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Open source at America's famous Los Alamos Lab: Pragmatism as its nucleus Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB – for very good reasons HPC10 May 2023 | 10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 | 102
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
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
Linus Torvalds releases 'pedestrian' Linux Kernel 6.2, urges testers to show it some love Intel has as much to celebrate as anyone thanks the arc of progress catching up to its GPUs OSes20 Feb 2023 | 2
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
Cry Havoc and let slip dogs of war ... there's an upgraded malware server in town ThreatLabz finds free alternative to Cobalt Strike and other tools used in the wild Security17 Feb 2023 | 2
Google's big security cert log overhaul broke Android apps. Now it's hit undo Devs missed warnings plus tons of code relies again on lone open source maintainer Security16 Feb 2023 | 13
The quest to make Linux bulletproof Part 2 What the big players and an outlier are doing, and why OSes16 Feb 2023 | 101
Core-JS chief complains open source is broken, no one will pay for it Being in Russia and going to jail might have something to do with it, tho Devops15 Feb 2023 | 62
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
Thunderbird email client is Go for new plumage in July Supernova will prove open source project is not dead – just pining for an enormo-revamp Software14 Feb 2023 | 94
Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' for project's death Kickstarter backers left empty-handed Software13 Feb 2023 | 49
Linus Torvalds releases probably unnecessary release candidate eight for Linux 6.2 Emperor Penguin promised a relaxed seasonal development cycle and has delivered OSes13 Feb 2023 | 11
Google's Go may add telemetry that's on by default Some devs object because they don't trust Mountain View Software10 Feb 2023 | 66
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
Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements Maker of voice changing software says it has removed GPLv3 code "to alleviate any doubt" Devops08 Feb 2023 | 11
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
System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC Meanwhile, Xfce takes its first steps toward Wayland support OSes02 Feb 2023 | 41
Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry Devops02 Feb 2023 | 8
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 | 49