Why the Linux desktop is the best desktop [Thu Apr 14 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 April 2022 ***************************************************************** Why the Linux desktop is the best desktop Anyone who tells you Linux is hard to use wasn't paying attention – and here's why ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Japan seeks to decentralize datacenters Sixty percent of current facilities are near Tokyo – a risky concentration On-Prem * Meta strikes blow against 30% 'App Store tax' by charging 47.5% Metaverse toll Fees for sellers of virtual goods in Horizon Worlds will be almost half of sale price * Intel commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 Greenwashing or serious commitment? * Aurora exascale supercomputer lead leaves Intel for Samsung Years of extended delays and changes for late 2022-planned system * Climate model code is so outdated, MIT starts from scratch Julia replaces Fortran as the basis for Earth's new digital twin * Google to invest $9.5b in US offices, datacenters Tough news for those Googlers still holding out for permanent remote work * Dell, Nvidia, AMD to power new Ohio AI compute cluster Aims to develop next generation cyberinfrastructure, amongst other things * Wiki community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations Cryptocurrencies make up less than 1% of wiki donations, but as member points out, that $130k could pay a salary * Raspberry Pi goes back to the future with the CM4S SODIMM fans rejoice – the familiar form factor returns with a speedier CPU * 'Bigger is better' is back for hardware – without any obvious benefits Software was supposed to eat the world, but it's scarcely snacking on today's monstrous silicon * Blood pressure monitor won't arrive for Apple Watch before 2024 – report Plus: Watchdog approves Fitbit's algorithm for detecting a dodgy ticker Security * Don't let ransomware crooks spend months on your network – like this govt agency did Miscreants Googled for post-intrusion tools before downloading them onto servers, PCs * Apache says Struts 2 security bug wasn't fully fixed in 2020 But this time the patch should do the trick * Taiwan, China square off over chip tech espionage laws Tightening of IP laws to prevent poaching seen by Beijing as 'provocative smear' * Enemybot botnet uses Gafgyt source code with a sprinkling of Mirai Keksec malware used for DDoS attacks, may spread to cryptomining, Fortinet says * Git for Windows issues update to fix running-someone-else’s-code vuln Running a multi-user Windows environment and Git? Time to patch * Investment firm KKR buys Barracuda Networks Plans to take a bigger bite of the SME security market by swimming towards SASE * Huawei reportedly furloughs Russian staff and stops taking orders Chinese giant still hiring in Moscow – for some very interesting gigs * Microsoft's huge Patch Tuesday includes fix for bug under attack April bundle addresses 100-plus vulnerabilities including 10 critical RCEs Software * Cerebras' wafer-size AI chips play nice with PyTorch, TensorFlow Better support for top ML frameworks means stronger chip competition * Preview 9 of Visual Studio for Mac is out as GA approaches Addresses 'top reported issues'.. apart from that whole C++ thing * US military wants $29.8m for IT to boost AI intel analysis Data from embedded sensors, from in the sea to in space, could be used with ML to detect next-gen weapons * Qlik moves to boost position in crowded automation space during IPO year Initial boom in data vizualization, but CEO Mike Capone says it needs to 'play nice' to win in new segment * Why the Linux desktop is the best desktop Anyone who tells you Linux is hard to use wasn't paying attention – and here's why ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2022 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: