Open-source News

French government says it is ditching Windows for Linux, here’s why  The Times of India

Little Snitch’s software counter surveillance jumps from Mac to Linux  The Verge

The newest Linux file-system driver proposed for the kernel is... VMUFAT...

French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux  Engadget

France to replace Windows with Linux across key government systems  Interesting Engineering

3 modern Linux apps to try this weekend (April 10 - 12)  How-To Geek

7 reasons Qubes is better than your Linux distro  How-To Geek

The Linux 7.0 kernel is gearing up for its stable release and should be out this coming Sunday, 12 April, barring any major last minute issues...

Even the French government is switching to Linux now in a bid for 'digital sovereignty'  PC Gamer

Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops  It's FOSS

France Dumps Windows for Linux in Push for Tech Independence  The Tech Buzz

French government abandons Windows: state-owned PCs are switched to Linux  Mezha

The French government is migrating workstations to Linux.  GameGPU

UNIHIKER Terminal Cyberdeck - Mini Linux handheld Computer  Hackster.io

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech  TechCrunch

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech  Yahoo

Valve developer makes Linux gaming better on 8GB graphics cards  Digital Foundry

Firefox 149 vs. Chrome 147 Web Browser Performance On Linux  Phoronix

It has been a while since featuring a showdown of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers on Linux. With some fresh benchmarks being overdue plus the new JetStream 3 browser benchmark having been announced last week, here is some fresh data for how these two dominant web browsers are competing on the modern Linux desktop from an Intel Panther Lake system running Ubuntu 26.04.

Why I'm skipping the "AI PC" trend and building a "privacy PC" with Linux instead  How-To Geek