FOSS Force @FOSSForce
Keeping Tech Free! FOSS Force offers news and insight into the goings on in the free and open source software world. FOSSForce.com Joined May 2010-
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This would be an example of totally dishonest and irresponsible journalism if it weren't too vague to be called "journalism" and too clumsy to be called "good": Microsoft executives encourage employees to commit felonies... and then they get promoted. lunduke.locals.com/post/5515429/m…
The open-source tool ELevate can now easily move you from CentOS 6 to the latest version of just about any RHEL look-alike that you want: Still On CentOS 6? ELevate Can Now Lift and Shift You to a Modern RHEL Clone - FOSS Force fossforce.com/2024/04/still-…
Flanders, I don't see how you can stand living next door to that Simpson guy.
Flanders, I don't see how you can stand living next door to that Simpson guy.
Our Christine Hall says, "It wouldn't surprise me if IBM rolls HashiCorp into Red Hat so it can better integrate Terraform and Vault into its software": IBM Confirms: It's Buying HashiCorp - DevOps.com devops.com/ibm-confirms-i…
Don’t be surprised if AlmaLinux is on its way to becoming a drop-in RHEL replacement that does more than the distro it’s replacing: AlmaLinux's New Beta Releases Return Support for Devices Dropped by RHEL - FOSS Force buff.ly/3W3U24T
We suppose this means that congratulations are in order: The Futurum Group to Acquire Techstrong Media @danielnewmanUV futurumgroup.com/press-release/…
Gentoo Linux is shuttering its Gentoo Foundation now it’s become a Software in the Public Interest project, which gives it tax-exempt status and much more: Gentoo Linux Becomes a Software in the Public Interest Project Because…Bookkeeping and Taxes buff.ly/4aRfXAl
Nextcloud has gone all-in on its generative AI Assistant. Version 2.0 has increased capabilities while giving users more fine grained control: Nextcloud Ups AI 'Assistant' to 2.0 and Backports It to Nextcloud Hub 7 - FOSS Force fossforce.com/2024/04/nextcl…
Until last November’s release of AlmaLinux 9.3 you wouldn’t see AlmaLinux issuing a security patch to fix any hole that remains unpatched in RHEL: In a First, AlmaLinux Patches a Security Hole That Remains Unpatched in Upstream RHEL - FOSS Force buff.ly/3J5o9Bl
Himelstein said, “I look forward to seeing the continued success for RISC-V in the future. I will always be proud of my work at RISC-V: Mark Himelstein Steps Down as RISC-V CTO to Resume Consulting Practice buff.ly/43Qfqwf
Anatomy of a crime.
Good news for Linux Mint users: Linux Mint 22 Will Use The PipeWire Sound Server, Support JPEG-XL Images - Phoronix phoronix.com/news/Linux-Min…
Maybe the xz issue shows that processes running as root/PID 1 that have a _huge_ attack surface likely aren't great ideas and that systemd is now recognized as a huge exploit opportunity.
This might make the Redis suits wish they'd never considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of Linux Foundation, big tech, and many project contributors. Revolt of the Redis Maintainers: New Redis Clone, Valkey, Has Linux Foundation Support fossforce.com/2024/03/revolt…
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: Redis Goes From Open-Source to Fauxpen and the Forks Have Already Started fossforce.com/2024/03/redis-…
the various comments I’ve gotten when I tell people from the US that I live in Chile is WILD people have said “what’s it like living in the jungle?” and “how do you get groceries there?” meanwhile this is where I live
A few weeks ago the Kubernetes platform Acorn Runtime was in beta, and set to go GA. Now, the platform is in mothballs and Acorn is betting its future on GPTScript, a scripting language for generative AI. Why Acorn Labs Shifted From Kubernetes to AI fossforce.com/2024/03/why-ac…
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 now and late April — and we’ll tell you how to apply. How to Be a Speaker at Flock to Fedora 2024 fossforce.com/2024/03/how-to…
Time to put on your birthday hat and sing Happy Birthday. Today the AlmaLinux OS Foundation turns three! : Happy Third Birthday, to the AlmaLinux OS Foundation! - FOSS Force fossforce.com/2024/03/happy-…
The Linux Cast 🐧�.. @thelinuxcast
2K Followers 122 Following Linux and FOSS advocate. No longer posting here. I'd link to where I am posting, but Elon is a big ass baby. That guy's an idiot. Shortlink below.
[email protected].. @elementary
44K Followers 98 Following The thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS—plus AppCenter, the pay-what-you-can app store. ([email protected])
AlmaLinux @AlmaLinux
9K Followers 218 Following The only 100% community owned and governed enterprise-grade Linux Distribution and RHEL/CentOS alternative. Open Source, forever-free and production ready.
Abdullah As-Sadeed @bitscoper
4 Followers 378 Following Prefers coding from scratch. Loves the Linux kernel.
David Bassusham Pongs.. @XimPhws
18 Followers 325 Following Play Minecraft Thailand พงศ์ศิริ อิ่มนุช ออม Movement in the world and IT media เคลื่อนไหวในโลก IT #Jezheimer #Maxwell #Maxwellcat คุณครู อิทธิกร รักเมือง :)
DesertOil @boober_bookings
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𝔅𝔢𝔫𝔧𝔞�.. @BENJAMlN8a
647 Followers 2K Following Venezolano, magallanero y madridista - Usuario de GNULinux= Arch, Manjaro, openSUSE y Fedora. 🇻🇪 💻 Cuenta linuxera: @LinuxActual 🐧
Denext OS @DenextOS
4 Followers 114 Following Denext OS, a new operating system in 2024 Originating from Thailand, developed from Ubuntu is Good Linux Linux Thai
kuttar @kuttar_io
78 Followers 1K Following regenrative @[email protected] private → @5n6 prepper / retreat → @9Acei666454
HRKings @HRKings_
66 Followers 592 Following Solutions architect and passionate developer, Open-Source advocate. Pokémon Professor in the spare time
Heidi Petree @he_petre
26 Followers 5K Following
Alyson Mccluskey @McclusAlys
34 Followers 5K Following
Rayne Stasiak @RayneStas
35 Followers 5K Following
Ebony Oppliger @EboOpplige
51 Followers 5K Following
Nia Kirven @KirvenKirv
79 Followers 5K Following
Baa Baa BLACK SHEEP /.. @ProphetPX
2K Followers 5K Following EVIL RUSSIAN SPY #AntiEDOMite #CCOT #Bible #REFORMED #Truth #PolyMath #InfoWarrior 911=SatanicRitual #JEWS #Atheists #FlatEarth=BLOCKED https://t.co/46fOIgTfgj
Savanna Wery @savann_we
44 Followers 5K Following
Rana Wolma @RanaWol
36 Followers 5K Following
Hussein Farran @hmfarran
90 Followers 193 Following .NET developer and techno-generalist, I like to make code run to keep my mind from doing the same. Currently doing my darndest to figure out social media...
PhilCote @PhilCote349261
95 Followers 2K Following
Marcus Aurelius @MarAur9
15 Followers 376 Following
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gooduck @gogoduc
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Stefan Chrisostomus @TuxTweaker
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James ||| @CreditMoneywise
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Brian Geoffrey @circuitinside
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Andrew Hutchings @LinuxJedi
3K Followers 829 Following Chief Contributions Officer at @mariadb_org. OSS advocate. Restores and designs Acorn & Amiga hardware (https://t.co/Kw3E7L9Hks). @[email protected]
Jürgen Fey @androidian60
165 Followers 1K Following mobile geek classic car geek gadget geek. system architect. IoT. CTO
AMAL RAJ @AMALRAJ56739939
387 Followers 3K Following AI, Cybersecurity, and Psychology enthusiast🤖🧠 | Exploring the realms of tech and the human mind | Let's learn and discuss! 📚 #AI #Cybersecurity #psychology
richard christian @roke531
78 Followers 679 Following comp/data sci occasional phi strange attractors chaotic oscillators numpy C processing d3js #beaglebone #pico
siewcode @siewcode
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Rocky Linux @rocky_linux
18K Followers 116 Following #RockyLinux is a community Enterprise Linux distribution for everything from desktops to hyperscale! | 🏛️ @resforg | 🐘 @[email protected]
Moses™ 🦄 @genuinemoses
250 Followers 4K Following Independent Researcher and Open Source SWE ~ I primarily work on all things Web, Security, Algorithms, Design & Architecture, etc.
TechHelpKB.com 📚 @techhelpkb
9K Followers 9K Following Technical help knowledgebase, tech news, and how-to articles Nostr 💜⚡ | [email protected] 🐘 | @[email protected] 🦋 | @techhelpkb.bsky.social
Federated Computer �.. @federatedworld
244 Followers 179 Following Open-source as a Service. 100% private email, productivity and team collaboration software without server admin hassle or surveillance.
Thomas Edmund Turner @thomasturner
789 Followers 2K Following Retired #caregiver #investor #trader former free software #opensource supporter @MIT #AI Lab
Mr THP ( フィリッ.. @MisterTHP
710 Followers 476 Following https://t.co/POuwqlNWhb https://t.co/JdHkqbbQv5 https://t.co/XhmP0TTXOx Stoner, Gamer, Carnivore and Father of 4 kids with a wonderful wife.
Basisliskk @basiliskkoff
39 Followers 35 Following
Haluk YAMANER (Хал.. @halukyamaner
131 Followers 2K Following 🇹🇷 Founder of Future Software UAE 🇦🇪 🚀 "Let's build the future together!" 📍 Dubai / United Arab Emirates https://t.co/sYHfEXyneP
João Victor @JoaoAlves07070
72 Followers 2K Following Pentester | Red Team | OSINT | Autodidata | Polimata
Phoronix @phoronix
52K Followers 116 Following Founded by @MichaelLarabel in 2004, Phoronix is the largest #opensource news, #Linux hardware reviews & Linux PC/server/HPC performance benchmark site.
Linux Today @linuxtoday
372K Followers 74 Following Linux news and how-to's collected from all over.
Christine Hall @Bride.. @BrideOfLinux
5K Followers 1K Following FOSS loving tech journalist. Publishes FOSS Force. Formerly with ITPro Today, Data Center Knowledge, & Informa Tech. #Linux #OpenSource Tweets are my own.
System76 @system76
81K Followers 2K Following We make powerful Linux computers to help you do more, go further, and unleash your potential.
@[email protected] @kdecommunity
123K Followers 284 Following A FLOSS community creators of the Plasma desktop & tons of free and open source apps to control your digital life. Follow us on https://t.co/4A4XGna1dR
EFF @EFF
492K Followers 1K Following We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We defend your civil liberties in a digital world.
Firefox 🔥 @firefox
2.5M Followers 529 Following The only non-profit-backed, people-first browser. Help: @FirefoxSupport
GitHub @github
2.6M Followers 341 Following The AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software.
Linux Magazine @linux_pro
76K Followers 2K Following Linux Magazine is your guide to the world of Linux and open source. Get the latest issues at https://t.co/sc9GIiXfxk or https://t.co/SYMsxIMTdJ
The Debian Project @debian
281K Followers 5K Following The Universal Operating System; items posted automatically from https://t.co/zD9A4YBNBE and https://t.co/wHPftZFgNV
DistroWatch @DistroWatch
43K Followers 108 Following Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi
609K Followers 1K Following Find us on Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Be excellent to each other
The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation
542K Followers 10K Following A nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source. #linux #kubernetes #riscv #hyperledger #anuket #openssf #openjs #o3de and more!
openSUSE Linux @openSUSE
109K Followers 812 Following We are a #FreeSoftware project promoting the use of #Linux everywhere, working together as part of the worldwide community. Get it at https://t.co/FPEc3zWgKl
Ars Technica @arstechnica
1.2M Followers 1K Following Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Linux.com @linuxdotcom
184K Followers 914 Following https://t.co/yMPVC6iaNm is the go-to resource for #opensource pros to learn about the latest in Linux & open source tech, careers, best practices, & trends.
Daniel Newman @danielnewmanUV
51K Followers 5K Following CEO @TheFuturumGroup | Co-Founder @TheSixFiveMedia & @Signal_65 | @Forbes @MarketWatch Contributor | 7x Best-Seller | Digital Transformation | Dad x3
Caroline Haskins @car0linehaskins
10K Followers 2K Following freelance journalist • [email protected] • Signal: (785) 813-1084 • past: @businessinsider @BuzzFeedNews @motherboard • link below → recent work
Sakari Castrén @scas.. @scas
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Todd R Weiss @TechManTalking
4K Followers 3K Following Technology analyst, formerly with The Futurum Group, longtime tech journalist, toy taxi collector, vintage Miata driver, Philadelphian. Let's talk tech.
John Mark @jm_stuff
717 Followers 1K Following OSPO guy. My opinions != my employer's. Don't post here much anymore: https://t.co/eIh168JQVm https://t.co/rhSVxelBKz
Jürgen Fey @androidian60
165 Followers 1K Following mobile geek classic car geek gadget geek. system architect. IoT. CTO
Jim Jagielski @jimjag
4K Followers 700 Following Head of OSPO at Salesforce; Open Source technologist, developer, speaker; Co-founder ASF; Home brewer. tweets IMO! @[email protected] | @[email protected]
Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets
1.3M Followers 86K Following Ex: National Finance Chair of Draft Biden; LI Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five kids. Duke alum.
ＧΛËＬ ＤＵＶ�.. @gael_duval
7K Followers 1K Following Founder Mandrake Linux 1998 (IPO 2001), /e/OS & Murena 2018 - Open Source - Ethical IT - My Data is MY Data! ✨ https://t.co/KNIMPELmQj https://t.co/w1XcUGwC6T
Nithya Ruff @nithyaruff
6K Followers 3K Following Head #opensource program office at @amazon | Chair @LinuxFoundation Board | Author | Aspiring Board Director | Kindness Matters | Opinions my own, She/Her/Hers
Carlos Santana @csantanapr
6K Followers 1K Following Sr. Kubernetes Specialist SA @AWSCloud | CNCF Ambassador | Kubernetes contributor | Opinions are my own
David Gewirtz @DavidGewirtz
23K Followers 19K Following CBS Interactive Distinguished Lecturer, ZDNet/CNET columnist, ZATZ founder, puppy daddy. Former UC Berkeley instructor, Mercer professor, CNN and Economist alum
Jack Wallen @jlwallen
8K Followers 4K Following Violent Delights 1-3 are now available on Amazon. https://t.co/fDtiDGB5mO Writer, Actor, Linux guru. AI Art is not real art.
Martin Wimpress @wimp.. @m_wimpress
9K Followers 854 Following Husband💍Father 👨👩👧 Open source advocate ❤️🔥 #Linux enthusiast🐧Podcaster🎙Streamer 📡 Making Nix easier @DeterminateSys ❄ Leads @Ubuntu_MATE🧉
BlowingUpBits @BlowingUpBits
281 Followers 155 Following Exploring open source software, distributions and games. Maintainer of LimitCPU, SysV init and others
Fedora Project (@fedo.. @fedora
188K Followers 255 Following This is the official feed for the Fedora Project, a global free software community sponsored by @RedHat. Find us on Mastodon: @[email protected]
MSNBC @MSNBC
5.1M Followers 807 Following The place for in-depth analysis, political commentary and diverse perspectives to #UnderstandMore.
Free & Libre Apps for.. @medevelcom
1K Followers 2K Following medical and open-source apps for enterprise, companies and more.
Sharon Fisher @slfisher
4K Followers 2K Following Content strategist. Wonk of all trades. Digital nomad. I explain stuff. @[email protected]
Wendy Schuchart @wendyschuchart
814 Followers 217 Following Technologist, writer, editor, gadget enthusiast. @datacenter and @ITprotoday editor in chief. she/her
Pat Gelsinger @PGelsinger
82K Followers 157 Following CEO @intel: Values are most enduring thing leaders create. Engineering pioneer, proud grandfather, philanthropist, Christian, farm boy at heart. Opinions mine.
Jeff Wittich @jwittich
1K Followers 742 Following Chief Product Officer at @AmpereComputing. Interested in all things biking, skiing, running, mountains, travel, beer. Notre Dame alum.
Stephen Lawton @afabmedia
775 Followers 1K Following Author & tech journalist. RT is not an endorsement. Tweets are my own; standard disclosures apply. Find me on Mastodon at @[email protected]
Joel Spolsky @spolsky
171K Followers 584 Following co-founder of Fog Creek, Trello, Stack Overflow, Glitch, and https://t.co/Jb7fG3eQgU - I have moved to @[email protected] on mastodon
Byebye Fowl Site @_dirkhh
2K Followers 762 Following Disgusted with Twitter - please follow me at https://t.co/M6WLA3H2Fd No more clicks for Apartheid Elmo None of this is related to my work. Opinions are mine.
Darlene @LadyOfGaming
13 Followers 14 Following
Free Software Foundat.. @fsfe
27K Followers 0 Following Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Follow us in the Fediverse! @[email protected]
Jim Salter (aka @jims.. @jrssnet
5K Followers 261 Following @arstechnica alumnus, @2_5adm1ns co-host, mercenary sysadmin. Cisgendered he/him. #BlackLivesMatter. Don't like it? Don't bother following.
Thorsten Behrens - @t.. @thooorsten
693 Followers 618 Following Free software enthusiast; LibreOffice hacker; owner at @allotropiaEN
Chad Dickerson @chaddickerson
16K Followers 345 Following dad, husband, exec coach, former CEO/CTO, board @stannswarehouse @JalopyBrooklyn @BKLYNlibrary, native Southerner (NC), Mgr @DukeCoffeehouse 1991-92. DMs open.
Deb Goodkin (https://.. @dgoodkin
2K Followers 609 Following DogLover/Runner/Cyclist/Hiker/ChowHound/Reader/Always Training for Something/Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation.
The Tor Project @torproject
462K Followers 2K Following We're a nonprofit defending your privacy and freedom online. Download Tor Browser for protection against surveillance and censorship. https://t.co/ROuSDYAs6F
DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo
2.8M Followers 4 Following Independent internet privacy company. Download our browser on mobile and desktop. Unlike Chrome, it has privacy built in, including our private search engine.
Sean Kerner @TechJournalist
70K Followers 3K Following IT consultant, technology user, tinkerer and sometimes Klingon ; tips [email protected]
Ken VanDine @kenvandine
1K Followers 1K Following Dad, geek, Engineering Manager Ubuntu Desktop @canonical, volunteer @Kramden
toddlew @toddlew
1K Followers 519 Following Happily creating opportunities via Open Source. All Things Open, Open Source 101. The most grateful person you're likely to encounter today.
Dwight Merriman @dmerr
4K Followers 1K Following MongoDB Contributer; Co-founder MongoDB Inc. Check out the @mongodb twitter handle too.
Women Who Code @WomenWhoCode
332K Followers 4K Following 🗣501(c)(3) non-profit empowering women to excel in tech 🔥Creating a diverse + inclusive tech industry 🌍 360k Members in 147 Countries #WWCode #WomenWhoCode
Erica Stanley @ericastanley
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SeaGL @seagl
1K Followers 553 Following Yearly Seattle GNU/Linux conference. Free/Libre/Open Source Software. November 8–9, 2024. #SeaGL @[email protected]
Girl Develop It RDU @gdirdu
2K Followers 863 Following Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. We're changing software and web development education for women 18+.
Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2
6K Followers 3K Following I work on open source software for mainframes at IBM. Wrote books on Ubuntu & OpenStack. ❤️ trains, typewriters. KN6QGG. @[email protected]. Opinions mine.
Charlie Reisinger @charlie3
2K Followers 232 Following CIO @PennManor Author @openschoolhouse 301 https://t.co/pyoZtgQDn5
Jos Poortvliet @jospoortvliet
2K Followers 357 Following People person, technology enthusiast and all-things-open evangelist. co-founder @nextclouders & long-time #privacy and #opensource activist.
Steve Wozniak @stevewoz
678K Followers 97 Following Engineers first! Human rights. Gadgets. Jokes and pranks. Segways. Music and concerts. Gameboy Tetris.
"The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later."--painter Joan Miró
A prayer for my mom who just went into surgery this morning. Should be 6-8 hours. 🙏🏻😇
This is my Mom (and my son) She’s one of the bravest and kindest people I know. Over the past 10 years she has fought a rare form of cancer (Sarcoma) which has entailed multiple major surgeries and chemotherapy. Each time she has worked tirelessly to get back to full health…
@FOSSForce It depends what you're hoping for as an end result. If you want purrs, I think it's feasible.
Your moment of zen From my father's photo stash: Rockport, Maine, in 1979
Google will spend $100 Billion on AI. Reminder of why a small subset of the biggest companies will drive the future of AI. It is incredibly expensive to stand up the infrastructure and train models etc. There will be an ecosystem built around the largest players like always,…
AI investment race $NVDA $GOOG $MSFT "DeepMind CEO Says Google Will Spend More Than $100 Billion on AI" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I’m going to miss the puppy phase. So curious and totally adorable. Won’t miss the overnight crying and the biting, chewing and destroying everything, but the fluffy cute phase goes so fast. This little lady already gained 5 lbs in about 10 days. 🐶❤️☺️
Timeline of the 'xz' long game. Take particular note of the use of pressure emails from fake accounts: research.swtch.com/xz-timeline
I wrote an article today and my bestie @PatrickMoorhead looked at it and asked me if I used an LLM to write it. I did not. The article was 100% written by me with no AI help whatsoever. But...when I checked with AI to find out whether or not it was AI...The AI didn't know for…
Is it? Or, is it that the simple truth is that the secret to a better life is to be kinder to each other?
“It’s embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.”—Aldous Huxley
Maybe the xz issue shows that processes running as root/PID 1 that have a _huge_ attack surface likely aren't great ideas and that systemd is now recognized as a huge exploit opportunity.
@dirkriehle You would have to ask them, of course, but my guess is that these companies still want some level of control and influence over the #opensource project, and are willing and able to pay for that privilege. At which point a 501(c)6 is much prefered over a 501(c)3.
@alighodsi Ummm... according to the LICENSE on GitHub, this is under the "Databricks Open Model License", which is, last I checked, NOT an #opensource license. So please don't call it an "open source model" when it's not. Stop purposely confusing and misleading people.
the various comments I’ve gotten when I tell people from the US that I live in Chile is WILD people have said “what’s it like living in the jungle?” and “how do you get groceries there?” meanwhile this is where I live
"Only amateurs don't rewrite. It's in the rewriting that writers bring ALL their knowledge--basic craft, technique, style, organization, attitude, creative inspiration --to the work." --Gloria T. Delamar
Oh! @NeilHanlon I almost forgot to tell you I made some new @rocky_linux friends at #scale21x last weekend 😁
All those years ago, I said, "I do." I still do. Happy anniversary, sweetheart.
Any so-called "#opensource license" which is explicitly written to circumvent one (or more) of the criteria of the OSD is by definition, NOT an open source license. You can't draft a license to avoid the no-FOU restriction, or the non-discrimination aspect and still call it OS.
Today is the day! At 3:45pm in Ballroom A at #scale21x I'm giving my talk, "Will your open source project run on a mainframe? And beyond!" I even brought my little RISC-V SBC and a LEGO IBM z16 for people to see before/after the talk 😁 Hooray for props! socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/pres…
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