Wednesday, June 17th, 2020

Time	Event
2:15p	Security updates for Wednesday Security updates have been issued by Arch Linux (dbus and intel-ucode), CentOS (libexif), Debian (vlc), SUSE (xen), and Ubuntu (dbus, libexif, and nss). (Comment on this)
4:53p	[$] Loaded terms in free software Arguments about terminology are not rare in our community; words are powerful tools, so we want to be sure that we are using them in the correct way. But, naturally, opinions on what is "correct" may (and do) differ. Discussions on the use of loaded terms like "master" and "slave" have been ongoing in the community for some time, but recent world events have given them a new urgency. Some projects have made changes in the past, but the current wave of changes seems likely to be far larger. (Comment on this)
6:23p	Stable kernel updates Stable kernels 5.7.3, 5.6.19, and 5.4.47 have been released with important fixes throughout the tree. This is the last 5.6.y release and users should move to 5.7.y. (Comment on this)
6:34p	[$] Lightweight alternatives to Google Analytics More and more web-site owners are concerned about the "all-seeing Google" tracking users as they browse around the web. Google Analytics (GA) is a full-featured web-analytics system that is available for free and, despite the privacy concerns, has become the de facto analytics tool for small and large web sites alike. However, in recent years, a growing number of alternatives are helping break Google's dominance. In this article we'll look at two of the lightweight open-source options, namely GoatCounter and Plausible. In a subsequent article, we'll look at a few of the larger tools. (Comment on this)

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