Mike Dolan

Moltbook was peak AI theater | MIT Technology Review The viral social network for bots reveals as much about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.

www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1...

Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox As A Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS - Phoronix Microsoft engineers and other stakeholders have been developing LiteBox as a security-focused library OS written in the Rust programming language and leveraging Linux Virtualization Based Security 'LVBS'

Interesting. "LiteBox is a sandboxing library OS that drastically cuts down the interface to the host, thereby reducing attack surface." #linux #opensource

www.phoronix.com/news/Microso...

2026 Cybersecurity Resiliency Survey Welcome to the 2026 Cybersecurity Resiliency Survey!

As cybersecurity legislation comes into effect in Europe and beyond, how ready are open source projects, contributors, and stakeholders? How ready are you? The @linuxfoundation.org and @openssf.org research survey closes tomorrow!

www.research.net/r/ZS36V69

After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old' Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...

The #Linux kernel plan for a plan (if a plan is needed) is in place.

www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...

Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers - Phoronix An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..

Meta is using Valve's SteamDeck scheduler on servers. Benefits of #opensource.

www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...

It's been a busy year in #opensource at The Linux Foundation and we just posted our Annual Report. Our communities keep growing and releasing new technologies - it's amazing to look back on the changes over the course of just a year.

www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...

The mentorship flywheel: How CNCF is growing the next generation of cloud native leaders A record year for mentorship, 187 graduates contributing to the ecosystem, and one engineer’s journey from “I didn’t know about Docker” to Kyverno maintainer. In 2025, the CNCF mentorship programs hit...

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) mentorship data shows that investing in mentorship programs does grow the contributor base and results in net new maintainers for projects. #opensource

www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...

The Economics of Open Source in the AI Era “Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history,” wrote Frank Nagle in “Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI …

One key takeaway: #opensource #AI models are rapidly closing the performance gap while costing far less to run. As inference costs drop, openness becomes a real economic advantage - not just a philosophy.

blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html

Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), Anchored by New Project Contributions Including Model Context Protocol (MCP), goose and AGENTS.md Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation

Excited to finally see the collaboration on #opensource Agentic AI Foundation is public. One of the most exciting project as I look at the potential of Agentic systems. #agenticai

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...

Dan Cauchy announcing #opensource AGL SoDeV for the future of software defined vehicles that changed the game and enabled compliance with the EU CRA requirements for software updates.

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers

All of this. Confirms every rage about IoT crap I've had. And RATGDO is also #opensource and on GitHub.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...

YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds was on Linus Tech Tips - a fun video to watch as they build a new system for compiling #opensource #linux. @linusmediagroup.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...

Linux Foundation Launches the Open Robust Compartmentalization Alliance (ORCA) to Advance Software Security /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the formation of the Open Robust...

ORCA introduces a forward-looking #cybersecurity model – one that breaks software into isolated, resilient parts designed to contain threats before they spread. This community represents an important step toward the next generation of secure software.

www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents Calling on developers and organizations to advocate against patent rules that would make it harder to challenge bad patents by the December 2 deadline.

"Just like they did two years ago, the UPTO has once again proposed new rules that would make it much harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review (IPR). But this time the rule is much worse for developers and startups. And that’s a serious..."

github.blog/news-insight... #opensource

YouTube video by LF Energy Challenges in Using IEC Standards in Open Source - Nico Rikken, Alliander

This is an excellent explanation by Nico Rikken from Alliander about why traditional standards are failing in the #opensource world. IEC is just one example as Nico points out. The issues are avoidable, and fixable, but require attention.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...

StarlingX 11.0 addresses edge security, IPv4 exhaustion for massive deployments StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11.

StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090... @networkworld.bsky.social

Publishing More Securely on npm: Guidance from the OpenJS Security Collaboration Space | OpenJS Foundation The OpenJS Security Collaboration Space has been working closely with GitHub’s npm team to understand how new security features affect projects and maintainers, especially as threats and tools keep ev...

With npm supply chain attacks on the rise, secure publishing practices are becoming a pressing concern for anyone maintaining npm packages. ⚠️

We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...

Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the EU CRA to many thousands of #opensource developers at #KubeCon NA. Get involved in the #CRA standards work and comments with the OpenSSF CRA SIG here: lists.openssf.org/g/openssf-si...

Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE

Congrats to our friends at Anyscale and Microsoft on a great #opensource Ray partnership announced today!

siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...

FINOS launches open source project Fluxnova to help with process automation The project, Fluxnova, provides audit-ready workflows so that companies can visualize and automate their processes.

Welcome to our new project Fluxnova, a collaboration started in the financial services industry but relevant for anyone looking for an #opensource business process management (BPM) platform.

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AI-assisted development and open source: legal and cultural issues Explore the legal and cultural issues surrounding AI-assisted development in open source communities. Learn about attribution, copyright, licensing, and the DCO in this comprehensive guide.

"Open source and AI-assisted development: navigating the legal issues" by Chris Wright and Richard Fontana. They discuss the #opensource DCO questions people have been raising as well.

www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...

Valkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second - Phoronix Valkey as the popular, Linux Foundation backed fork of the Redis key-value database is out today with its big v9.0 release.

"Valkey 9.0 features scalability improvements that can help achieve up to 40% more throughput...also features atomic slot migrations, hash field expiration, numbered databases in cluster mode, and a variety of other performance optimizations."

www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource

#Lodash is evolving — shifting from BDFL to shared stewardship. The focus now is maintenance: stability, security & sustainability over new features. A great reminder that mature open source projects thrive when we share responsibility. #OpenSource

blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...

Look at this - #opensource Python.org now publishes new releases with sigstore and SPDX SBOM files! Check it out:

www.python.org/downloads/re...

#cybersecurity

What is the return on investment (ROI) for your organization's financial, code, and community contributions to open source? Please take 10 minutes to share your insights in our latest survey: lnkd.in/gJ4c-tjZ

How RAG Continues To ‘Tailor’ Well-Suited AI As AI evolves from general-purpose tools to specialized copilots and assistants, the combination of RAG and vector search has, for many, seen it become foundational.

Bianca Lewis, Exec Dir of the #OpenSearch Foundation, landed a highlight in Forbes. RAG is reshaping AI systems that retrieve, contextualize, and tailor outputs. OpenSearch provides the #opensource, vendor-neutral engine for search, analytics, and vector-powered AI.

www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...

YouTube video by The Linux Foundation Three Decades in Kernelland - Jonathan Corbet, LWN.net

Great talk by Jonathan Corbet from OSS EU - Three Decades in Kernelland - a great history showing the mistakes and threats to #Linux and #opensource - and the learnings and resiliency.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...

What's new in #Valkey 9? Ridiculously fast innovation from the #opensource community incl Multiple DBs in clusters, atomic slot migration, and expiration on hash field items.

Keyspace, the #valkey #opensource event

CERN experiments generate 1PB/s of data! They filter that data using ML and AI and manage it all with #opensource software. You may recognize some of these logos.