Open-source News

Some longstanding issues were resolved this week in KDE land that will be to the benefit of many users...

KDE Finally Has Support For Configuring The Scroll Speed On Wayland  Phoronix

Top 5 Linux Distros That Offer Cutting Edge Updates  TechDipper

We often talk about Linux being used on servers and by developers, but it is used in many other fields too, including astronomy. There are a lot of astronomy tools available for Linux, such as sky maps, star charts, and interfaces to telescope drive systems for controlling your telescope. But one challenge for astronomers is using a computer while keeping their eyes working in the dark.

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With the push for WebAssembly on the desktop for beautiful cross-platform support, the Wasmtime project has added Go bindings to its portfolio...

Wasmtime Now Offering Go Bindings For WebAssembly On The Desktop  Phoronix

Get Computer Object Properties for Mac, Windows, & Linux Systems  Security Boulevard

Fintech Open Source Foundation joins Linux Foundation  Moneycontrol

BleachBit 3.9.2 Beta  Neowin

NetworkManager 1.24 Coming Soon With VRF Support, Opportunistic Wireless Encryption  Phoronix

Friday marked the release of NetworkManager 1.24-RC1 as the first test candidate for this component important to wired and wireless networking on the Linux desktop...

At the same time of Linux receiving a new exFAT driver, the Linux kernel is still seeing improvements to its classic FAT file-system code...

FAT File-System Driver For Linux Sees Patch To Run Multiple Times Faster  Phoronix

Following yesterday's release of Wine 5.6 as the latest bi-weekly development snapshot, Alistair Leslie-Hughes has announced Wine-Staging 5.6 as the experimental flavor of Wine with some 850+ extra patches on top...

Wine-Staging 5.6 Brings Fix For Some Games Having Non-Functioning Mouse Input  Phoronix

Job of the Week: Senior Level Unix/Linux Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems  insideHPC

Exaile is an open source and cross platform music player for Windows, macOS and Linux  Ghacks Technology News

This week's bombshell that future Qt releases might be restricted to paying customers for a period of twelve months has many open-source users and developers rightfully upset. Qt so far only provided a brief, generic statement but several individuals and projects are already expressing interest in a Qt fork should it come to it...

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at GNOME Foundation's new contributor program, a new Linux integrity checker from Microsoft, a free software alternative to smart TVs, and more!

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The mythos of the remote home office or the exciting archetype of the digital nomad are as appealing as they are dangerous. It's great to be able to avoid a commute, to be able to stay comfortable at home while getting lots of work done, and to be master of your own schedule. But along with those liberties, you inherit the responsibility of remembering to be a normal, functioning human being. Believe it or not, the two aren't mutually exclusive. You can do both, but you have to work at it. Here are some ideas on how.

Plant something

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