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Here's Why University of Minnesota is Getting Banned From Contributing to Linux Kernel Code

Here's Why University of Minnesota is Getting Banned From Contributing to Linux Kernel Code

It all started with a seemingly innocent patch to the Linux kernel on the 6th April, 2021. A Ph.D. candidate at University of Minnesota submitted this really small patch: Since the patch was simple and seemed to improve the code quality, it got green light from a couple of

Ubuntu 21.04 is Releasing This Week! Take a Look at the New Features

Ubuntu 21.04 is Releasing This Week! Take a Look at the New Features

Ubuntu 21.04 is releasing this week on April 22. Some of you might already have upgraded to Ubuntu 21.04 beta to enjoy the latest and greatest (?) version of Ubuntu. For the rest, who are curious about what’s new in Ubuntu 21.04, I have curated a list

Linux Client for Cisco Webex is Coming Next Month

Linux Client for Cisco Webex is Coming Next Month

Webex is the video conferencing and online meeting tool from Cisco. At present, you can use Webex through a web browser in Linux but soon you would be able to install the Webex application on Linux. In a blog post, Cisco revealed the plan to release Webex Linux client in

FSF Affirms that RMS is not Going Anywhere, Come What May

FSF Affirms that RMS is not Going Anywhere, Come What May

Sponsors withdrawn, management team resigned but the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is determined to keep its founder Richard Stallman on board. Soon after Richard Stallman issued an apology, FSF released a statement on the election of Richard Stallman. It’s clear that both the apology and the statement had been

Stallman Apologizes!

Stallman Apologizes!

It’s been weeks since the FOSS world erupted in a controversy over Richard Stallman’s surprise return to FSF board. Calls were made to ostracize not only Stallman but the entire Free Software Foundation. Big open source companies like SUSE and Red Hat decided to stop funding FSF but

KDE Neon is Finally Discontinuing its Unknown Plasma LTS Edition

KDE Neon is Finally Discontinuing its Unknown Plasma LTS Edition

KDE Neon is the official KDE distribution that packs the latest version of KDE Plasma desktop and software on top of Ubuntu LTS (long-term support). In the desktop Linux community, KDE Neon is known for providing the latest release of KDE Plasma desktop and KDE applications. But do you know

Organizations Oppose Stallman & FSF but Individual Supports Keep on Pouring in

Organizations Oppose Stallman & FSF but Individual Supports Keep on Pouring in

You know the story. Richard Stallman (RMS) who was forced out in 2019 from FSF made a surprise announcement of his return to the FSF board of directors. This was bound to create a controversy, and it did. GNOME Foundation director led the charge against RMS by creating an open