Firefox’s market share has cratered while Mozilla’s dependence on Google and executive pay have soared. We look at what John Solomon is really walking into.
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System76’s Pop!_OS 24.04 lands with the all-new Cosmic Epoch 1 desktop. We installed it and kicked the tires so you know what to expect.
Red Hat has quietly bought Chatterbox Labs, a boutique firm that stress‑tests AI models for trouble. Is this a signal that AI safety is moving from marketing slop to production requirement?
After looking at the new Calibre 8.16 which puts AI on the playing field, our writer wonders if that's a good idea.
As Europe flirts with “reliable proprietary technologies” and India rolls out open source healthcare AI, Amanda Brock is drawing a sharp line between genuine openness, marketing spin, and outright control.
At Paris’s Open Source Experience conference, six Acteurs du Libre awards mapped out a snapshot of Europe’s free software ecosystem in 2025, from enterprise strategy to privacy‑first Android and public‑sector platforms.
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System76 didn’t just ship a new Pop!_OS -- it quietly flipped the switch on a brand‑new Rust desktop, Cosmic Epoch 1. We take a look at why this one matters far beyond Pop!’s existing fanbase.
Our Larry Cafiero takes a look at Solus and its homegrown desktop Budgie, and discovers why it's one of the most popular scratch-built distros.