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Basil Cousins, the co-founder and director of OpenForum Europe has died after a long illness.
It’s Board Election Time at Open Source Initiative Again
If this is March, it must be election time at OSI. This year, two individual seats and one affiliate seat are in the running.
12 Reasons to Attend This Year’s Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 20x)
Here’s a dozen reasons, in the form of a dozen items that are on this year’s schedule, to go to this year’s SCALE, which starts Thursday in Pasadena, California.
Nextcloud Taking On Microsoft and Google in Germany and the EU
Nextcloud announced on Wednesday that it now has a SharePoint replacement ready for production use, and that Deutsche Telekom has made Nextcloud Office available to the users of MagentaCLOUD.
3-Years After Red Hat, Is Jim Whitehurst Still the ‘Open-Source Way’ Guy?
At an online media event held in early February, Red Hat’s former CEO talked about investing, open source, open governance, and of course, Red Hat.
Apache and Mozilla Sponsor Organization to Collect FOSS Oral History
With the generation that founded the free software and FOSS movements rapidly aging, a new group called FOSSDA plans to collect open sources oral history, straight from the mouths that made it. Funding and infrastructure is already largely in place and work is already being done.
Top Four Takaways From My Appearance on Doc Searls’ ‘FLOSS Weekly’ Podcast
In January, FOSS Force’s Christine Hall was the guest on Doc Searls’ FLOSS Weekly podcast. Here’s what she learned from that appearance.
Xfce 4.18’s Improvements Include Thunar and Under the Hood Changes
When Xfce 4.18 was released in December, many of the desktop environment’s users might not have noticed many changes. That’s because most of the changes were under the hood, and its popular file manager, Thunar, went through a major overhaul.
A Beginners’ Guide for Learning Your Way Around the GNOME Desktop Environment
The Gnome desktop is an excellent choice for new users, although it offers a user experience that’s a little different than the traditional desktop experience. This guide will demystify Gnome, which is essentially an easy-to-use desktop.
KDE Plasma: Full Featured Desktop That’s Surprisingly Easy on Resources
KDE’s Plasma desktop environment, once considered something of a resource hog, has more features than ever and is Linux’s most configurable desktop, yet it’s as easy on resources as relatively lightweight desktops such as Xfce.
Quick 10 Question Linux Desktop Quiz
A fun quiz to test your knowledge of Linux DEs. It’s down-and-dirty — kind of like a pop quiz — and because we believe in privacy, nothing is going on your permanent record.
A Beginners’ Guide to Linux Desktops
There are something like 300 Linux distributions. Thankfully, the list of Linux desktop environments is much shorter, but there are still plenty.
Red Hat Beds With Oracle in New Cloud Deal
Somebody should make a movie of this story, with Red Hat as the damsel who finds her power, and Oracle cast as the volatile leading man.
OSI License Review Working Group Seeks Input on Changes
The Open Source Initiative is planning on making a few changes to how they do things. They think they’ve got it figured out, but first they want to know what you think.
Why Content Moderation on Mastodon Isn’t the Train Wreck Some on Twitter Say It Is
While content moderation on Mastodon is far from perfect, it may be miles ahead of what’s in second place.
With First Keynote Announcements, SCALE 2023 Looks Like a ‘Must Attend’ Event
On Sunday, Scale made its first keynote reveal for 2023 with Arun Gupta, former CNCF chairperson, governing board member at OpenSSF, and VP and GM for Open Ecosystem at Intel. On Monday, Scale made its second keynote announcement: Ken Thompson, the creator of Unix and Go, will be a speaker
India’s New Indigenous BharOS Is Basically DeGoogled Android
India’s new Android-based mobile operating system, BharOS, was publicly tested on Tuesday. It’s part of a project to make India less dependent on technology developed outside the country.
February Will Be ‘Linux Desktop Environment’ Month on FOSS Force
Our coverage of Linux desktop environments will include everything from “explainer” articles for those new to Linux, as well as articles for more experienced users. We’ll also be conducting a two-part poll to determine which desktop environment our users prefer.
Fedora Community Grabs the Brass Ring: Wins Our ‘Best Linux Distro’ Poll!
Red Hat’s community Fedora distribution handily wins the reboot of our annual “Best Linux Distro” poll, followed by Pop!_OS and MX Linux. Thanks to generous contributions from All Things Open and SCALE, the winning project gets conference tickets, t-shirts, and hats!
ATO’s ‘Open Source Charlotte’ to Hold Inaugural Event January 26
All Thing’s Open’s expansion into North Carolina’s largest city will begin with a free Meetup by podcast host Mike Bifulco, and will be followed in March by this year’s Open Source 101.
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