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How Nginx Went From Being the Little Engine That Could to Become the Fork of the Day

On Valentine's day a developer for the popular open-source web server platform Nginx announced a fork of the project to create FreeNginx. Here's what you need to know about the fork, and what it means to the future of Nginx.

Did You Know That DreamWorks MoonRay Renderer Is Open Source? It Is, and It Just Got Upgraded!

DreamWorks first released its rendering platform as open-source under the name OpenMoonRay in March, 2023. Earlier this week the software received its first upgrade. These…

Doordash Does a Thing for Safety and Wants Credit for Doing What Should Be Expected

DoorDash thinks we're supposed to be impressed that it's working to keep its drivers safe. We ask, isn't that just what they should be expected to do? We have a suggestion about something they should do if they really want to impress us with their efforts.

Nextcloud Unveils Hub 6: More than a FOSS Replacement for Microsoft 365 Business Standard

New features in Nextcloud Hub 6 include optional AI features, with Nextcloud’s Ethical AI ratings which provide information on the privacy and data sovereignty implications of the various options.

FOSS Week In Review: ZFS’s Ubuntu Return, the Nigerian Prince Goes AI, Stolen Passwords, Torvalds Does Hutton, and More

In this week's roundup we look at ZFS's return to Ubuntu as an install option (and why it was removed in the first place), how the Nigerian Prince is adopting AI for phishing, Linux Torvalds fabulous impersonation of E.F. Hutton, and more.

FOSS Week in Review: LibreOffice Fixes Bugs, KDE Release Plans, Automakers ‘F’ on Privacy, and more…

In this week's roundup, we look at the winding down of LibreOffice's 7.5 series, how KDE's getting it together for Plasma's upcoming 6.0 release, Mozilla's look at privacy issues and modern automobiles, and more.

FOSS Week in Review: Kali Cleans House, Kalendar Becomes Merkuro, Brave’s Unfree Assistant, & More…

The cryptocurrency funded Brave Browser has a new proprietary AI assistant; new versions of Kali, KDE Gear, and LibreOffice; with changes on the way in The Document Foundation's versioning scheme.

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