Linus Torvalds Isn't Worried About Microsoft Taking Over Linux

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Issue #63 - October 16, 2019 View in browser Share

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Although Logitech has ended development of hardware devices, the project is still very active with plenty of plugins released regularly. New hardware players can be added using PI devices and DAC board to build a high-quality multi-room audio system. Related Projects TuxGuitar TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player written in Java-SWT, It can open GuitarPro, PowerTab and TablEdit files. LMMS Digital Audio Workstation LMMS is a free cross-platform software which allows you to produce music with your computer. XLD X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. Sponsor PieSync: Finally, a true customer data sync PieSync, the fastest growing two-way contact data synchronization platform, keeps your customer data in sync across all your business apps and devices in real-time. This solution saves you hours of manual data entry. 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Conferences and Events Hacktoberfest ALL MONTH Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean and DEV. Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in our global community. LISA19 October 28-30, 2019 LISA is the premier conference for operations professionals, where we share real-world knowledge about designing, building, securing, and maintaining the critical systems of our interconnected world. KubeCon & NativeCon Nov 19 - 21, 2019 The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in San Diego, California. Join us as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing. Today in Tech On this day in 1959 American computer company Control Data Corporation (CDC) released the CDC 1604 computer, the world's most powerful computer at the time and one of the first commercially successful transistorized computers. 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