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Why Gentoo?
When you think of Gentoo, you tend to think of it being a difficult distribution, where you compile everything yourself.
There’s much more to Gentoo than that. Yes, some of it comes from building from source: the flexibility. But a lot of it comes from the wider Gentoo philosophy, the philosophy that brought us all together. The idea that Gentoo is the distribution we’re making for ourselves and people who enj
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The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually
We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have received exemptions for open
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The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually
We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have received exemptions for open
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The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually
We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have received exemptions for open
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The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually
We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have received exemptions for open
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The exemptions in age-verification laws for open source operating systems are bad, actually
We've talked about the various age verification laws in the United States, and there's been a development recently that a lot of people seem to think is a good thing: both the age verification laws in California and Colorado have received exemptions for open
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Gnutella: a protocol outliving the world that created it
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Gnutella is a file sharing protocol that many have forgotten and it has the story of a decentralized technology adopted by millions of casual users who did not care to learn what a peer-to-peer system was. Users showed up because the protocol solved real problems at scal
https://www.osnews.com/story/145066/gnutella-a-protocol-outliving-the-world-that-created-it/
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Migrating from Ubuntu 16.04 to FreeBSD
Bruno Croci's blog had been running on Ubuntu 16.04 for a long time, well past the Linux distribution's expiration date. As such, it was time to upgrade, but instead of opting for something standard like another Ubuntu release, he opted for FreeBSD instead.
This blog has been running on a Digital Ocean VPS for over ten years. A machine hosted in New York
https://www.osnews.com/story/145056/migrating-from-ubuntu-16-04-to-freebsd/
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Secure boot and Microsoft CA rollover: a heads-up for distributions
We've already talked about the secure boot certificates from Microsoft that are about to become invalid, but Debian EFI team member and longtime Debian contributor Steve McIntyre published a blog post with more information for users and distribution developers alike. Why are Microsoft's secure b
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“AI” tools shit where they eat
The stories of "AI" bots and crawlers absolutely ravaging websites and services keep on coming, and the amount of work people have to do just to survive these "AI" bot and crawler assaults is insane.
I run Weird Gloop, which hosts some of the biggest video game wikis ever, like Minecraft, OSRS and League. Over the last 3 years, we’ve had to spend more
https://www.osnews.com/story/145040/ai-tools-are-shitting-where-they-eat/
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Get your passwords out of BitWarden while you still can
I was a long-time Bitwarden user, until a year or so ago when I started migrating my passwords first to Firefox/LibreWolf, and recently from there to a KeePass database I can transfer and use with whatever password manager application is compatible with KeePass' file format. It seems I was accidentally on time, as it'
https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/
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The Virtual OS Museum
This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.
A custom emulator-independent launcher is provided, and all OSes and emulators are pre-installed and pre-configured. The launcher includes a snapshot feature to quickly revert broken installations back to a working state. Hypervisor ins
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OpenBSD 7.9 released
The world's best BSD (I'm kidding, I love them all equally) has released version 7.9, now available through your update tools and on mirrors the world over. OpenBSD 7.9 brings a ton of changes, fixes, and improvements, such as delayed hibernation support on amd64. This will allow OpenBSD laptops to briefly wake up from sleep, to then immediately drop into hibernation. A small but incredibly wel
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OpenBSD 7.9 released
The world's best BSD (I'm kidding, I love them all equally) has released version 7.9, now available through your update tools and on mirrors the world over. OpenBSD 7.9 brings a ton of changes, fixes, and improvements, such as delayed hibernation support on amd64. This will allow OpenBSD laptops to briefly wake up from sleep, to then immediately drop into hibernation. A small but incredibly wel
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OpenBSD 7.9 released
The world's best BSD (I'm kidding, I love them all equally) has released version 7.9, now available through your update tools and on mirrors the world over. OpenBSD 7.9 brings a ton of changes, fixes, and improvements, such as delayed hibernation support on amd64. This will allow OpenBSD laptops to briefly wake up from sleep, to then immediately drop into hibernation. A small but incredibly wel
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OpenBSD 7.9 released
The world's best BSD (I'm kidding, I love them all equally) has released version 7.9, now available through your update tools and on mirrors the world over. OpenBSD 7.9 brings a ton of changes, fixes, and improvements, such as delayed hibernation support on amd64. This will allow OpenBSD laptops to briefly wake up from sleep, to then immediately drop into hibernation. A small but incredibly wel
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The 21 years and 20000 posts OSNews fundraiser: a euro for every post
To celebrate my 21 years and 20000 posts as OSNews' managing editor, it's time for a massive fundraiser: a euro for every story I've posted over the past 21 years. Because OSNews is ad-free and independent, I rely entirely on your donations and support for my income and OSNews' continued survival. Yo
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How does Flathub even work? The CDN and caching layer
There is one specific way in which the non-corporate open source projects typically document how their infrastructure work: not at all, and Flathub is no different. The full picture likely lives only in my brain, and while it could be sorted out by anyone (especially in this LLM age, yay or nay), why should it only be me thinking at
https://www.osnews.com/story/144978/how-does-flathub-even-work-the-cdn-and-caching-layer/
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21 years and 20000 posts later
Almost exactly 21 years ago, in June 2005, at a mere 20 years old, I took over the managing editor role at OSNews from Eugenia. I had already published a few articles in the years prior, and had given Eugenia enough confidence to suggest me as her replacement. It was, and is, a great honour.
In those 21 years and more than 20000 posts, I've seen a lot of beautiful things.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144962/21-years-and-20000-posts-later/
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21 years and 20000 posts later
Almost exactly 21 years ago, in June 2005, at a mere 20 years old, I took over the managing editor role at OSNews from Eugenia. I had already published a few articles in the years prior, and had given Eugenia enough confidence to suggest me as her replacement. It was, and is, a great honour.
In those 21 years and more than 20000 posts, I've seen a lot of beautiful things.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144962/21-years-and-20000-posts-later/
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Google’s new “AI” Health Coach started making shit up right away
Google recently launched something called Health Coach, an "AI" thing that's part of the company's new Fitbit products. Let's check in with how that's going.
Put simply, Google’s paid replacement for Fitbit Premium immediately began hallucinating, even admitting to having made up the data before aski
https://www.osnews.com/story/144959/googles-new-ai-health-coach-started-making-shit-up-right-away/
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Google’s new “AI” Health Coach started making shit up right away
Google recently launched something called Health Coach, an "AI" thing that's part of the company's new Fitbit products. Let's check in with how that's going.
Put simply, Google’s paid replacement for Fitbit Premium immediately began hallucinating, even admitting to having made up the data before aski
https://www.osnews.com/story/144959/googles-new-ai-health-coach-started-making-shit-up-right-away/
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Microsoft claims it’s fixing Windows Update so it won’t downgrade your graphics drivers
One of the top pieces of customer feedback in the graphics driver area is clear: "Windows Update downgrades my drivers." Today, we are announcing a policy change to how display drivers are published through Windows Update — allowing 2-Part HWID + Computer Hardw
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The data is abundantly clear: the EU Digital Markets Act is working
The EU's Digital Markets Act has been in effect for a mere two years, but despite all the obstructionism, malicious compliance, and steady stream of lies from US tech companies and Apple in particular, it seems this rather basic consumer protection legislation is already bearing fruit.
In a two-year re
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The data is abundantly clear: the EU Digital Markets Act is working
The EU's Digital Markets Act has been in effect for a mere two years, but despite all the obstructionism, malicious compliance, and steady stream of lies from US tech companies and Apple in particular, it seems this rather basic consumer protection legislation is already bearing fruit.
In a two-year re
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Classic 7 combines Windows 7’s Aero Glass with Windows 10
Interest in classic user interface design is spiking, and today we've got another great example, highlighted yesterday by Micheal MJD. Classic 7 combined Windows 10 LTSC with a whole slew of themes and deep modifications to deliver Windows 10, but made to look, feel, and even act like Windows 7.
Classic 7 is a Window
https://www.osnews.com/story/144952/classic-7-combines-windows-7s-aero-glass-with-windows-10/
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EU weighs restricting use of US cloud platforms to process sensitive government data
The European Union is considering rules that would restrict its member governments’ use of U.S. cloud providers to handle sensitive data, sources familiar with the talks told CNBC.
↫ Kai Nicol-Schwarz at CNBCThe fact that this is only just become a possible reality n
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Sculpt OS 26.04 released
Sculpt OS, the operating system based on the various components that make up Genode, has seen a new release, 26.04. A lot of the new features and changes to Genode that we've been talking about for a while now are part of this release, most notably the new human-inclined data syntax that replaces XML as the configuration language for Genode. That's not the only major improvement, though.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144913/sculpt-os-26-04-released/
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Sculpt OS 26.04 released
Sculpt OS, the operating system based on the various components that make up Genode, has seen a new release, 26.04. A lot of the new features and changes to Genode that we've been talking about for a while now are part of this release, most notably the new human-inclined data syntax that replaces XML as the configuration language for Genode. That's not the only major improvement, though.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144913/sculpt-os-26-04-released/
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Sculpt OS 26.04 released
Sculpt OS, the operating system based on the various components that make up Genode, has seen a new release, 26.04. A lot of the new features and changes to Genode that we've been talking about for a while now are part of this release, most notably the new human-inclined data syntax that replaces XML as the configuration language for Genode. That's not the only major improvement, though.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144913/sculpt-os-26-04-released/