Category: Eu
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GitHub Urges EU to Invest in Open Source Software Development
GitHub, owned by Microsoft, advocates for a new EU tech fund aimed at ensuring the maintenance of critical open source software (OSS). Their report highlights the immense reliance of the economy on OSS—96% of all codebases feature open source code, contributing approximately $8.8 trillion to the global economy. However, most OSS projects suffer from inadequate…
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KDE Update Disables Feature That Could Trigger Seizures: What You Need to Know
KDE Plasma 6.4 has introduced an important update with the release of version 6.4.1, which addresses a potential risk for photosensitive users. The new version disables the ‘highlight window’ effect that was defaulted in the Task Manager thumbnails, a feature that could cause screen flickering at certain frequencies that might induce seizures. While KDE Plasma…
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Introduces Power Warnings to Ensure EU Compliance
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is set to incorporate new power management notifications to comply with recent EU regulations regarding energy consumption. As part of this initiative, the GNOME Control Center will issue a warning whenever users turn off the automatic suspend feature. The notification reads: "Disabling automatic suspend will result in higher power consumption. It is…
