Christine Hall
@brideoflinux
Stuff I've written about includes Linux, tech, and open source, radical leftist politics, alternative spirituality, music (mainly rock, jazz, and American songbook, but any genre). Once upon a time radio talk show host, music DJ, and program director.
Just published on FOSS Force: Elon to Open Source X’s Codebase. Believe It When Git Happens. fossforce.com/2026/07/elon...
Just published on FOSS Force: Linux Patches Keep 1980s–90s Macs Spinning Their Floppies fossforce.com/2026/07/linu...
Ah, maybe that's why I've always quickly given up on Waze whenever I've looked at it: Waze finally gets a ‘less chatty’ option buff.ly/FYPUgkE
Just added to FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events: Neocypherpunk Summit 2026 fossforce.com?post_type=ev...
An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! gRPConf North America fossforce.com/event/grpcon...
An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! OpenSearchCon North America fossforce.com/event/opense...
An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! AGNTCon + MCPCon 2026 Japan fossforce.com/event/agntco...
Just published on FOSS Force: FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System fossforce.com/2026/07/free...
An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! ATO Meetup – The State of Tech & AI Jobs fossforce.com/event/ato-me...
An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! All Things Open 2026 fossforce.com/event/all-th...
Just published on FOSS Force: New Adder Pro Targets Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics fossforce.com/2026/07/new-...
Just published on FOSS Force: What Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Push Means for Open Source Platforms fossforce.com/2026/07/what...
Just published on FOSS Force: Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits fossforce.com/2026/07/with...
Just published on FOSS Force: Deb Dev Builds Graphical Debian Vulnerability Exporter for Prometheus fossforce.com/2026/07/deb-...
Just published on FOSS Force: FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 10, 2026 fossforce.com/2026/07/foss...
Just published on FOSS Force: In an Angry Fit, Dev ‘Sabotages’ OpenMandriva Repository fossforce.com/2026/07/in-a...
Just published on FOSS Force: Lightwell: Red Hat’s and IBM’s AI Defense Against AI-Based Attacks fossforce.com/2026/07/ligh...
Just published on FOSS Force: Collabora Office 26.04 Takes On Open Source’s Office Disrupter Wannabes fossforce.com/2026/07/coll...
Just published on FOSS Force: How Proprietary Vendors Make Open Standards Look Broken fossforce.com/2026/07/how-...
Just published on FOSS Force: FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 3, 2026 fossforce.com/2026/07/foss...
Just published on FOSS Force: GnuPG 2.5.21 Released With Kyber Support as 2.4 Reaches End of Life fossforce.com/2026/07/gnup...
Just published on FOSS Force: GNU Ships GCC 14.4 as a Bug-Fix Release fossforce.com/2026/06/gnu-...
Just published on FOSS Force: FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending June 26, 2026 fossforce.com/2026/06/foss...
Just published on FOSS Force: It’s 1996 All Over Again on the New GIMP 0.54 Flatpak fossforce.com/2026/06/its-...
Just published on FOSS Force: Get Linux Certification and Help Fund FOSS Force All at Once! fossforce.com/2026/06/get-...
Just published on FOSS Force: Latest Update on Our FOSS Force 2026 Independence Fundraising Drive fossforce.com/2026/06/late...
Just published on FOSS Force: Vendor Lock-In: It’s Not the App, It’s the Format fossforce.com/2026/06/vend...
Didn't read, but I've seen the headline play out in other labor issues before, so I can guess how this one will end: A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight | TechCrunch buff.ly/l8ylw7r
Just published on FOSS Force: FreeBSD Launches AI-Assisted Project to Find and Fix Vulnerabilities fossforce.com/2026/06/free...
Just published on FOSS Force: AUR Registrations Blocked Amid Ongoing Malware Mess fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-...