Age verification laws don’t seem to be stopping. California, Colorado, and Brazil, all have some version of the same requirement where OS providers must collect age data at account setup and expose it to apps through a real-time API. Governments call it
Read More
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), GrapheneOS has made its position on age verification laws clear; it won’t comply, regardless of where the demand comes from. The team goes on to state that its OS and services will remain available worldwide,
Read More
Age verification is sadly here to stay, as the politicians pushing these laws don’t seem to care much about what people actually think. Open source projects have been left to deal with the fallout, either by starting compliance work, taking a public
Read More
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, one of the most widely used Linux distributions around. Beyond just shipping an OS, the company provides long-term security maintenance and support for a massive portfolio of open source packages, and its products span everything from
Read More
LLMs and AI agents are everywhere right now, and if you’ve been putting off learning this stuff, Humble Bundle has a new Packt collection that makes it hard to justify waiting any longer. The LLM and Agentic AI Career Accelerator Bundle packs
Read More
LibreOffice is the go-to for people who want a capable, no-nonsense office suite that does not phone home or push subscriptions in their face. It handles everything from text documents and spreadsheets to presentations and databases, and it does so without asking
Read More
systemd is the init system and service manager that most major Linux distributions ship with by default. It boots the system, manages services, and has taken on more responsibilities over the years than a lot of people think it should. For some,
Read More
Systemd powers most modern Linux distributions, and with it comes a family of powerful ctl commands like systemctl . These tools help you manage services, inspect logs, control system time, and dig deep into how your Linux system behaves under the hood.
Read More
For many Linux users, partitioning is the most nerve-wracking part of installation. It’s that moment where you double-check everything, hoping you don’t wipe the wrong drive or end up with a layout you’ll regret later. I like to think of a disk
Read More
Most consumer routers give you a locked-down firmware, a few years of updates if you are lucky, and a web UI that makes you miss the terminal. Routers powered by OpenWrt are a breath of fresh air here, as they give users
Read More