Here is a news recap for Linux, open source, and privacy, for the second half of November. Interesting topics here, with multiple privacy breaches, new releases for Zorin OS 15, some gaming releases and news, and a new version of the Linux kernel!
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https://amzn.to/2IFjKrwHackers already have accessed thousands of Disney Plus accounts, and are selling them online.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/Another privacy leak, if you’ve played Magic The Gathering recently, the video game, not the card game, your credentials might have been accessed.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/16/magic-the-gathering-wizards-data-exposure/More than 3800 people have donated to help GNOME fight a patent troll.
https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fundhttps://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2019/11/16/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund-reaches-nearly-4000-donors/Deezer, the french spotify competitor, released an open source tool that can split a digital song into a separate vocal track, drum track, bass track, and another containing the rest of the song.
https://deezer.io/releasing-spleeter-deezer-r-d-source-separation-engine-2b88985e797eThe GNOME Shell and Mutter team have lauched a blog to be more transparent on their development process.
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2019/11/12/genesis/DXVK 1.4.5 was released, bringing a bunch of performance imporvements and bug fixes, notably for Dirt Rally, Earth Defense Force, Final Fantasy XV, Metal Gear Solid V and Metro 2033.
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v1.4.5SCRCPY, or Screen Copy, I guess, is a handy little tool that allows you to display your android phone’s screen directly on your computer, as long as the two are connected through USB, or TCP/IP.
https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpyIt seems Google wants to bring Android closer to the mainline Linux kernel, probably to limit the number of patches and changes they need to make to actually build a new version of Android.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/11/google-wants-to-bring-android-closer-to-the-mainline-linux-kernelZorin OS 15 Lite has been released, bringing a lightweight, heavily customized XFCE. It targets Windows 7 users averse to Windows 8 or 10, and brings a really good looking theme to a desktop environment that usually looks pretty drab.
https://zoringroup.com/blog/2019/11/20/zorin-os-15-lite-is-here-breathe-new-life-into-your-old-computers/Syste
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