Fresh models of Framework modular laptops in the works
What to expect? 16 inch model, a desktop case, and both Intel and AMD variants
Personal Tech27 Mar 2023 | 4
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GitHub publishes RSA SSH host keys by mistake, issues update
Getting connection failures? Don't panic. Get new keys
Security24 Mar 2023 | 34
Red Hat veteran will head up SUSE from May as Di Donato steps down
In the meantime, the CFO is also interim CEO
Software23 Mar 2023 | 4
Tails 5.11: Secure-surfing 'amnesiac' live distro arrives
A highly opinionated little live USB/DVD/VM image for the paranoid
OSes23 Mar 2023 | 14
Croquet for Unity: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming... but it's so much more
Updated This is that rare announcement that's far more significant than it sounds
Software23 Mar 2023 | 15
Russian developers blocked from contributing to FOSS tools
Opinion The war in Ukraine is bad and wrong… but does blocking these contributions help Ukraine?
OSes21 Mar 2023 | 165
Lenovo Thinkpad X13s: The stealth Arm-powered laptop
A modern RISC computer trying desperately to pretend it's just another PC
Personal Tech21 Mar 2023 | 102
UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is a… what user now?
Elder statesman of system software makes a shocking revelation
Offbeat17 Mar 2023 | 91
Reg FOSS desk test drive: First beta of Fedora 38 drops
Spoiler: It's looking much better than 37 did at this stage
OSes17 Mar 2023 | 27
ReMarkable emits Type Folio keyboard cover for e-paper tablet
Distraction-free long-life e-ink handheld writing tool becomes a typing tool too... but leaves us conflicted
Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 42
The Stonehenge of PC design, Xerox Alto, appeared 50 years ago this month
Feature We all owe three things to this pioneering machine – two more than you might think
Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 145
Pentesters' fave Kali Linux turns 10 with version 23.1
It's also 17… and 18… and actually rather cool
OSes15 Mar 2023 | 23
After nearly two decades of waiting, GNOME 44 brings you... image thumbnails
The primary desktop in Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 is getting there
OSes14 Mar 2023 | 46
Cop a load of this DIY e-ink calendar to help plan those projects you'll never finish
Or how you'll spend your copious free time running CP/M on a cheap computer
Personal Tech11 Mar 2023 | 7
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 as a Linux laptop
Hands-on Is Lenovo's fastest, thinnest, lightest flagship good at this sort of thing?
Personal Tech10 Mar 2023 | 153
openSUSE finds an elegant solution to x86-64 version support
Updated Piggybacking on the hwcaps tunable in glibc, it's shipping platform-optimized libraries
OSes09 Mar 2023 | 7
A new version of APT is coming to Debian 12
Like 'Bookworm' itself, software manager will have improved handling of non-free packages
OSes08 Mar 2023 | 25
AmigaOS 3.2.2 released for those feeling nostalgic
Original mid-1980s OS is still alive and kicking
Offbeat08 Mar 2023 | 73
Tech demo takes brain scan, creates a picture of what you're looking at
Break out the tinfoil hats: Boffins' experimental tech improves computer mind reading
Science07 Mar 2023 | 42
How to get the latest Linux kernel on your Ubuntu box
And a choice of ways to get the latest KDE too, if that's your thing
OSes06 Mar 2023 | 35
Can we interest you in a $10 pocket calculator powered by Android 9?
Beware, it only has 3GB free and may go up to – yikes! – $23
Offbeat03 Mar 2023 | 88
Linux Mint 21.2 and Cinnamon 5.8 desktop take shape
Along with better integration for all three editions
OSes02 Mar 2023 | 20
My God, it's full of tabs: Vivaldi's coolest new features shine on phones and cars
Opera founder's outfit continues to push the browser functionality envelope
Software02 Mar 2023 | 40
Fedora 38 will still support framebuffer X11 and NIS+
Next version of Red Hat's bleeding-edge distro won't drop all the older tech it had hoped to
OSes01 Mar 2023 | 10
Bringing the IBM Thinkpad 'Butterfly' back to life
Framework offers refurb kit and parts – for instance, to upgrade a decades-old subnotebook
Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 | 52
Patches to make WINE work on Wayland display server protocol are being merged
Code update will remove the need for translation layer in Linux distros
Software28 Feb 2023 | 15
Linux app depot Flathub may offer paid-for software
Latest twist in long saga of trying to monetize desktop penguinistas
Applications27 Feb 2023 | 25
Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here
FOSS Fest Add-on package manager for macOS (and Linux if you need it)
Software27 Feb 2023 | 12
Official: Lomiri desktop now runs on Debian
Converged environment formerly known as Unity 8 breaks free from Ubuntu – and indeed, from tablets
OSes27 Feb 2023 | 3
By order of Canonical: Official Ubuntu flavors must stop including Flatpak by default
You can add Snap's rival cross-distro packaging format back in yourself
OSes23 Feb 2023 | 69
Debian-based TrueNAS Scale updated – and iXsystems wins a gong
Similar look for FOSS folk, with same UI and OpenZFS storage back-end
Storage23 Feb 2023 | 10
Puri.sm puts out LapDock for its Librem 5 smartphone
If a phone is as mighty as a laptop, why not make it convertible and use it as one
Personal Tech22 Feb 2023 | 20
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $12 USB Debug Probe
Cheap'n'cheerful option for bare-metal debugging – on anything with SWD connections
On-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 21
OnlyOffice treated to an update – and fresh plugins
If the Ribbon is your sort of thing, penguin-flavored options include this and WPS Office
Applications21 Feb 2023 | 12
What you need to know about the real-time capable edition of Ubuntu 22.04
Don't rush in if you don't need it – there may be more cons than pros
OSes20 Feb 2023 | 37
systemd 253: You're looking at the future of enterprise Linux boot processes
The init system many love to hate intros tool to create Unified Kernel Image files
OSes17 Feb 2023 | 52
Ubuntu Advantage is being wired deeper into the distro
Dislike those messages about Ubuntu Pro? Then you won't like this
OSes17 Feb 2023 | 57
There's no place like... KDE: Plasma 5.27 is out and GNOME 44 hits beta
New versions of the two dominant desktops for Linux and other FOSS Unix-a-likes
OSes16 Feb 2023 | 22
The quest to make Linux bulletproof
Part 2 What the big players and an outlier are doing, and why
OSes16 Feb 2023 | 101
Craig Wright's crypto wallet claim against Bitcoin SV devs back before judges
Another of the self-proclaimed BTC inventor's lawsuits rumbles onward
Software15 Feb 2023 | 22
Make Linux safer… or die trying
Part 1 The OS family isn't broken – so why are so many companies trying to fix it?
OSes14 Feb 2023 | 174
Spotted in the wild: Chimera – a Linux that isn't GNU/Linux
FOSDEM It's not yet reached alpha, but it's already breaking new ground
OSes13 Feb 2023 | 74
Don't bore us, get to the Horus: Elementary OS 7 is here and looking good
After a long wait and some company problems, the latest member of the Pantheon appears
OSes10 Feb 2023 | 42
The Balthazar laptop: An all-European RISC-V Free Hardware computer
FOSDEM Plus new developments in the world of the MNT Reform
Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 55
Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet
FOSDEM Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 8
Transmission FOSS BitTorrent client hits version 4.0
Torrenting is still a thing, it still works, and it's not just for illegal downloads to get around streaming restrictions
Applications08 Feb 2023 | 30
LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite
FOSDEM Decent upgrade from older versions, essential if you're still on OpenOffice
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 99
WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture
FOSDEM Along with DXVK 2.1, more and better compatibility comes to Linux – we'll drink to that
OSes03 Feb 2023 | 70
Google opens arms to VMware in the cloud and Microsoft 365 on ChromeOS
From the Department of Improbable Alliances
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 9
System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC
Meanwhile, Xfce takes its first steps toward Wayland support
OSes02 Feb 2023 | 41
Linux Mint 21.2 includes a bit of feature creep from the GNOME world
Plus Xfce flavor desktop based on latest version 4.18
OSes01 Feb 2023 | 42
helloSystem 0.8: A friendly, all-graphical FreeBSD
Not complete yet, but getting closer to welcoming Mac migrants and systemd scorners
OSes31 Jan 2023 | 78
Tales from four decades in the Sinclair aftermarket: Parts, upgrades and party tricks
Retro Tech Week RWAP Software owner Rich Mellor talks ZX81 sound cards and linking USB printers to parallel ports
Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 15
Arca Noae is modernizing OS/2 Warp for 21st century PCs
Retro Tech Week Lewis Rosenthal talks about why some companies still need to run OS/2 today – including on UEFI and GPT hardware
OSes19 Jan 2023 | 45
Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future
Retro Tech Week What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall
OSes18 Jan 2023 | 19
Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink
Retro Tech Week Steve Revill of RISC OS Open chats to us about taking the project into the future
OSes17 Jan 2023 | 40
Unix is dead. Long live Unix!
Comment Don't expect to see any more big AIX news. What does that leave us with?
OSes17 Jan 2023 | 176
Version 5 of the Endless OS enters testing
This may show a future direction for Linux desktops
OSes12 Jan 2023 | 77
Fedora 38 is finally taking shape
New Budgie and Sway spins, Xfce 4.18, and initial support for Unified Kernel Images
Software11 Jan 2023 | 7
Haiku beta 4: BeOS rebuild / almost ready for release / A thing of beauty
Open source reimplementation could be even better than the original in its prime
OSes11 Jan 2023 | 122
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