High Tide (GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL Client for Linux) Hits Flathub
High Tide, the GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL client for Linux, is now available on Flathub. The app has been in development for a while but installing (and updating) the app has thus far required going to the project’s GitHub page, finding the latest Flatpak...
Haiku Activity & Contract Report, May 2025
This report covers hrev58848 through hrev58897. Applications PawanYr added code to HaikuDepot for when no search results appear in the “Featured packages” tab, to show a “Click here to search all packages” message. This should hopefully allow n...
MacOS Tahoe brings a new disk image format
Disk images have been valuable tools marred by poor performance. In the wrong circumstances, an encrypted sparse image (UDSP) stored on the blazingly fast internal SSD of an Apple silicon Mac may write files no faster than 100 MB/s, typical for a cheap...
Visual Studio Code bolsters MCP support
Visual Studio Code 1.101, aka the May 2025 version of Microsoft’s popular code editor, expands support for the Model Context Protocol, a technology that standardizes how applications provide context to large language models. VS Code 1.101 was relea...
Ubuntu 25.10 Adds New Rust Library to Default Installs
A new Rust-based library is included by default in Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’, designed to bolster Canonical’s hardware story for Ubuntu Pro. The rust-hwlib package is described as “part of the hardware-api project, owned and developed by C...
Denmark’s Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source Software
An arm of the Danish government is phasing out Microsoft products, including Office 365 and Windows. Up to half of employees at Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Affairs will switch to an unspecified version of Linux in place of Windows, and replace Offi...
Denmark’s Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source
Denmark is making 'digital sovereignty' a priority, replacing Microsoft and other US big tech products with Linux and open source. You're reading Denmark’s Government Ditches Microsoft for Open Source, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
Quiz Set for Conferences
The openSUSE Project has rolled out a new web-based quiz application aimed at engaging conference attendees and open-source enthusiasts around the world. The quiz platform, available at quiz.opensuse.org, offers a colorful, friendly interface with mult...
New Python projects to watch and try
Get a first look at the new Python Installation Manager for Windows, or try your hand at developing AI agents with Google’s Agent Development Kit for Python, or check out template strings in Python 3.14. Would you rather debate virtual threads in Py...
Nifty new Python projects to watch and try
Get a first look at the new Python Installation Manager for Windows, or try your hand at developing AI agents with Google’s Agent Development Kit for Python, or check out template strings in Python 3.14. Would you rather debate virtual threads in Py...
Europe is caught in a cloud dilemma
Europe stands at a crucial crossroads as it navigates two significant influences: the European Union’s desire for digital independence from foreign cloud providers and its desire for access to state-of-the-art cloud technologies. Certain foreign hyp...
Kapitano is a New GTK ClamAV Frontend for Linux
Kapitano is a ClamAV frontend for Linux that scans files for malware, ideal if you want to check Windows files safely on the Ubuntu desktop. You're reading Kapitano is a New GTK ClamAV Frontend for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce ...
.NET 10 Preview 5 highlights improvements to C# 14
Microsoft has launched the fifth preview of its planned .NET 10 open source developer platform. The preview release fits C# 14 with user-defined compound assignment operators and enhances the .NET runtime with escape analysis, among other updates. Ann...
.NET 10 Preview 5 highlights C# 14, runtime improvements
Microsoft has launched the fifth preview of its planned .NET 10 open source developer platform. The preview release fits C# 14 with user-defined compound assignment operators and enhances the .NET runtime with escape analysis, among other updates. Ann...
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Adds Power Warnings for EU Compliance
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS now shows energy usage warnings when disabling auto-suspend to comply with new EU ecodesign regulations. You're reading Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Adds Power Warnings for EU Compliance, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere wi...
How to use frozen collections in C#
Developers often grapple with the available options in their quest to use the most suitable data structure for their application. The various collections in C# offer different ways to store data objects and search, sort, insert, modify, delete, and it...
Use geospatial data in Azure with Planetary Computer Pro
Among his many achievements, pioneering computer scientist and Microsoft Technical Fellow Jim Gray came up with what he called the “fifth paradigm” of science: using large amounts of data and machine learning to discover new things about the world...
