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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (25+ words) MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow'It's FOSS MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow...
How Linux and BSD Distros Are Responding to the New Age Verification Laws
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (582+ words) The US states of California, Colorado and Illinois are passing new age verification laws that require operating systems, including Linux and BSD distributions, to implement age attestation during account setup and provide an API for apps to query user age…...
FRANK OS Turns a Microcontroller Into a Tiny Retro Desktop PC
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (631+ words) Microcontrollers are small, low-power chips built to accomplish specific tasks like reading sensors, controlling motors, and responding to inputs. You can find them inside washing machines, TV remotes, medical devices, industrial equipment, and practically anything with a circuit board that…...
Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (701+ words) Firefox's Proton design has been around since 2021, and it is starting to show its age. The interface is flat, uses a lot of gray, and feels very dated in 2026. You either live with it or you go out of your…...
FOSS Weekly #26.10: Age Verification in Linux, systemd Troubleshooting Tools, Graphene Phone, Longer Linux LTS Kernels and More
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (955+ words) U.S. states keep passing age-verification laws that sound reasonable until you read the fine print. Colorado, for example, wants operating systems to broadcast age data to every app you install, and California has already passed a similar bill. As governments push…...
Ubuntu Isn’t Perfect… But the Hate It Gets Is Over the Top
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (956+ words) These days, it's become fashionable to make fun of Ubuntu. Whether it's jokes about Snap packages or criticism of Canonical's decisions, mocking Ubuntu often feels like the default attitude in parts of the Linux community. To be fair, Canonical has…...
Microsoft Locks Down Discord Server Over “Microslop” Posts
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (269+ words) Microsoft's official Copilot Discord server has descended into chaos after users flooded it with a nickname that has been making the rounds on social media for a while now: Microslop. The term caught on as frustration grew over Microsoft's push…...
ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings PDF Editor Upgrades With New Signing and Editing Tools
1+ week, 4+ day ago (27+ words) ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings PDF Editor Upgrades With New Signing and Editing Tools'It's FOSS ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings PDF Editor Upgrades With New Signing and Editing Tools...
OpenClaw Alternatives That You Can Run on Raspberry Pi Like Devices
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (862+ words) The good news is that the ecosystem around lightweight automation and control frameworks has grown considerably since the inception of OpenClaw. There are many more projects trying to achieve the same thing and some of them are crafted around single…...
Why is Debian Called the Universal Operating System, Again?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (779+ words) In the Linux world, there are a few primary giants that most other distros have historically been built on and one of the chief among these is Debian. Giants like this may not be quite "household names" outside our (rapidly…...