Tag: open-source
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Open Source Code Worth $5B
What is open source software worth? That’s the difficult question the Linux Foundation is aiming to help answer in a new report that aims to measure the development costs of Linux-related Collaborative Projects. Placing a price tag on Linux and other open source platforms is tough for several reasons. Most obviously, a lot of open…
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Open Source a Threat, Microsoft Admits
In a regular filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Microsoft warned that open source software (OSS) solutions such as Linux pose a threat to the company’s long-term success. Microsoft’s public statements about Linux have evolved over the years, moving from dismissive to cooperative, but this filing is the first time the company has…
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BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes
Transmission 4.0.6 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various FixesThis release improves parsing of the HTTP tracker announce response and updates the Flatpak release metainfo. Transmission 4.0.6 open-source, free, and cross-platform BitTorrent client is out today as a bugfix-only release in the 4.0.x series addressing various issues reported by users from previous versions. Coming almost six…
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Kernel 6.8 Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to 6.9
As Linux Kernel 6.8 reaches end of life, users should upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.9. The kernel already landed in the stable repositories of popular distros, including Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.8 kernel series is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website,…
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AppImages and How To Use Them
What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux? This unique format for distributing Linux applications keeps it simple — mostly. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Linux had a bad reputation for not having a large enough app ecosystem. Twenty-plus years later, that complaint no longer holds water. Linux has several…
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Neofetch Discontinued
Linux utility Neofetch: Development now officially discontinued, what alternatives are available?The popular command line tool Neofetch has not been actively developed for several years, and the source code has now been archived on GitHub by programmer Dylan Araps. However, there are a number of alternatives for displaying your Linux system information in the terminal. If…
