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 | 26
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 | 221
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 | 77
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
Linux kernel's eBPF feature put to unexpected new uses Linux Plumbers Conference The internal traffic-filtering tool can be used for much more than firewalls Software14 Sep 2022 | 19
Want to know the future of FOSS? You can look it up in a database Opinion If you make it here, you can make it anywhere Databases12 Sep 2022 | 10
Google urges open source community to fuzz test code We'll even get our checkbook out, web giant says Patches08 Sep 2022 | 10
Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights Lightbend's Akka shifts from Apache 2.0 license to BSL 1.1 – but critics not pleased about pricing Applications08 Sep 2022 | 41
Open source databases: What are they and why do they matter? Feature We trawled through the licensing terms and spoke to the vendors so you don't have to Databases05 Sep 2022 | 47
MX Linux 21.2: Middleweight Debian-based distro is well worth a look Special report We took our first official test drive and became a little infatuated OSes31 Aug 2022 | 20
US plans to open up government-funded science research papers to all Remembering Aaron Swartz Science25 Aug 2022 | 16
Deepin prepares to leave Debian base and move to fully independent distro Big changes are afoot in a forthcoming version, but they're not fully visible yet OSes25 Aug 2022 | 34
PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything FOSS Fest Sometimes you just want something dead simple that can maybe handle bold, italics, and a hyperlink or two Applications24 Aug 2022 | 126
Banned Tornado Cash code reuploaded to GitHub in free speech test Cryptography prof tells Microsoft to get forked Software24 Aug 2022 | 58
Weighing the less mainstream Ubuntu remixes: Including China's Kylin We look at the official flavors, but there are more out there Applications19 Aug 2022 | 9
LibreOffice improves Microsoft compatibility with version 7.4 If you absolutely must keep using those proprietary formats, walk this way Applications19 Aug 2022 | 84
There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43 Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta Applications17 Aug 2022 | 37
Ubuntu 22.04.1: Slightly late, but worth the upgrade Latest shine on the Jammy Jellyfish brings ton of fixes to keep you working smoothly OSes12 Aug 2022 | 13
Rescuezilla 2.4 is here: Grab it before you need it A fork of Redo Rescue that outdoes the original – and beats Clonezilla too Software11 Aug 2022 | 17
NetBSD 9.3: A 2022 OS that can run on late-1980s hardware Need a cold shower? This is xNix like Windows users imagine it still is OSes10 Aug 2022 | 62
GitLab versus The Zombie Repos: An old plot needs a new twist Opinion Git back, git back, git back to where your files belong Devops08 Aug 2022 | 58
FauxPilot: It's like GitHub Copilot but doesn't phone home to Microsoft Updated And if you train your own AI model for it, you can worry less about licensing Devops06 Aug 2022 | 20
Fancy a freshened up SLAX or ChromeOS replacement Peppermint OS? Two lightweight distros get updated after extended pauses OSes05 Aug 2022 | 6
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras Applications04 Aug 2022 | 30
GitLab plans to delete dormant projects in free accounts Exclusive Hopes to save a quarter of hosting costs by binning repos that haven't been touched for a year Devops04 Aug 2022 | 103
Hackable hardware PineBook Pro finally starts shipping again Pine64 have other goodies in stock too… just not many right now Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 7
US Department of Defense funds Google and SkyWater to enable open source chips Amazing how you find the money when military needs a reliable supply Systems29 Jul 2022 | 7
Hints about SUSE's 'Adaptable Linux Platform' emerge Direction of future distros may be firming up, along with formidable system requirements OSes26 Jul 2022 | 15
Fedora sours on Creative Commons 'No Rights Reserved' license Lack of patent rights waiver in CC0 cited as problematic OSes25 Jul 2022 | 19
How to get Linux onto a non-approved laptop Dell certifies certain models for Linux, but if yours isn't, all is not lost OSes22 Jul 2022 | 56
Yocto Project gets big backer and second LTS release – but what is it? You may not realize it, but you probably already use things made with this build system for embedded Linux OSes20 Jul 2022 | 9
Microsoft tweaks Store policy for open source once again Paid-for open source is OK. But here's a form to report the scammers Applications19 Jul 2022 | 17
Rocky Linux 9 and its new build service enter the ring 'Blue Onyx' defies the odds, defies logic, and fulfills an incredible dream (to quote a long-running film franchise) OSes18 Jul 2022 | 18
Microsoft joins Jakarta EE, MicroProfile Working Groups at Eclipse Foundation A portent of the End Times, or simply a smart corporate move? Probably the latter Software15 Jul 2022 | 1
CP/M's open-source status clarified after 21 years The venerable Z80 OS is a now hobbyist favorite OSes15 Jul 2022 | 93
Homeland Security warns: Expect Log4j risks for 'a decade or longer' Great, another thing that's gone endemic Patches14 Jul 2022 | 12
Linux Mint 21 hits beta, and it's looking fresh 'Vanessa' is shaping up nicely – Ubuntu could learn a thing or two OSes14 Jul 2022 | 30
X.org servers update closes 2 security holes, adds neat component tweaks Arbitrary code execution flaws in the X Keyboard Extension were bad news Patches13 Jul 2022 | 7
Linux laptop vendor Slimbook updates its ranges Fresh lick of paint for KDE Slimbook, Slimbook ProX, and Slimbook Executive models Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 15
Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days Opinion 'The Evil Empire' hasn't been evil for about eight years now Software13 Jul 2022 | 167
Intel, Accenture put bow on open-source AI kits to push adoption Think ML is hard to implement? That excuse is getting harder to make as you avoid the rush Systems12 Jul 2022 | 1
'Unbreakable' Oracle Linux 9 is a RHEL rebuild with built-in Btrfs support Red Hat dropped the file system in 7.4 but Big Red's own kernel has kept hold OSes12 Jul 2022 | 17
x86 Raspberry Pi Desktop is a great way to revive an old PC The OS Formerly Known As Raspbian isn't just for the diminutive computer OSes11 Jul 2022 | 28
Even robots have the right to learn from open source Opinion Just because it's Microsoft doesn't mean it's wrong Software11 Jul 2022 | 68