Open Source

Public clouds burnish their on-premises options
One of the more notable developments in enterprise IT was public cloud providers offering on-premises services. These appear to be regaining steam, as Amazon Web Services recently unveiled second-generation AWS Outposts racks packed with cutting-edge ...
2025-05-06 09:00
Why LLM applications need better memory management
You delete a dependency. ChatGPT acknowledges it. Five responses later, it hallucinates that same deprecated library into your code. You correct it again—it nods, apologizes—and does it once more. This isn’t just an annoying bug. It’s a sympto...
2025-05-06 09:00
Using AI-powered email classification to accelerate help desk responses
Service-based organizations may handle thousands of customer emails daily, placing a significant burden on IT help desks, customer service organizations, and other departments involved in reading, prioritizing, and responding to those communications. ...
2025-05-06 09:00
Get openSUSE Gear at oSC25
Heading to the openSUSE Conference 2025 in Nuremberg? Great news! The project will have a shop available at the conference venue where attendees can purchase openSUSE merchandise! Items available at the shop will include popular products from Freewear....
2025-05-06 08:00
IBM LinuxONE 5 and Ubuntu Server, a great combination from day one
Today, IBM announced the launch of their latest server: the new IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5. This fifth generation redefines IBM’s LinuxONE system as their most secure and high-performing Linux computing platform for data, applications and trusted AI.  C...
2025-05-06 03:59
System Cleaner BleachBit Gets ‘Major Update’
Open source system cleaning app BleachBit has issued its first major update in over a year, bringing improved cleaning capabilities, security fixes, and myriad changes with it. For the benefit of those with dusty memories, BleachBit is a free, open sou...
2025-05-05 22:59
System Cleaner BleachBit Sees First ‘Major Update’ Since 2023
Open source system cleaning app BleachBit has put out its first major update in more than a year, adding improved cleaning capabilities, security fixes, and stability buffs. For the benefit of those with dusty memories, BleachBit is a free, open source...
2025-05-05 22:59
System Cleaner BleachBit Gets First ‘Major Update’ Since 2023
Open source system cleaning app BleachBit has put out its first major update in more than a year, adding improved cleaning capabilities, security fixes, and stability buffs. For the benefit of those with dusty memories, BleachBit is a free, open sour...
2025-05-05 22:59
Building your own Atomic (bootc) Desktop
Bootc and associated tools provide the basis for building a personalised desktop. This article will describe the process to build your own custom installation. ↫ Daniel Mendizabal at Fedora Magazine The fact that atomic distributions make it relative...
2025-05-05 20:20
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GTK markup language Blueprint becomes part of GNOME
This week’s This Week in GNOME mentions that Blueprint will become part of GNOME. Blueprint is now part of the GNOME Nightly SDK and is expected to be part of the GNOME 49 SDK. This means, apps relying on Blueprint won’t have to install it manually...
2025-05-05 19:10
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JetBrains open-sources Mellum LLM
JetBrains has open-sourced its Mellum large language model (LLM), which was purpose-built for code completion, with the aim to grow Mellum into a family of models specialized for different coding tasks. The Mellum base model was open-sourced and made ...
2025-05-05 16:09
Mozilla Says Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox’s Survival
Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to survive — so say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google pays Mozilla handsomely for its search engine to be set default in ...
2025-05-05 14:54
Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox’s Survival
Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to compete – or even survive, say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google has paid Mozilla handsomely for its search engine to ...
2025-05-05 14:54
Why Google Search Deal is Critical for Firefox’s Future
Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to compete – or even survive, say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google has paid Mozilla handsomely for its search engine to ...
2025-05-05 14:54
How MCP could add value to MongoDB databases
MongoDB has added Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) to all its databases, including Atlas, to help developers accelerate software development and manage database administrative tasks. MCP, which has seen a rise in popularity since its release...
2025-05-05 11:59
Ubuntu IoT Day in Singapore – Unlock compliant and scalable innovation in edge AI
Singapore | May 27, 2025 | Full-day event How do you build robust, performant edge AI infrastructure? This is the question organizations are asking themselves when looking to capitalize on the opportunity of edge AI. Ubuntu IoT Day is your opportunity ...
2025-05-05 11:42