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Keeping Tech Free! FOSS Force offers news and insight into the goings on in the free and open source software world.
Joined May 2010
The RISC-V folks don't sit on their laurels: EDN: The next RISC-V processor frontier: AI
riscv.org
RISC-V International Staff RISC-V International’s staff bring together expertise from multiple disciplines to advance our mission of promoting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). On the...
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Some truth, but to be taken with a grain of salt: The Complete Guide to Best Linux Distros for Beginners in 2025
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"Linux Mint users can now move the search bar and reposition system buttons in Cinnamon’s menu, and the project also introduces a revamped System Information tool": Linux Mint’s Cinnamon Menu Gets New Layout Customization Options
linuxiac.com
Linux Mint users can now move the search bar and reposition system buttons in Cinnamon’s menu, and the project also introduces a revamped System Information tool.
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"Atlas stopped just 5.8 percent of the malicious web pages it encountered. So, more than 90 percent of the time, it would interact with phishing pages instead of closing the tab and moving on": AI browsers are clicking the same scams you’d never fall for
makeuseof.com
Automated AI agents browsing the web aren't so good at spotting obvious scams.
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For years, everything in space was powered by ancient versions of Unix: 12 everyday technologies powered by Linux | We Love Open Source • All Things Open
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"The plans for systemd-appd are for being able to authenticate Flatpak instances and working towards a goal of supporting nested sandboxing": systemd-appd Is A New Component Being Planned By Flatpak Developers - Phoronix
phoronix.com
Given this week's release of Flatpak 1.17 for app sandboxing, open-source developer Sebastian Wick published a blog post on Tuesday around the latest Flatpak developments and a look ahead at some of...
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"Back in the early 2000s, there was a loose effort to establish an open-source, GTK-based office suite from the sum of existing parts. It consisted of AbiWord, Gnumeric, and GNOME-DB": It's Time to Bring Back GNOME Office (Hope You Remember It)
itsfoss.com
Those who used GNOME 2 in the 2000's would remember the now forgotten GNOME Office. I think it's time to revive that project.
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Just published on FOSS Force: Our Look at Fedora 43 — With Screenshots, Elton John, and More!
fossforce.com
Take Fedora 43 Workstation for a spin with our hands-on review -- plenty of screenshots, but don't trample the Easter egg.
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"Also improves the blur implementation in KDE Plasma 6.5 to be more like it was in KDE Plasma 6.4 by disabling the “background contrast” effect by default": KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Improves KRunner’s Search Result Ordering and Fixes Regressions - 9to5Linux
9to5linux.com
KDE Plasma 6.5.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more bug fixes.
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All but possibly a couple of these should be familiar to most all Linux users: I found an open-source alternative to every Adobe app
makeuseof.com
Turns out, Adobe's creative suite isn't your only option.
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"Debian-based Linux distribution for home servers, The distro features a large range of applications - anything from web hosting, productivity to Bitcoin mining": Distribution Release: umbrelOS 1.5.0 ( https://t.co/Gyv9lAGczt News)
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"In the future, space may be the best place to scale AI compute," Google executives wrote. Solar panels can be eight times more efficient in space, and can produce power continuously: Google launches AI hype to the moon with Project Suncatcher
theregister.com
: Chocolate Factory's latest moonshot aims to put AI supercomputing cluster in sun-sychronous orbit
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We should look at this one day: LXQt 2.3 Released With Improved Wayland Support - Phoronix
phoronix.com
LXQt 2.3 is out today as the newest release of this lightwight, Qt-based desktop environment.
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Coming soon to a repository near you: Flatpak 1.17.0 Released with Direct OCI Image Installation Support - OSTechNix
ostechnix.com
The Flatpak 1.17.0 pre-release enables direct installation from an OCI image and supports sideloading from OCI repositories.
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Just published on FOSS Force: ODF 1.4 Standard Set for Debut: Why This Is Important
fossforce.com
As ODF 1.4 nears release, office suite developers and users alike can expect an open, transparent format designed to meet modern needs.
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"After the X11 path was disabled by default in the GNOME 49 release, the code is being outright removed for the GNOME 50 cycle": GNOME Mutter Now "Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend" - Phoronix
phoronix.com
The merge to GNOME Mutter has finally happened that 'completely drops' the X11 back-end to make GNOME strictly focused on Wayland-based environments.
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"Experienced geospatial executive with a strong background in national mapping policies will lead Overture's next phase of expansion and adoption": Overture Maps Foundation Names William Mortenson as New Executive Director
linuxfoundation.org
Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to build a foundational base layer of map data to facilitate data exchange, today announced Will Mortenson as its new executive director as Overture...
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Steven Rosenberg gets a shout-out: With thanks to Steven Rosenberg
rubenerd.com
I can’t tell you how much of a spring this gave my step.
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"Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat?": Cosmic version 1 to hit desktops on December 11
theregister.com
Ubuntu Summit: Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat?
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Just published on FOSS Force: How to Organize Your Streamers With Ticket Booth
fossforce.com
No more guessing where your favorite series lives—Ticket Booth lets you keep your database of titles up to date.
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