It's a debate that's been going on since Android came onto the scene: Does simple use of the Linux kernel qualify an operating system to be a bona fide Linux operating system?
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In this week's column we wish Slackware a happy 30th birthday, look forward to the soon to be landing Mageia 9, and get the bugs out of LibreOffice 7.5.5.
A large number of open-source organizations are saying that if this act is enacted into law, it will do damage to open-source, both in Europe and globally.
With Ikey Doherty again taking a central role within the Solus Project, it's a fair question to ask how long he will stay before abandoning Solus for the third time.
On Sunday Linux Mint announced the release of Linux Mint 21.2 across all three of its mainstream editions. Like other releases in the 21.x series, this release will be supported until 2027.
Gaël Duval, the founder of /e/OS, as well as founder and CEO at Murena (but you may remember him best as the founder of Mandrake Linux), explains why the EU's proposed Cyber Resilience Act as written would have a damaging effect on open-source.
After seven years, we're reviving our Friday FOSS Week in Review column. This week we're covering Istio's graduation at CNCF, Oracle's attempt to take the moral high ground against Red Hat, and Elon Musk's latest adventure.
On Thursday, the AlmaLinux Foundation made public its plans to continue to develop and maintain its RHEL clone without access to Red Hat's source code.
Warning! The percent symbol (%) is used a lot in this article, which is known to cause headaches in some readers.
As Red Hat's reputation as an example to the corporate world on how to do open-source right fades, will SUSE's new CEO, Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen, pick up the mantle?