PeppermintOS has released a new systemd-free build based on Devuan 6 "Excalibur," giving users another choice alongside the project's regular Debian 13-based images. This new version is designed for users who like the lightweight and practical PeppermintOS desktop experience but prefer to avoid systemd. In other words, it offers the familiar PeppermintOS environment while staying aligned with the Devuan ecosystem, which is well known for supporting alternative init systems.

Microcontroller development has traditionally been quite different from modern application development. In many embedded projects, the operating system, firmware, drivers, and application logic are tightly bundled together. If the app needs to change, the firmware often needs to be rebuilt, reflashed, and redeployed.

For anyone who spent enough time online in the early 2010s, Vine probably still holds a special place in internet memory. It was simple, chaotic, creative, and often hilarious, all within a strict six-second looping video format. Long before TikTok became the dominant name in short-form video, Vine had already shown how powerful a tiny video clip could be when placed in the hands of creative users.

A well-known engineer behind projects like React and Midjourney has introduced a new open-source library called Pretext, and it's already getting serious attention in the web development world. The idea behind it is surprisingly simple, but the impact could be huge: rethink how text is measured and displayed on the web.

A lot of the software people use every day rests on open-source code maintained by small teams, and sometimes by just one or two people doing the work in their spare time. These maintainers are expected to review pull requests, sort through bug reports, keep releases moving, update documentation, and respond to security issues, often without the kind of resources that commercial software teams take for granted.