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Events
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FSF ☛ FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 6, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)
Join the FSF and friends on Friday, November 6 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.
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AlmaLinux OS Foundation Infrastructure Team Lead To Speak at Texas Linux Fest 2026
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, a nonprofit that stewards the community-owned and governed open source enterprise Linux distribution AlmaLinux OS, today announced that Jonathan Wright, infrastructure team lead, is set to speak during Texas Linux Fest 2026 taking place November 6–7 at the University of Texas Austin in Austin, Texas.
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Education
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NYC BUG ☛ GEFS: Still Shredding the Files, Ori Bernstein
This meeting will be a recap of EuroBSD, describing GEFS, the current state of it on OpenBSD, the work done since, and the pieces that are still missing. This talk will be environmentally friendly, with a high percentage of recycled content along with news on progress since EuroBSDcon 2026 talk.
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Hackaday ☛ 2026 Hackaday Supercon: Bruce Potter’s Keynote Explores The Hacker Mind
In his Hackaday Supercon 2026 keynote address, Bruce Potter will explore this idea by taking a step back and looking at what makes someone a hacker in the first place. Rather than viewing hacking as a singular act, he’ll make the case that it’s a mindset, a way of approaching problems that’s not strictly dependent on the tools used or even the desired outcome.
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PowerDNS ☛ FOSDEM 2027 DNS Devroom Call For Presentations
After several earlier successful and packed DNS devrooms, we are happy to announce another half-day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2027.
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Openness/Sharing/Collaboration
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Open Data
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Wired ☛ Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes
An underground activist group says it plans to start openly doxing billionaires as part of a phased campaign against what it calls the American oligarchy—beginning this month with a release that maps the homes of Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Tesla’s board, alongside investors and suppliers that keep the corporation afloat.
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