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The free open-source text editor Notepad++ is celebrating its 20th anniversary, the blog OMG! Ubuntu reported this week, “with a new release filled with some neat new features.”
In Notepad++ 8.6 (the 238th release since 2003, for those keeping count) … Continue reading NotePad++ 20th Anniversary Edition Includes New ‘Multi-Edit’ Feature
A pull request has been merged to fix a data corruption issue in OpenZFS (the open-source implementation of the ZFS file system and volume manager). “OpenZFS 2.2.2 and 2.1.14 released with fix in place,” reports a Thursday comment on GitHub.
Earlie… Continue reading OpenZFS Fixes Data Corruption Issue
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: The open-source Roundcube webmail software project has “merged” with Nextcloud, the prominent open-source personal cloud software. In boosting Nextcloud’s webmail software capabilities, Roundcube is joining Nextclo… Continue reading Roundcube Open-Source Webmail Software Merges With Nextcloud
“The cornerstone of the open-source philosophy is that the recipients of technology should have access to all its building blocks…” writes the European Organization for Nuclear Research, “in order to study it, modify it and redistribute it to others…. Continue reading Continuing Commitment to Open Access, CERN Launches New Open Source Program Office
Mononymous writes: FreeBSD 14 has been officially released. You can get it from FreeBSD.org, or via freebsd-update and source update methods for existing systems. Some highlights:
– OpenSSH version 9.5p1
– OpenSSL version 3.0.12, a major upgrade from… Continue reading FreeBSD 14 Released
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Facebook parent Meta is teaming up with Hugging Face and European cloud infrastructure company Scaleway to launch a new AI-focused startup program at the Station F startup megacampus in Paris. The un… Continue reading Meta Taps Hugging Face For Startup Accelerator To Spur Adoption of Open Source AI Models
The new open-source, copy-on-write file system known as Bcachefs has been successfully merged into the Linux 6.7 kernel. “Given the past struggles to get Bcachefs mainlined, I certainly didn’t expect to see Linus Torvalds act so soon on merging it,” wr… Continue reading Bcachefs Merged Into the Linux 6.7 Kernel
Slashdot reader Striek remembers Silicon Valley’s long history of open source develoipment — and how HashiCorp “made the controversial decision to change licenses from the Mozilla Public License to MariaDB’s Business Source Licesne. The key diffe… Continue reading Unless Open Source Evolves, HashiCorp CEO Predicts OSS-Free Silicon Valley
Long-time Slashdot reader Noryungi writes: OpenBSD 7.4 has been officially released. The 55th release of this BSD operating system, known for being security oriented, brings a lot of new things, including dynamic tracer, pfsync improvements, loads of s… Continue reading OpenBSD 7.4 Released
AlmaLinux is creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) without any Red Hat code. Instead, AlmaLinux OS will aim to be Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatible and use the CentOS Stream source code that Red Hat continues to offer. Additional code … Continue reading AlmaLinux Stays Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compatible Without Red Hat Code