Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions. LibreOffice is a big, mature chunk of code now, but that doesn't make it impossible to teach it impressive new tricks. Some of them could make it more important than ever.

Disk space is allocated in clusters of a certain size. When a file is written to disk and the file size is smaller than the cluster(s) allocated for it, there is an unused portion of varying size between the end of the file’s data and the end of the allocated clusters. This unused space is the slack space, it’s perfectly normal, and [Zachary Parish] had an idea to write a tool to hide data in it.

Darktable 5.0.1, an open-source raw photo editing tool, brings key bug fixes, UI tweaks, and improved performance.

Along with the recently reviewed ARCTIC Freezer 4U-M for Ampere Altra, ARCTIC Cooling had also recently sent over their ARCTIC Freezer 4U-SP5 heatsink for cooling AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors within 4U rackmount height requirements. This cooler does a very good job at keeping even 400 Watt processors running well.

Plank Reloaded aims to refine what the classic Plank dock offered by staying simple but with a modern take on it.

The NetCard 3 is an add-on network expansion card designed exclusively for the ODROID-H3 and H4 series, offering four high-speed 5GbE Ethernet ports. Maintaining the same size and mounting method as previous NetCard versions, it integrates seamlessly with compatible ODROID boards while delivering improved network performance.

HandBrake 1.9.1 was released today as the first maintenance update to the latest HandBrake 1.9 series of this free and open-source transcoder application for digital video files.

Systemd is a powerful and highly versatile init system for Linux distros. It can run programs, manage system resources, and even control the state of your computer. In this article, I’ll demonstrate how you can use Systemd to control your apps by creating a custom service unit in Ubuntu.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong — their corners of the internet. We all have an internet story worth sharing.

Arch Linux users can now upgrade to the new, sleek KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment just 24 hours after its release.

Given the recent patch proposal to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz, I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at the 250Hz vs. 1000Hz comparison on some modern desktop hardware.

The co-founder of top-shelf ergonomic keyboard maker ZSA Technologies talks about open source, the company’s user community, its relationships with its competition, and more.

I'm in. I intone the words with a sense of victory as I navigate the file directory using only shell commands—a feat that might have impressed the occasional adolescent maybe two decades ago. But then, the camera pans out to reveal a PDF document… inside a Chrome browser… running on Windows.

KDE continues advancing the Linux desktop with the release of version 6.3 of its Plasma desktop environment (DE), widely considered to be one of the best DEs on any platform.

The February 9, 2025 release of DietPi v9.10 introduces new images for single-board computers, improved compatibility for RISC-V devices, enhanced software tools, and several important bug fixes. This update extends support for StarFive VisionFive 2 and PINE64 Star64 with Debian Trixie, refines automation capabilities, and addresses software installation issues reported by the community.

Darktable 5.0.1 open-source raw image editor has been released today as a minor update to the Darktable 5.0 series with various fixes, new noise profiles, and updated camera support.

We all use software and hardware with many security mechanisms inside and don't notice them. But these mechanisms are not magical: they still live somewhere in code or schematics and trigger just when needed.

Linux is having a moment in the mainstream right now, thanks to the popularity of the Steam Deck and SteamOS. The thing is, while Linux is the overarching name for the operating systems bearing its name, there are as many Linux distributions as stars in the sky (okay, maybe not quite, but it's not far off).

The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project has published their January 2025 status report that outlines all of the interesting work over the past month.

As we close out the Paris AI Action Summit, one thing is clear: the conversation around open and Public AI is evolving—and gaining real momentum. Just over a year ago at Bletchley Park, open source AI was framed as a risk. In Paris, we saw a major shift. There is now a growing recognition that openness isn’t just compatible with AI safety and advancing public interest AI—it’s essential to it.