| Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 |
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| 4:40 am |
Is GitHub the new dependency trap for free software?
Free software won the source code battle, but it is quietly losing the workflow battle. We can inspect code, fork code, patch code, and redistribute code. Great. And yet, for a huge part of our ecosys ... |
| Sunday, February 15th, 2026 |
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| 3:30 pm |
Corporations trained AI on everything they could, so why can't we?
AI is everywhere. It is in search, in email, in support systems, in code editors, in photo tools, in your phone and, yes, right here in this very article. We can still pretend we are “evaluating” AI f ... |
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| 9:00 am |
AI is not killing free software. It is forcing us to level up
Free Software Magazine is alive right now because we had AI at hand when we needed it. We moved from an old proprietary publishing system to Jekyll in less than a day -- yes, less than a day! If we h ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Atop, when you need to know exactly what's happening at the system-resource level
System resources are always limited, no matter what type of computer or server you're using. You never seem to have enough RAM, CPU threads, or disk I/O. High level tools like `top`, `htop`,`sar`, `io ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Interview with Mikeal Rogers: Node.js fork that ended up as a giant, unifying step forward
Node.js is the software that allows you to run Javascript to create amazingly powerful server-side applications by using Google's V8 Javascript Engine. As a Node developer myself, I have always felt f ... |
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| 7:54 am |
How to protect your GNU/Linux computer from remote attacks with Fail2ban
Governments around the world are hacking into any computer that they can find. They are not just targeting large companies, but any computer that has information that they can sell. Is there anything ... |
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| 7:54 am |
It's 2015, writing a simple 6 screen application is still too hard
Last night I saw a message from a friend of mine in Facebook: she is trying to organise a baby sitting community where people who trust each other will exchange "tokens" when they babysit each other's ... |
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| 7:54 am |
The simple guide to bitcoins using Electrum
Bitcoin is the most established digital currency available today. It provides a safe, anonymous way to send and receive a virtual currency everybody trusts. However, managing bitcoins is not _quite_ a ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Secret Maryo Chronicles: a wonderful GNU/Linux game
For those people who grew up on the "classic", 2D version of Super Mario, and -- why not -- those who like simple, but very refined games, Secret Maryo Chronicles is not to be missed. Mind you, it's n ... |
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| 7:54 am |
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| 7:54 am |
Why we need anonymity on the Internet -- even if it hurts
I have recently restarted Free Software Magazine, after working full time on a free software project. One of my articles ended up on Slashdot. In the past, this meant hours of frantic work: on one han ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Netflix: the crumbling borders of geolocation and the thieves who happily pay for what they "steal"
One upon a time, movies were released in different countries at different times. This could be done because there was no easy way to copy and store away a movie. If you lived in Italy, you could wait ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Opening large PDF files in GNU/Linux: muPDF comes to the rescue
I was recently given an ebook by a friend. It was a photography book, with tons of hi-res images and very little text. When I opened it with Ubuntu, Evince (the default PDF viewer that comes with Ubun ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Create a "mountable" disk image in GNU/Linux
In this article I will explain how to create a file that works like a USB drive -- without the "physical" side of a USB disk. The advantage of making such a file is that you can make it encrypted; as ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Ubuntu Software Center: proprietary and free software mixed in a confusing UI
I have been watching the evolution of the Ubuntu Software Center for quite a while now. I had doubts about its interface and its speed, but I liked the fact that it offered an easy, down-to-earth inte ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Read RSS news feeds with Liferea
Nowadays, the Internet is all about the Web. Users seem to have forgotten that it's possible to receive updates about anything that is posted on multiple web sites in seconds: this non secret is calle ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Watch Netflix outside the US, for nearly free (without paying for a tunnel)
Some services line Netflix have an annoying geolocation restriction that made them unavailable outside the United States. In case of Netflix, this is due to licensing issues. It's not a slim differenc ... |
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| 7:54 am |
Simple Photo Manipulation in GNU/Linux with Fotoxx
Image manipulation in GNU/Linux has always been associated with The Gimp. However, most users will find Gimp vastly oversized for their needs. Fotoxx is a neat, simple and yet very advanced photo mani ... |
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| 7:54 am |
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| 7:54 am |
The rebirth of Free Software Magazine
When I started Free Software Magazine, over 10 years ago, it was a very different world. Magazines still mattered, Facebook was a primitive site for university students, Digg was about to become a hug ... |