Open Source

Who does Gen Z trust outside the algorithm?
This essay was originally published on The Sidebar, Mozilla’s Substack. When I started my newsletter, as seen on, a little over a year ago, it was because in the absence of early morning commutes, a designated office desk, and the water cooler conver...
2025-08-11 18:47
GitHub becomes part of Microsoft’s “AI” organisation
It seems Microsoft is absorbing GitHub deeper into Microsoft. GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and GitHub will be integrated into a new department within Microsoft. Which department will become the new stewards of GitHub, and the massive ...
2025-08-11 18:40
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It doesn’t have to be like this — join Firefox in #DailyDefiance
Where has the default got us? Today, the default means sitting by while Big Tech and The Billionaires who run the industry shape every aspect of your life — who gets funding, who has access to your data and whose pockets get lined by the profits.  B...
2025-08-11 18:26
Ubuntu 25.10 May Ship with an “Unstable” Linux Kernel
Ubuntu 25.10 may ship with a Linux 6.17 release candidate kernel due to timing conflicts, marking the first Ubuntu release with an "unstable" kernel. You're reading Ubuntu 25.10 May Ship with an “Unstable” Linux Kernel, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu...
2025-08-11 16:29
What’s new for developers? (August 2025)
What does the future of WordPress hold? A new admin, future API discussions, and the usual updates in this monthly roundup.
2025-08-11 16:22
Early Linux 6.17 Tests Show Some AMD Strix Halo Performance Improvements & Regressions
Even prior to the Linux 6.17-rc1 release on Sunday I already had kicked off some Linux 6.17 Git benchmarking in being eager to see how the performance is beginning to shape up for this next kernel release that is set to power the likes of Ubuntu 25.10 ...
2025-08-11 15:55
Updated Inclusive Language Guide Calls Out "Sanity Check", "Hung", "Native Support"
The Linux Foundation's Alliance for OpenUSD "AOUSD" and the Academy Software Foundation "ASWF" announced today an updated Inclusive Language Guide...
2025-08-11 15:38
DisplayPort is better than HDMI, and I will die on this hill
Over the years, we’ve seen a good number of interfaces used for computer monitors, TVs, LCD panels and other all-things-display purposes. We’ve lived through VGA and the large variety of analog interfaces that preceded it, then DVI, HDMI, and at so...
2025-08-11 15:01
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Zig’s lovely syntax
It’s a bit of a silly post, because syntax is the least interesting d detail about the language, but, still, I can’t stop thinking how Zig gets this detail just right for the class of curly-braced languages, and, well, now you’ll have to think ab...
2025-08-11 14:50
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Intel Posts Latest Patches For DRM Sharpness Property To Enjoy With Lunar Lake & Beyond
For over a year now Intel has been working on a new DRM sharpness property for making use of Lunar Lake's new adaptive sharpening filter capabilities built into its display engine. This new sharpening filter with Lunar Lake and future SoCs can hep with...
2025-08-11 14:38
LunarG Announces KosmicKrisp As Vulkan-On-Metal Mesa Driver
While there is already MoltenVK for Vulkan implemented over Apple's Metal graphics API, the graphics engineers at LunarG have announced KosmicKrisp as a Mesa-based driver implementing Vulkan over Metal...
2025-08-11 10:32
AMD EPYC 4545P Achieves 2.24x The Performance At Half The Power Of The First EPYC CPU
Recently we looked at the performance of the AMD EPYC 4545P that is a 16 core 65 Watt processor in the EPYC 4005 "Grado" series. This is quite an interesting processor for those after low-power servers, edge AI deployments, and other purposes with no s...
2025-08-11 09:10
The advantages of stack-based internal developer platforms
As organizations double down on developer experience, one of the most meaningful, and technical, investments they can make is in an internal developer platform (IDP). Not the mythical one-size-fits-all “platform in a box,” but a fully composable, ...
2025-08-11 09:00
Multi-agent AI workflows: The next evolution of AI coding
As AI-assisted coding becomes more common, a new pattern is emerging: multi-agent workflows. A multi-agent workflow refers to using various AI agents in parallel for specific software development life cycle (SDLC) tasks, whether for planning, scaffold...
2025-08-11 09:00
Who does the unsexy but essential work for open source?
Walk into any developer conference and you’ll see a predictable parade of laptop stickers: the cloud-native darlings, the hip new database, the obligatory mascot or two. It’s the developer variation of virtue signalling or calling out one’s trib...
2025-08-11 09:00
A CISO’s guide to Application Security best practices 
Effective AppSec is not a one-time fix but a continuous journey across every facet of your application’s lifecycle. By embracing a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) from the outset, diligently uncovering potential risks, and mastering you...
2025-08-11 09:00
Linux Cache-Aware Scheduling / Load Balancing Updated With New Tuning Knob
Intel engineer Chen Yu posted a fresh round of Linux kernel patches working on cache-aware scheduling/load-balancing for this functionality being sought after both by Intel and AMD. The new patches should address some performance regressions observed i...
2025-08-11 08:46
NFS Client & Server Feature Updates For Linux 6.17
For those making use of the Network File System (NFS), the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel is bringing some nice improvements both for the NFS server and client code...
2025-08-11 08:21
Tips and Tricks: man Command
The man command, is short for manual. It provides access to the various up-to-date on-board documentation pages. This helps users utilize the Linux/Unix operating systems in a better manner. What is man ? The man command is a manual pager which provide...
2025-08-11 08:00
Linux ACPI Idle Driver Being Improved For Hybrid CPUs
For hybrid CPU core designs from recent Intel Core (Ultra) processors to ARM big.LIITTLE, a patch series was posted today in seeking to enhance the generic ACPI processor idle driver around processors with multiple types of CPU cores...
2025-08-11 06:41