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Mozilla, which in 2023 received about 75 percent of its revenue from royalties paid by Google and other search providers for search engine usage in Firefox, worries that the US Justice Department's proposed ban on the very same Google Search payments would be rather harmful.

The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project is out with a new monthly progress report to highlight its latest development accomplishments.

Back in 2010, Rackspace and NASA launched a project called OpenStack, which was meant to become an open-source option for running an AWS-style cloud inside of private data centers. The two companies then moved OpenStack to the OpenStack Foundation, which has steadfastly shepherded the project through its many ups and downs.

SUSE is double-downing on its Rancher/StackState cloud native technologies in its drive to become a cloud native corporate power.

When interacting with windows displayed on your monitor, you're using a Windows Manager (WM). All major operating systems have one, whether it's macOS or Windows. Many Linux distros will ship with a WM, depending on the Desktop Environment (DE). It's easier than you think to move between WMs on Linux, but that's the beauty of this open-source platform.

To strengthen the open-source community, the Linux Foundation and the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) have announced plans for OpenInfra to join the Linux Foundation as a member foundation.

Merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel was the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver for being able to influence the kernel's scheduling decisions on AMD processors where only a subset of CCDs have the larger 3D V-Cache. With this new driver users can communicate their cache vs. frequency preference for influencing where new tasks are first placed if on the CCD with the larger L3 cache or with the higher frequency potential.

Chudo-Yudo Games are working on Machine Mind, an interesting mixture of strategy and action genres blended together. There's a demo available to try with Linux support, along with an expanded playtest.

Unlike Wine, which requires command-line knowledge and manual configuration, some programs provide a user-friendly graphical interface that streamlines the entire process. One such program is PlayOnLinux. Let's find out what it is and whether it's still a viable way to handle Windows applications on Linux.

If you’re an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS user regularly experiencing issues with connecting to audio devices, there’s an important update to the Bluetooth stack rolling out this week.

Artist formerly known as OpenStack to huddle under same umbrella as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The votes are in, confirming that the Open Infrastructure Foundation intends to join the Linux Foundation.

Ahead of tomorrow's availability of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPUs in retail channels, today the embargo lifts on being able to deliver Ryzen 9 9950X3D reviews and performance benchmarks.

The PicoCalc is a compact and modular computing platform designed to recreate the experience of early personal computers. Running on 260KB of memory, it allows users to code in BASIC, explore Lisp, interact with a UNIX-like environment, and run retro games and digital music.

2025 looks like a big year for Linux graphics drivers. We recently got to know that the Rust-based Nova NVIDIA GPU driver could make it into the upcoming Linux kernel 6.15 release, and the proprietary driver by NVIDIA made some notable gains in terms of new features and improvements.

Dock to panel, the popular GNOME extension that merge the top-bar and bottom dock (aka the dash) into single classic Windows style panel, got big updates a few days ago.

Plans have been drafted to begin using more Rust-rewritten Linux system components within the Ubuntu 25.10 release due out later this year and ahead of next year's all important Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. Among the Rust components being planned for use in Ubuntu 25.10 is the Rust Coreutils "uutils" software.

CrossOver is one of the best ways to run Windows software and games on Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks. CrossOver 25 has now arrived with big improvements for Windows games and launchers on Mac.

Five years after it launched its first database service, the MySQL fork is trying again. MariaDB says it is building a database-as-a-service based on open source principles after offloading its old DBaaS before going into private ownership.

Amazon recently announced their new GameLift Streams service, allowing game developers to spin up their own game streaming solutions. Their announcement also specifically noted how it supports "Windows, Linux, and Proton runtimes".

Here's something I never quite expected to write. But recently, I've been playing and playing with some old games, most notably the wonderful Caesar III and Pharaoh, and I decided to expand my adventure. And I thought, well, Max Payne, a lovely title of yore.