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GNU Core Utilities 9.12 Released
Pádraig Brady has unveiled a new version of the GNU coreutils base utility suite, with useful additions and a fix for a bug that had lived in the code “from the very beginning.”
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Homebrew 7.0.0: Built-in Vulnerability Scanning, a Sandbox, and Farewell to Intel
Version 7.0.0 of the popular package manager is out: faster installs, tighter isolation, a native macOS app, and its own vulnerability database. And with it, the project bids a final farewell to Intel processors.
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How One Clippy Lint Was Sped Up 3,133×
A developer on the Rust linter Clippy explains how a seemingly harmless macro check was eating up a quarter of the tool's runtime — and how it was radically sped up.
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Debian 13.7 “Trixie” Released with Security and Bug Fixes
The Debian project has released an updated set of Debian 13 “Trixie” installation images with accumulated security fixes and numerous resolved bugs.
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Intel Has a Change of Heart: One Mono Font Spared After a Two-Day “Execution”
Amid cost cutting, Intel has spent two years shuttering its open-source projects. The One Mono font was set to be the next casualty, but a couple of days after it was archived the decision was reversed.
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GrapheneOS Rewrites Its Messaging App: A Jetpack Compose Interface and a Focus on Privacy
The team behind the secure mobile OS GrapheneOS has released the 13th version of its SMS/MMS client, completely overhauling the interface and hardening it against malicious content.
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Mold Linker Being Rewritten in Rust, Aiming to Become Linux's Standard Linker
Mold's author, Rui Ueyama, is preparing a version 3.0 written in Rust and wants the fast linker to replace GNU ld in Linux distributions.
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Git 2.56-rc0 Released: Swift Support and Updated Contributor Guidelines
A test build of Git 2.56-rc0 is now available. The release hardens the ORT merge engine, adds diff patterns for Swift and updates the project's contribution guidelines — all on the road to the upcoming Git 3.0.
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Forgejo Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
The Forgejo project has released versions 16.0.4 and 15.0.8, fixing two vulnerabilities, including a critical RCE flaw in the mechanism for creating repositories from templates.
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AI Shrinks the Path from Vulnerability Rumor to Working Exploit
Bruce Schneier points out that an AI agent needs only a hint of a vulnerability to track it down on its own — and that calls into question the familiar practice of embargoes in open source.
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Automattic's Board Puts Founder Matt Mullenweg on Leave Against His Will
Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and head of Automattic, says the board removed him from his post without his consent. CFO Mark Davies has become interim CEO.
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Typst 0.15: the Rust-based typesetting system keeps gaining momentum
A new version of Typst — the computer typesetting system often touted as a possible LaTeX replacement — has been released. The 0.15 release brings support for variable fonts, MathML and multiple bibliographies.
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FreeBSD 14.5: an update to the 14.x branch with tweaks to userland utilities
The FreeBSD project has released version 14.5 — a set of fixes and a handful of changes to userland utilities that bring the system closer to the requirements of POSIX.1-2024.
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Mistral raises €3B for “sovereign,” open-weight AI
French startup Mistral has closed a €3B Series D round at a valuation of more than €21B — the largest equity raise in the history of European tech companies. Samsung Electronics led the round.
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Jellyfin 12.0: a new version-numbering scheme, a faster library and full support for books
The open-source media server has shipped a major update: the project has dropped the leading “ten” from its version number, reworked how playlists are stored, and finally turned its attention to books and comics in earnest.
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Asahi Linux Adds Support for Macs on Apple M3 Chips
The Asahi Linux project has announced that support for Apple's M3-series chips has landed in the installer. Most of the features that worked on the M1 and M2 now work here too — with the exception of the GPU.
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Switzerland Begins Its Break from Microsoft: A 3,000-Seat Pilot
Switzerland's federal government has launched a pilot program to replace Microsoft 365 with open-source software. The administration runs more than 54,000 computers in all.
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GrapheneOS Overhauls Its Stock Apps and Secure Clipboard
The developers of GrapheneOS, a hardened mobile OS, have announced a reworking of their suite of default apps and their secure clipboard mechanism.
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Nitter Returns: The Project Survives X Corp's Shutdown Demand
After legal threats from X Corp, Nitter's developers have announced that the project will continue. The news comes from an updated README on GitHub.
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NetBSD 9.5 Released — the Branch's Final Release and the End of Its Support
The NetBSD project has released NetBSD 9.5 — the fifth and final release of the stable NetBSD 9 branch, while simultaneously announcing the end of its support.
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