9+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1309+ words) If you visit the Flatpak website today, it lists, as the very first advantage of the project: "Build for every distro: create one app and distribute it to the entire Linux desktop market." If you then move on to the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (464+ words) 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…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (506+ words) 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…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (247+ words) The expiration of these oldest certificates should most likely not be a problem, as existing signed binaries should keep working. This is because the UEFI specification does not look at the expiration dates; it only cares that the signature is…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (195+ words) Suppose your manager asks you next week to demonstrate that the AI coding tools your company signed up for are worth the subscription cost. Would you measure lines of code generated, or tickets closed? Or would you send out a…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (588+ words) 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…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (872+ words) After Google killed its search engine a few days ago, one question remained: how exactly does advertising fit into all of this? Google is obviously not going to move to chatbot search without somehow adding ads to your conversation with…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (400+ words) Since X11 has moved to legacy status, it's only a matter of time before the BSDs are going to have to make the move to being Wayland-first as well. This applies particularly to Free BSD, which has been focusing on improving…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (580+ words) Two popular web browser are overhauling their user interface, and the first to actually ship its new version is Vivaldi. Version 8. 0 of this Chromium-based browser completely overhauls its UI, but retains its extensive customisation options, including the option to go…...

4+ day, 1+ min ago  (84+ words) " A little progress bar to keep track of our fundraiser! " " Donate through Ko-Fi " Donate through SEPA transfer " Why a fundraiser? Just a note: the UK is still in SEPA. Just don't tell anyone in the government or they might pull…...