Open Source Stories for 2018

EU Offers Big Bug Bounties On 14 Open Source Software Projects 78
MIPS Goes Open Source 70
The Last Independent Mobile OS 60
How Microsoft Embraced Python 163
Do Alternative Software Licenses Represent Open Source's 'Midlife Crisis'? 87
OpenJDK Bug Report Complains Source Code 'Has Too Many Swear Words' 281
Google Bridges Android, iOS Development With Flutter 1.0 116
Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 For Windows and Mac; Open-Sources WPF, Forms and WinUI 72
Developer Misinterprets Linux Code of Conduct, Suggests Replacing F-Word with 'Hug' 402
Node.js Event-Stream Hack Reveals Open Source 'Developer Infrastructure' Exploit 82
RISC-V and Linux Foundations Partner to Promote Open Source CPU 92
Amazon Launches Cloud-Based Robotics Testing Platform 19
Why Some Open-Source Companies Are Considering a More Closed Approach 144
Mark Shuttleworth Reveals Ubuntu 18.04 Will Get a 10-Year Support Lifespan 110
Uber Joins Linux Foundation Cementing Commitment To Open Source Tools 30
The Free Software Foundation Releases New Comments About Licenses 57
Facebook's GraphQL Gets Its Own Open-Source Foundation 33
How New, Polite Linus Torvalds Points Out Bad Kernel Code 370
'Open Source Creators: Red Hat Got $34 Billion and You Got $0. Here's Why.' 236
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Released 53
Fedora 29 Released 31
Why Jupyter is Data Scientists' Computational Notebook of Choice 58
Samsung Open-Source Group Reportedly Shuts Down 50
New SystemD Vulnerability Discovered 204
Trivial Bug In X.Org Server Gives Root Permissions On Linux, BSD Systems 114
IBM Open Sources Mac@IBM Code 91
OpenBSD 6.4 Released 121
Ask Slashdot: Should Open-Source Developer Teams Hire Professional UI/UX Designers? 249
MongoDB Switches Up Its Open-Source License 141
Software Freedom Conservancy Shares Thoughts on Microsoft Joining Open Invention Network's Patent Non-Aggression Pact 66
Apache OpenOffice, the Schrodinger's Application: No One Knows If It's Dead or Alive, No One Really Wants To Look Inside 98
Microsoft Joins Open Invention Network (OIN), Will Grant a Royalty-Free and Unrestricted License To Its Entire Patent Portfolio To All Other OIN Members 103
KDE Plasma 5.14 Released 41
Microsoft Open Sources Parts of Minecraft's Java Code 79
Greg Kroah-Hartman: Outside Phone Vendors Aren't Updating Their Linux Kernels 86
Microsoft Joins 5th Annual Open Source 'Hacktoberfest' 30
An Open Source Resistance Takes Shape as Tech Giants Race To Map the World 90
How Microsoft Rewrote Its C# Compiler in C# and Made It Open Source 85
'Best Open Source Developer Software of 2018' Chosen By InfoWorld 30
Open Source BeOS Successor Haiku Releases R1/beta 1 40
Microsoft 'Re-Open Sources' MS-DOS on GitHub 122
Richard Stallman Says Linux Code Contributions Can't Be Rescinded 588
New Custom Linux Distro is Systemd-Free, Debian-Based, and Optimized for Windows 10 165
Linux On Windows 10: Running Ubuntu VMs Just Got a Lot Easier, Says Microsoft 193
Linus Torvalds Reflects On How He's Been Hostile To Linux Community Members Over the Years, Issues Apology, and Announces He Will Be Taking Some Time Off 985
Despite 'Painful' Spectre Response, Linus Torvalds Says He Still Loves Speculative Execution 82
Beta Release Nears For BeOS-inspired Open Source OS Haiku 69
How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? 203
Open Source Devs Reverse Decision to Block ICE Contractors From Using Software 427
Linus Torvalds No Longer Knows the Whole Linux Kernel and That's OK 119
Facebook, Apple and Microsoft Are Contributing To OpenStreetMap 70
EFF Defends Bruce Perens In Appeal of Open Source Security/Spengler Ruling 132
Linux Turns 27 170
LA County Gets State Approval of New Vote-Counting System Using Open-Source Software 95
Firefox-Forking Browser 'Pale Moon' Releases Major Update 28.0 144
Debian Linux Turns 25 111
Tesla Will Open Its Security Code To Other Car Manufacturers 143
Researchers Use Machine-Learning Techniques To De-Anonymize Coders 66
Julia 1.0 Released After a Six-Year Wait 131
Google Boots Open Source Anti-Censorship Tool From Chrome Store 95
Hollywood Goes Open Source: Academy Teams Up With Linux Foundation To Launch Academy Software Foundation 49
LibreOffice 6.1 Released 106
Google-backed Kotlin Gains Adoption in Open Source Android Apps; Scientists Say It Has Improved Code Quality 86
Nvidia, Western Digital Turn to Open Source RISC-V Processors 95
German State Plans To Migrate 13,000 Workstations From Linux to Windows 325
What OpenStreetMap Can Be 47
VLC Blacklists Newer Huawei Devices To Combat Negative App Reviews 78
ReactOS 0.4.9 Is Entirely Self-Hosting, Fixes FastFAT Crashes 200
Microsoft Launches Open-Source Quantum Katas Project On GitHub To Teach Q# Programming 37
NetBSD 8.0 Released 215
PeerTube, the 'Decentralized YouTube,' Succeeds In Crowdfunding 100
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter Launch the Data Transfer Project 59
Interviews: Christine Peterson Answers Your Questions 79
Systemd-Free Artix Linux OS is Looking For Packagers 209
With So Many Eyeballs, Is Open Source Security Better? 209
SUSE Linux Sold For $2.5 Billion 96
Microsoft Releases 125 Million Building Footprints In the US To the OpenStreetMap Community 58
Google Doubles Down on Linux and Open Source 162
How Should Open Source Development Be Subsidized? 138
Red Hat Changes Its Open-Source Licensing Rules 160
'Open Source Security' Loses in Court, Must Pay $259,900 To Bruce Perens 141
Why OpenStreetMap Should Be a Priority for the Open Source Community 122
KDE Plasma 5.13 Released 96
Systemd-Free Devuan 2.0 'ASCII' Officially Released 313
Microsoft's Interest In Buying GitHub Draws Backlash From Developers 256
Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub 323
Emacs 26.1 Released With New Features 116
Microsoft Is Talking About Acquiring GitHub, Says Report 164
Tesla Starts To Release Its Cars' Open-Source Linux Software Code 83
Computer History Museum Makes Eudora Email Client Source Code Available To the Public 57
The Percentage of Open Source Code in Proprietary Apps is Rising 60
Tesla Releases Some of Its Software To Comply With Open-Source Licenses 24
Ask Slashdot: Do Citizen Science Platforms Exist? 105
Aventus Blockchain-Based Ticketing System Aims To Wipe Out Ticket Touts 94
GCC 8.1 Compiler Introduces Initial C++20 Support 90
Google Releases Open Source Framework For Building 'Enclaved' Apps For Cloud 21
Facebook's Open-Source Go Bot Can Now Beat Professional Players 44
Apple Open Sources FoundationDB 50
ReactOS 0.4.8 Released 60
Ask Slashdot: How Can I Make My Own Vaporware Real? 128
'Open Source Initiative' President Interviewed by Linux Journal 14
'Fuchsia Is Not Linux': Google Publishes Documentation Explaining Their New OS 245
Microsoft Open-Sources Original File Manager From the 1990s So It Can Run On Windows 10 173
Can Ruby Survive Another 25 Years? 195
Torvalds Opposes Tying UEFI Secure Boot to Kernel Lockdown Mode 69
Microsoft Open Source Tool Lets You 'Bring Your Own Linux' To Windows 135
Programmer Unveils OpenGL Bindings for Bash 47
Microsoft Modifies Open-Source Code, Blows Hole In Windows Defender 71
Tor Winds Down Its Encrypted Messenger App 3 Years After Launch 21
Red Hat CEO Talks About State Of Open Source 64
Interviews: Ask a Question To Christine Peterson, the Nanotech Expert Who Coined the Term 'Open Source' 246
Open Source RISC V Processor Gets Support From Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, and Tesla 135
The Prestigious Free Software Award Goes to Karen Sandler 60
An Open Source, Royalty-Free AV1 Codec Has Been Released 104
Ask Slashdot: Can FOSS Help In the Fight Against Climate Change? 154
LG Releases Open-Sourced Version of webOS in Hopes To Push It Beyond TVs and Smart Refrigerators 96
Microsoft Joins Group Working To 'Cure' Open-Source Licensing Issues 104
Google Open Sources Its Exoplanet-Hunting AI 16
How An Open Source Plugin Tamed a Chaotic Comments Section With A Simple Quiz 154
Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey 195
Google's New 'Plus Codes' Are An Open Source, Global Alternative To Street Addresses 183
ESR's Newest Project: An Open Hardware/Open Source UPS 232
Linux Developer McHardy Drops GPLv2 'Shake Down' Case 53
Debian 9.4 Released 78
'Java EE' Has Been Renamed 'Jakarta EE' 95
Vulkan Graphics is Coming To macOS and iOS, Will Enable Faster Games and Apps 94
The Future of Free and Open-Source Maps 56
How the First Open Source Software and Hardware Satellite UPSat Was Built 25
A Look at How Indian Women Have Persevered Through Several Obstacles To Contribute to the Open Source Community 274
LKRG: A Loadable Linux Kernel Module for Runtime Integrity Checking 36
New 'Open Source Initiative' Site Announces Anniversary Celebrations and Outreach Programs 32
'How I Coined the Term Open Source' 117
LibreOffice 6.0 Released: Features Superior Microsoft Office Interoperability, OpenPGP Support 251
Linus Finally Releases Linux 4.15 Kernel, Blames Intel For Delay 55
Are the BSDs Dying? Some Security Researchers Think So 196
'Is It Time For Open Processors?' 179
City of Barcelona Dumps Windows For Linux and Open Source Software 255
20 Years Later, Has Open Source Changed the World? 220
Stack Overflow Stats Reveal 'the Brutal Lifecycle of JavaScript Frameworks' 165
SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool 121
James Dolan, Co-Creator of SecureDrop, Dead At 36 188
Can We Replace Intel x86 With an Open Source Chip? 359
Lindows Resurrected! Freespire 3.0 and Linspire 7.0 Linux Distros Now Available 77