Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of March, 2026.
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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.
When models can audit firmware and legacy binaries at scale, hiding vulnerabilities stops working. Open, patchable code becomes a core security requirement.
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.
The cloud czars gorged on free software, starved the projects that sustain it, and are shocked the open source commons is starting to break.
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ODF was built in the open, under public standards bodies, to be fully implementable by anyone. OOXML’s “standard” status hides a legacy format that only Microsoft can truly unlock.
AnduinOS 1.4.2 pairs Ubuntu's already easy-to-use foundation with a heavily customized GNOME desktop and Flatpak apps to ease the transition from Windows to Linux.
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.