CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16 production servers

Last month, Red Hat caused a lot of consternation in the enthusiast and small business Linux world when it announced the discontinuation of CentOS Linux. Long-standing tradition—and ambiguity in Red Hat's posted terms—led users to believe that CentOS 8 would be available until 2029, just like the RHEL 8 it was based on. Red Hat's early termination of CentOS 8 in 2021 cut eight of those 10 years away, leaving thousands of users stranded. As of February 1, 2021, Red Hat will make RHEL available at no cost for small-production workloads—with "small" defined as 16 systems or fewer. This access to no-cost production RHEL is by way of the newly expanded Red Hat Developer Subscription program, and it comes with no strings—in Red Hat's words, "this isn't a sales program, and no sales representative will follow up."

Linux at Home: Digital Music Production with Linux

We are told by our governments that in the current crisis the single most important action we can take is to stay at home and minimise the amount of contact with others. The new variants of Covid-19 are much more transmissible than the virus’s previous version. The advice to stay safe is therefore even more important. It’s only with everyone abiding by the law can we protect our health services and save lives. In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can play its part, making the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged. The change of lifestyle enforced by Covid-19 is an opportunity to expand our horizons, and spend more time on activities we have neglected in the past.

Android Leftovers

• TCL 10L's promised Android 10 update is rolling out in select countries

• Astro Slide 5G slider phone specs and shipping date get finalized

• TCL 10L Starts Receiving Android 11 Stable Update

• OnePlus 7 Android 11 (HydrogenOS 11) beta took away AOD

• Some Sony Xperia fans treated to a surprise Android 11 update: check your phone now

• Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Android 11 stable update re-released in Europe; Redmi K30i 5G bags it too (Download links inside)

• The LG V60 ThinQ is on the verge of receiving Android 11 for the first time

• Nearby Share may let you share your WiFi password on Android 12

• What is an Android TV? | Smart TV vs. Android TV

• How to Change or Replace Your Android's Home Screen App

• Nest products, Android Auto, get SmartThings integration

• Frollo brings open banking to Android in Australia with new budgeting app

• PUBG Mobile Update India 20 January, 2021: Download APK Files for Android Users Through VPN in India

• Future Android versions could let you share Wi-Fi passwords via Nearby Share

• 5 Of The Highest-Grossing Android Games Of 2020 And How They Made Money

• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra First Look: Best Android Phone Of 2021?

Help safeguard your Linux server from attack with this REST API

CrowdSec is an open source cybersecurity detection system meant to identify aggressive behaviors and prevent them from accessing systems. Its user-friendly design offers a low technical barrier of entry with a significant boost to security. A modern behavior detection system written in Go, CrowdSec combines the philosophy of Fail2ban with Grok patterns and YAML grammar to analyze logs for a modern, decoupled approach for securing the cloud, containers, and virtual machine (VM) infrastructures. Once detected, a threat can be mitigated with bouncers (block, 403, captcha, and so on), and blocked internet protocol addresses (IPs) are shared among all users to improve everyone's security further.