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1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18
We’re thrilled to announce that Zorin OS 18 has amassed 1 million downloads in just over a month since its release, breaking all previous …
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Olmo 3: Charting a path through the model flow to lead open-source AI
Our new flagship Olmo 3 model family empowers the open source community with not only state-of-the-art open models, but the entire model flow and full traceability back to training data.
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Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on
Ubuntu Pro now supports LTS releases for up to 15 years through the Legacy add-on. More security, more stability, and greater control over upgrade timelines for enterprises. […]
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Thunderbird adds native Microsoft Exchange email support
Thunderbird Exchange support has finally landed for email in the latest monthly release. Find out what's in, out, and still on the way.
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Blender 5.0
The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software — blender.org
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Kubernetes Ingress Nginx is retiring
To prioritize the safety and security of the ecosystem, Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee are announcing the upcoming retirement of Ingress NGINX. Best-effort maintenance will continue until March 2026. Afterward, there will be no further releases, no bugfixes, and no updates to resolve any…
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Blender Lab
Introducing an innovation space within the Blender project.
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About KeePassXC's Code Quality Control
KeePassXC Password Manager
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Using bubblewrap to add sandboxing to NetBSD
As of the time of writing, there is no real sandboxing technique available to NetBSD. There is chroot , which can be considered a weak sandbox because it modifies the root directory of the process, effectively restricting the process' view of the file system, but it doesn't isolate anything else, so all networking…
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Apple's "notarisation" – blocking software freedom of developers and users
The EU’s Digital Markets Act is supposed to shake up the power of tech giants by giving developers and users more choice. Apple’s “notarisation” of mobile ...
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VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf Receives the European SFS Award 2025
The FSFE and LUGBZ have recognized VLC president and core developer with this European award for his long-term dedication to the project. What began as a s...
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OpenMW 0.50.0 Released – open-source Morrowind reimplementation
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.50.0 of our open-source engine! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all supported operating systems. This round number release overhaul…
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Deepnote, a Jupyter alternative, is going open source
Explore data with Python & SQL, work together with your team, and share insights that lead to action — all in one place with Deepnote.
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This Month in Ladybird – October 2025
Progress across caching, media, Trusted Types, XPath, CSS, WebGL, and even first runs on Windows.
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Tongyi DeepResearch – open-source 30B MoE Model that rivals OpenAI DeepResearch
GITHUB HUGGINGFACE MODELSCOPE SHOWCASE From Chatbot to Autonomous Agent We are proud to present Tongyi DeepResearch, the first fully open‑source Web Agent to achieve performance on par with OpenAI’s DeepResearch across a comprehensive suite of benchmarks. Tongyi DeepResearch demonstrates state‑of‑the‑art results…
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The Internet runs on free and open source software and so does the DNS
The ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee recently published SAC132: The Domain Name System Runs on Free and Open-Source Software.
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What we talk about when we talk about sideloading
We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...
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Iroh-blobs
Learn about the new features in the new blobs API
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NewPipe Is Turning 10
Guess what? NewPipe just turned 10 this month last month! Time just flew by. In one moment you hit “new project”, and in the next there is a whole association, a group of maintainers, an uncountable amount of contributors, and millions of users!1 This is amazing. Last time we wrote about an important birthday, NewPipe…
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Synadia and TigerBeetle Commit $512k USD to the Zig Software Foundation
Announcing a shared commitment to advancing the future of systems programming and reliable distributed software.
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Public trust demands open-source voting systems
On its website , Liberty Vote says, "We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections."
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Forgejo v13.0 Is Available
Forgejo v13.0 was released on 16 October 2025. You will find a short selection of the changes it introduces below and a complete list in the release notes .
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An initial investigation into WDDM on ReactOS
ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows
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Tangled, a Git collaboration platform built on atproto
A Git collaboration platform, built on AT Protocol
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Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund
Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit…
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The React Foundation
Meta open-sourced React over a decade ago to help developers build better user experiences. Since then, React has grown into one of the world’s most popular open source projects, powering over 50 m…