Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of May, 2025.
Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business by Christine Hall: The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy, and offers some ways that you can protect yourself.
UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite CryptPad a Try: by Larry Cafiero: The open-source project recently picked up some unexpected recognition from the United Nations, when the organization chose to use CryptPad to collect endorsements for its Open Source Principles. Here’s what you need to know about the open-source project that’s on the rise.
Red Hat Has Unofficially Released RHEL 10 by Christine Hall: By all indications, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — that would be RHEL 10 to most of us — was evidently overnight quietly rolled out to paying customers.
‘End of 10’ to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux by Christine Hall: It’s almost like the good ol’ days of install fests and the like! ‘End of 10’ is an organization that’s making it easy for Windows 10 users with computers that can’t upgrade to Windows 11, to install Linux instead of sending good hardware to the landfill.
Is Free/Open Source Software Sustainable? by Jos Poortvliet: The co-founder of the open-source company Nextcloud reminds us that the free software philosophy that’s the foundation of open source is much more than a software development model.
Neptune OS — A German Distro With a Multimedia Focus by Larry Cafiero: Neptune OS is a Germany-based Linux distribution based on Debian’s Stable branch. It’s designed for use by those who want a pleasant, stable desktop experience, as well as those who are looking for strong multimedia capabilities.
SUSE Is Giving YaST the Dodo Bird Treatment by Christine Hall: An important piece of Linux history is set to go the way of the passenger pigeon or dodo bird later this year. A quarter-century ago when SUSE was the cream of the crop, most Linux distros were envious of the YaST configuration tool.
A Personal Homecoming to BunsenLabs Boron by Larry Cafiero: This week’s episode of Distro Fever finds our hero revisiting BunsenLabs, where he discovers that this blast from his past is more than good enough for his present.
FreeBSD Wants to Know a Few Things by Christine Hall: FreeBSD evidently found last year’s Community Survey so useful that they’re turning it into an annual event. What this means is that it’s survey time at FreeBSD.
Think Nobody’s Successfully Monetized Generative AI? Think Again by Christine Hall: While plenty are scoffing at the billions big tech is burning on generative AI, there’s growing evidence that a pot of gold really does wait at the end of this rainbow.
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