Community Events
- Social Coworking & Office Hours: SORTEE (open science), Vale & text linting, and R debugging sessions offer collaborative coding and peer learning.
- Rencontres R 2026: The annual French R conference will be held in Nantes. Save the date!
- FreeBSD Kernel Bug: A privilege escalation exploit (‘Bumsrakete’) grants root access; patch promptly.
- New Android Settings: Customize 9 Google Messages settings for better privacy and usability.
- Offline-first React Debugging: Seek community help for a stack with SQLite WASM, Docker, APISIX, and Keycloak.
- vLLM Transformers Backend: New backend bridges Hugging Face compatibility with high-performance inference.
- LLM Web Research Layer: Is a dedicated open source tool needed? Share your ideas.
- line racer: Fast computation of exoplanetary radiative opacities is now open source.
- CommuteHub + Spin: Integrates shared micromobility into commuter programs.
- Europe Chooses Open Source: Eclipse Foundation welcomes EC communication on tech sovereignty.
- Wikicurious Hosting: Learn how to host a Wikicurious event in your community.
- Roald Dahl’s AI Prediction: A 1954 story eerily predicted ChatGPT-like LLMs.
- Data Structures vs. Operations: A reminder that algorithms matter as much as data structures.
- Data Breach Alert: Open Arms Care exposed sensitive info; check if affected.
- America’s Orwell: A look at contemporary parallels to Orwell’s dystopia.
Tech & Tools
Open Source Advocacy & History
Source: OpenWorld.News/open-source-digest/
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