[PLUG] This Month in GNU/Linux - 12th May 2018

[Dhanesh B. Sabane]

Here are the top news from the GNU/Linux world for the month of April

This Month in GNU/Linux - May 2018
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## 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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