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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KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released
Last week, KDE released the beta version of Plasma 6.8. This marks the start of the final testing phase for the next...Read more
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Open Thread: Do You Remember?
This is an open thread. If you've voted, do share. If you're helping others, let us know how. The post Open Thread:...Read more
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Nerdearla 2026 Is Big, Free, and Streaming From Buenos Aires
Live from Buenos Aires with Rob Pike, Monty Widenius, SJVN, and more. You don't even need a plane ticket, just travel to...Read more
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PyGPSClient – graphical GNSS and GPS testing tool
PyGPSClient is a graphical GNSS and GPS testing, configuration and diagnostic tool with NTRIP, logging, mapping and receiver support. The post PyGPSClient...Read more
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Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaming
Valve's Steam client beta today introduced Pyrowave as an experimental video codec for high bandwidth, low-latency video streaming...Read more
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Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux
While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux...Read more
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The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.Read more
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Reaktoro – framework for modelling chemically reactive systems
Reaktoro models chemically reactive systems with equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic calculations using multiple databases. The post Reaktoro – framework for modelling chemically...Read more
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The Best Backup Software for Linux in 2026
From Timeshift to Kopia: the best backup software for Linux in 2026, compared side by side with real pros and cons for...Read more
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D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents
EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the...Read more -
The Metric Is Not The Mission: History Rarely Announces Itself
The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to...Read more
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Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.Read more -
Capstone – multi-architecture disassembly framework
Capstone is a lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework with detailed instruction metadata, and numerous bindings. The post Capstone – multi-architecture disassembly framework appeared...Read more
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bom – create, view and transform Software Bills of Materials
bom is a command-line SBOM multitool for creating, viewing and transforming SPDX documents from files, directories and container images. The post bom...Read more
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AMD Begins Preparing Open-Source Linux Driver For Graphics Cards With GDDR7
AMD sent out their latest Linux kernel graphics driver patches today for enabling some new hardware IP blocks. And as part of...Read more
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Trump Says Arch Must Be Built Because We Need Somewhere To Store Our Precious ‘Sniper Ammo’
Satire is dead. But it’s been dead since the first Trump administration, back when people were “owning the libs” with a combination...Read more
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.Read more
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AmpForge – guitar amp simulator and effects processor
AmpForge is a guitar amp simulator and effects processor with a reorderable pedalboard, NAM support, presets, tuner and multiple plugin formats. The...Read more
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Gravity Linux Aims To Provide A Nice Experience For Apple M4 & Newer
There's a new Linux distribution focused on supporting Linux on Apple Silicon Macs. Gravity Linux is this new distribution that is a...Read more
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GNU/Linux, BSD, and More
mostly GNU/Linux leftoversRead more