UW Will Host the “SeaGL” Free Software Conference The “SeaGL” (Seattle GNU/Linux Conference) is a yearly event that takes place in Seattle and has the goal of “spreading awareness and knowledge about free/libre/open source software, hardware, and culture”. It will…
COSMIC shows off some COOL Login & Lock Screens! I have to give it to them, the design is somewhat original. Nonetheless, all the basic elements are there: date, time, wifi and battery statuses, keyboard input language, switch user button,…
Ubuntu 23.10 (And Derivatives) Released! Ubuntu 23.10 is finally here! The new release comes with some interesting changes, such as a completely new Flutter-based installer. On top of that, a completely new Flutter app store was also introduced. This is…
GNOME wants to drop x11, chaos ensues I recently covered the proposals by Fedora to stop providing an x11 session, something that generated quite a lot of discussion. Even more controversial, GNOME just proposed to (1) stop providing a x11…
Richard Stallman is battling cancer Richard Stallman has decided to share the news during the GNU Project’s 40th anniversary. He released he is undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma; he says the prognosis is good and hopes to continue to be…
GNOME 45 has been released Big week in GNOME land! The 45 release contains a lot of visual changes that had been teased at GUADEC, and some more. Firstly, we have the new activities dots indicator officially replacing the “Activities”…
This week we cover three big news: the latest release of Nextcloud Hub, the great increase in donations towards the open-source game engine Godot, and all the controversy surrounding Fedora’s plans to drop X11 entirely! Nextcloud announces Hub 6 with…
Criticism over Unity’s new pricing, and Godot’s new development fund This is about the proprietary game engine, not the open-source desktop environment. Unity has recently announced a new pricing plan which – I think – is both a great example…
Microsoft is having issues following European regulations …and it’s pretty funny to watch. The first issue is pushing users into Edge; currently, Windows 11 opens its own browser if you click the Windows Widgets panel or any search result, completely…
KDE releases Apps update, with new Merkuro app suite KDE has released the KDE Gear 23.08, which contains updates to most KDE applications. One highlight of this release is the introduction of the “Merkuro” application suite, which will – soon…
