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From: Dhanesh B. Sabane <dhanesh95@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: à®à®©à®¿, 12 à®®à¯, 2018, பிறà¯à®ªà®à®²à¯ 9:49
Subject: [PLUG] This Month in GNU/Linux - 12th May 2018
To: <plug-mail@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Here are the top news from the GNU/Linux world for the month of April
This Month in GNU/Linux - May 2018
=================================
## Purism Partners with UBports to Offer Ubuntu Touch on the Librem 5
- By default the smartphone runs PureOS
- UBPorts is ensuring Ubuntu Touch will run on the phones as well
* https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu-touch-on-librem5-collaboration/
## Germany, Israel and UK turn to Open Source
- German government shifted 300,000 employess to NextCloud
- Israel is making code crafted by government departments open source
- UK's Ministry of Justice released an open source data analysis
platform. This platform is built on AWS and Kubernetes.
* https://opensource.com/article/18/4/news-april-28
## Microsoft launches its first Linux product
- Azure Sphere is a software and hardware stack designed to secure edge
devices
- Azure Sphere OS is the custom Linux kernel used in the product
- Azure Sphere aims at creating highly-secured, Internet-connected
microcontroller devices
*
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-azure-sphere-secure-and-power-the-intelligent-edge/
## Debian GNU/Linux Operating System Is Now Supported on 64-bit RISC-V
Hardware
- riscv64 architecture
- RISC-V has different versions of instruction sets for 32 bit, 64 bit
and 128 bits
- The architecture is based on Reduced Instruction Set Computing
principles
*
https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/forum/#!topic/sw-dev/u4VcUtB9r94
* https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V#What_is_RISC-V.3F
## RISC-V Silicon Startup Raises $50.6 Million
- RISC-V architecture is provided under a BSD license allowing it to be
used in open source or proprietary solutions
- SiFive is a company that monetizes this open source CPU architecture
by helping customers bring their own custom chips
*
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/risc-v-silicon-startup-raises-506-million-and-inks-western-digital-deal
## Linux Foundation announces the launch of LF Deep Learning Foundation
- It is an umbrella organization focused on driving open source
innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep
learning
* https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects/deep-learning/
Regards,
Dhanesh B. Sabane
https://dhanesh95.gitlab.io
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