Open-source News

exfatprogs 1.3.2 Brings Improvements To mkfs.exfat, fsck.exfat

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 18:08
For those making use of Microsoft's exFAT file-system under Linux, tagged today was exfatprogs 1.3.2 as the newest update to these open-source user-space programs for going along with the Linux kernel's exFAT file-system driver...

Fedora 44 Beta Released With Better KDE Experience, Many Upgrades

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:51
The Fedora 44 Beta release is out today on schedule in working toward the official Fedora 44 release around mid-April...

FreeBSD 14.4 Released For Those Not Yet Ready To Move To FreeBSD 15

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 08:30
FreeBSD 14.4 is out today as the latest update to the aging FreeBSD 14 series for those not yet ready to upgrade to FreeBSD 15 that debuted as stable last year...

There's Hope That At Least Colorado's Age Attestation Bill Could Exclude Open-Source

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 07:07
Last week was a statement by System76 regarding recent age verification laws in California and Colorado among other US states that could have a profound impact on Linux distributions and other open-source software. The Colorado legislation is especially pressing to System76 considering that is where they are based. Fortunately, they aren't taking this lightly and there is some hope that at least in Colorado open-source software could be excluded...

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