Skype Releases Software Development Kit
Jun 23, 2010SkypeKit gives Linux developers access to core functionality, SILK codec.
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Jun 18, 2010HTTPS Everywhere encrypts a number of major websites.
more »Flock Appears After Year in Hiding, Now Based on Chromium
Jun 17, 2010The social media browser rears its head, moving from Firefox code to Chromium.
more »OpenOffice.org 3.2 Gets its 29 Millionth Download
Jun 07, 2010Popular open source productivity a154 million downloads since version 3.0
more »Qimo For Kids 2.0 Released
May 28, 2010Kid-friendly Linux distro gets a new character, features.
more »Firefox Home Coming to iPhone
May 27, 2010App based on Firefox Sync adds history, bookmarks, tabs, and Awesome Bar to iPhone.
more »SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 Released
May 26, 2010Enhanced support and improved virtualization among service pack features.
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Dutch Government Turns to Open Source for Digital Sovereignty
Following in the footsteps of European countries, the Netherlands is looking to increase its sovereign digital infrastructure with open source software.
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Linux May Soon Work on Snapdragon X2-Based PCs
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KDE for People Initiative Calls for AI Ban in Plasma
A new community of KDE wants the project to adopt a strict no-AI policy for KDE Plasma.
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KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
KDE Connect reveals the goals for the Linux desktop darling, with one of those goals long overdue.
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
Fedora 45 beta has been released with updated Gnome, KDE Plasma, and kernel.
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Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
Ubuntu 26.10 has completed its migration to the Rust-based coreutils.
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
A Linux developer used AI to fix bottlenecks that caused problems when building the kernel. The resulting AI-generated code needed a lot of work.
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
Thanks to AI bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.