“Oopsies!” FreeBSD Devs Say There’s Still GPL in the Kernel
FreeBSD thought it had scrubbed all GPL code, but a few kernel leftovers remained.
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FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System
The removal of GPL code from FreeBSD 16’s base system isn’t just housekeeping — it reflects a BSD vision of “software freedom” that differs from FSF, Gnu, and Linux.
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The Quiet Clause That May Save Linux From Age‑Verification Laws
As Colorado and California move age verification to the OS layer, exemptions for open source determine whether Linux desktops stay free of mandatory age‑gating.
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Greg Kroah-Hartman Stretches Support Periods for Key Linux LTS Kernels
Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has extended the support lifetimes of several long-term kernels, after consultations with major users and fellow maintainers.
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Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena’s Got You Covered
Paris‑based Murena and Germany’s Volla are teaming up on a tablet for people who want Android hardware without Google’s software.
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Your Encryption May Not Survive Quantum — But Rocky Linux from CIQ’s Might
CIQ brings NIST‑approved post‑quantum crypto into Rocky Linux, turning quantum risk into a practical planning issue for sysadmins and regulated Linux shops.
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Your Encryption May Not Survive Quantum — But Rocky Linux from CIQ’s Might
CIQ brings NIST‑approved post‑quantum crypto into Rocky Linux, turning quantum risk into a practical planning issue for sysadmins and regulated Linux shops.
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‘End of 10’ to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux
It’s almost like the good ol’ days of install fests and the like! ‘End of 10’ is an organization that’s making it easy for Windows 10 users with computers that can’t upgrade to Windows 11, to install Linux instead of sending good hardware to the landfi…
Read MoreRed Hat Has Unofficially Released RHEL 10
By all indications, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — that would be RHEL 10 to most of us — was evidently overnight quietly rolled out to paying customers.
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FreeBSD Wants to Know a Few Things
FreeBSD evidently found last year’s Community Survey so useful that they’re turning it into an annual event.
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GhostBSD Has Scheduled an Online Conference Focused on Desktop BSD
Desktop use of BSD operating systems will take center stage on March 29, with the launch of GhostBSDCon 2025.
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Red Hat In-Vehicle Linux Gets Closer to Go With New Certification
The company says that the new functional safety certification for Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System is a key step in its push towards ISO 26262 ASIL-B certification of the entire platform.
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Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Puts Over $750K Into FreeBSD Infrastructure Projects
The FreeBSD Foundation will organize and manage the projects that STF is funding, which mainly focuses on security.
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What Microsoft’s Borking of Grub Says About Redmond’s ‘Love’ of Linux
Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it’s still a moneymaker and desktop Linux is still the competition.
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Linux Continues to Grow: 4.45% Desktop Market Share in July 2024
Great news! Linux has reached a new milestone in desktop market share. As of July 2024, Linux has achieved a 4.45% market share for desktop operating systems worldwide.
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The Unintended Consequences Linux’s Wayland Adoption Will Have on BSD
Does Wayland becoming the defacto standard display server for Linux serve to marginalize BSD?
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Still On CentOS 6? ELevate Can Now Lift and Shift You to a Modern RHEL Clone
If you’re still running CentOS 6, you know for a fact that you need to get to another operating system pronto. The folks CloudLinux/AlmaLinux know this, and have made changes to their open-source lift-and-shift tool, ELevate, so that you can now easily…
Read MoreWowie Zowie! Desktop Linux Use Worldwide Goes Above 4% Says Statcounter
An article in which we ponder desktop Linux’s rising usage numbers, and debate ChromeOS’s status as a Linux operating system.
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Laptop Power Management Issues Still Bug Linux
Sometimes Linux drains battery life for no good reason, which shouldn’t be confused with “The Linux way.”
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13 Best Operating Systems for the Internet of Things
In this guide, we will take a look at a list of top operating systems you can use for your Internet of Things projects.
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