FOSS

Free and open-source software (FOSS) is freely available under its license for anyone to use, copy or change it – as opposed to proprietary software where the users' freedoms are restricted by the copyright holder – and the source code is available for perusal and contributions

Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act?

Opinion The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and for open source this is a well meaning cluster fudge

Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 80

Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer

A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland

OSes29 Sep 2023 | 44

UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities

Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way

Virtualization29 Sep 2023 | 18

Long-term support for Linux kernels is about to get a lot shorter

Open Source Summit Despite the OS's success, maintainers are short-staffed and under-appreciated

OSes26 Sep 2023 | 47

GNU turns 40: Stallman's baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there's cake

It turned the software industry upside down regardless

Applications20 Sep 2023 | 85

Linux 6.6's in-kernel SMB networking server graduates

Samsung's KSMBD server hitting primetime has several significant implications

OSes11 Sep 2023 | 18

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Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro

Feature Distinguish tech pros from tech poseurs with this one weird trick

Networks23 Aug 2023 | 178

Not call: Open source gurus urge you to dump Zoom

In footsteps of GiveUpGitHub, campaign follows AI ToS fiasco

Software15 Aug 2023 | 70

Debian 12.1 released with bug fixes aplenty and excitement still in short supply

The next version, 'Trixie', is starting to take shape and boasts an additional official CPU architecture

OSes25 Jul 2023 | 10

Three signs that Wayland is becoming the favored way to get a GUI on Linux

May be about to join systemd as the new tech for graybeards to scorn... but adopt anyway

OSes13 Jul 2023 | 120

Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge

Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds

OSes28 Jun 2023 | 221

The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver

Friday FOSS Fest OK, here's my question: Would you like to have it on x86 Linux?

Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 42

OpenMandriva Rome version 23.03 is out now

Fresh installation image for the rolling-release edition of OpenMandriva

OSes31 Mar 2023 | 12

Russian developers blocked from contributing to FOSS tools

Opinion The war in Ukraine is bad and wrong… but does blocking these contributions help Ukraine?

OSes21 Mar 2023 | 166

Reg FOSS desk test drive: First beta of Fedora 38 drops

Spoiler: It's looking much better than 37 did at this stage

OSes17 Mar 2023 | 28

Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here

FOSS Fest Add-on package manager for macOS (and Linux if you need it)

Software27 Feb 2023 | 12

OnlyOffice treated to an update – and fresh plugins

If the Ribbon is your sort of thing, penguin-flavored options include this and WPS Office

Applications21 Feb 2023 | 12

How this database legal war could be decided by the name given to this license

Neo4j v PureThink rumbles on

Devops12 Feb 2023 | 4

Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet

FOSDEM Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention

Applications09 Feb 2023 | 8

Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements

Maker of voice changing software says it has removed GPLv3 code "to alleviate any doubt"

Devops08 Feb 2023 | 11

FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make software more secure

Opinion Don't throw the open source baby out with the bathwater

OSes30 Jan 2023 | 102

New software sells new hardware – but a threat to that symbiosis is coming

Comment Complex software packages need ever gruntier specs... and Koomey’s Law awaits

OSes11 Jan 2023 | 33

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