MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
Colorado, Illinois, and New York could join the list if their proposed age verification bills pass.
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How Linux and BSD Distros Are Responding to the New Age Verification Laws
Age verification laws could change how operating systems work. See how major Linux and BSD distributions are reacting to the new regulations.
FRANK OS Turns a Microcontroller Into a Tiny Retro Desktop PC
Based on FreeRTOS, this operating system has a start menu, file manager, and a terminal.
Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years
Leaked mockups show "Nova," Firefox's big UI revamp that looks way different from what we have now.
Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next
What started as age gates on adult websites has quietly crept into app stores and operating systems.
Good News! EA Is Expanding Its Anti-Cheat to ARM64, and Linux Could Be Next
Javelin, their kernel-level anti-cheat solution, might be heading to Linux.
Microsoft Locks Down Discord Server Over “Microslop” Posts
Microsoft banned "Microslop" on its Copilot Discord community, locked the server, and then blamed spammers.
Tired of Google's Tracking? Motorola's GrapheneOS-Powered Phones Are Coming
You won't need to pay Google for using GrapheneOS soon.
Age Verification: Protection Tool or Surveillance in Disguise?
As more governments push age checks into our apps and operating systems, the dystopian future doesn't feel so far off anymore.
Sad News! AI's RAM Hunger Finds a New Victim in the Orange Pi Neo Linux Handheld
Two years of work now sits on a shelf because AI needs the RAM more.
Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought
More breathing room for distros and enterprise Linux users as LTS kernels get extended EOL dates.
AI Can Now Easily Unmask Your Secret Online Life (Even If You Use a Fake Name)
New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.
CoreCollective is a New Consortium Bringing the Arm Software Ecosystem Under One Roof
The likes of AMD, Canonical, Google, Huawei, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and others are on board.
ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings PDF Editor Upgrades With New Signing and Editing Tools
You get a range of improvements across the other editors too.
React Is No Longer Meta's Project, It Now Has Its Own Foundation
Meta has contributed React, React Native, and JSX to the newly formed React Foundation.
Someone is Bringing Fedora Linux to Phones (And It’s Not Red Hat)
A small community project is building immutable Fedora images for tablets and phones.
Australia's Cyber Agency Releases Azul, an Open Source Malware Analysis Repository
Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.
Ladybird Browser Just Ported C++ Code to Rust in 2 Weeks Thanks to AI
Turns out AI is pretty handy when you need to port C++ code.
US State Colorado Wants Operating Systems (Including Linux) to Tell Every App How Old You Are
A bill with a goal and vague language on how to achieve it.
Serious About Learning Linux? Get 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for Under $25
From command line to Kubernetes and Terraform, this bundle covers a lot!
KDE Plasma 6.6 Turns Spectacle Into an OCR Tool and Ships a New Setup Wizard
The release also includes a new color blindness filter, an on-screen keyboard, and better high refresh rate display handling.
Think You're Digitally Sovereign? Red Hat Built a Tool to Find Out
It is open source, vendor-neutral, and free to self-host.
8 Years Later, Linux-based AsteroidOS 2.0 is Here to Add New Life to Your Old Smartwatch
The AsteroidOS 2.0 release aims to provide a stable, beautiful base for people who want an open smartwatch today, and an interesting project for developers who want to experiment, learn and contribute.
Gentoo Takes the First Step to Ditch Microsoft Copilot-Infested GitHub
Wondering about the replacement? Gentoo is betting on Codeberg.
