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.
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Firefox 158 Adds JPEG XL Support, Improves PDF Handling on Linux
Mozilla Firefox 158 adds JPEG XL image support, improves PDF generation on Linux and macOS, and delivers smoother scrolling.Read more -
Gentoo Is Looking for Infrastructure Sponsors
After losing several long-running sponsors, Gentoo is seeking hosting, hardware, rack space, and cash to support its infrastructure. The post Gentoo Is...Read more
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Smart ring maker Ultrahuman to roll out biological-age model across UAE
Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.Read more
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openEuler is Revamping the Development Experience of the Open Source Community With an AI Toolchain
AI now reviews code and fixes CVEs in the community's pipelines, DevStation moves to a 2-week update cycle, and openEuler is layering...Read more -
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts tomorrow: Your final chance to secure up to $100 ticket savings
Tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT, it all begins. 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech operators will gather at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch...Read more
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BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC Running Linux: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands on the BOSGAME VTA-439 under CachyOS, testing Radeon 890M performance at 1080p across five quality presets. The post BOSGAME...Read more
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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools
This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included. The post 15 Best...Read more
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Proprietary Software, Windows TCO, Security, and More
more leftoversRead more
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Android Leftovers
Someone ported Pixel 11’s Rambler voice-to-text to other Android phonesRead more
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Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” Is Slated for Release on April 22nd, 2027
Canonical’s next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex,” has been slated for release on April 22nd, 2027, and it’s expected to...Read more
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LineageOS 24 released
The LineageOS project, which produces an Android-based distribution for mobile devices, has announced the release of LineageOS 24.0. We're a...Read more
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Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” Is Slated for Release on April 22nd, 2027
Canonical's next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04 "Tenacious T-Rex," has been slated for release on April 22nd, 2027, and it’s expected to...Read more -
GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
mostly GNU/LinuxRead more
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ScummVM 2026.4.0 is "Never-slop" (No Plagiarism by LLMs), GNU/Linux Has Better Software Than Windows
2 picksRead more
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New Releases: Kodi 22 RC1 and BleachBit Released 6.0.5 Beta
almost finalRead more
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Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Abietec, Zymbit
Hardware picksRead more
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Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cjose, compat-openssl10, compat-openssl11, curl, dogtag-pki, dovecot, emacs, glibc, kernel, openssl, python3.12, python3.14, and sssd), Debian...Read more
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today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical picksRead more
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Ubuntu doesn't care enough about desktop users, and Linux Mint is the proof
Ubuntu remains the most recognizable name in desktop LinuxRead more
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Kernel: GPIO, /proc, AMD
Linux picksRead more