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<p>Azure Sphere is Microsoft making silicon as a service with Linux at its core. We’ve chatted with the folks behind Azure Sphere and breakdown this huge announcement.</p>
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<p>Plus a bunch of community news, a string of app picks, and maybe even a concerned rant.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a href="http://linuxacademy.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Linux Academy</a>: <a href="http://linuxacademy.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Visit linuxacademy.com/unplugged to support the show and sign up for a 7 day free trial.</a></li><li><a href="https://do.co/unplugged" rel="nofollow">DigitalOcean</a>: <a href="https://do.co/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Visit do.co/unplugged for a limited time special offer, or enter dounplugged after you create your account for a $10 credit.</a> Promo Code: dounplugged</li><li><a href="http://linux.ting.com" rel="nofollow">Ting</a>: <a href="http://linux.ting.com" rel="nofollow">Visit linux.ting.com and get a $25 discount off a device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one!</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://utopian.io/" title="Utopian - Rewarding Open Source Contributors" rel="nofollow">Utopian - Rewarding Open Source Contributors</a></li><li><a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/15/201" title="Linus Buzzkills 5.0" rel="nofollow">Linus Buzzkills 5.0</a> — But v5.0 will happen some day. And it should be meaningless. You have
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been warned.</li><li><a href="https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop" title="gotop" rel="nofollow">gotop</a> — A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop </li><li><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/clonezilla-live-disk-cloning-os-gets-new-massive-deployment-bittorrent-mechanism-520706.shtml" title="Clonezilla Live Disk Cloning OS Gets New Massive Deployment BitTorrent Mechanism" rel="nofollow">Clonezilla Live Disk Cloning OS Gets New Massive Deployment BitTorrent Mechanism</a> — However, one of the most interesting feature of the Clonezilla Live 2.5.5-38 release is a new massive deployment mechanism based on the BitTorrent technology. </li><li><a href="https://github.com/mmstick/fontfinder" title="fontfinder" rel="nofollow">fontfinder</a> — A Google font browser for your GTK desktop, written in Rust
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</li><li><a href="https://kdenlive.org/2018/04/kdenlive-in-paris/" title="Kdenlive in Paris" rel="nofollow">Kdenlive in Paris</a> — Our team will dedicate this time to discuss near and long term goals, review the application workflow with professional editors, work on the major 18.08 release and much more.</li><li><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/internet-of-things-iot/156628/microsofts-next-os-based-linux-not-windows" title="Microsoft's Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows" rel="nofollow">Microsoft's Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows</a> — Microsoft is creating here is Azure Sphere OS, a new operating system aimed at tiny MCU-based IoT devices that is based on Linux.</li><li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/microsofts-bid-to-secure-the-internet-of-things-custom-linux-custom-chips-azure/" title="Microsoft’s bid to secure the Internet of Things: Custom Linux, custom chips, Azure" rel="nofollow">Microsoft’s bid to secure the Internet of Things: Custom Linux, custom chips, Azure</a> — Azure Sphere has three components. First is a new class of microcontrollers (MCUs) that supports seven critical hardware features that Microsoft says are a necessary foundation to build secure systems. These include support for unforgeable encryption keys protected by hardware, the ability to update system software, and hardware-enforced compartmentalization between software components. </li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/galenh/?from=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fpeople%2Fgalenh%2F" title="Galen Hunt at Microsoft Research" rel="nofollow">Galen Hunt at Microsoft Research</a> — I am part of the launch team for Microsoft Research New Experiences and Technologies organization (MSR NExT). I am manager of the Operating Systems Technologies Group. </li><li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/seven-properties-highly-secure-devices/" title="The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices" rel="nofollow">The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices</a> — Our group has begun a research agenda to bring high-value security to low-cost devices.</li></ul>
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