KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant
motang 🇮🇳🇺🇲
mastodon 4.7.3Huge fan of software that works and does what it suppose to do and it can be proprietary if it works then that's fine by me.
Firefox is adding built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-adding-a-free-vpn
#Firefox #VPN
Claude Code Did The Heavy Lifting To Get Adobe Lightroom CC Running On Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Lightroom-CC-Linux
These 3 lightweight code editors made VS Code feel bloated
https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-tried-these-3-lighter-faster-code-editors-and-they-all-beat-vs-code/
@joeress@mastodon.social how do I send you guys a question on Patreon? I wanted you guys to talk about FreeBSD foundation executive director daily driving FreeBSD on their laptop.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-On-Laptop-Driver
Thanks.
Companies Are Getting Burned by Burning Tons of Tokens
https://gizmodo.com/companies-are-getting-burned-by-burning-tons-of-tokens-2000765232
Finally I can choose Thunderbird over Thunderbird ESR on flatpak. Been able to do this for a while on the Snap store. Glad both of my computer (one all flatpak the other all snap) can be in parioty now.
Flatpak’s Future May Leave Non-systemd Distros Behind
https://linuxiac.com/flatpaks-future-may-leave-non-systemd-distros-behind/
AI just hit its COVID shutdown moment
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-nvidia-openai-anthropic-ai-covid-shutdown-moment-2026-5
GNOME Sushi spacebar preview fix coming to Ubuntu 26.04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/gnome-sushi-not-working-ubuntu-26-04
Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/inside-the-fight-to-force-vizio-to-share-linux-based-source-code-for-its-tvs-os/
Firefox AI guardrails arrive for mobile
https://www.engadget.com/2177238/firefox-ai-guardrails-arrive-for-mobile/
6 Linux distros that were huge once, but barely matter now
https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-distros-that-were-huge-once-but-barely-matter-now/