GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2025

• GNU/Linux

  • Audiocasts/Shows

    • Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ The Nightly Wobble | LINUX Unplugged 632

      Our first look at KDE Linux, then Chris shares the latest on Hyprvibe, while Wes braves his first install.

  • Instructionals/Technical

    • ID Root ☛ How To Install Hazelcast on Fedora 42

      Installing Hazelcast on Fedora 42 opens up powerful distributed computing capabilities for modern applications. This comprehensive guide walks through every aspect of deploying Hazelcast’s in-memory data grid platform on Fedora’s latest release.

    • Red Hat ☛ How to enable Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant

      In Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6, an integrated chatbot with embedded knowledge of the Ansible Automation Platform docs can be deployed, This is called the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant. The chatbot can leverage a number of inference backends. In this article series, we will explore deploying the inference service with Red Hat OpenShift AI on the same Red Bait OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) cluster as Ansible Automation Platform.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Canonical/Ubuntu Family

    • XDA ☛ 4 Windows tools I miss while using Ubuntu as my daily machine

      Windows 10's impending retirement has users in a state of uncertainty. The obvious alternatives are mainstream Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that don't impose difficult system requirements like those of Windows 11. Unsurprisingly, users like me will switch to Ubuntu because of its popularity and open-source nature, which doesn't require a one-time purchase or subscription. However, using it as a daily driver on one of the laptops made me realize that it lacks several native features that I expect an operating system to have.

• Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

  • Events

    • Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux Plumbers Conference: Registration for LPC 2025 is now open!

      We’re happy to announce that registration for LPC 2025 is now open. To register please go to our attend page.

      To try to prevent the instant sellout, we are keeping our cancellation policy of no refunds, only transfers of registrations. You will find more details during the registration process. LPC 2025 follows the 'Linux' Foundation’s health & safety policy.

      As usual we expect to sell our rather quickly so don’t delay your registration for too long!

  • Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

    • Document Foundation ☛ TDF Annual Report 2024

      The Annual Report of The Document Foundation describes the foundation’s activities and projects, especially in regard to LibreOffice and the Document Liberation Project.

  • Licensing / Legal

    • Ruben Schade ☛ I think Really Simple Licensing misses the mark

      As one of the world’s last XML fans and tragics, I was happy and surprised to see a proposal and namespace for a machine-encoded licencing scheme to embed in RSS. What a great idea, I thought! But then I read into the spec, and came away disappointed.

      From What is RSL?: [...]

  • Standards/Consortia

    • Linuxiac ☛ Next-Gen AV2 Video Codec Announced by AOMedia

      AV2, AOMedia’s successor to AV1, arrives in late 2025 with better compression, AR/VR support, and broad backing across the streaming industry.