The European Commission has taken the decision to start releasing its software under open source licenses. It believes this will benefit society as others can make use of the code.
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The coalition set to lead Germany next month has said it's committed to the concept of Public Money, Public Code. This means that software funded by taxpayers will be released under a FOSS license.
FOSDEM 2021 is due to take place this weekend. Due to the coronavirus, the event will take place entirely online for the first time in its history. FOSDEM covers a range of topics in the FOSS world.
The Document Foundation has announced the general availability of LibreOffice 6.3. In this update, the suite has received some UI changes and adds more support for proprietary file formats.
The City of Rome has begun the switch to LibreOffice as default for its workers. The switch begins with those who don't need to use office programs for more than one hour per month.
The Free Software Foundation has received a generous donation from the Pineapple Fund. The foundation received $1 million worth of bitcoin to help it reach a wider audience and spread free software.
The original founder of Mandrake Linux has set about to create a new mobile and desktop operating system called eelo. The new OS is geared towards data-privacy for those unhappy with Android and iOS.
Windows tweaking app WinToys gets a big update with new features and improvements
Windows 10 will soon start nagging you to switch from local account to Microsoft Account
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