16, 2021 17:58 EDT with 1 comment Media Player Classic - BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - BE is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666), contains additional features and bug fixes. The BE mod (Black Edition Mod) is a skinned version of Media Player Classic Home Cinema, much better looking than the plain old MPC. MPC-BE 1.5.7 changelog: AviSpl...