Linus Torvalds postpones Linux 6.8 merge window after being taken offline by storms (www.theregister.com)
What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it (www.theregister.com)
Perens says there are several pressing problems that the open source community needs to address....
Memtest86+, the little RAM tester, flexes FOSS muscles with v7.0 (www.theregister.com)
Thoughts on Post-Open Source? (www.theregister.com)
TLDR: Companies should be required to pay developers for any open source software they use....
Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update (www.theregister.com)
Two new versions of OpenZFS fix long-hidden corruption bug (www.theregister.com)
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org (www.theregister.com)
Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland (www.theregister.com)
We met project lead David “Fossfreedom” Mohammed and packaging guru Sam Lane from the Ubuntu Budgie team in Rīga, and they passed on news of a rift – and indeed possible divorce – between Budgie and Enlightenment… and it’s caused by Wayland....
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant (www.theregister.com)
A senator has complained that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment, under a secret program called the Hemisphere Project that allows police to conduct searches of trillions of phone records.
Will Linux on Itanium be saved? Absolutely not (www.theregister.com)
Privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules (www.theregister.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.cafe/post/1482289...
Rocky and Oracle Unbreakable Linux join Big Purple at 9.3 (www.theregister.com)
Canonical Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering (www.theregister.com)
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RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 arrive – one is free, one merely free of charge (www.theregister.com)
Meta and YouTube face criminal surveillance complaints (www.theregister.com)
Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details (www.theregister.com)
Google Chrome IP address protection challenged by industry (www.theregister.com)
Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs (www.theregister.com)
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland (www.theregister.com)
ICE faces heat after agents install thousands of personal apps, VPNs on official phones (www.theregister.com)
OpenELA makes Enterprise Linux source available (www.theregister.com)
OpenELA flips Red Hat the bird with public release of Enterprise Linux source....
Google privacy button doesn't work, it's claimed (www.theregister.com)
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection (www.theregister.com)
Wayland heading for default as Mint devs add to Cinnamon 6 • The Register (www.theregister.com)
TLDR: XFCE and Cinnamon devs are begging beginning to work on Wayland support.