This look at the open source Brave Browser is the first of five articles that FOSS Force will be running in January that will look at five web browsers that are alternatives to the dominate browsers, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. Next week we'll be taking an in-depth dive into Vivaldi.
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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
System76 adds the availability of Intel's and AMD's latest while it's in the middle of a Halloween sale, sweetening the pot for those in the market for a high quality Linux computer.
Although Ubuntu 22.10, "Kinetic Kudu," is an interim release that will only be supported for nine months, it includes enough new features to perhaps cause some to drop the LTS they're using long enough to at least give it a try.
Linux-focused computer maker System76 today announced updated options for its top tier Oryx Pro laptop that comes with Pop!_OS preinstalled.
With this election, AlmaLinux becomes the only major CentOS Linux replacement distribution to be solely owned and operated by its community of developers and users.
Despite largely being taken over to profit big tech companies, open source continues to be a positive influence in areas that matter.
In case you haven't noticed, FOSS Force now has an events calendar, and we want it to be the most complete open source events calendar you'll find anywhere! Here's how you can help.
The last year or so was already a wild ride for the open source instruction set architecture RISC-V, then Intel stepped in, took a top tier membership, a seat on the board, pledged to spend a billion dollars on the architecture, and began partnering with key RISC-V vendors.
Until now the AlmaLinux OS Foundation has been operating with a board of directors that was fully appointed. That's getting ready to change with an election that's getting ready to happen.
Monday Morning: How a Command Prompt and Edlin Made Me a Computer Enthusiast
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In which our heroine learns to park the heads on a Kaypro "portable," experiences word processing on a dumb terminal, and figures out how to keep her IBM XT from being rude to her.