The Monthly GNU Column
BRAVE GNU WORLD
This column investigates projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation. In this issue, I’ll focus on Mbox-Cleaner and report on the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
Welcome to another issue of Brave GNU World, written in sunny São Paulo this time, shortly after my trip to the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Last month we discussed spam and ways of fighting it. I identified some tools that can help control the flood of unsolicited messages.
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Redis Labs Modules Forked
New Commons Clause license rider causes Debian and Fedora developers to fork Redis Labs modules.
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Microsoft Offers its Patent Portfolio
The company ends its long war; vows to protect Linux.
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Red Hat Reports $823 Revenue for Second Quarter 2019
Strong performance for cloud and container products leads to a 14% increase over last year.
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Debian, Ubuntu, and Other Distros are Leaving Users Vulnerable
A security researcher says Linux vendors wait too long to patch the kernel.
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NextCloud 14 Arrives
The new version adds two new security features for users.
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Linus Torvalds Takes a Break, Apologizes
The creator of Linux is admitting his abusive behavior on LKML and plans to change.
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A New Business Model for Open Source Projects
Storj offers a new program that enables open source projects to monetize from storage.
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Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 Released
It’s Linux Mint without any Ubuntu base packages.
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Zorin OS 12.4 Released
It’s an extremely popular distribution among Windows and macOS users.
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Debian Celebrates Its Birthday
The great community Linux distro turns 25 years old.