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fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

VLC's keeper of the cone nets European free software gong

VLC started out in 1996 as a student project at ECP - École Centrale Paris (now merged into CentraleSupélec). Libération has some of the early history. This includes some gems: French telco Bouygues offered to sponsor faster site-to-site links, if the students worked out a way to stream Télévision Française 1 over them. The students, predictably, also wanted to play Doom over the new links.
Software development
Gadgets
fromTheregister
1 month ago

FSF Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob

FSF launched Librephone to replace proprietary Android firmware blobs with free software equivalents to restore mobile phone user freedom.
fromZDNET
5 months ago

How you can get Microsoft 365 (formerly Office) for free - 3 easy ways

The biggest gotcha is that the free version is locked in the cloud (aka Microsoft 365), meaning you must always be connected to the internet to use it.
Online learning
Wine
fromTheregister
5 months ago

LibreOffice adds voice to 'ditch Windows for Linux' campaign

LibreOffice encourages users to switch from Windows to Linux as Windows 10 support ends.
fromBusiness Matters
6 months ago

Extract Music From DVD: The Best Free Way

Ripping audio from a DVD using Blu-ray Master Free DVD Ripper allows users to extract high-quality soundtracks and store them in accessible formats like MP3.
Music production
fromTheregister
6 months ago

GNOME Foundation has a new executive director

The new executive director Steven Deobald aims to improve accessibility within GNOME, spotlighting the need for better tools for individuals with disabilities in the Free Software community.
Women in technology
Graphic design
fromCreative Bloq
7 months ago

How to edit videos in DaVinci Resolve: A introductory guide for beginners

DaVinci Resolve offers extensive video editing tools for free thanks to Blackmagic Design's hardware support.
fromTheregister
7 months ago

VMware revives its free ESXi hypervisor

"Now it's back in the market, reflecting the increased need for entry-level virtualization solutions as businesses and individuals explore modern infrastructure management."
Tech industry
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