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Author: Sourav Rudra

Go Away Microsoft! The Netherlands is Quietly Building Its Own GitHub Replacement
Tech

Go Away Microsoft! The Netherlands is Quietly Building Its Own GitHub Replacement

Sourav RudraMay 6, 2026

Back in November 2025, Jan Vlug, a software engineer who writes for the Dutch government’s developer portal, put out a detailed blog recommending which Git

Typical Microsoft! Turns Out VS Code Was Adding Copilot as a Git Co-Author Without Telling Anyone
Tech

Typical Microsoft! Turns Out VS Code Was Adding Copilot as a Git Co-Author Without Telling Anyone

Sourav RudraMay 5, 2026

VS Code has been quietly appending a Co-authored-by: Copilot line to users’ git commits, including ones written entirely without Copilot’s involvement. The culprit behind this

A Free Open Source Mobile Dev Hackathon Is Coming to the Netherlands on May 16
Tech

A Free Open Source Mobile Dev Hackathon Is Coming to the Netherlands on May 16

Sourav RudraMay 4, 2026

OpenSource Science B.V., better known as OS-SCi, is a Netherlands-based institution that has a pretty specific focus. To train the next generation of developers exclusively

What Are Linux Mint HWE ISOs and Do You Actually Need One?
Tech

What Are Linux Mint HWE ISOs and Do You Actually Need One?

Sourav RudraMay 4, 2026

Earlier this year, the Linux Mint project announced a significant shift in how it shipped releases, hinting at a longer cycle. Project lead Clement Lefebvre

Ubuntu is Going Big on AI (But Not The Copilot Kind You Dread)
Tech

Ubuntu is Going Big on AI (But Not The Copilot Kind You Dread)

Sourav RudraMay 3, 2026

AI has been creeping into everything, and the Linux ecosystem is no exception. Over the last couple of years, local AI has gone from a

After 2 Weeks of Delay, Fedora 44 is Finally Here!
Tech

After 2 Weeks of Delay, Fedora 44 is Finally Here!

Sourav RudraMay 2, 2026

The Fedora Project has had an interesting journey since its inception in November 2003. It started as a community-backed effort spun off from Red Hat

Someone Turned a PS5 Into a Linux Gaming PC, and It Actually Works
Tech

Someone Turned a PS5 Into a Linux Gaming PC, and It Actually Works

Sourav RudraMay 1, 2026

Linux gaming has been on a great trajectory these past few years. Proton turned a massive chunk of the Steam library into playable Linux titles

Microsoft Marks 45 Years of DOS by Open-Sourcing Its Oldest-Known Source Code
Tech

Microsoft Marks 45 Years of DOS by Open-Sourcing Its Oldest-Known Source Code

Sourav RudraApril 30, 2026

Before Microsoft became the company that shipped Windows to corporate desks around the world, it had to start somewhere. That somewhere was a scrappy little

Sovereign Tech Agency Opens Paid Standards Program for Open Source Maintainers
Tech

Sovereign Tech Agency Opens Paid Standards Program for Open Source Maintainers

Sourav RudraApril 29, 2026

The Sovereign Tech Agency has launched a new pilot program called Sovereign Tech Standards, and it will be paying open source maintainers to get involved

Good News! AI-first Warp Terminal is Now Open Source
Tech

Good News! AI-first Warp Terminal is Now Open Source

Sourav RudraApril 29, 2026

Warp has open-sourced its terminal client. The code is now on GitHub, and the company wants the community involved in building it out going forward

LVFS Has Turned Up the Heat on Vendors Who Won't Contribute
Tech

LVFS Has Turned Up the Heat on Vendors Who Won't Contribute

Sourav RudraApril 28, 2026

The Linux Vendor Firmware Service, or LVFS, is what makes firmware updates on Linux not a nightmare. Hardware vendors upload their firmware directly to it

Hackers Hijacked a GitHub Actions Workflow to Push Malicious Code to PyPI
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Hackers Hijacked a GitHub Actions Workflow to Push Malicious Code to PyPI

Sourav RudraApril 28, 2026

We have been routinely seeing open source projects getting hit by malicious actors with varying degrees of sophistication. Developers are often left scrambling to push

MinIO Is Done With Open Source, What Are Your Options?
Tech

MinIO Is Done With Open Source, What Are Your Options?

Sourav RudraApril 27, 2026

The MinIO GitHub repository was recently archived on April 25, 2026. But the thing is, it had been archived before, back in February, then briefly

Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95
Tech

Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95

Sourav RudraApril 27, 2026

Linux has had a quiet takeover of computing. It powers all of the world’s top 500 supercomputers and Android, which runs on billions of smartphones.

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