Open Sourcing the Microsoft JDBC Driver and Maven Support
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Gtk-rs: The huge and long awaited release is finally here
Rust bindings for GTK and GLib-based libraries
CoreOS's rkt and Docker's containerd jointly donated to CNCF
No single cloud fits all. Explore how we build a more flexible future with hybrid cloud.
Implementing Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast on Linux Systems
LE Audio replaces classic Bluetooth® audio profiles with a modular, low-energy architecture.
Tiny Steps Towards Liberating Bootloaders and Modem Firmware of MediaTek Phones
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
Heavy codes of conduct are unnecessary for open source projects
The debate surrounding the Codes of Conduct (CoC) adopted by Open Source projects may be reaching a turning point. In September 2025, a controversy erupted over the governance of RubyGems, a corner…
Gentoo Linux 2022 Retrospective
News and information from Gentoo Linux
Do open source licences cover the Ship of Theseus?
I recently downloaded a single-page HTML template for a project I was working on. I wanted a good-looking scaffold to help me getting running quickly. The code had an attribution licence which I was happy to comply with. I ended up removing about a whole bunch of the HTML that I didn't need. That also allowed me to…
Why use OpenBSD?
Last week-end, I was invited to the UNIX Social Camp in Dijon, France to talk about the reasons I still use OpenBSD these days and why should others do so; or at least, have a look at OpenBSD . This post is an English transcription of the original French slides that are available here .
A look at VDO, the new Linux compression layer
Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5's VDO for storage optimization - save space, boost performance
The Lapdock Kit
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
OPA maintainers and Styra employees hired by Apple
Banner announcing OPA creators joining Apple
Picard 3.0
The Picard team is happy to announce the new major version 3.0 of MusicBrainz Picard, now available to download . MusicBrainz Picard is the official tag editor for the MusicBrainz database and helps you get your music collection sorted and cleaned up with data from MusicBrainz.
Qt Creator 4.7.0 released
Explore the Qt Blog for the latest insights on e.g. Qt Creator, your go-to source for cross-platform development tips and updates.
Fuzzing Irssi
There have been recent efforts within the Irssi and open source security communities to make Irssi more secure through the use of fuzzing. For example the security bugs revealed in the first Irssi security advisory of 2017 were found by fuzzing. In this blog post, we will cover an introduction to fuzzing, how to fuzz…
Forking the Web
This document contains a set of informal notes on how to build an alternative specification to the Web, in such a way that hopefully prevents many of its drawbacks while still preserves many of the good points. This document is not an specification, and is therefore subject to change over time.
i386 in Ubuntu won't die
(yet) tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem. It’s not immediately apparent…
Puppet vs Chef, Fight
Update: see Puppet vs. Chef en francais, not a translation but an original article inspired by this one If you aren't yet using Puppet...
The German automotive industry wants to develop open-source software together
Automotive industry signs Memorandum of Understanding
WebOS OSE 2.10
We’re pleased to announce the release of webOS Open Source Edition (OSE) 2.10.0. The highlights of this release are as follows: Storage access framework Enabling cookie encryption of Blink Peripheral Manager service ACG enhancements For more details on this release, see the release notes. Storage Access framework…
Firefox 71
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
Carrot Disclosure: Forgejo
Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin