In an expected move Mirantis today announced that it’s acquiring the enterprise business unit of Docker, one of the most lucrative pieces of Docker Inc. While Docker technologies have been pivotal to the digital transformation of companies and also disrupted the IT industry, as a company it didn’t enjoy the same success. The company tried to bring in new CEOs to turn it profitable, but it didn’t work out as expected.
Source: TFiR
Mirantis Acquires Docker Enterprise Business
Red Hat Responds to ZombieLoad v2 Security Vulnerabilities Affecting Intel CPUs
Red Hat has reported a series of three new security vulnerabilities affecting the Intel CPU microarchitecture, but which have been already patched in the Linux kernel. The three new security vulnerabilities are CVE-2018-12207 (Machine Check Error on Page Size Change), CVE-2019-11135 (TSX Asynchronous Abort), as well as CVE-2019-0155 and CVE-2019-0154 (i915 graphics driver-related vulnerabilities). These are marked by Red Hat Security team as having an important and moderate security impact, which could allow attacker to gain read access to sensitive data, and which affects all supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
[Source: Softpedia]
Mozilla partners with Intel, Red Hat and Fastly to take WebAssembly beyond the browser
Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat and Fastly today announced the launch of the Bytecode Alliance, a new open-source group that focuses on “creating new software foundations, building on standards such as WebAssembly and WebAssembly System Interface (WASI).”
Mozilla has long championed WebAssembly, the open standard that allows browsers to execute compiled programs in the browser. This allows developers to write their applications in languages like C, C++ and Rust and have those programs execute at native speed, all without having to rely on JavaScript, which would take much longer to parse and execute, especially on mobile devices.
[Source: TechCrunch]
Aqua Security Acquires CloudSploit
Aqua Security has expanded into cloud security posture management (CSPM) with the acquisition of CloudSploit. CloudSploit is the second open source investment by Aqua since August, when the company announced its acquisition of Trivy Vulnerability Scanner. With the addition of CloudSploit and VM Security, Aqua’s customers can effectively manage risk and protect against threats for their multi-cloud environments across the full application stack. Aqua said it has also added new capabilities to its Cloud Native Security Platform (CSP), deepening protection of virtual machines.
[Source: TFiR]
Huobi’s ‘Regulator-Friendly’ Blockchain goes Open Source
Huobi Chain, the regulator-facing public blockchain of exchange Huobi Group, is now open source and publicly available to all developers on GitHub, the firm said Tuesday. Nervos, a blockchain development startup, is providing part of the technical infrastructure for the project.
The firms are developing pluggable components for the network that could enable regulators to supervise contract deployments, asset holdings and transfers, as well as the enforcement of anti money laundering regulations, Bo Wang, a Nervos researcher, told CoinDesk.
[Source: CoinDesk]
KDE Plasma 5.17.3 Desktop Environment Released
The KDE Project released today the third maintenance update to its latest KDE Plasma 5.17 desktop environment series to address more issues and update translations.
Coming two weeks after KDE Plasma 5.17.2, KDE Plasma 5.17.3 is here as yet another bugfix release that addresses a total of 43 issues across various core components and apps, including Plasma Workspace, Plasma Desktop, System Settings, KWin, KScreen, Plasma Addons, Plasma Discover, Breeze GTK, Dr Konqi, KDE GTK Config, and xdg-desktop-portal-kde.
Source: Softpedia
KDE Frameworks 5.64.0 Open-Source Software Suite Released with over 200 Changes
The KDE Project released over the weekend the KDE Frameworks 5.64.0 open-source software suite, a monthly update for October 2019 that packs numerous changes and bug fixes.
KDE Frameworks 5.64.0 brings more than 200 hundred changes to the open-source software suite used by the KDE Plasma Desktop environment and the KDE Applications software suite, in an attempt to improve the overall performance, stability, security and reliability of the KDE Plasma desktop and related apps.
Source: Softpedia
CollabNet VersionOne To Connect With SAFe Community At RTE Summit
Amsterdam-based CollabNet VersionOne looks forward to engaging with the global (RTE) and the SAFe community at RTE Summit 2019. The company is all set to demonstrate how its Value Stream Management (VSM) solutions and support of SAFe empowers enterprise IT organizations to scale Agile and DevOps transformations at the two-day summit, starting today at BIMHUIS Amsterdam.
Source: TFIR
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Released for Linux
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is now available on Linux and macOS. The third entry in the rebooted Tomb Raider ‘origins’ series, Shadow pits Lara Croft against the “impenetrable jungles of Central America”, sees her explore underwater environments, and take on a rogue paramilitary organisation known as Trinity. The Linux and macOS ports of the game, which received fairly decent reviews on its console debut, is handled by Feral Interactive.
Source: OMG! Ubuntu
How Open Source Software Is Defining the Future of Mobile Connectivity
Mobile operators face intense pressure to deliver more data, faster connectivity, better coverage and more functionality to end users who are (unfortunately) more demanding than ever. Increasingly, these end users will not be people as we know them but rather Internet of Things (IoT) devices. IDC has projected that by 2025, 60% of the world’s data will be generated by enterprises, double its level in 2017, largely due to the growth in connected devices, sensors, automation and related equipment.
Source: DevOps