How Devs Can Help Beat the COVID-19 Pandemic

For our April "Community Choice" Project of the Month, the community elected Q4OS  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   Issue #75 - April 1, 2020 Sponsor Open Source Data Analytics - Better at Bigger Data Discover HPCC Systems – the end-to-end big data platform that enables you to spend less time formatting data and more time analyzing it. Quickly process, analyze, and understand large data sets, even data stored in massive, mixed schema data lakes. Try for FREE Today! How Devs Can Help Beat the COVID-19 Pandemic If you are looking to put your programming skills to the test to help combat COVID-19, you can lend your assistance. Tech columnist Mike Melanson writes: But this is just the beginning of the COVID-19 hackathon boom, which now includes efforts organized by tech giants, state governments, and grassroots initiatives alike. Learn more on Slashdot.org April 2020, "Community Choice" Project of the Month For our April "Community Choice" Project of the Month, the community elected Q4OS, a fast and powerful operating system based on the latest technologies while offering a traditional desktop user interface. Vote For May's Project of the Month The vote for the May 2020 Community Choice SourceForge Project of the Month is now available, and will run until March 15, 2020 12:00 UTC. The candidates for SourceForge Project of the Month for April 2020 are: Super Audio CD Decoder Super Audio CD Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library Simple tool that helps C/C++ developers initialize extensions and write portable applications. Angry IP Scanner A cross-platform network scanner that is fast and simple to use CiteSpace A widely used tool for visual exploration of scientific literature. Apache OpenOffice Extensions Hundreds of ready to use Apache OpenOffice extensions GeoServer Open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Bodhi Linux A minimalist, enlightened Linux distribution Clonezilla A partition and disk imaging/cloning program vJoy vJoy is a device driver that bridges the gap between any device that is not a joystick and an application that requires a joystick. Sponsor Site24x7 Infrastructure Monitoring Efficient monitoring is key when handling complex IT infrastructures. Get visibility at every layer of your IT stack including the performance of servers, VM hosts, applications, and all services that they depend on. Sign up for a 30-day free trial Recent Report Stresses the Need for More Responsible Open Source Use On A new report produced by the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center has shown that while organizations are at a point now where they are becoming more aware of open source risks, there is still much to improve on in terms of responsibly managing open source use. Conferences and Events (Dates may be subject to change) Hitachi Vantara DataOps.NEXT Virtual Conference May 14, 2020 Solve your complex data management issues with fresh and practical insights from this one-day, no-cost virtual conference. BOSC 2020 July 19-21, 2020 BOSC is organized by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of open source software development and open science within the biological research community. Today in Tech On this day in 1976, one of the world's largest tech companies, Apple Inc. was founded. The Apple Computer Company as it was first known, was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Jobs' home in Los Altos, California. The business partnership was built primarily to develop and sell their first product: the Apple I, a computer designed and built entirely by Wozniak. Twelve days after the founding of the company however, Wayne sold his share back, but Jobs and Wozniak went on to make history with their company. Final Thoughts If you know someone who is not getting this mailing, encourage them to sign up. If you want to change your newsletter frequency to monthly, go here. Thanks for being part of the SourceForge community! And, if you need to get in touch directly, feel free to send us an email at CommunityTeam@sourceforge.net.   Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe    Update Preferences   © 2020 Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved.| 225 W Broadway Ste #1600 | San Diego, CA 92101