Samba -- once considered essential for desktop Linux users and which is still an essential part of enterprise operations -- is getting a big security makeover.
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Another fork of Redis has arrived, and this one might end up making the Redis suits wish they had never even considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of The Linux Foundation, big tech, and many of the project's long-time contributors.
Redis is only the last in a line of companies that have lately dropped open-source licenses in favor of proprietary open-source lookalike licenses. In this case, a fork has already happened that just might end up being real competition for Redis.
On Valentine's day a developer for the popular open-source web server platform Nginx announced a fork of the project to create FreeNginx. Here's what you need to know about the fork, and what it means to the future of Nginx.

FOSS Week in Review: LibreOffice Fixes Bugs, KDE Release Plans, Automakers ‘F’ on Privacy, and more…
In this week's roundup, we look at the winding down of LibreOffice's 7.5 series, how KDE's getting it together for Plasma's upcoming 6.0 release, Mozilla's look at privacy issues and modern automobiles, and more.
Here's a dozen reasons, in the form of a dozen items that are on this year's schedule, to go to this year's SCALE, which starts Thursday in Pasadena, California.
With the generation that founded the free software and FOSS movements rapidly aging, the push is on by FOSSDA to collect open sources oral history, straight from the mouths that made it.
Our coverage of Linux desktop environments will include everything from "explainer" articles for those new to Linux, as well as articles for more experienced users. We'll also be conducting a two-part poll to determine which desktop environment our users prefer.
Who's going to get bragging rights this year? The last two times we did this, Arch was the winner -- and the first time we did it, Ubuntu took home the prize. Call out the troops and get bragging rights by making your favorite our "Best Linux Distro."
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