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The clock is ticking for communications service providers (CSPs). To survive in the telecommunications (telco) industry, every CSP should consider making steps to transition to a “techco” model, where CSPs don’t just provide connectivity but also software and platform innovation. StarHub, a leading Singapore CSP, has been driving its own telco-to-techco transformation for the past three years by emphasizing open source innovation, providing the backbone for polycloud agility and driving towards a future state as a trusted service provider (TSP).Polycloud agility: The engine for real-time

KaOS just ditched KDE Plasma, and the replacement is unlike anything else on Linux  XDA

This Ubuntu-based distro might be the easiest Windows escape route yet  MakeUseOf

6 habits that finally stopped me from breaking Linux  MakeUseOf

I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official Linux Support)  It's FOSS

Linux 7.0 lands with Intel, AMD, ARM, and RISC-V upgrades  TechRadar

A set of patches recently posted to the Linux kernel mailing list have now been queued up to a tip/tip.git branch for planned introduction in Linux 7.1. These patches are for enhancing the Linux perf subsystem support for AMD Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) improvements with next-gen Zen 6 processors...

Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.6 Released with Linux 6.19, TLP Support, and More  9to5Linux

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

The first DRM-Misc-Next pull request was submitted this week to DRM-Next as new kernel graphics/display driver features to begin queuing for the Linux 7.1 kernel that will release mid-year. Among the early code for DRM-Next are two new drivers...

Verisilicon DC8200 & Coreboot Framebuffer Drivers Sent To DRM-Next For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

The Servo project has issued their January 2026 development report that highlights all the interesting changes they made to this open-source browser layout engine last month. With Servo 0.0.5 they have landed many improvements to this engine and also continuing to enhance its ability to embed Servo inside other applications...

Your Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought  It's FOSS

Nostalgic developer recreates the 1994 Linux desktop as a modern web app for your browser — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more  Tom's Hardware

For those on the current FreeBSD 14 series with no immediate plans to move to FreeBSD 15 that debuted at the end of 2025, FreeBSD developers have been preparing for the release of FreeBSD 14.4. Released overnight was the first release candidate of FreeBSD 14.4...

KDE Plasma 6.7 development continues heating up following the Plasma 6.6 desktop release earlier this month...

Metasploit Unveils Exploit Modules for Linux RC4 and BeyondTrust Vulnerabilities  cyberpress.org

KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce more rounded corners to make everything look more consistent  XDA

BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13  9to5Linux

Linux Flies into Space  Wind River Software