What is Google doing with its open source teams?
Opinion Nothing good – the recent layoffs hit its best and brightest leaders hard
Software27 Jan 2023 | 4
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Free and open-source software (FOSS) is freely available under its license for anyone to use, copy or change it – as opposed to proprietary software where the users' freedoms are restricted by the copyright holder – and the source code is available for perusal and contributions
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Sorry seems to be tech execs' favorite word as DB player Aiven lays off 1 in 5
Finnish open source biz joins elite in correcting pandemic hiring frenzy
Databases23 Jan 2023 | 3
For password protection, dump LastPass for open source Bitwarden
Opinion After the security breach last summer, staying put is playing with fire
Cyber-crime16 Jan 2023 | 131
Native Americans urge Apache Software Foundation to ditch name
Open source org called out for ignoring own code of conduct
Software11 Jan 2023 | 279
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 | 120
Debian-based siduction gains snapshots, new recovery tools and more
Where you want to be for the latest and greatest, but not for the faint of heart
OSes05 Jan 2023 | 9
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Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses
Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically
OSes04 Jan 2023 | 10
PyTorch dependency poisoned with malicious code
System data was exfiltrated during attack, but an anonymous person says it was a research project gone wrong
Security04 Jan 2023 | 22
Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu
Despite its name and looks, this is quite the radical departure for a Linux distro
OSes03 Jan 2023 | 17
Should open source sniff the geopolitical wind and ban itself in China and Russia?
Opinion Can it even do that? And does FOSS deserve an exemption to sanctions?
Software01 Jan 2023 | 213
What's in Santa's sack? New Linux Mint, EndeavourOS and postmarketOS updates
A last-minute dose of festive FOSS freshness
OSes21 Dec 2022 | 12
Malicious PyPI package found posing as a SentinelOne SDK
Security firm tagged with malware misrepresentation
Security21 Dec 2022 | 8
Pine64 takes another shot at an open tablet after chip shortages killed first PineTab
Updates for multiple devices including PinePhone Pro and keyboard incoming
Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 15
SystemRescue 9.06 is here with the shiny new Xfce 4.18
It also boasts MemTest86+ 6, which now can boot and run on UEFI machines
OSes20 Dec 2022 | 29
GCC 13 to support Modula-2: Follow-up to Pascal lives on in FOSS form
Niklaus Wirth's lesser known programming language still kicking around
Software16 Dec 2022 | 49
Need a video editor, FOSS fans? OpenShot and Kdenlive both refreshed
Cross-platform so you can run it on a Windows box, too
Applications15 Dec 2022 | 43
Google debuts OSV-Scanner – a Go tool for finding security holes in open source
Witness the awesome power of this somewhat operational bug-buster
Devops15 Dec 2022 | 7
You can hook your MIDI keyboard up to a website with Firefox 108
Don't worry, there are some other improvements thrown in too
Software14 Dec 2022 | 35
NixOS 22.11 'Raccoon': Like a proof of concept you can do things with
Another Linux OS – but this time it's all about the software packaging
OSes13 Dec 2022 | 15
Brit chip company picks RISC-V for next-gen microcontrollers
RISC-V Summit Fabless maker goes for open-source chip architecture, with actual chips schedueld to ship late 2023
Systems12 Dec 2022 | 31
CERN, Fermilab particle boffins bet on AlmaLinux for big science
CentOS tossed
OSes08 Dec 2022 | 15
Desktop OpenSolaris fork OpenIndiana shoots fresh version – Hipster
Latest offshoot of Illumos project continues development of FOSS version of Solaris
OSes07 Dec 2022 | 10
Linux 6.1 gets an eighth release candidate and Linus Torvalds is OK with that
Kernel devs offer emperor penguin early gifts of code for version 6.2
OSes05 Dec 2022 |
openSUSE makes baseline CPU requirements a little friendlier than feared
Tumbleweed rolling-release distro to need v2 of x86-64 – and drop x86-32 edition
OSes30 Nov 2022 | 20
Redox OS version 0.8 is both strange and very familiar
'Experimental operating system' it may be, but it's still Unix/Linux-like
OSes29 Nov 2022 | 41
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks
Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target
Research23 Nov 2022 | 10
Open source community split over offer of 'corporate' welfare for critical dev tools
Special report Linux Foundation presents IT and help to key volunteers – and some wonder if this is a deal with the Devil
Software16 Nov 2022 | 20
GitHub sets up private vulnerability reports for public repos to avoid 'naming and shaming'
No need for ignominy when a flaw is found
Security14 Nov 2022 | 5
Twitter is suffering from mad bro disease. Open thinking can build it back better
Opinion We must immunize the Mastodon
Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 199
Mozilla Foundation launches ethical venture capital fund
An unexpected move, but we suspect that Carl Sagan might have approved
Software04 Nov 2022 | 6
Nitrux 2.5: The latest update to a radical Linux
Also one of the first distros we've seen with Kernel 6.0
OSes03 Nov 2022 | 18
Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process
The init system that everybody loves to hate
OSes03 Nov 2022 | 170
9front releases new version of Plan 9 OS fork: The Golden Age of Ballooning
Prepare to be confused
OSes02 Nov 2022 | 12
Zorin OS 16.2: Shapeshifting desktop to help the Linux-wary feel more at home
Pining for Windows XP? Update to the last major release can do that
OSes02 Nov 2022 | 15
Linux Lite 6.2: Latest release from distro with a misleading name
One of the more popular Ubuntu-based flavors for new migrants from Windows
OSes01 Nov 2022 | 22
Google kills forthcoming JPEG XL image format in Chromium
And just for balance nixes version 2 of its own format, WebP, as well
Software31 Oct 2022 | 65
KDE 5.26 gets a second point release (yes, already)
It's worth it, though. And it's easy to install the latest KDE on the latest Kubuntu
OSes27 Oct 2022 | 16
Microsoft's Lennart Poettering proposes tightening up Linux boot process
Building your own initial RAMdisk? That's insecure!
OSes26 Oct 2022 | 187
Teen dream team reboots Rolling Rhino into Rhino Linux
Well, these distros are all about continual reinvention, after all
OSes26 Oct 2022 | 5
Update time for Ubuntu: Last version of Linux kernel 5.19.17 hits
Only just installed? You may need another upgrade all the same
OSes25 Oct 2022 |
Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors
Comment Arcan sub-project reinvents command lines and GUIs at once
Software25 Oct 2022 | 73
Ubuntu 22.10 is out, with an extra remix in the family: Unity
Linux wunderkind's project now an official flavor as 'Kinetic Kudu' brings nine months of updates
OSes20 Oct 2022 | 26
FOSS digital audio workstation Ardour reaches version 7
An open source rival to Ableton
OSes18 Oct 2022 | 4
Zinc: An Ubuntu remix that dares to be different
Impressive distro is somewhere between a tech demo and a power user's tool
OSes13 Oct 2022 | 14
Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 is here – just watch out for the proprietary Extension Pack
Latest version of FOSS hypervisor boasts support for new 3D acceleration tech and encrypted virtual machines
Virtualization11 Oct 2022 | 37
Plop. That's the sound of a boot manager booting PCs off media they can't start from
Friday Freeware Fest … Including virtual machines as well as physical ones
OSes07 Oct 2022 | 23
Canonical makes Ubuntu Pro free for up to five machines
Kernel live-patching and a full decade of software updates
OSes06 Oct 2022 | 3
OpenStack ends requirement for six-monthly upgrades with ‘SLURP’ plan
As version ‘Zed’ debuts, project slows down a little
Software06 Oct 2022 |
IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years
And it's not the only venerable window manager still in development
Applications05 Oct 2022 | 28
VideoLAN to India: If you love FOSS so much, why have you blocked our downloads?
Activists help pen letter to New Delhi demanding answers
Software05 Oct 2022 | 10
You thought you bought software – all you bought was a lie
Comment Isn't code something worth paying for? Well, frankly, no
Software04 Oct 2022 | 216
Big changes coming in Debian 12: Some parts won't be FOSS
Vote result good news for new users, but might be bad for remixes
OSes03 Oct 2022 | 27
OpenAI opens doors to DALL-E after the horse has bolted to Midjourney and others
Ironic that an ML lab with so many accelerators is such a slowpoke
AI + ML29 Sep 2022 | 7
Late but lustrous, a fresh remix of Ubuntu emerges
UbuntuDDE 22.04 is colorful, and with slightly less Chinese flavor than Ubuntu Kylin
OSes28 Sep 2022 | 10
Removing an obsolete AMD fix makes Linux kernel 6 quicker
Performance-killing workaround rediscovered after 20 years
OSes27 Sep 2022 | 80
Is it a bird? Is it Microsoft Office? No, it's Onlyoffice: Version 7.2 released
The other open-source productivity suite gets a version bump
Applications27 Sep 2022 | 69
Serious surfer? How to browse like a pro on Firefox
Mozilla may seem like it has forgotten, but this is the most customizable browser going
Software26 Sep 2022 | 96
Linux Foundation launches European division
Open Source Summit Plans to drive more open source – and more transparency – into public sector
Software20 Sep 2022 | 9
Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice
Only in the Mac App Store, as part of FOSS-for-biz strategy software org admits may not quickly deliver results
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 96
Open standards body for digital wallets announced
Open Source Summit No, not the dodgy cryptocurrency kind
Off-Prem16 Sep 2022 | 5
Food security group, Linux Foundation working on crop data standard
'Sharing of agricultural data can help develop solutions to some of the food system's most pressing challenges'
Software15 Sep 2022 | 9
Nearly one in two industry pros scaled back open source use over security fears
Log4j being the main driver, this data science poll claims
Security14 Sep 2022 | 17
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