Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft today launched Microsoft Teams for Linux in public preview. No, that’s not a typo — Microsoft Teams is indeed the first Office app that the company has ported to Linux.

This month is a relatively small patch bundle from Microsoft, with fixes kicked out for just 36 CVE-listed bugs, only seven of which are considered to be critical risks by Redmond standards.

Canonical CEO and founder Mark Shuttleworth recently said he sees more demand for the Ubuntu Linux desktop than ever. True. “We never got the desktop into the consumer space. We’re still happy to give developers and system admins a platform,” he said. And, Canonical, we now know, wants to see the Ubuntu Linux desktop succeed in a new frontier: Windows SubSystem for Linux (WSL).

Canonical has brought premium Ubuntu Pro Linux images to Amazon Web Services, which come with extended maintenance, broader security coverage, and critical compliance features.

Microsoft’s plan to turn Office 365 consumer subscriptions into ‘Microsoft 365 Life’ ones is continuing to take shape. The new reveal date is looking like spring 2020.

Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity company CyberArk found that Microsoft left open an accidental loophole which, if exploited, could’ve been used to siphon off these account tokens used to access a victim’s account — potentially without ever alerting the user.

When Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 November 2019 Update was going to be a rather minor release with only a few changes, many of us hoped that this would mean that its launch would be relatively problem free – but that unfortunately doesn’t seem to be the case, with users complaining that the new update is breaking File Explorer.

Although Android already works on a Linux kernel, it’s been so heavily modified over the years, it’s almost unrecognisable, and certainly no longer compatible with the main Linux operating system. Now, however, Google has expressed its desire to right that wrong and bring Android back into line with the regular fork of Linux.

Microsoft recently partnered with Baker Hughes and C3.ai, with an aim to usher in digital transformation in oil and gas enterprises. The companies intend to facilitate adoption of advanced AI-driven secure, reliable and sustainable solutions to aid the energy industry players in accelerating business processes in this digital age.

Microsoft confirmed that its services were back up and running after it experienced interruptions Tuesday night and Wednesday morning across the US and parts of the Asia Pacific region.