AI crawlers are causing serious problems for open source projects, an example of disclosure by vagueposting, Zorin does something good and something bad, LibreOffice downloads are doing well, Thunderbird is planning new services, a quick KDE Korner, and more.

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Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

Wikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burden

It might be a good time to temporarily uninstall atop

Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after all

Dash to Panel lives on, thanks to Zorin sponsorship

Zorin OS 17.3 takes Brave step of changing default browser

Stop using Brave Browser

Look Mum No Computer on Steam

LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs 

Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail

Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services

KDE Korner

Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager

Akademy 2025

1Password Extended Access Management

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