Open Source

Calibre 7.25 Adds Support for Importing KFX Files from 2024 Kindle Devices via MTP
Calibre 7.25 open-source ebook management software is now available for download with support for importing KFX files from 2024 Kindle devices that use the MTP protocol. The post Calibre 7.25 Adds Support for Importing KFX Files from 2024 Kindle Device...
2025-02-07 13:31
Security in depth with Ubuntu: Mapping security primitives to attacker capabilities
Cybersecurity is not about perfection. In fact, it’s more like a game of chess: predicting your opponent’s moves and making the game unwinnable for your opponent. Like chess players, attackers are always looking for an opening, probing for weakness...
2025-02-07 13:24
GCC 15 Compiler Showing Off Nice Performance Improvements On AMD Zen 5
With the GCC 15 compiler having progressed to its final stage of development prior to the GCC 15.1 stable release in the likely March~April time frame, I've begun testing the updated GNU Compiler Collection on some test systems. Overall GCC 15 is looki...
2025-02-07 10:13
Full-stack JavaScript leads the way
Building web apps begins with a simple premise, but the real-world experience is a juggling act of optimizations, best practices, toolchains, and so on. Developers tend to respond by doing what we do best: creating new tools and techniques to manage ...
2025-02-07 09:00
The hidden threat of neglected cloud infrastructure
In 2012, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a public advisory regarding software to monitor and control building systems. Fast-forward to 2023, and cybersecurity researchers at watchTowr discovered that an abandoned Ama...
2025-02-07 09:00
Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer
Following arguments on the Linux kernel mailing list the past few days over some Linux kernel maintainers being against the notion of Rust code in the mainline Linux kernel and trying to avoid it and very passionate views over the Linux kernel developm...
2025-02-07 08:32
Introduction to Pipewire
Pipewire is a multimedia server and framework available as the default sound server in the latest Fedora versions. It is, by design, for low-latency audio and video routing and processing. It is capable of multiplexing multimedia streams to multiple cl...
2025-02-07 08:00
Serpent OS Working Toward Second Alpha, More Immutable OS Features
Despite Serpent OS development said to be slowing down to a lack of funding, they are hoping for the best and aiming to push forward with this original, from-scratch Linux distribution...
2025-02-07 06:42
Bcachefs Preps More Fixes For Linux 6.14, Continues Tracking Down Other Bugs
With the Linux 6.14 kernel Bcachefs has its last big planned on-disk format upgrade before removing the "experimental" tag on this copy-on-write file-system. Well, that's the hope at least. In addition to some early fixes last week, some additional Bca...
2025-02-07 06:33
NVIDIA Publishes RTX Neural Texture Compression "RTXNTC" Beta
NVIDIA on Thursday published their first public beta of their RTX Neural Texture Compression "RTX NTC" software development kit...
2025-02-07 06:22
AMDVLK 2025.Q1.1 Brings New Performance Tuning & Fixes
AMDVLK 2025.Q1.1 is out this morning as the first update of the year to this official AMD open-source Vulkan driver for Linux systems...
2025-02-07 05:54
GitHub Copilot previews agent mode
GitHub has added new capabilities to its GitHub Copilot AI-powered coding assistant, including a preview of a new agent mode capable of iterating on its own code. The company also announced the general availability of Copilot Edits in Visual Studio Co...
2025-02-07 00:50
Ubuntu's crypto-config Continues Being Developed For Gradual Roll-Out
A year ago I raised attention about crypto-config as a new Ubuntu project for system-wide cryptography configuration. That crypto config tool continues being developed by Canonical engineers for a gradual roll-out into the Ubuntu Linux landscape...
2025-02-06 20:47
Thunderbird Desktop Release Channel Will Become Default in March 2025
We have an exciting announcement! Starting with the 135.0 release in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will be the default download. If you’re not already familiar with the Release channel, it will be a supported alternative to the ...
2025-02-06 19:32
Oracle maintains hold on JavaScript trademark
Oracle, under external pressure to yield control over the JavaScript trademark, has instead filed a motion for dismissal of part of a petition to cancel the trademark. Filed February 3, Oracle claims the petition fails to state a claim upon which reli...
2025-02-06 18:09
VirtIO Media Driver Upstreaming Pursued For Relaying V4L2 Media Devices To Guests
Android and Chrome OS already are carrying the VirtIO Media driver as a means of enabling virtualization of host media devices into a guest while now patch review is underway in trying to get VirtIO Media upstreamed in the mainline Linux kernel...
2025-02-06 14:42
KDE Gear 24.12.2 Improves Dolphin, Itinerary, Tokodon, and Many Other KDE Apps
KDE Gear 24.12.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications. The post KDE Gear 24.12.2 Improves Dolphin, Itinerary, Tokodon, and Many Other KD...
2025-02-06 14:20
Welcoming Peter Rojas as Mozilla’s SVP of New Products
We’re thrilled to share that Peter Rojas has joined Mozilla Corporation as our new Senior Vice President of New Products. In this role, Peter will lead Mozilla’s endeavors to explore, build and scale new products that align with Mozilla’s greater...
2025-02-06 14:00
LibreOffice 25.2 Released, This is What’s New
LibreOffice 25.2 has been released, this year’s first major update to the leading open-source office software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. As you’d expect, the update delivers a sizeable set of changes spread throughout the productivity suite, in...
2025-02-06 12:30
Canonical achieves ISO 21434 certification, strengthening automotive cybersecurity standards
Certified cybersecurity processes to help safeguard next-generation connected vehicles Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO 21434 certification for its Security Management System, following an extensive assessment by TÜV SÜD, a glob...
2025-02-06 12:00