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Is COSMIC DE mogging KDE Plasma?

https://thelibre.news/is-cosmic-de-mogging-kde-plasma/

Published: September 16, 2026 11:56

It's been almost a year since I've last tried COSMIC; though development since then has mostly been centered around stability (going from late alpha to stable releases now!) there have been a fair bit of user-facing changes too which I adore. I thus have…

Omarchy, the Omacom Foundation, and the Future of Linux

https://thelibre.news/omarchy-omacom-foundation-linux-future/

Published: September 14, 2026 20:53

I am very happy that the work Vaxry and outfoxxed are doing is being sponsored and paid for. I also have a few worries.

Autistici/Inventati and the Reach of U.S. Sanctions

https://thelibre.news/autistici-inventati-us-sanctions/

Published: September 14, 2026 20:51

The U.S. designated Autistici/Inventati under EO 13224. The collective lost access to its bank account and domain and had to shut down.

Announcing Plasma Studio

https://thelibre.news/announcing-plasma-studio/

Published: September 7, 2026 14:10

Plasma Studio is a multimedia handling application that features video editing capabilities, raw photo editing, vector graphics, animations, audio editing, recording and streaming, and 3D modeling. It is fully hardware accelerated, implements up to 16bit…

Android prefers vibecoders over open-source developers

https://thelibre.news/android-prefers-vibecoders-over-open-source-developers/

Published: May 28, 2026 14:40

Google wants apps to be AI-generated and shared between friends, whilst locking down the developer environment.

I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it

https://thelibre.news/i-made-the-next-level-camera-and-i-love-it/

Published: April 16, 2026 17:16

There's A LOT of explaining to do if I want you to understand what's happening here. Hold tight.

New Linux Hardware, France switches to Linux, and more!

https://thelibre.news/new-linux-hardware-france-switches-to-linux-and-more/

Published: April 14, 2026 11:18

This is week 16 of 2026 in the Linux world.

I made the ultimate productivity device for less than 50 bucks

https://thelibre.news/i-made-the-ultimate-productivity-device/

Published: April 9, 2026 11:55

And if you're as ADHD as I am, you can do it too!

The political use of operating systems

https://thelibre.news/the-political-use-of-operating-systems/

Published: March 24, 2026 10:59

Politics is the science and art of organizing, constituting and managing a state and the direction of public life. Expressing these directions represents a power, a duty and an honour, and even though the common belief behind the political participation is…

My childhood dream laptop

https://thelibre.news/my-childhood-dream-laptop/

Published: February 27, 2026 10:14

If only more laptops were like this...

I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux.

https://thelibre.news/im-a-proud-luddite-thats-why-i-use-linux/

Published: February 5, 2026 08:58

And maybe you should too.

We need devices like the StarLite

https://thelibre.news/we-need-devices-like-the-starlite/

Published: January 16, 2026 09:57

Though, we also need them to get better over time.

What Have I Learned From Daily Driving Arch Linux For Three Years?

https://thelibre.news/what-have-i-learned-from-daily-driving-arch-linux-for-three-years/

Published: December 10, 2025 09:48

It turned out to be more stable than I expected.

Is Linux market share going stonks or not stonks?

https://thelibre.news/is-linux-market-share-going-stonks-or-not-stonks/

Published: December 8, 2025 12:02

I built a tool that aggregates data from many different sources. Spoiler alert: not stonks.

AI is hallucinating its way into research, and that’s not even where the problem starts

https://thelibre.news/why-is-science-full-of-ai/

Published: December 6, 2025 15:07

Lazy, or even fake articles written by LLMs are wreaking havoc among scientists, but only because the scientific publishing industry was rotting on its own.