March 24, 2026
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AI and Conferences
No badge, no problem: from whurley’s keynotes to deep‑dive engineer sessions, much of All Things AI's lineup is streaming live for anyone who wants in.
At Amsterdam's SecurityCon Europe, the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF adds new members and showcases progress on SLSA, Gemara, and AI security.
Our 2026 Independence Drive is moving, but more slowly than we’d hoped — here’s where things stand and how you can help us pick up the pace.
Want an early look at Fedora 44 CoreOS? Here’s your chance to get a sneak peek and put the next release through its paces.
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
This week, open met open. In this case, it was open source software, in the form of AlmaLinux Kitten, meeting open source hardware, in the form of the RISC-V instruction set architecture.
System76’s new Thelio Mira keeps the base specs close to Prime but leans on cooling, power headroom, and expandability to court GPU‑heavy Linux workloads.
Germany’s federal “Deutschland-Stack” puts Open Document Format at the center of its digital infrastructure plans.
A polished Arch-based distro with a stellar installer, sane defaults, and plenty of choices to keep power users happy.
