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Bluesky Introduces New Features to Keep Its Skies Calm… and Blue

Rather than handing more censorship powers to moderators, Bluesky devs are looking to make design changes to encourage its users to be civil.
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Happy 33rd Birthday, Linux!

Today is Linux’s 33rd birthday so join me in wishing Linux many more awesome years to come and to celebrate its amazing journey.
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Free Software Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Its Boston Headquarters on Friday

On August 30, 2024 the Free Software Foundation will close its office for the last time as the organization goes all remote.
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For Good Reason, Apache Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Feather Logo

The Apache Software Foundation is making changes in an attempt to right a wrong it unintentionally created when it adopted its name 25-years ago.
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Is the European Commission Dropping Support for Important Open-Source Funding?

Maybe it’s just an oversight, but the European Commission’s draft of projects for next year fails to mention the NGI Zero Commons Fund, an important source of funding for FOSS projects.
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OMG! SUSE Wants to Take the ‘SUSE’ Out of openSUSE?

Would openSUSE by any other name still have Tumbleweed and Leap? We’ve looked at the openSUSE name-change controversy and have decided there’s nothing to see here — move on.
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Free Software Pioneer and Activist John Gilmore Is Among Three New Board Members at FSF

The Free Software Foundation might be getting itself back on track as the radical watchdog for copyleft and free software with the appointment of free software activist and pioneer John Gilmore to its board of directors.
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Ubuntu Summit 2024 Location & Date Announced

Fancy rubbing shoulders with the great and the good in the Ubuntu community, learning new things, seeing cool demos, and perhaps getting a bit merry with your fellow geeks? If so, make a date to attend the Ubuntu Summit, which this year is being held i…

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In a Feel Good Moment, Linux 6.10 Makes One Last Change to ReiserFS

In a move towards self-improvement, the creator of ReiserFS and a current resident at California’s Soledad prison, asked for a change to be made in the software’s README file before support for the software is removed from Linux next year. A Linux kern…

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In a Feel Good Moment, Linux 6.10 Makes One Last Change to ReiserFS

In a move towards self-improvement, the creator of ReiserFS and a current resident at California’s Soledad prison, asked for a change to be made in the software’s README file before support for the software is removed from Linux next year. A Linux kern…

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Flock to Fedora 2024 Moves to Rochester Instead of Mexico City as Originally Announced

This years Fedora Flock event was slated to take place in Mexico City. Then organizers hit a roadblock that made it a bridge too far.
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Pebble’s Last Day — The Short Life of a Truly Social Site

We’re inclined to subtitle this “A Camera’s Eye View of the Death of a Social Platform.”
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Three Seats Up for Grabs as AlmaLinux Foundation Expands Board by Two

Foundation members will be voting to elect a total of three board members. One will be to fill a seat that was vacated when its holder stepped down. The others are completely new seats.
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GNU’s Having a 40th Birthday Party and You’re Invited!

Lordy! Lordy! Lordy! Gnu’s turning 40! The Free Software Foundation is pulling out all of the stops for a birthday celebration hack day on October…
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Debian Is 30 and Sgt Pepper Is at Least Ninetysomething

In the age of computers, 30 is a ripe old age. Happy birthday, Debian.
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Ubuntu Summit 2023 Date & Location Revealed

Join me in hearing an imaginary drum roll as I reveal the date and location of the next Ubuntu Summit. This year, Riga in Latvia will host Ubuntu’s in-person soirée, from November 3rd to November 5th at the The Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel. Interes…

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A Fedora Test Week Starts Sunday. Want to Help? Here’s How

Fedora is looking for a few good testers.
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Ubuntu Wants You to Test its Steam Snap

Remember when Ubuntu said it was getting serious about gaming? Well, it hasn’t forgotten entirely — it’s once again asking gamers to take part in a fresh bout of testing for its Steam snap. Steam is available on Ubuntu through traditional p…

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OSI Email Mistake Could Affect Election Results

A seemingly unintentional factual error in a get-out-the-vote email sent by Open Source Initiative to its members could result in some members waiting until after the polls close to vote in the organizations current board of directors election.
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It’s Board Election Time at Open Source Initiative Again

If this is March, it must be election time at OSI. This year, two individual seats and one affiliate seat are in the running.
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