LibrePCB GUI Framework: From Qt to Slint in Version 2.0
LibrePCB was built on Qt for most of its life, but version 2.0 introduced a brand-new UI layer powered by Slint — a declarative, Rust-based framework. Here’s how the transition worked.
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Kong Gateway 3.10 Dropped Free Mode: What OSS Users Need to Know
Kong quietly removed free mode in Gateway 3.10 — no new OSS images, no official statement. Here’s what actually changed and what to do next.
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Duplicati Filters and Wildcards: Why Your Source Drives Go Missing and How to Fix It
Add an include filter in Duplicati and suddenly other drives stop backing up? Here’s the one rule that explains it, plus how to set up source paths and wildcards correctly.
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Connecting DiLer to linuxmuster.net: User Sync, LDAP, and Admin Experience
How to sync users between linuxmuster.net and DiLer — LDAP bind vs CSV import, and what to expect from DiLer’s admin side when running it alongside a school Linux server.
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OpenMandriva Review: ROCK Stability, LLVM/Clang Performance, and Setting Up All-Local Syncthing
OpenMandriva ROCK pairs KDE Plasma, an LLVM/Clang-compiled kernel, and a fully community-run project. Here’s what makes it compelling for Windows migrants and how to build a solid all-local sync setup.
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Rust in Mid-2026: Copy Ranges, Native Async Traits, and What’s Still Coming
Rust 1.96 shipped Copy-implementing range types and pattern-matching assertions. Here’s where async traits stand today, and what’s next on the roadmap.
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Geometry Nodes to Blender’s Compositor: The Utility Nodes Worth Porting First
Which math, logic, and string nodes from Geometry Nodes would have the biggest impact in Blender’s Compositor — and what workflows they’d finally unblock.
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How to Set Up a Local Dev Environment for Android Open-Source Contributions
Testing your Android contributions against production is risky. Here’s how to spin up a local server instance, create dev accounts, and point the app at it safely.
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Reviving a Linux Forum Community: The OpenMandriva ROME and Lunduke Story
How Bryan Lunduke’s coverage helped grow OpenMandriva’s community, what ROME’s rolling release means, and practical steps for bringing a quiet Linux forum back to life.
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Geometry Nodes Arrive in the Blender Compositor: What’s Landed and What’s Still Coming
A GSoC 2026 project is porting Geometry Nodes utilities into the Blender Compositor. Here’s what shipped in 5.3, what’s still blocked, and why Integer Math is harder than it looks.