Once a fixture on the lecture circuit, GNU's creator -- and the father of Free Software -- is slowly re‑emerging in the US, updating his message for the 2020s.
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Christine Hall has been a journalist since 1971. In 2001, she began writing a weekly consumer computer column and started covering Linux and FOSS in 2002 after making the switch to GNU/Linux. Follow her on Twitter: @BrideOfLinux
It took a minute -- actually a long minute -- but Electronic Frontier Foundation has finally shut the door on the platform formerly known as Twitter, without even a "goodbye."
A big infrastructure grant from Anthropic, and an investment from the Linux Foundation's Alpha-Omega, quietly become seed money for Apache’s new “responsible AI” push.
Anthropic just dropped $1.5 million on the Apache Software Foundation. Is it paying back the open source world -- or buying goodwill?
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Gentoo has a Hurd port you can boot today, plus a straight-faced promise to ditch Linux by year’s end. We’re guessing only one of those things is real.
After 12 years leading Ubuntu MATE, its founder says it’s time to hand the reins to new maintainers.
LibreOffice’s documentation team has updated the Calc guide for 26.2, with clearer explanations, polished examples, and step‑by‑step help for everyday spreadsheet tasks.
Our Independence Drive is at 17% of its total goal. A final $34 this month will fully fund our mini-goal for March's coverage of Linux and open source.
Cohn, who helped lead a landmark crypto case and shape EFF’s agenda for decades, will hand leadership of the group to Nicole Ozer this summer.