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POLLThe self-described “Veteran Unix Admin collective” that in 2014 promised to give the world a cut of Debian without systemd has delivered: Devuan 1.0.0 LTS hit the web today.

Simon Sharwood, 26 May 2017

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Distro watch for Ubuntu lovers: What's ahead in Linux land

With the death of Unity, Canonical will focus more attention on Ubuntu servers, Ubuntu in the cloud and Ubuntu in the so-called Internet of Things.

Scott Gilbertson, 25 May 2017

Sorry Google, it's boring old workloads that are pumping up AWS and Azure, not sexy AI

CommentSpend big or go home

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18 May 09:11

You think your day was bad? OS X malware hackers just swiped a Mac dev's app source

Appropriately named Panic has its repository raided after founder gets infected

38 Comments

18 May 00:07

Sick of Java and C++? Google pours a cup o' Kotlin for Android devs

Compatible with 'droid libraries, statically typed language is leaner and safer

26 Comments

17 May 23:17

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SAP puts its heads in multiple clouds

Google, Azure and AWS all on board, the latter in a VMware-like managed service

17 May 07:34

Behold, auto-completing Android bug reports – because you're not very thorough

People can't be bothered to recount crashes, so machines are here to help

11 Comments

15 May 06:04

Linus Torvalds stops personally signing Linux kernel RC tarballs

But Linux 4.12 rc1 made it out before Mother's Day anyway, thanks to new kernel.org plan

14 May 22:12

For now, GNU GPL is an enforceable contract, says US federal judge

The software hippies' minds are going to be blown over this one

102 Comments

13 May 09:57

'Judge Java' to sueball-slinging smut studio: Test your pirate-hunting tools or walk the plank

Alsup wants torrent-chasing biz to work that IP detector hard

12 Comments

12 May 17:00

Oracle crushed in defeat as Java world votes 'No' to modular overhaul

Dire warnings ignored, plea for unity heard

36 Comments

12 May 15:29

TensorFlow: I want to like you, but you're tricksy

Hands-onWrestling with Google's machine learning framework

18 Comments

12 May 09:02

A bleary-eyed Microsoft wakes up after its cloud, IoT party, clears throat: 'Oh yeah, so Windows...'

BuildA roundup of things you might actually use

19 Comments

11 May 21:22

Microsoft touts next Windows 10 Creators Update: It's set for a Fall

BuildCross-device clipboard, OneDrive placeholder files, mixed reality headsets...

62 Comments

11 May 16:03

Microsoft backtracks: 'We are going to support .NET Framework with ASP.NET Core 2.0'

Build'You do not abandon your users' .NET Foundation chief tells El Reg

14 Comments

11 May 14:31

Mozilla to Thunderbird: You can stay here and we may give you cash, but as a couple, it's over

Beleaguered email client team gets its 'Dear John' letter

135 Comments

11 May 07:30

OpenWRT and LEDE agree on Linux-for-routers peace plan

There can be only one and it looks like the vote is bad news for the LEDE brand

18 Comments

10 May 03:56

Microsoft's .NET-mare for developers: ASP.NET Core 2.0 won't work on Windows-only .NET

BuildProgrammers left with not-quite-as-good .NET Core

41 Comments

09 May 18:01

HPE dumps Grandpa Software in Micro Focus care home, hightails it

Shares slip 5.2 per cent

09 May 13:04

Take a sneak peek at Google's Android replacement, Fuchsia

Early days yet but check out that silky-smooth UI

48 Comments

09 May 10:26

London app dev wants to 'reinvent the bus'

Why? Because, errr, data. And, ummm, apps

67 Comments

09 May 08:16

European Investment Bank tosses €25m to MariaDB

Finland, Finland, Finland, the place to build open DBs!

12 Comments

09 May 06:37

Oracle fires Java warning at IBM and Red Hat

Consensus not in the DNA, giant claims

23 Comments

08 May 11:25

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The real battle of Android's future – who controls the updates

Sorry Google, it's boring old workloads that are pumping up AWS and Azure, not sexy AI

TensorFlow: I want to like you, but you're tricksy

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