Fix Coming for Window Button Bug in Ubuntu 25.04
If you installed Ubuntu 25.04 (or upgraded from 24.10 before the gate was closed due to various pernickety issues) you might have noticed that window buttons in GTK apps. Ubuntu user Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes certainly did, filing bug report to report t...
ASF Plus One Newsletter: April 2025
The ASF has elected a new Board of Directors and welcomed 45 new members as we ready ourselves for FY2025 that kicks off May 1. While the CFPs for Community Over Code NA and Asia have closed, applications for travel assistance are still being accepted....
Apple fined for €500 million by EC, Facebook for €200 million
The European Commission has levied fines against both Apple and Facebook for violating the Digital Markets Act. Apple has to pay a €500 million fine, and Facebook a €200 million fine. Apple is breaking EU law by not allowing application developers ...
4 big changes WebAssembly developers need to know about
WebAssembly gives developers a whole new way to deliver applications to the web and beyond. Instead of writing solely in JavaScript, developers can write in various other languages, compile that to WebAssembly’s bytecode format, and run it in a sand...
Cubicles are a software development anti-pattern
I have yet to meet a software developer who said, “I just love working in a cube farm.” I’ve never run across a developer who would turn down an offer to work in their own office. And I’ve never met a software developer who said, “You know...
Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE open source software report
Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE use the s390x hardware architecture to run various Linux distributions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Ubuntu. Tens of thousands of software packages are tested and di...
Enable ESM in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Continue Getting Updates
Time is nearly up on support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with standard software, bug fix and security updates coming to an end on May 29, 2025. Users on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS should consider upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (or newer) if possible, but if unable shou...
Exploring on-device AI link previews in Firefox
Ever opened a bunch of tabs only to realize none of them have what you need? Or felt like you’re missing something valuable in a maze of hyperlinks? In Firefox Labs 138, we introduced an optional experimental feature to enhance your browsing experien...
Forking Ahead: A Year of Valkey
In March of 2024, the open source community witnessed the birth of Valkey, a new BSD-licensed high-performance key-value datastore. Born as a fork in response to Redis OSS 7.2's license change, Valkey represented a commitment to maintaining truly open...
