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Author: Sourav Rudra

A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would
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A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would

Sourav RudraApril 15, 2026

Back in 2005, a bug report was filed by Kjetil Kjernsmo, then running KDE 3.3.2 on Debian Stable. He wanted the ability to have each

Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board for Intel, AMD, and Storage
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Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board for Intel, AMD, and Storage

Sourav RudraApril 14, 2026

The development of the Linux kernel moves fast, and the 7.0 release is no exception. Around the same time as this release, a patch queued

An Open Source Dev Has Put Together a Fix for AMD GPU's VRAM Mismanagement on Linux
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An Open Source Dev Has Put Together a Fix for AMD GPU's VRAM Mismanagement on Linux

Sourav RudraApril 13, 2026

Natalie Vock (pixelcluster), a developer who works on low-level Linux code and as an independent contractor for Valve, has published a fix for a VRAM

AI Code Gets Approved in the Linux Kernel… But With Strings Attached
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AI Code Gets Approved in the Linux Kernel… But With Strings Attached

Sourav RudraApril 13, 2026

The Linux kernel project has spent quite some time navigating the use of AI tools, and the response usually has been somewhere between “figure it

Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux Thanks to KDE Contributors
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Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux Thanks to KDE Contributors

Sourav RudraApril 12, 2026

KDE Plasma’s two classic themes, Oxygen and Air , are making a comeback. A group of KDE contributors is actively restoring both ahead of the

Is a Clanker Being Used to Carry Out AI Fuzzing in the Linux Kernel?
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Is a Clanker Being Used to Carry Out AI Fuzzing in the Linux Kernel?

Sourav RudraApril 11, 2026

With the rise of AI and humanoid robots, the word ” Clanker ” is being used to describe such solutions, and rightly so. In their

Microsoft Locked Out VeraCrypt, WireGuard, and Windscribe from Pushing Windows Updates
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Microsoft Locked Out VeraCrypt, WireGuard, and Windscribe from Pushing Windows Updates

Sourav RudraApril 11, 2026

Microsoft has had a complicated relationship with the open source world. VSCode, TypeScript, and .NET are all projects it created, and its acquisition of GitHub

Privacy Messenger Session Is Staring Down a 90-Day Countdown to Obscurity
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Privacy Messenger Session Is Staring Down a 90-Day Countdown to Obscurity

Sourav RudraApril 10, 2026

If you care about privacy and don’t take too well to governments and Big Tech companies snooping on your messages, then Session has probably come

Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops
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Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops

Sourav RudraApril 10, 2026

France’s national digital directorate, DINUM, has announced (in French) it is moving its workstations from Windows to Linux. The announcement came out of an interministerial

I Tried Apt Command's New Rollback Feature — Here’s How It Went
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I Tried Apt Command's New Rollback Feature — Here’s How It Went

Sourav RudraApril 9, 2026

APT, or Advanced Package Tool, is the package manager on Debian and its derivatives like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and elementary OS. On these, if you

Anthropic Just Handed Apache $1.5M to Secure the Open Source Stack AI Depends On
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Anthropic Just Handed Apache $1.5M to Secure the Open Source Stack AI Depends On

Sourav RudraApril 8, 2026

Anthropic has handed the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) a $1.5 million donation. The money is earmarked for build and security infrastructure, project services, and community

PyTorch Foundation Expands Its Open Source AI Portfolio With Helion and Safetensors
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PyTorch Foundation Expands Its Open Source AI Portfolio With Helion and Safetensors

Sourav RudraApril 8, 2026

The PyTorch Foundation has taken on two new projects: Helion, a tool for writing machine learning kernels contributed by Meta, and Safetensors, a secure model

A New Linux Kernel Driver Wants to Catch Malicious USB Devices in the Act
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A New Linux Kernel Driver Wants to Catch Malicious USB Devices in the Act

Sourav RudraApril 6, 2026

A patch has been submitted to the Linux kernel mailing list proposing a new HID driver that would passively monitor USB keyboard-like devices and flag

Proton Launches Workspace and Meet, Takes Aim at Google and Microsoft
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Proton Launches Workspace and Meet, Takes Aim at Google and Microsoft

Sourav RudraApril 3, 2026

If you are a regular reader of ours, then you know that Proton is one of the privacy-focused services we usually vouch for. I have

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