As Colorado and California move age verification to the OS layer, exemptions for open source determine whether Linux desktops stay free of mandatory age‑gating.
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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
With Richard Stallman back on the road and FSF backing 46 community-focused LibreLocal meetups worldwide, the free software movement looks anything but finished.
Enterprise customers keep Gemini CLI, but open source users are nudged toward a proprietary “upgrade” called Antigravity CLI
Calling Bambu Lab a ‘strident long‑time AGPL violator,’ the nonprofit is organizing reverse‑engineering volunteers and an Orca Slicer fork in a right-to-repair move for 3D printer owners.
From Copy Fail to Dirty Frag to Fragnesia and ssh-keysign‑pwn: AI‑driven bug hunters are turning the Linux kernel into a shooting gallery.
Two kernel zero‑day fixes, two quick Tails releases, and one Tor‑backed project determined to keep its privacy‑minded users safe — this is open source security hygiene in action.
Use-after-free bug in Exim’s GnuTLS BDAT handling lets remote attackers corrupt memory, with no workaround other than upgrading to version 4.99.3.
A trusted Debian dev turns scary new kernel bugs into a temporary one‑click fix until distros ship permanent patches.
The PHP Group retires its quirky, and partly non‑GPL‑compatible licenses in favor of the widely used BSD 3‑Clause.
Out with the old; in with the new. Gerald Pfeifer’s nearly seven‑year run as chair ends with SUSE veteran Jeff Mahoney moving into the role.