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In this low‑pressure Monday meetup, Otto Kekäläinen helps aspiring Debian devs untangle packaging puzzles, absorb the culture, and turn curiosity into accepted contributions. The post ‘Mentoring Mondays’ Is Otto Kekäläinen’s Way to Support New Debian Devs appeared first on FOSS Force.
We take Fedora’s newest weekly‑distro pick for a spin to see how it handles real‑world browsing, office work, media… with a bit of gaming on the side. The post Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, and Better Gaming (With Screenshots) appeared first on FOSS Force.
Jon Seager’s roadmap brings agentic AI to Ubuntu through inference snaps and background enhancements, while vowing not to hard‑wire AI into the OS or shove it at unwilling users. The post From Copilot to Canonical: How Ubuntu Plans to Add AI Without Taking Over Your PC appeared first on FOSS Force.
After Kubernetes, Heptio, and VMware, the Kubernetes co‑creators are betting that securing AI workflows and agents is the next big infrastructure problem — but they’re doing it with a VMware‑inspired hybrid open source play. The post Beda and McLuckie Reunited and Securing AI at Stacklok appeared first on FOSS Force.
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended. The post FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending April 24, 2026 appeared first on FOSS Force.
The Fedora crew has bumped the launch more than once, yet the global, come‑as‑you‑are virtual release party is going ahead right on schedule. The post Fedora 44 Tips Its Hat With a Virtual Release Party appeared first on FOSS Force.
Our weekly distro hopper took a look at the just released Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon,’ and finds that this latest from Canonical moves forward cautiously but resolutely. The post Ubuntu 26.04 Released! The Raccoon Is Out of the Bag (With Screenshots) appeared first on FOSS Force.
Newsflash gives RSS fans an easy way to discover feeds, organize them by category, and keep every device in sync. The post Curate Your Own Newsfeed with Newsflash appeared first on FOSS Force.
A fork created amid claims of censorship and anti‑DEI posturing is now in the news for the same reason: not how it renders pixels, but how it treats people. The post When Your Xorg Fork Is More About DEI Than Display Servers appeared first on FOSS Force.
Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended. The post FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending April 17, 2026 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move from open source to locked-down code — and tosses a crippled ‘community’ edition to keep its cred. The post AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree appeared first on FOSS Force.
With Ubuntu LTS under the hood and JWM on top, FunOS keeps things light, snap‑free, and ready for you to assemble your own workspace. The post FunOS: Ubuntu LTS with JWM and No Snaps appeared first on FOSS Force.
O’Brien’s first job at OSI won’t be polishing the logo; it’ll be navigating a community still concerned over the group’s Open Source AI Definition and last year’s messy board election. The post Duane O’Brien Takes OSI’s Hot Seat appeared first on FOSS Force.
This minimalist GTK app puts GPG‑powered file encryption behind a drag‑and‑drop interface that even a Linux newbie can use on the first try. The post Encrypt Files on Linux with Hideout and Skip the Terminal appeared first on FOSS Force.
Once a fixture on the lecture circuit, GNU's creator -- and the father of Free Software -- is slowly re‑emerging in the US, updating his message for the 2020s. The post Three Months After Georgia Tech, Stallman Heads to UT Austin appeared first on FOSS Force.
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