Package Forge: The Lesser Known Snap/Flatpak Alternative Without Distro Lock-In
An anonymous reader shared this report from the site It’s FOSS:

Linux gives you plenty of ways to install software: native distro packages, Flatpak, Snap, AppImage, source builds, even curl-piped installers. The catch is that each one solves a different problem, yet none of them fully eliminates the “works here, break … ⌘ Read more

Linus Torvalds Defends Windows’ Blue Screen of Death
Linus Torvalds recently defended Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death during a video with Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips, where the two built a PC together. It’s FOSS reports: In that video, Sebastian discussed Torvalds’ fondness for ECC (Error Correction Code). I am using their last name because Linus will be confused with Linus. This is where Torvalds says this: … ⌘ Read more

Rust Is Coming To Debian’s APT Package Manager
A maintainer of Debian’s Advanced Package Tool (APT) “has announced plans to introduce hard Rust dependencies into APT starting May 2026,” reports the blog It’s FOSS.

The integration targets critical areas like parsing .deb, .ar, and tar files plus HTTP signature verification using Sequoia. [APT maintainer Julian Andres Klode] said these components “would strongly benefit from m … ⌘ Read more

All good things come to an end, I guess.

I have an Epson printer (AcuLaser C1100) and an Epson scanner (Perfection V10), both of which I bought about 20 years ago. The hardware still works perfectly fine.

Until recently, Epson still provided Linux drivers for them. That is pretty cool! I noticed today that they have relaunched their driver website – and now I can’t find any Linux drivers for that hardware anymore. Just doesn’t list it (it does list some drivers for Windows 7, for example).

I mean, okay, we’re talking about 20 years here. That is a very long time, much more than I expected. But if it still works, why not keep using it?

Some years ago, I started archiving these drivers locally, because I anticipated that they might vanish at some point. So I can still use my hardware for now (even if I had to reinstall my PC for some reason). It might get hacky at some point in the future, though.

This once more underlines the importance of FOSS drivers for your hardware. I sadly didn’t pay attention to that 20 years ago.

FOSS tools for infrastructure testing
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foss-north 2025
I attended foss-north, a free / open source conference covering both
software and hardware from the technical perspective, at Chalmers
Conference Center in Gothenburg on April 14 & 15. A great conference.
Lots of interesting talks:

https://foss-north.se/2025/speakers-and-talks.html

My own presentation was “Forking QEMU to emulate and secure the
Tillitis TKey”. Recording is here:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCsP5ti4-9o] … ⌘ Read more

LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo
Article URL: https://librelingo.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43829035

Points: 502

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FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
What do SourceHut, GNOME’s GitLab, and KDE’s GitLab have in common, other than all three of them being forges? Well, it turns out all three of them have been dealing with immense amounts of traffic from “AI” scrapers, who are effectively performing DDoS attacks with such ferocity it’s bringing down the infrastructures of these major open source projects. Being open source, and thus publicly accessible, means these scrapers have … ⌘ Read more

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
Article URL: https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43422413

Points: 545

# Comments: 317 ⌘ Read more

John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%2377”>#77**
John Foss1 has published Issue #772 of The Monero Moon curated newsletter:

Explore the latest edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment! [..] If you enjoy the newsletter and want more of this content, shout me a beer by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose in your boating accident. I’m completely independent and rely solely on donations, with no sponsorship. A massive thank yo … ⌘ Read more

John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%2376”>#76**
John Foss1 has published Issue #762 of The Monero Moon curated newsletter:

Explore the latest edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment! [..] If you like the newsletter and want more of this content, then shout me a round of beers by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose during your boating accident.

The publication includes news about:

• Development, Releases, and Technology … ⌘ Read more

‘The Monero Moon’ newsletter makes comeback with Issue #75 after short hiatus
John Foss1 has published Issue #752 of The Monero Moon curated weekly newsletter after a ~3.5 month hiatus:

After a few months’ hiatus due to life commitments ( wedding bells), we’re back! Explore this week’s edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment!

The publication includes news about:

• Development, Releases, and Technology
  
• General News
  
• Eve … ⌘ Read more

MoneroKon proposes bounty for Monero POS Android app
MoneroKon1 has proposed a bounty2 for the creation of a FOSS Monero Android app3 that can be used by merchants on a dedicated POS PDA device with thermal printer:

The aim is to make in-person transactions easy and fast at events such as MoneroKon.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

• User friendly interface
  
• Broadcast Monero URI information over NFC at checkout4
  
• Inte … ⌘ Read more

K Svetovému dňu divadla: Umenie je mier
Dnes je Svetový deň divadla. Prinášame vám posolstvo, ktoré šíri Medzinárodný divadelný inštitút (ITI). Autorom tohtoročného posolstva je nórsky dramatik a laureát Nobelovej ceny za literatúru za rok 2023 Jon Fosse. Vo svojom posolstve kladie dôraz na význam umenia a jeho jedinečnosti v protiklade k ničivej sile násilných konfliktov. Z jeho posolstva vyberáme: ⌘ Read more

https://github.com/offa/android-foss

**RT by @mind_booster: MiniDebConf Lisbon 12 - 16 February 2023
#Debian #Linux #FOSS

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/01/msg00001.html**
MiniDebConf Lisbon 12 - 16 February 2023

#Debian #Linux #FOSS

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Minimum Viable Governance: lightweight community structure to grow your FOSS projects ⌘ Read more…

FOSS isn’t capitalism – Gullickson Laboratories https://jjg.2soc.net/2018/06/13/foss-isnt-capitalism/