4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1054+ words) Seeing all the hype surrounding AI in the Linux ecosystem, you might've asked yourself, What makes a Linux distro "AI-focused"? If you go looking for an answer, you will get all kinds of results depending on which project you look…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (576+ words) Broadcom has taken down the public download pages for the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK). The pages for VDDK 8 and 9, along with the landing page, now return a generic error message. So far, there has been no formal announcement…...

6+ day, 3+ min ago   (562+ words) It's been a while since I last wrote about Bottles. For anyone new to it, Bottles runs Windows software on Linux by hiding most of Wine's configuration work behind a straightforward interface. Its feature list has been growing consistently too....

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (566+ words) Switzerland's federal government has launched a pilot program to replace Microsoft 365 with open source alternatives across 3,000 workstations. That's about 7% of the federal workforce. The target is to complete the migration by end of 2027. This move follows a successful proof-of-concept and…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (722+ words) If the past few weeks are any indication, more and more open source projects are drawing lines around how much AI they will let into their workflow and codebases before it's too much. Debian just voted to allow generative AI…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (609+ words) Debian has now officially voted to allow the use of generative AI in project contributions. And as you can expect, such a decision doesn't go well with everyone. There are people who are indifferent to the decision, and then there…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (554+ words) Linus Torvalds just used AI to help fix a Linux kernel bug. Let me tell you that this is a rare event. Not because Torvalds is using AI. Last Christmas holidays, Torvalds used AI for the first time for a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) The open hardware manufacturer recently posted an update on its Mastodon account, and it's not great news if you were hoping to grab new Linux-powered PINE64 hardware. The disruptions in DRAM and eMMC supply are to blame, as PINE64 says its Linux…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (588+ words) How software gets built at an organization has evolved a lot over the years. Long before AI agents entered the scene, engineering teams were already turning development into a series of repeatable actions that brought together shared components and defined…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (903+ words) Even Linus Torvalds is fine with AI being used in Linux kernel development these days, and it's everywhere else in the Linux and tech world too. The time has come to stop ignoring AI and start using it as a…...