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RESF and B Corp: Open-Source Projects Get a New Home

What is the best home for an open-source project? The answer is changing. If you are running an open-source project, or your business relies on a key project being run correctly, a B Corp. might be a good home.

Heather Meeker

Flathub, the Linux desktop app store, is growing up

Mar 7, 2023

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Flathub, the Linux desktop app store, is growing up

Maybe, just maybe, Flathub will become the universal Linux desktop app store.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Immudb: Keep your Hands off my Database!

Mar 6, 2023

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4 min read

Immudb: Keep your Hands off my Database!

The immudb database has always been designed to be tamper-proof. Now with its new data connectors, it can keep data in other databases safe.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Deutsche Telekom offers Nextcloud Office to its cloud customers

Mar 1, 2023

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4 min read

Deutsche Telekom offers Nextcloud Office to its cloud customers

MagentaCLOUD users will now be able to use Nextcloud Office.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Dell and partners smash patent troll WSOU in court

Feb 28, 2023

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5 min read

Dell and partners smash patent troll WSOU in court

In a surprising turn of events, pro-patent Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright tossed out WSOU's case.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Feb 24, 2023

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5 min read

StarlingX 8: The cloud for edge computing gets a major upgrade

Edge computing is overtaking the traditional cloud in importance, and leading the way is the OpenInfra Foundation's StarlingX.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

FOSSDA: Preserving the history of open-source and free software

Feb 23, 2023

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5 min read

FOSSDA: Preserving the history of open-source and free software

Writing the first draft of open-source and free software's history.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Canonical announces the general availability of Real-Time Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS

Feb 14, 2023

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Canonical announces the general availability of Real-Time Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS

If you need Ubuntu Linux's familiarity and real-time operating system speed for your IoT devices, Canonical has a new release just for you: Ubuntu Core 22.04

Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Feb 9, 2023

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4 min read

Top Linux and open-source leaders join the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation board.

Rocky Linux's governing board, the RESF, includes former Google director of engineering for open source, Chris DiBona, and Linux stable kernel maintainer, Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Steven Vaughan-Nichols