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Out with the old; in with the new. Gerald Pfeifer’s nearly seven‑year run as chair ends with SUSE veteran Jeff Mahoney moving into the role. The post openSUSE Board Sees Changing of the Chair appeared first on FOSS Force.
With Podman 6 bringing big under‑the‑hood networking and modernization changes, Fedora is calling on experienced users to put the daemonless container engine through its paces. The post Fedora Announces Podman 6.0 Test Days – May 11-15, 2026 appeared first on FOSS Force.
Here’s what people were reading the most on FOSS Force during the month of April, 2026. The post FOSS Force’s Top Ten for April appeared first on FOSS Force.
We missed April's target, so May is having to do extra duty. It's time to come to bat in our 2026 Independence Fundraiser. The post On Our Way to Independence: Oops! I Guess I Should’ve Kept Posting appeared first on FOSS Force.
Warp opens its client code at last, though its broader AI ambitions for Oz orchestration remain firmly proprietary. The post After Years of Teasing, Warp Finally Goes Open Source appeared first on FOSS Force.
Ask Jeeves rode the dot‑com bubble, reemerged as Ask.com under IAC, and now disappears into history in an era when AI summaries increasingly replace traditional search results. The post Ask.com Goes to the Great Beyond 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 May 1, 2026 appeared first on FOSS Force.
‘Copy Fail’ puts Linux users on alert as kernel patches race out and distros scramble to puh them to the update channel. The post Is It Panic Time? Linux’s Big Bad ‘Copy Fail’ Security Exploit appeared first on FOSS Force.
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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.
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