Linux and Open Source news headlines
Updated: 21 hours 33 min ago
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 22:20
After democratically held elections, Jonathan Carter stepped down as the Debian project leader, passing the role to Andreas Tille.
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 22:20
This article delves deep into the process of rebuilding and modifying existing Debian packages, offering a guide for those who need to tailor software packages to their precise requirements.
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 22:20
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring EndeavourOS on the FIREBAT. EndeavourOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution which provides an Arch experience without the hassle of installing it manually.
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 22:20
The sad thing is that a group of Microsoft employees inside the Linux Foundation (LF) more or less 'spams' the media, googlebombing 'linux' and bringing up 'Xz' again
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Joshua Strobl known for his work on the Budgie desktop and Solus Linux along with Fedora developers Alessandro Astone, Marc Deop i Argemí,Steve Cossette, and Red Hat's Troy Dawson have submitted this change proposal on making Fedora Plasma Workstation the default for next year's Fedora 42 release.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows users to create and manage websites, blogs, and online stores. It is built on PHP and uses a MySQL database, providing a user-friendly interface for managing website content, themes, plugins, and other aspects of the site. WordPress’s key features are its flexibility and extensibility, allowing users to customize their websites with themes and plugins to meet their specific needs.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Discover how to install the best Internet Download Manager (IDM), a top download manager in the market, on your preferred Linux distribution.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Adobe Photoshop Express is a mobile and Windows app made for all-in-one photo editing and sharing. Photoshop Express is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
At The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America , Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, discussed various topics related to Linux development and the challenges the open-source community faces. Torvalds addressed hardware errors, malicious developers, and the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 7 graphical MPD clients. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to listen to their music collection via MPD.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Today, Mozilla published the final build of Firefox 125 as the latest stable release for their popular open-source and cross-platform web browser that introduces new features and many improvements.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Linux ready Debix Infinity with PCIe x1 & Dual GbE portsAt Embedded World 2024, OKdo and DEBIX unveiled the DEBIX Infinity Industrial Single Board Computer, featuring the NXP i.MX 8M Plus Quad Lite processor. This device is designed for a variety of industrial applications such as smart robotics, Industry 4.0, edge computing, IoT gateways, and security systems.
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 22:20
Google Tasks is a task management application which lets users manage, capture, and edit their tasks. It’s included with Google Workspace.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
The LXQt 2.0 desktop environment has been released today as a major milestone bringing Qt 6 support and advancing support for the Wayland display protocol to more components.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. IRC was born during summer 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen wrote the first IRC client and server
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
MPV 0.38.0 video player rolls out with new scripting options, enhanced macOS functionality, and Vulkan support.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
Grsync is a graphical frontend for rsync. This GTK tool is designed to provide the most commonly used rsync options.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
While all is [he]#039[/he]calm and steady and boring[he]#039[/he] with the next kernel, Linux creator Torvalds tells an Open Source Summit crowd exactly how he feels about almost everything else.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
Steven Shiau released today a new version of his Clonezilla Live system for disk cloning/imaging based on the powerful Clonezilla software, Clonezilla Live 3.1.2-22, which adds a newer kernel and patches the live system against the latest XZ backdoor.
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 22:20
Critical CVE-2024-32462 exposed in Flatpak, allowing unauthorized code execution. Update urgently to fixed versions 1.14.6 and above.