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Posts published by “Christine Hall”

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

How AlmaLinux Came to Be Fixing Bugs Ahead of a Content Creation-Focused Open-Source Event

We can file this as a plug if we wish, Christine said. "I'm basically writing it because… well, you can color me impressed by an Enterprise Linux distribution that listens to its users and is quick to action. That's a little old fashioned for the digital age, isn't it?" We're filing it as an interesting trip down the rabbit hole that's Christine's mind.

More Data Centers Are Lowering Their Environmental Impact as a Side Effect of Liquid Cooling

According to Dell'Oro's report, CoolIT Systems, Boyd, and Motivair were the top three earners in the Data Center Liquid Cooling arena in 2023.

Is the European Commission Dropping Support for Important Open-Source Funding?

Maybe it's just an oversight, but the European Commission's draft of projects for next year fails to mention the NGI Zero Commons Fund, an important source of funding for FOSS projects.

How SUSE Is Replacing Red Hat as the Linux and Open Source Enterprise Standard-Bearer

It's become clear to many that Red Hat's recent missteps with CentOS and the availability of RHEL source code indicate that it's fallen from its respected place as "the open organization." SUSE seems to be poised to benefit from Red Hat's errors. We connect the dots.

Poof! Shaman Holly Million, Gnome’s Executive Director Disappears on July 31

Professional shaman Holly Million, who became Gnome's executive director in October, has evidently participated in a banishing ritual and will disappear from Gnome at the end of this month.

Poker & DEF CON: Bet Your Rights at EFF’s Benefit Poker Tournament on August 9 in Vegas

Cory Doctorow will be playing emcee, and writer and security expert Tarah Wheeler will be offering last minute down-and-dirty tips on how to play the game. Have fun; maybe win a little money; maybe lose some. It's for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a good cause that benefits us all.

Free Software Pioneer and Activist John Gilmore Is Among Three New Board Members at FSF

The Free Software Foundation might be getting itself back on track as the radical watchdog for copyleft and free software with the appointment of free software activist and pioneer John Gilmore to its board of directors.

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