Here are the top news from the GNU/Linux world for the month of April This Month in GNU/Linux - May 2018 ==================================
## Purism Partners with UBports to Offer Ubuntu Touch on the Librem 5 - By default the smartphone runs PureOS - UBPorts is ensuring Ubuntu Touch will run on the phones as well * https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu-touch-on-librem5-collaboration/ ## Germany, Israel and UK turn to Open Source - German government shifted 300,000 employess to NextCloud - Israel is making code crafted by government departments open source - UK's Ministry of Justice released an open source data analysis platform. This platform is built on AWS and Kubernetes. * https://opensource.com/article/18/4/news-april-28 ## Microsoft launches its first Linux product - Azure Sphere is a software and hardware stack designed to secure edge devices - Azure Sphere OS is the custom Linux kernel used in the product - Azure Sphere aims at creating highly-secured, Internet-connected microcontroller devices * https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-azure-sphere-secure-and-power-the-intelligent-edge/ ## Debian GNU/Linux Operating System Is Now Supported on 64-bit RISC-V Hardware - riscv64 architecture - RISC-V has different versions of instruction sets for 32 bit, 64 bit and 128 bits - The architecture is based on Reduced Instruction Set Computing principles * https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/forum/#!topic/sw-dev/u4VcUtB9r94 * https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V#What_is_RISC-V.3F ## RISC-V Silicon Startup Raises $50.6 Million - RISC-V architecture is provided under a BSD license allowing it to be used in open source or proprietary solutions - SiFive is a company that monetizes this open source CPU architecture by helping customers bring their own custom chips * http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/risc-v-silicon-startup-raises-506-million-and-inks-western-digital-deal ## Linux Foundation announces the launch of LF Deep Learning Foundation - It is an umbrella organization focused on driving open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning * https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects/deep-learning/ Regards, Dhanesh B. Sabane https://dhanesh95.gitlab.io
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