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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

This opens up the ability to repurpose the hardware for more things today, and means that a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now will be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) September 24, 2021. “We

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Linux has made it to Mars

The Verge

“The software framework that we’re using is one that we developed at JPL for cubesats and instruments, and we open-sourced it a few years ago.” The fact that it’s open source means if you want to fly with Linux here on Earth using the same software JPL does, you absolutely can. It’s called F’ (pronounced “F prime”).

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Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub

The Verge

Google’s work on Fuchsia OS first emerged in 2016 , and the open-source operating system is notable for not being based on a Linux kernel, instead using a microkernel called Zircon. You don't ship a new operating system every day, but today is that day. Petr Hosek (@petrh) May 25, 2021.

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro.

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)

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Huawei’s HarmonyOS is coming to smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced the second version of its HarmonyOS operating system and detailed plans to bring it to a wider range of devices, including smartphones. Huawei is also kicking off its OpenHarmony project, which allows developers to build upon an open-source version of the OS — similar to what AOSP is to Android.

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Android 12 may be released on October 4th

The Verge

The next version of Google’s mobile operating system features the new Material You visual design and has been in public beta since May. October 4th is the date Google lists as the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) release of Android 12 in the document. This tentative release date was also mentioned by a 3PL.