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Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 11 questions. Good luck!
Besides Free Software, Europe needs Open Silicon Now!
What good is having software freedom if the hardware makers are holding you hostage? Marco Fioretti explains… with solutions.
An Everyday User’s Guide to Ubuntu’s New 25.04 Plucky Puffin Release
Although Ubuntu’s latest and greatest has no shortage of features aimed at developers, for this article we’re concentrating on what it offers the average user.
CVE Foundation Emerges From Stealth to Rescue CVE Program
The rapid defunding and refunding of the CVE Project is just another sign of the destabilization our government is currently experiencing.
ArcoLinux Sails Into the Sunset
Another small but well-maintained distro with a dedicated following reaches the end of the trail.
Oracle Brings Its Version of Leapp In-Place Upgrade Tool to OpenELA
Initially developed for Oracle Linux, this version brings many useful enhancements to this open-source framework for in-place migrations.
Survey Says More Organizations Are Using Dead CentOS 7 Than RHEL
Red Hat might be the company making money off of Enterprise Linux, but the now discontinued Linux distribution CentOS Linux has many times more installs.
Tails OS Completely Skips 6.14 and Goes Straight to 6.14.1
Tails will take you through a den of identity thieves, who will never learn your name. It’s sorta the opposite of Cheers.
Wanna Help AlmaLinux Get Ready for V10 by Testing ELevate?
With RHEL 10 likely to be released within the next 60 days or so, users of AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and other Red Hat clones are on notice to prepare to upgrade.
EU OS: the Hatchling Distro that Wants to Unify the EU’s Public Sector
So far, it’s just a proof-of-concept, but it wants to grow up to be a layered — or modular — Linux distro that can become the workhorse of the European Union.
What’s Your Chatbot’s Carbon Footprint?
You maybe haven’t thought about it, but every time you ask your favorite generative AI platform a question, you’re pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
What If the US Cut Internet Access to Europe?
Our man in Italy gazes into his crystal ball and sees that the internet without the US would be like… well, it would be exactly like the internet without the US.
Is Open Source Initiative Staring Into the Face of Irrelevancy?
To the extent that Open Source Initiative is known, today it is perhaps best known for controversy rather than for its guardianship of open source.
Vivaldi Adds Built-In Proton VPN to Its Browser
Vivaldi, the proprietary Norwegian browser that’s largely built on open-source code, further distinguishes itself from other Chrome-based browsers by adding a baked-in on-demand Proton VPN implementation.
FSF’s Memorabilia Auction Successful: GNU Head Drawing Brings $40K Bid
The auction was part of the Free Software Foundation’s way of celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Coming up in May will be LibreLocal community meetups around the globe, and later perhaps, another memorabilia auction.
FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – March 28, 2025
Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 11 questions. Good luck!
Zoë Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation (Part 2)
In this second of our two part interview, Kooyman talks about moves the foundation has made to remain resilient and relevant in an ever changing world where nothing is certain.
OSI’s Questionable Election Returns Questionable Results
Garbage in, garbage out. Open Source Initiative is starting to look like an organization that’s turning its back on its founding principles.
Mirantis Is Giving Two Kubernetes Projects to CNCF
Less than a week after IBM announced that it was donating three open source AI tools to the Linux Foundation, FOSS Force learns that Kubernetes-focused Mirantis is is the process of donating a couple of project to CNCF.
It’s CoreOS Test Week for Fedora 42 and Fedora Users are Needed
The release of Fedora 42 is only a month or so away, so the folks who engineer the project are calling for the user community to help, in a Test Week that starts on Monday.