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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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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Noisedash – self-hostable web tool to generate ambient noises
Noisedash is a self-hostable web application for building ambient soundscapes in the browser. The post Noisedash – self-hostable web tool to...Read more
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Zorin OS Says No to Mandatory Age Verification in Linux
Zorin OS says it has no plans to introduce mandatory age or ID verification into the Linux distribution.Read more -
Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support
It's finally time: a patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set...Read more
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How To Install Ventoy on Fedora 43
If you have ever reformatted a USB drive just to boot a different ISO, you already know how tedious that process gets....Read more
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Domenico – create looping animated GIFs
Domenico is a simple FFmpeg GUI for creating high-quality looping GIFs from MP4 and MOV video files. The post Domenico – create...Read more
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Ventoy 1.1.11 Improves Windows UEFI Booting
Ventoy 1.1.11 fixes Windows and WinPE UEFI boot display issues, adds KylinSecOS support, and brings several Linux-side improvements.Read more -
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘A stunning lack of transparency’
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. TRead more
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Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we debated Elon Musk's vision for data centers in space.Read more
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Developer of the Week: Lennart Poettering
Lennart Poettering is one of the most consequential, polarizing, and prolific open source developers of the Linux era. The post Developer of...Read more
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In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.Read more
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Hackers breached the European Commission (The Next Web)
LWN recently reported on the Trivy compromise that led, in turn, to the compromise of the LiteLLM system; that article made the...Read more
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AMD & Valve Deliver Better Kaveri / Kabini APU Experience With Upcoming Linux 7.1
A nice Easter surprise are some last minute updates submitted to DRM-Next of the final planned AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature changes for the upcoming...Read more
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flowR – sophisticated, static dataflow analyzer
flowR is a sophisticated static analysis framework for the R programming language. The post flowR – sophisticated, static dataflow analyzer appeared first...Read more
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The Post They Managed to Avoid
“Ideally, we would have preferred to avoid this post.” When I read those opening words in Italo’s recent statement, “Let’s put an...Read more
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The Other Hostage Crisis
With DOD's successful rescue of both airmen shot down inside Iran, Trump avoided an ugly hostage situation. Meanwhile, there are 20,000 hostages...Read more -
JetStream 3 Debuts as a Major Browser Benchmark Update
JetStream 3 represents a significant BrowserBench update, supported by Apple, Google, Mozilla, and other browser engine contributors.Read more -
NHS staff resist using Palantir software
Staff reportedly cite ethics concerns, privacy worries, and doubt the platform adds muchPalantir's software was brought in to help NHS England improve...Read more
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I customized an Arch-based distro my way in under 5 minutes - and it's glorious
Thanks to the Prism Linux installer, I curated exactly the software I wanted and achieved the dream of out-of-the-box experiences.Read more
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arp-scan – minimalistic ARP scan tool
arp-scan is a command-line network discovery tool written in Rust. The post arp-scan – minimalistic ARP scan tool appeared first on LinuxLinks.Read more