Alibaba Open Sources Robotics Brain Model To Democratise Robot Intelligence

Alibaba has open-sourced its RynnBrain robotics foundation model, designed to provide machines with perception, reasoning, and action skills, aiming to democratize robot intelligence and accelerate advancements in humanoid robots, factory automation, and smart devices.

7-Zip 26.0 File Archiver Improves ZIP and RAR Handling

New version of 7-Zip taht improves handling of ZIP and RAR compression

Group Office: a Nextcloud Alternative that can be a suitable option for small business

Group-Office is an open source collaboration platform that has launched version 26.0 with big improvements, like the integration of Collabora Online for free, allowing collaborative document edition. It also has a kanban module, and another ones for Forms, altough still in beta.

Is open source in trouble? About compensation for project maintenance

Open source sustainability requires corporate action, not charity: Igalia engineer proposes concrete pledges to compensate unpaid maintainers

Linux kernel to move to version 7.0 after release of 6.19

Linus Torvalds has confirmed that the next version of the Linux Kernel, taht will launch after de 6.19 several days ago, will be the 7.0, and will arrive in spring.

Stoat, before Revolt, an alternative to Discord

Today Discord confirmed that is going to require ID to all its users worldwide, with Face ID scan and/or several other methods, to allow them to use its accounts configured for "adult" content. As face ID and other kind of methods providing real ID is a "no go" for many people (e

La Suite numérique, a pack of open source collaboration utilities launched by the french government for free

La Suite numérique is a pack of utilities designed for collaboration developed by the french authorities with the help of the open source community. It has a word processor, a spreadsheet, file transfer, a drive online to save files, a Teams substitute. It is free to use.

LibreOffice 26.2 finally ads Markdown support and improves Excel compatibility

The open source suite LibreOffice has a new version (26.2) capable of working with markdown documents, among other improvements. It has also improved compatibility with Excel and several performance improvements.

Sudo's maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated

Sudo maintainer, who has benn supporting it for more than 30 years, is looking for support and resources to keep on with the task.

Bye bye Gmail

https://wesmckinney.com/blog/announcing-msgvault/

Podlibre launched: an open source podcast desktop designed to make podcast editing faster and make content more accessible

The app Podlibre, just launched, is designed in collaboration with the Castopod podcasting community. It is an all-in-one podcast app, open source and privacy-first desktop. Designed to make podcast editing faster, and ease enriching episodes with metadata, and make content mo

Linux approves a succesion plan for open source governance when Torvalds steps out

Linux has officially approved a plan, with structured leadership, to assure open source government when Linus Torvalds steps aside.

FOSDEM 2026, the biggest open source event in Europe, is about to start

FOSDEM 2026, the biggest open source event in Europe is celebrating this weekend: January 31 and February 1, in Brussels. Nearly 10.000 people attending to the more than 1.000 lectures and presentations, many of them with streaming, and loads of parallel events in all the city, a

Open Source Initiative, OpenForum Europe and the Open Knowledge Foundation launch the Open Technology Research Initiative

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), OpenForum Europe (OFE), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) have officially launched the Open Technology Research (OTR) initiative. The launch includes a new website that outlines the initiative's activities and how the community can participate. OTR aims to bridge the knowledge gap about open technology through research, knowledge sharing, and policy engagement, featuring two flagship programs.

Calibre 9.0 E-Book Manager Released With New Bookshelf View

The popular open source ebook manager Calibre has a new version with a lot of new functions, like a new Bookshelf view, and also better integration with editing tools, better navigation, improvements for Kobo owners, etc.

OpenStreetMap is concerned: thousands of AI bots are collecting data

People in charge of OpenStreetMap, a collaborative project that is creatin free and editable maps, are concerned about the large amount of AI bots harvesting its data. In recent years they have seen a few IPs making more than 10.000 requests, bit now, in one week, they have 100

Krita 5.2.15 Released With Crash Fixes and Tablet Improvements

The free and open source software digital painting app Krita has a new version that includes several improvements to use is on a tablet. It also corrects several crashes.

The Open Invention Network looks to the future of open-source patent protection

The OIN has expanded the Linux System Definition and changed its financing model.

Chainguard EmeritOSS backs MinIO, other orphaned projects - The New Stack

Open source has a problem. There are many under-supported or even abandoned open-source programs that are still widely used, but there’s no one at the driver’s wheel. Chainguard has an answer.

Introduction to PostgreSQL Indexes

This blog post explains the basics of PostgreSQL indexes, including how they work, their associated costs, and the different types available. It provides insights for developers who want to optimize their use of indexes for better database performance.

3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend

This How-To Geek article highlights three cool Linux apps to try this weekend. ASCII Draw is a graphical application that simplifies creating ASCII art without typing. Bandwhich is a terminal user interface for monitoring and analyzing network packets. Wike is a Wikipedia browser designed for GNOME shell integration, offering features like a table of contents, bookmarking, and language toggling.

FOSDEM 2026 (31 January - 1 February) this year is giving more presence to funding, AI and politics

The most important FOSS event in Europe, FOSDEM, is about to start next January 31, with around 10.000 attendees, hundreds of stands and around 1.000 speakers. Funding, AI and politics will be three of the most important areas this year.

Bruno, a lightweight OSS API client, git-first Postman alternative

CoMaps, a navigation app that uses OpenStreetMaps and works even offline

CoMaps is a navigation app, fork of Organic Maps, that works offline and uses Maps from OpenStreetMaps. You can use It to calculate routes formhiking, biking andndriving, and event with public metro transportaroon in some cities. But this is onlynine of the apps that can be used

Graphite, a free open source 2D graphics editor for Windows, MacOS and Linux

The 2D graphics editor and animation engine Graphite has now its web app available. Also has ready the release candidates of its desktop versions for Windows, MacOS and Linux, in the process of evolving into a graphic design suite.

Top 50 Open Source Conferences in 2026

These are the top 50 Open Source conferences and events all over the world for this 2026

Drowning in AI slop, cURL ends bug bounties - The New Stack

Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?

Berlin Reframes Open Source As State Security In Move Away From Microsoft

Berlin has announced a new open source strategy to reduce dependence on proprietary software big tech vendors such as Microsoft. The strategy sees software choices as a matter of state security and sovereignity.