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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The best TV antenna of 2026: Expert tested
An indoor or outdoor TV antenna gives you access to dozens of free, local news, sports, and entertainment channels so you can...Read more
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Zoom can now verify that meeting participants are human and not AI
Zoom has partnered with Tools for Humanity to bring “privacy-preserving, real-time verification of human presence in video meetings”. It is part of...Read more
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8 Best Free and Open Source C Static Site Generators
We have compiled a list of the finest C static site generators. The post 8 Best Free and Open Source C Static...Read more
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Linux 7.1 Scheduler Changes May Benefit Some Workloads
The scheduler changes for Linux 7.1 are now in place and may bring performance benefits for at least some systems and workloads...Read more
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GNOME's Maps, Graphs, RustConn & Other App Improvements
For pairing nicely with the GNOME 50 desktop release last month, a number of GNOME-associated apps have been seeing new features and...Read more
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Linux 7.1 Lands High Resolution Timer "HRTIMER" Overhaul
Merged this week for Linux 7.1 was a rework of the high resolution timer "HRTIMER" subsystem for reducing the overhead of frequently-armed...Read more
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unifly – management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers
unifly is a terminal-based management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers. The post unifly – management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers...Read more
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Wine 11.7 released with DirectSound 7.1 support, VBScript improvements, MSXML updates
Wine 11.7 is out now for this impressive compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux.Read the full article on...Read more -
How to Install, Update, and Remove Brave on Linux
This comprehensive guide walks you through the simple steps to install Brave Browser on Linux, ensuring ad and tracker-free browsing for a...Read more
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KDE Plasma 6.7 Ready With Wayland Session Management, Other New Improvements
KDE Plasma 6.7 enjoyed a lot of recent feature development work thanks to a developer sprint in Graz, Austria. Also because of...Read more
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openrouteservice – build route planning and spatial analysis services
openrouteservice is a Java-based routing backend for building route planning and spatial analysis services from OpenStreetMap data. The post openrouteservice –...Read more
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Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support
Shelly 2.1 package manager for Arch Linux is now available for download with better support for AppImage, Flatpak, and AUR packages, as...Read more -
New/Overhauled NTFS Driver Merged For Linux 7.1
As a very exciting follow-up to the recent article around the new NTFS driver being submitted for Linux 7.1 to address the...Read more
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Matthias Klumpp: Hello old new “Projects” directory!
If you have recently installed a very up-to-date Linux distribution with a desktop environment, or upgraded your system on a rolling-release distribution,...Read more
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Matthias Klumpp: Hello old new “Projects” directory!
If you have recently installed a very up-to-date Linux distribution with a desktop environment, or upgraded your system on a rolling-release distribution,...Read more
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FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending April 17, 2026
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just...Read more
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openRuyi – Linux Distribution for RISC-V
openRuyi is an open source Linux distribution, initiated and long-term maintained by Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences The post openRuyi...Read more
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Bonobo – minimalist static site generator
Bonobo is a minimalist static site generator written in C. It’s designed to be very small and easy to understand. The post...Read more
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My first Waymo ride: How open research shaped autonomous driving
During a visit to Phoenix, AZ, I had my first Waymo ride. A friend’s suggestion came after I’d seen dozens of Waymo...Read more
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My first Waymo ride: How open research shaped autonomous driving
During a visit to Phoenix, AZ, I had my first Waymo ride. A friend’s suggestion came after I’d seen dozens of Waymo...Read more