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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squawk – linter for Postgres migrations & SQL
squawk aims to prevent unexpected downtime caused by database migrations and encourage best practices around Postgres schemas and SQL. The post squawk...Read more
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Conar – AI-powered tool to simplify database interactions
Store your connections securely in the cloud and ask AI to help you write and optimize SQL queries. The post Conar –...Read more
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5 hidden AI features on Motorola phones you're probably not using
These features make your Motorola even better.Read more -
How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming
French insect farming company Ÿnsect was recently placed into judicial liquidation for insolvency, despite raising over $600 million.Read more
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FSF Blogs: Everyone brings something to the table
Join us in thanking the people and projects who make free software possibleRead more
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This is the best package manager for Windows you’re not using
This free tool cleans it all up, unifying updates, installs, and removals in one place—without the terminal.Read more -
Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig
Phoenix is a new X server written from scratch in Zig, aiming to modernize X11 without relying on Xorg code.Read more -
Wine 11.0-rc4 Brings 22 Bug Fixes
Wine 11.0-rc4 is out today as the latest weekly release candidate in working toward the stable Wine 11.0 release in January...Read more
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I switched to a command-line task manager and I’m finally productive
Distraction-free task management is what I neededRead more
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Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.5
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. The project...Read more
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PorteuX 2.5 Is Out with Flatpak Support, Cinnamon 6.6, COSMIC 1.0, and Linux 6.18
PorteuX 2.5 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.17, GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5.2, LXQt 2.3, and more....Read more -
Taskmaster – keep track of time
Taskmaster is a terminal app to keep track of time worked and a simple todo list. The post Taskmaster – keep track...Read more
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Your Pixel home screen can look incredible with these Material You tricks
Material 3 Expressive is beautiful, if you set it up rightRead more -
Postgresus Renamed to Databasus as Backup Tool Expands Beyond PostgreSQL
Postgresus has been renamed to Databasus as the project evolves into a full backup management system with multi-database support.Read more -
This open-source app creates the perfect wallpaper for your phone
I stopped hunting for wallpapers and started creating them.Read more -
As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help
We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.Read more
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clrsync – color scheme manager
clrsync allows to define color palettes once and apply them consistently to all configurable applications. The post clrsync – color scheme manager...Read more
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What’s ahead for startups and VCs in 2026? Investors weigh in
VCs share their thoughts on what next year could bring to the market.Read more
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I didn’t realize how much my iPhone could do without turning the screen on
How to take advantage of iOS settings to let you quickly launch key appsRead more -
I made a small tweak to my phone's notifications and stopped being so distracted
Quality of life starts with heavily restricting notifications. Here's what I doRead more