Soft-reboot in systemd 254 sounds a lot like Windows' Fast Startup Where does Agent P work again? OSes02 Aug 2023 | 128
Creator of the Unix Sysadmin Song explains he just wanted to liven up a textbook When you get to Chapter 15 of a Unix book you're ready for a laugh Sysadmin Month28 Jul 2023 | 18
OctoX is a radical Rust implementation of a very old OS for RISC-V There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too OSes28 Jul 2023 | 19
Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking Who needs a graphical desktop manager anyway? OSes20 Jul 2023 | 58
Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though OSes19 Jul 2023 | 83
Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market Opinion It would be twice as much if people could stop arguing about who counts and who doesn't OSes18 Jul 2023 | 239
AlmaLinux project climbs down from being a one-to-one RHEL clone Comment A worrying concession means that the shape of the marketplace is changing OSes17 Jul 2023 | 47
Three signs that Wayland is becoming the favored way to get a GUI on Linux May be about to join systemd as the new tech for graybeards to scorn... but adopt anyway OSes13 Jul 2023 | 120
China's openKylin 1.0 arrives. Our verdict? Not a bad-looking, er, Ubuntu remix It's certainly not the country's 'first homegrown open source desktop operating system' OSes07 Jul 2023 | 19
Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in Opinion Big Blue's top brass either don't get it or don't care OSes07 Jul 2023 | 115
Rocky Linux details the loopholes that will help its RHEL rebuild live on When you're on the wrong side of Red Hat, these could be subject to change OSes04 Jul 2023 | 95
Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense OSes29 Jun 2023 | 51
Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds OSes28 Jun 2023 | 221
Linux 6.4 debuts after literally unremarkable development push Latest cut of the kernel gets RISC-ier, moves towards Wi-Fi 7, ejects PCMCIA cards OSes26 Jun 2023 | 9
Open source licenses need to leave the 1980s and evolve to deal with AI Opinion Time to get with the program... before artificial intelligence does Sysadmin Month23 Jun 2023 | 92
US government extends software security deadline because vendors aren't ready This from the Administration that made infosec a priority Software13 Jun 2023 | 4
Google snubbed JPEG XL so of course Apple now supports it in Safari Chocolate Factory under pressure to reverse decision to abandon image format Applications07 Jun 2023 | 54
Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024 Changes are happening in Fedora and openSUSE immutable distros, too OSes06 Jun 2023 | 65
Debian 12 'Bookworm' is the excitement-free Linux you've been waiting for If Ubuntu is getting you down, check out its grandad OSes05 Jun 2023 | 54
This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection Oh cool, something else to scan for Security02 Jun 2023 | 11
XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken Security31 May 2023 | 12
The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 93
Red Hat promises AI trained on 'curated' and 'domain-specific' data Opinion Says it'll keep track of what it hoovers up at post-layoff summit Applications26 May 2023 | 17
Alpine Linux 3.18 fixes DNS over TCP issue, now ready for all the internet's problems Small but mighty update will help its many users – even the unwitting ones OSes16 May 2023 | 6
EU's Cyber Resilience Act contains a poison pill for open source developers Opinion The road to hell is paved with good intentions OSes12 May 2023 | 82
Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste Official Cinnamon, Edubuntu reborn, and an updated Kylin OSes11 May 2023 | 48
Open source AI makes modern PCs relevant, and subscriptions seem shabby Column Why sign up for ChatGPT when LLaMA and a multicore beast can do as well? AI + ML11 May 2023 | 36
Open source at America's famous Los Alamos Lab: Pragmatism as its nucleus Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB – for very good reasons HPC10 May 2023 | 10
India bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck One banned tool is already working on Android-to-Android meshes that survive internet outages Software09 May 2023 | 37
Russia tops national leagues in open source downloads Putin FOSS to work when Microsoft et al abandoned pariah state OSes05 May 2023 | 28
Red Hat layoffs spark calls to unionize, CEO wades in Exclusive 'Reject this capitalist logic' urges French legion within Linux slinger OSes28 Apr 2023 | 47
Trino and dbt open source data tools snuggle closer with integrated SaaS Managed offerings now work in tandem to crunch data where it resides Databases28 Apr 2023 |
Microsoft is busy rewriting core Windows code in memory-safe Rust Now that's a C change we can back CSO27 Apr 2023 | 115
Menaced by miscreants, critical infrastructure needs a good ETHOS. Ah, here's one RSA Conference OT firms construct handy early-warning info-sharing system Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 5
If you don't get open source's trademark culture, expect bad language Opinion Rust never sleeps. Sometimes it dozes at the wheel Software24 Apr 2023 | 56
QEMU 8.0 hatches more support for Arm and RISC-V Sapphire Rapids joins the fun, and there's even something for s390x users Virtualization24 Apr 2023 | 3
Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ? Software17 Apr 2023 | 35
Sick of GNOME, Snap and Flatpak? You might like Linux Lite, but beware rough edges 6.4 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with a lot of the questionable aspects fixed OSes17 Apr 2023 | 19
FerretDB 1.0 offers fresh approach to open source document databases How to PostgreSQL MongoDB out of the equation Databases14 Apr 2023 | 7
The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver Friday FOSS Fest OK, here's my question: Would you like to have it on x86 Linux? Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 42
Double BSD birthday bash beckons – or triple, if you count MidnightBSD 3.0 Both FreeBSD 13.2 and OpenBSD 7.3 are here OSes13 Apr 2023 | 22
Fancy trying the granddaddy of Windows NT for free? Now's your chance VSI releases OpenVMS 9.2-1 and x86 hobby licenses Applications13 Apr 2023 | 101
Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63
Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter? Research07 Apr 2023 | 14
Cardboard drones running open source flight software take off in Ukraine and beyond 'CORVO' ships with tape and glue, gives defense orgs just-in-time drone capability for a song Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 86
Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' beta is here in all its glitchy glory That means next version of the most popular Linux distro is getting close OSes04 Apr 2023 | 32
Oh, Snap. openSUSE downloads increasing, and Leap 15.5 is coming soon Could have something to do with Ubuntu kicking Flatpak. Meanwhile, SUSE may be pulling up closer to rival Red Hat OSes28 Mar 2023 | 20
ChatGPT, how did you get here? It was a long journey through open source AI Opinion Without publicly accessible code, there would be no AI chatbot Software24 Mar 2023 | 29
Curl, the URL fetcher that can, marks 25 years of transfers Utility began as a personal project, found its way into billions of devices Software21 Mar 2023 | 12
John Deere urged to surrender source code under GPL Farmers need a right to repair Software17 Mar 2023 | 78
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
Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep Software10 Mar 2023 | 157
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
SBOMs should be a security staple in the software supply chain SCSW Know the ingredients before mixing the code. Oh and pay open source maintainers for goodness' sake... Software05 Mar 2023 | 12
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
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 | 16
Linux app depot Flathub may offer paid-for software Latest twist in long saga of trying to monetize desktop penguinistas Applications27 Feb 2023 | 25
Who writes Linux and open source software? Opinion Developers and, more to the point, the companies that employ them OSes24 Feb 2023 | 111
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 | 70
Twitter algorithm to be open sourced 'next week,' says Musk Pay no attention to that Supreme Court case about Twitter's algorithmic liability Software22 Feb 2023 | 39
Open source software has its perks, but supply chain risks can't be ignored Analysis While app development is faster and easier, security is still a concern Security22 Feb 2023 | 14