FreeCAD 1.0 has been released.
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/freecad-version-1-0-released/
It is an alternative to AutoCAD.
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/freecad-version-1-0-released/
It is an alternative to AutoCAD.
FreeCAD News
FreeCAD Version 1.0 Released
After more than twenty years of intense and sustained development, the FreeCAD community is proud to announce the release of version 1.0. FreeCAD 1.0 is now available for download on all platforms.…
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Blender 4.3 has been released.
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-3/
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-3/
Blender
4.3 — Blender
The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software — blender.org
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Firefox 133 has been released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/133.0/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/133.0/releasenotes/
Firefox
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A German state plans to move to open source software and open standards.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Schleswig-Holstein-drives-forward-the-widespread-use-of-open-source-10177643.html
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Schleswig-Holstein-drives-forward-the-widespread-use-of-open-source-10177643.html
heise online
Schleswig-Holstein drives forward the widespread use of open source
With its strategy for "Open Innovation and Open Source", the Schleswig-Holstein government is planning to switch to "+1.Linux" and ODF, for example.
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OpenStreetMap ditches Ubuntu for Debian on their web servers:
https://bits.debian.org/2024/11/openstreetmap-on-debian.html
https://bits.debian.org/2024/11/openstreetmap-on-debian.html
Debian Project
Bits from the Debian Project
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
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After VMWare increased their prices dramatically in the last few months, this enterprise customer who had 20,000 virtual machines using VMWare software has switched to an open source alternative: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/beeks_group_vmware_opennebula_migration/
Here's your greed back in your face, haha! 🔥
Here's your greed back in your face, haha! 🔥
The Register
Broadcom loses another big VMware customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs
A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient
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Intel Announces Arc B-Series "Battlemage" Discrete Graphics With Linux Support
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage#google_vignette
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-battlemage#google_vignette
Phoronix
Intel Announces Arc B-Series "Battlemage" Discrete Graphics With Linux Support
Succeeding the Intel Arc Graphics discrete graphics cards that launched two years ago as the DG2/Alchemist series, the next-gen Battlemage graphics cards are being announced today.
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Engineers at MIT have released a dataset of 8000 open source car designs that can be used to design your own future car:
https://news.mit.edu/2024/design-future-car-with-8000-design-options-1205
Very impressive.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/design-future-car-with-8000-design-options-1205
Very impressive.
MIT News
Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.
DrivAerNet++, the largest open-source dataset for car aerodynamics developed to date, can be used to quickly train an AI model to generate novel car designs. This process could potentially lead to more fuel-efficient cars and electric vehicles with longer…
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The GNU project has released version 1.0.0 of their systemd alternative named "Shepherd"... After 20 years in development.
https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/
https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/
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openSUSE is about to get a new graphical package manager soon.
https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/20/new-pkg-mgmt-tool-debuts/
https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/20/new-pkg-mgmt-tool-debuts/
openSUSE News
New Package Management Tool Debuts
The name for this project was updated to Myrlyn on Jan. 9, 2025. YQPkg, a promising new package management tool for openSUSE, is preparing to make waves in t...
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Open source photography app Darktable sees version 5.0.0.
https://www.darktable.org/2024/12/darktable-5.0.0-released/
https://www.darktable.org/2024/12/darktable-5.0.0-released/
darktable
darktable 5.0.0 released
We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0!
The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0.
To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarball provided by GitHub on the release…
The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0.
To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarball provided by GitHub on the release…
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This Year, RISC-V Laptops Really Arrive
https://spectrum.ieee.org/risc-v-laptops
https://spectrum.ieee.org/risc-v-laptops
IEEE Spectrum
This Year, RISC-V Laptops Really Arrive
DeepComputing PCs aim to elbow out Arm and x86 architectures
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SDL, a cross-platform open source library for developing games, sees version 3.0 after 17 years in development:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/120491416
https://www.patreon.com/posts/120491416
Patreon
SDL3 is officially released! | Ryan C. Gordon
Get more from Ryan C. Gordon on Patreon
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Firefox 135 has been released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/
Firefox
Firefox 135.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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Microsoft crackdown on old computers preventing them from upgrading to Windows 11 will send a large wave of users to various Linux distributions.
We anticipate it will be even larger than the one after Windows 7.
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-people-upgrading-windows-11-unsupported-hardware/
We anticipate it will be even larger than the one after Windows 7.
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-people-upgrading-windows-11-unsupported-hardware/
XDA
Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
Things are getting tricky.
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LibreOffice 25.2 has been released.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/06/libreoffice-25-2/
TDF (the organization behind LibreOffice) is doing an AMA on Reddit if you would like to see it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ij1cmw/we_are_the_document_foundation_and_we_just/
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/06/libreoffice-25-2/
TDF (the organization behind LibreOffice) is doing an AMA on Reddit if you would like to see it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ij1cmw/we_are_the_document_foundation_and_we_just/
The Document Foundation Blog
LibreOffice 25.2, the office suite that meets today’s user needs - The Document Foundation Blog
The new major release provides many user interface and accessibility improvements, plus the usual interoperability features Berlin, 6 February 2025 – LibreOffice 25.2, the new major release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel…
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