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C-Kermit, the long-running communications utility born at Columbia in 1981, is back with its first major new release in 15 years.
Anthropic’s Claude for OSS Program Adds Codenotary’s immudb
Codenotary says Anthropic’s Claude for OSS program will help accelerate immudb development and improve code quality.
New Attack Puts Arch’s AUR Into Lockdown… Again
Arch Linux’s AUR faces a fresh security scare, prompting another round of lockdown measures from the project’s DevOps team.
Synex 13 u11 Released With Multiple Desktop Options
The Argentinian Linux distribution continues its minimalist approach with updated packages, new COSMIC changes, and support for multiple desktop environments.
GNU nano 9.2 Adds New Buffer Synonym and Fixes Crashes
This update of the nano terminal editor brings crash fixes, key-binding restoration, and a small but useful option tweak.
“Oopsies!” FreeBSD Devs Say There’s Still GPL in the Kernel
FreeBSD thought it had scrubbed all GPL code, but a few kernel leftovers remained.
GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options
The new release also adds reproducible tarballs and new tools, while dropping Gold from the main tarball.
LibreOffice 26.2.4 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and Windows
The latest LibreOffice maintenance update pushes Skia back to experimental mode on Mac and Windows.
Fedora’s Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy
The Fedora Council is considering a formal conflict-of-interest policy and inviting community feedback on the draft.
GNU C Library 2.44 Released
The widely used GNU C Library advances with version 2.44, featuring updates across functionality and security.
The XZ Backdoor Long Con Chronicled in ‘Half a Second’
‘Half a Second’ chronicles the XZ Utils backdoor attempt—from a patient impostor maintainer to the half-second latency that exposed the plot.
Elon to Open Source X’s Codebase. Believe It When Git Happens
Elon Musk promises to open source all of X, ‘no exceptions,’ once the security team is done poking at it. The missing detail: what ‘open’ actually means in Musk?speak.
Linux Patches Keep 1980s–90s Macs Spinning Their Floppies
What began as one developer’s need to test a Floppy Emu device grew into a full set of SWIM driver fixes for aging Apple hardware.
FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System
The removal of GPL code from FreeBSD 16’s base system isn’t just housekeeping — it reflects a BSD vision of “software freedom” that differs from FSF, Gnu, and Linux.
New Adder Pro Targets Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics
System76’s refreshed Adder Pro trims weight, adds Panther Lake silicon and RTX 50?series GPUs, and ships with Pop!_OS or Ubuntu for Linux?first power users.
Deb Dev Builds Graphical Debian Vulnerability Exporter for Prometheus
Built on debsecan, debvulns?exporter surfaces Debian security metadata for Prometheus and Grafana.
In an Angry Fit, Dev ‘Sabotages’ OpenMandriva Repository
A dust-up in OpenMandriva’s dev ranks escalates from abusive chats to vanished repositories and a ‘saboteur’ package that threatens Gnome and Cosmic users.
Lightwell: Red Hat’s and IBM’s AI Defense Against AI-Based Attacks
The only elephant in the room isn’t in the oval office. For enterprises dependent on IT — meaning every enterprise on the planet these days — there’s an elephant in every server and in every data center.
Collabora Office 26.04 Takes On Open Source’s Office Disrupter Wannabes
We get down and dirty with Collabora Office 26.04, the new desktop twin to Collabora Online, to see how it stacks up against LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, Euro?Office and, yes, Microsoft Office.
Another German State Swaps Microsoft for ‘Born in the EU’ Open Source
Digital sovereignty is driving European governments off US clouds and onto homegrown open source options.