After a rough 2025, Jack Wallen maps out five practical resolutions for 2026, from covering BSD more seriously to actually speaking up when people complain about Windows.
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As the old year is replaced by the new, here’s Jack Wallen’s wish list for Linux and open source in 2026 -- from the desktop to the developers who keep it alive.
In a world obsessed with quick wins and viral apps, deep tech startups are betting on substance over sizzle. Here’s how they might change the game for good.
Trump has created an opportunity for EU nations to attract the best and the brightest from the US. Our man in Europe gives that notion a thumbs up, while offering some advice for Americans who might be thinking the time might be right to get out of DOGE Dodge.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem isn't with AI, but with how we're designing it, and perhaps more importantly, how we're using it.
Our European correspondent takes a gander at Eurostack's "European alternative for digital sovereignty" and finds it surprisingly filled with ideas and solutions that seem to come straight out of the United States.
To get Nixon, "Deep Throat" advised Woodward and Bernstein to "follow the money." To "get" this article, written by the latest addition to the FOSS Force team, we suggest that you follow the links. You'll be glad you did.
Here are some resolutions that Google might consider making for 2025. The problem addressed in the fifth point particularly irks us when we're doing research here at FOSS Force.
Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it's still a moneymaker and desktop Linux is still the competition.
On BSD, Desktops, and New Year’s Resolutions…
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A New Year's Eve resolution about BSD from one FOSS Force writer inspires a BSD‑flavored response from another.