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• Plasma 5.10 Released — Simple by default, powerful when needed.
• Xfce 4.14 edges closer (along with GTK 3) — Xfce 4.14 is a transitionnal release, where the main goal is to port all components to GTK+3.
• Fedora 26 delayed — This latest delay pushes Fedora 26 final out to 11 July, assuming no further delays this release cycle.
• Coreboot joins Conservancy — "By joining Conservancy, coreboot benefits from their project and community organization skills,"
• Toyota to use Linux in its cars — The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux project is celebrating its first big-name user, after Toyota said it will employ the OS in the 2018 Camry model it will sell in the United States.
• ChrisLAS: "@autogradelinux Is it possible for car manufactures to use AGL and also offer Android Auto or Apple CarPlay on top?"
• 2017 CES Demonstrator - [Automotive Linux Wiki] — Hardware spec for AGL demo machine at CES 2017.
• Essential’s Ambient OS will be open source — Playground CEO Andy Rubin, whose new company Essential unveiled a new premium Android smartphone and Amazon Echo competitor today, says his company’s Ambient OS smart home platform will be open source.
• Essential faces trademark dispute over name — Spigen, Inc. successfully registered the trademark (Reg. No. 5014095) as early as August 2016. It's an International Class. 9 mark, the category which relates to computers and scientific devices, including smartphones and accessories.