Fifteen months have passed since our last Guix/Hurd on a Thinkpad X60
post and a lot
has happened with respect to the Hurd.And most of you will have guessed, unless you skipped the title of
this post, the rumored x86_64
support has
landed in Guix!He…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Brandon Lester has announced the release of Oreon 10-2603, a new update of the project’s live distribution based on AlmaLinux (with support until 2035) and featuring a customised GNOME d…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The developers of MocaccinoOS, a set of Gentoo-based Linux distribution with several popular desktops and a custom package manager called “Luet”, have announced the release of MocaccinoO…
Read MoreMore breathing room for distros and enterprise Linux users as LTS kernels get extended EOL dates.
Read MoreJust a few days after the wallpaper competition, Ubuntu Artwork team updated the wallpapers package (through proposed repository) for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, revealing the default wallpapers. As previous releases, the new default wallpaper is a purple background with mascot (raccoon this time) in center. Instead of using straight origami lines, the new wallpaper uses curved-crease […]
Read MoreDid you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. John Raff has announced the release of BunsenLabs Linux Carbon, a new major update of the project’s lightweight distribution with a customised Openbox window manager, now based on Debian…
Read MoreThe deal pairs a boutique PHP outsourcing shop with a startup-focused product studio, revealing how even tiny players shape the open source ecosystem.
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Google’s new default model for generating images, Nano Banana 2 offers faster speeds, better text rendering, and higher resolutions than its predecessor.
Read MoreA new version of ONLYFFICE Desktop Editors, a open source office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux, is out with a fresh set of features and tools. ONLYOFFICE 9.3 adds more signature options for PDF forms, multipage view for documents, new solver tools…
Read MoreMozilla Thunderbird is the default email client application on Ubuntu. This powerful application has many features other than email management, and among them is, an RSS feed reader. That means an Ubuntu user can subscribe to any website and blog on th…
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4, the final snapshot release for the next LTS (Long Term Support), was released! The Ubuntu developer team announced the release last night: Hello everyone, I’d like to announce the fourth (and the final!) successful publication of the monthly snapshot – Resolute Snapshot 4. You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com, for […]
Read MoreOnlyOffice, the free open-source office suite for Linux, Windows, and macOS, released new 9.3 version few days ago for its offline use desktop editors app. The new version introduced long-awaited multipage view feature, allowing to view multiple page documents side-by-side. Simply enable the feature by either going to View -> Multiple Pages, or clicking the […]
Read MoreCanonical’s engineers have announced the fourth and final monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04, ahead of next month’s all important beta release. Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4, like all other monthly snapshots, not a blessed build intended for mainst…
Read MoreFender’s first foray into the consumer audio market comes with several connectivity bonuses and a few drawbacks that are hard to ignore.
Read MoreName: Password feedback in sudo. Age: New, but it’s absence is over 40 years old. Appearance: ********. What’s this about? When you run a command in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS using sudo and enter your password, you now see asteri…
Read MoreUbuntu has unveiled the default wallpaper that will grace millions of screen in the upcoming 26.06 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ release. As is tradition, the new desktop background features mascot artwork in the middle of a rich purple gradient. …
Read MoreLinux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.
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The Armbian project has released Armbian 26.02, the latest update to the lightweight Linux distribution designed specifically for ARM and RISC-V single-board comput…
Read MoreJust as cloud-native vendors flooded the market a decade ago, we may be on the cusp of a new wave of AI-based applications. Here’s why that could be a very good thing for small businesses.
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