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Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Spends More Than $700K to Fund Samba Security Upgrades

Samba -- once considered essential for desktop Linux users and which is still an essential part of enterprise operations -- is getting a big security makeover.

Revolt of the Redis Maintainers: New Redis Clone, Valkey, Has Linux Foundation Support

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 Goes From Open-Source to Fauxpen and the Forks Have Already Started

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.

How Nginx Went From Being the Little Engine That Could to Become the Fork of the Day

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.

February Will Be ‘Linux Desktop Environment’ Month on FOSS Force

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.