The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire. Time stamps are in UTC, so “4 hours ago” means it was published this hour EDT.
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Electron's Investment Into Good Wayland Support
For years Electron apps were notorious for continuing to depend upon X11/XWayland and not jive well with the modern Wayland experience on...Read more
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Wine-Staging 11.5 Released With A Few New Patches
Building off Friday's exciting release of Wine 11.5 with Syscall User Dispatch support, Wine-Staging 11.5 is now available for this experimental/testing build...Read more
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Loongson Linux Display Driver No Longer Orphaned
The Loongson Direct Rendering Manager driver for handling the display controller on LS7A/LS2K SoCs is no longer orphaned with new Loongson engineers...Read more
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After getting hit by multiple data breaches, I gave DeleteMe a try - here's how it's paid off
Services like DeleteMe scan the internet for exposed personal information and work to remove it. Here's what it does well - and...Read more
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OneXPlayer Configuration HID Driver Posted For Linux By Valve Developer
Open-source developer Derek Clark of Valve's Linux engineering team has been responsible for many improvements for gaming handheld devices. Such as Lenovo...Read more
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4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Magnifying Tools
This roundup focuses on screen magnification accessibility tools. The post 4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Magnifying Tools appeared first...Read more
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Fishy Linux – lightweight minimal LXQT distro
Fishy Linux is a fast and minimal Debian-based Linux distribution. It uses the lightweight and efficient LXQT desktop environment. The post Fishy...Read more
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How To Install GLPI on Fedora 43
If your team is drowning in spreadsheets trying to track hardware, tickets, and software licenses, GLPI (Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique) solves...Read more
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10 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors
The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO. The post 10...Read more
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How To Install Gemini CLI on Linux Mint 22
If you want a powerful AI assistant living directly inside your Linux terminal, Gemini CLI is one of the best free options...Read more
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PowerShell – cross-platform automation and configuration framework
PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration framework that combines an interactive command-line shell, a scripting language, and more. The post PowerShell...Read more
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12 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives
Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data. The post 12 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics...Read more
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Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?
Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this...Read more
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ELM11-Feather Board with 70 MHz MCU, Lua, and Hardware Overlay Support
Brisbane Silicon has introduced the ELM11-Feather, a Feather-compatible microcontroller board designed to run Lua natively for embedded applications. The board targets developers...Read more
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Lem – general-purpose editor/IDE
Lem is a general-purpose text editor and IDE written in Common Lisp. The post Lem – general-purpose editor/IDE appeared first on LinuxLinks.Read more
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Linux Saloon 192 | Storm OS Distribution Exploration
The Linux Saloon discussed Storm OS, an Arch-based distribution created by Ben and contributors. Feedback highlighted the need for productivity apps to...Read more
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PiDP-1 Replica Recreates PDP-1 Computer Using Raspberry Pi
Obsolescence Guaranteed has introduced the PiDP-1, a hardware replica of the original 1960 PDP-1 computer, reimplemented using a Raspberry Pi for retro...Read more
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How to AirDrop on an Android phone (and the few models that can actually do it)
Google has found a way for Quick Share to play nicely with AirDrop, paving the way for the new sharing method.Read more
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How to build better AI agents for your business - without creating trust issues
Agents are coming. Here are four ways to prepare for the AI-powered workplace revolution.Read more
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I found true AirPods Pro rivals in these Samsung earbuds - and they're better in several ways
A new look might be the most interesting thing about the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro, but their audio upgrades are just as...Read more