Long-standing open source projects won't receive new DigitalOcean infrastructure credits after the company quietly ended its support program in a disruptive move that has affected many open source projects. Though they did have enough money to fund Omarchy. 🤷
I cannot confirm, but it could be related. Gentoo Linux is seeking new infrastructure sponsors after several long-term backers withdrew support. The project accepts donated machines, colocation space, virtual machines, physical servers, or funds.
Music copyright group IFPI has submitted yt-dlp, a general-purpose command-line down, to the EU's piracy watchlist, lumping it with dedicated ripping services. They named four maintainers while claiming the tool fuels copyright harm.
AI-generated spam flooded Google's open source bug bounty program, prompting the company to temporarily product vulnerability submissions. Supply chain reports are still welcome, with them teasing a revamped program by Q1 2027.
Siemens silently deleted the OpenRadioss repository, but AGPL licensing has saved it. Rocky Linux co-founder Brian Clemens forked it as OpenCourant within days; it's already shipping binaries for Linux and Windows.
Red Hat's Lightwell flips the security script. Instead of waiting for upstream patches, it backports fixes directly to production Java libraries. Having cleared 400 vulnerabilities, its on track to grow.
Sequoia PGP arrives in Ubuntu 26.10 as a modern Rust-based OpenPGP tool that sits alongside GnuPG. Both implementations coexist for now, but the plan is to eventually phase out the latter.
Tuta Mail now has an app in the Nextcloud App Store, and a separate Nextcloud plugin in Tuta lets users upload email attachments to Nextcloud and embed video conference links in calendar events.
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🧠 What We’re Thinking About #
Someone has used AI to create clones of Adobe Photoshop and other tools. I would not keep my hopes high. The project is in a very early stage of development, so there are many functions missing and the user experience is not close to the original. It will also be worth seeing if the project gets development a few months down the line. Because AI has made it easier to create software, so many people create something and then forget about maintaining it.
Carl Dong, a former Bitcoin Core contributor, explains why he built Obscura around distrust rather than promises.
🐧 Are You Playing Tuxdle? #
Tuxdle is the Linux terms guessing game that I created two weeks ago. I am delighted to see that this tiny puzzle game gained a niche following of daily active users. After all, this is a fun way to keep your general Linux knoweldge in check.
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings #
GitHub Desktop isn't officially available for Ubuntu, yet a community fork fills the gap. While it hasn't received a release recently, the project worked well to bring that app to my Linux setup.
S-TUI is a Python tool that monitors CPU frequency, temperature, and power use in your terminal. It can stress-test your processor and detect thermal throttling, with customizable display options and mouse support for navigation.
There is this handy tool that lets you get all kinds of system information in the terminal. Very helpful to know what's on your computer.
👷 AI, Homelab and Hardware Corner #
ORICO's X50 is a sleek Thunderbolt 5 SSD enclosure that works seamlessly on Linux without requiring any prior configuration.
Then there's Raspberry Pi, who have finally released the Debian 13-based Raspberry Pi Desktop for PCs and Macs.
✨ Apps and Projects Highlights #
If your gaming needs have been affected by the absurd increase in prices for memory, storage, and GPU, why not give cloud game streaming a try? NVIDIA already offers a native client for GeForce NOW on Ubuntu.
📽️ Videos for You #
In the latest video, learn to make the command output in Linux terminal look pretty. It could also be useful in various cases when you have to vioew csv or code files.
💡 Quick Handy Tip #
In the Nemo file manager, pressing F3 opens an extra pane to view two folders side-by-side, making it easy to drag, drop, copy, or move files between different directories without switching windows.
If you find the keyboard shortcut inconvenient, you can add a dedicated toggle button to your interface by going to `Edit → Preferences` and opening the "*Toolbar*" tab. Here, you can enable/disable the Extra Pane option. When enabled, it adds a split-window icon to your top toolbar, letting you control the view with a single click.
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🎋 Fun in the FOSSverse #
Do you use Arch, btw? Can you solve our Pacman command quiz? And here I thought Windows were only useful for ventilating a room. 🤭
🗓️ Tech Trivia: Did you know? On September 30, 1980, Xerox, Intel, and DEC published the "Blue Book" as the first Ethernet specification. Ethernet had already been running at Xerox PARC for years, but this document helped turn a lab experiment into the networking technology we still use today.
🧑🤝🧑 From the Community: You might have heard about the Blanc Browser by now. It's creator has made an appearance in the forum, replying to an inquisitive thread by one of our Pro FOSSers, Bill.
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