Welcome to the Open Source Digest
This week’s digest brings a diverse mix of stories from the open source world: from community initiatives and scientific tools to security alerts and reflections on digital rights. Here’s what caught our attention.
Community and Events
- Getting to Know SORTEE: Social Coworking and Office Hours offer a chance to connect with the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Join to collaborate and learn about promoting open science.
- Wiki Loves Monuments Iran 2025: A retrospective on this year’s edition highlights the success of the photo competition in documenting Iran’s cultural heritage, with impressive participation and diverse submissions.
- Late Night Linux – Episode 400: The popular podcast celebrates its 400th episode, featuring discussions on recent Linux news, community feedback, and perhaps a look back at memorable moments.
- AI PC Boom: Financial Winners in 2027? As AI-capable PCs become mainstream, hardware and software companies stand to benefit. This analysis explores which sectors might profit, from chipmakers to application developers.
- Remote Shutdown for Windows: A developer shares a clever way to use Wake-on-LAN in reverse, creating a Windows service for remote shutdown. This practical trick is useful for system admins.
- EyeDentify3D: A new Python package for classifying gaze behavior from mobile eye-tracking data. It offers researchers a standardized tool for analyzing visual attention in 3D environments.
- Kagelin: An offline-first app for tasks, habits, and calendar management. It’s AGPL-licensed and supports self-hosted sync via WebDAV, appealing to privacy-conscious users.
- Motif Fork Maintained: An actively maintained fork of the Motif toolkit exists, ensuring this classic GUI toolkit remains viable for modern Linux applications.
- Nintendo DMCA Takedown: Over 400 Switch emulator repositories were removed from GitHub following Nintendo’s legal request. This action has sparked debate about emulator legality and corporate overreach.
- CVE-2026-41992 in gzip: A critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in gzip 1.14 has been disclosed. Users are urged to update to patched versions promptly.
- FSF on Smart Devices: The Free Software Foundation highlights the hidden costs of ‘smart’ devices, emphasizing the importance of free software for user control and privacy.
- Scotland’s Open Data Portal: The Scottish government launched a new open data portal to improve access to public datasets, fostering transparency and innovation.
- Tech News 2026 – Issue 35: A roundup of significant tech developments, including policy changes and industry trends, with a focus on open source implications.
- Aluminum Plate Demand: The Section 232 Aerospace Directive increases demand for domestically produced aluminum plates. Champagne Metals offers custom capabilities to meet these needs.
- Frankenstein’s First Film: Thomas Edison’s 1910 production of Frankenstein is remembered as the first film adaptation. It’s a fascinating piece of cinematic history.
- Neuromorphic Computing: An analysis of how far neuromorphic computing still needs to go before leaving the lab, covering challenges in hardware and software.
Technology and Tools
Security and Legal
Open Data and Public Sector
Hardware and Industry
Offbeat and Historical
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