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After recently patching a security bug that Red Hat decided not to patch, the RHEL clone AlamaLinux has now returned support for many devices that are no longer supported by RHEL in beta releases...

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The Gentoo Linux distribution is in the process of shuttering its Gentoo Foundation now that it's become a Software in the Public Interest project, which gives it tax exempt status and much, much...

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Nextcloud has gone all-in on its generative AI Assistant. Version 2.0 has increased capabilities while giving users more fine grained control. The post Nextcloud Ups AI ‘Assistant’ to 2.0 a...

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AlmaLinux can now develop and apply security patches and bug fixes ahead of RHEL, because it no longer seeks to be a line-by-line exact copy of Red Hat's operating system. The post In a First, ...

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Himelstein will not be replaced by another CTO. RISC-V International is currently looking for a VP of technology, which will be their highest ranking technology officer going forward. The post ...

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Another fork of Redis has arrived, and this one might end up making the Redis suits wish they had never even considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of The Linux Foundation, big tec...

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Redis is only the last in a line of companies that have lately dropped open-source licenses in favor of proprietary open-source lookalike licenses. In this case, a fork has already happened that ...

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A few weeks ago the Kubernetes-helper SaaS platform Acorn Runtime was happily in beta, and was set to go GA in the near future. Now, the platform is in mothballs and Acorn Labs is betting its fut...

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Are you a Fedora user or contributor? Would you like to give a talk at this year's Flock to Fedora which will happen in early August in Rochester, New York? Submissions are being accepted between...

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Time to put on your birthday hat and sing Happy Birthday. Today the AlmaLinux OS Foundation turns three! The post Happy Third Birthday to the AlmaLinux OS Foundation! appeared first on FOSS Fo...

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