Software macOS 27 threatens to bury Time Capsule, FOSS brings a shovel Apple's old backup boxes only speak AFP and SMB1, but NetBSD under the hood gives them one last shot
Software NHS code clampdown draws open source backlash Plus a petition for the UK Civil Service to go FOSS by default
Software NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns Healthcare giant's maintainers handed May deadline to enact the change
Devops Hands off my trademark! Notepad++ dev threatens legal action against macOS port It's not the fork that's the problem, it's the attempt to make it look official, says original Notepad++ dev Don Ho
OSes Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it New sealed bootable container images and Stratis storage, too
AI + ML Vintage chatbot lives in the past like an elderly relative Talkie's training data stops at the end of 1930, and its creators hope it'll help us better understand how AI thinks
Cyber-crime Ongoing supply-chain attack 'explicitly targeting' security, dev tools Vendor confirms repo data exposure after Lapsus$ claims source code, secrets dump
Security AI's not going to kill open source code security Cal.com considers AGPL a license to drill, but not everyone feels that way
Security It's a myth that you need Mythos to find bugs: Open source models can do it just as well OpenAI's first security hire, Ari Herbert-Voss, thinks more automated bug finding will improve security without costing jobs
Cyber-crime Another npm supply chain worm is tearing through dev environments Plus, the payload references 'TeamPCP/LiteLLM method'
OSes You can now run WSL on Windows 95, in case you're crazy, too 'I think this might be one of my greatest hacks of all time,' says dev behind unholy abomination
Devops Grafana offers AI assistant for free, warns users not to go mad Observability biz bets on business analytics wedge as Loki put on long-overdue diet
OSes Linux 7.1 will have an optional new NTFS driver Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software
Security Anthropic won't own MCP 'design flaw' putting 200K servers at risk, researchers say Bug or feature?
AI + ML Mozilla throws Thunderbolt at enterprise AI providers Client connects to deepset's Haystack platform
OSes Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished
Cyber-crime Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets Google Sites lure leads to bogus root certificate
Security Two different attackers poisoned popular open source tools - and showed us the future of supply chain compromise Time to start dropping SBOMs
Security Project Glasswing and open source software: The good, the bad, and the ugly Just what FOSS developers need – a flood of AI-discovered vulnerabilities
Security AI agents found vulns in this popular Linux and Unix print server CUPS server shown spilling out remote code execution and root access
AI + ML AI slop got better, so now maintainers have more work Once AI bug reports become plausible, someone still has to verify them
OSes SystemRescue 13 lands with Linux 6.18 and bcachefs support And other handy tools that could save your data in a crisis
Personal Tech Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too
Software Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code
RSA 1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack Crims 'creating a snowball effect' across open source projects
OSes Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
Software Payment biz pulls plug on open source charity after KYC spat Free Software Foundation Europe says it was asked for supporters' passwords; Nexi insists it only wanted test credentials to check cancellation flows
Security Cryptographers engage in war of words over RustSec bug reports and subsequent ban Rust security maintainers contend Nadim Kobeissi's vulnerability claims are too much
OSes GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028
Cyber-crime CISA warns max-severity n8n bug is being exploited in the wild No rest for project maintainers battered by slew of vulnerability disclosures
Databases Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales
OSes Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them
Databases MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
Applications LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Software Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk
OSes BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13 Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that's your sort of thing
Devops AWS backs Open VSX as Rust survey shows VS Code decline AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market
Applications LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic, dusted off for another go Browser-based version back on the menu, reopening questions about TDF's relationship with Collabora
AI + ML OpenClaw, but in containers: Meet NanoClaw A smaller, security-conscious take on the viral AI agent platform
Databases Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every download Careless big-time users are treating FOSS repos like content delivery networks
Software New endowment hopes to raise a big pile of money for open source projects Grants for critical, unappreciated projects
OSes Debian 14 will drop Gtk2 – unless Ardour rides to the rescue Many dependent apps, including FreePascal and Lazarus, face the chop
OSes KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to die
Software Workaholic open source developers need to take breaks A week off for vacation? The nerve of some people
Security AI coding assistant Cline compromised to create more OpenClaw chaos 4K unintended installs in very odd supply chain attack
Databases Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation
Security Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money
Software The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware That's not a good idea
Software River project swims against the Wayland tide with modular window management Breaking a big hard problem up into smaller ones? That'll never catch on
Networks Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
OSes CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit The RHELatives are more versatile than you might realize
Legal Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says
Software 'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off, claims MEP Open source gains urgency as Europe reassesses reliance on US tech
OSes Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals
AI + ML GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away
Patches Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void Too slow react-ion time
OSes Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted Lennart Poettering's Amutable aims to bring 'cryptographically verifiable integrity' to the other OS
AI + ML Vibe coding may be hazardous to open source Researchers argue AI coding tools disrupt community and hinder returns to maintainers
OSes KDE Plasma 6.6 beta ships a login manager that won't log in without systemd Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work
OSes MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help
Security AI framework flaws put enterprise clouds at risk of takeover Update Chainlit to the latest version ASAP
Software Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack Freedom can be very contagious if it grows on its own terms. Europe of all places should know that
Personal Tech Maker fight! SparkFun cuts ties with Adafruit in harassment dispute Adafruit claims SparkFun aims to shoot the messenger for criticizing corporate tolerance of intolerance
Software Google rekindles relationship with jilted JPEG XL image format Chromium commit adds support for image decoder after the Big G ditched it a few years back
Offbeat Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote Just insert a disk and the TV starts playing three-year-old’s favorite shows
Software IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
Software Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence
OSes Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else
OSes AOSP on a diet plan as Google halves Android code drops Two a year is for your own good, Mountain View insists
OSes What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32 It's crazy, a million-to-one shot, but it might just work
Applications Finally - a terminal solution to the browser wars A full-featured, Sixel-capable terminal browser for those who’d rather skip AI assistants
OSes You don't need Linux to run free and open source software Alternative apps to empower older versions of macOS or Windows
OSes pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree Revived distro returns on Arch with KDE Plasma, global menus, and a familiar macOS-style sheen
Security CEO spills the Tea about massive token farming campaigns Plus: automated SBOMs, $250,000 bounties ahead
Software Mozilla Corporation installs Firefox driver in CEO reboot Anthony Enzor-DeMeo picked to replace interim boss Laura Chambers
Cyber-crime China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns Who hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw?
Patches New React vulns leak secrets, invite DoS attacks And the earlier React2Shell patch is vulnerable
Cyber-crime 700+ self-hosted Gits battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent More than half of internet-exposed instances already compromised
AI + ML Linux Foundation aims to become the Switzerland of AI agents An attempt to provide vendor-neutral oversight as the agent train barrels on
Legal Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
Security Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked fix for React2shell vuln Security community needs to rally and share more info faster, one researcher says
OSes FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process
Virtualization Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender and VMware escape hatch New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters
Security 'Exploitation is imminent' as 39 percent of cloud environs have max-severity React hole Finish reading this, then patch
OSes Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve
OSes Two paths to Enlightenment: AV Linux 25 and MX Moksha step forward Whether you want a studio rig or a featherweight desktop, MX Linux spins have you covered
Software Another open source project dies of neglect, leaving thousands scrambling Paying Ingress NGINX maintainers for their work might have avoided this outcome
OSes KDE Plasma sets date to dump X11 as Wayland push accelerates If that's a step too far, then there are new versions of CDE – and tmux
Personal Tech Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source Eric Migicovsky wants to ensure Pebble can’t be killed again, and DIYers benefit most
Security Years-old bugs in open source tool left every major cloud open to disruption Fluent Bit has 15B+ deployments … and 5 newly assigned CVEs
