Recent reports have drawn attention to Raspberry Pi firmware that can prevent users from replacing or upgrading the RAM on Raspberry Pi versions 4 and 5, as well as on Raspberry Pi Compute Modules.

While it's understandable to be pleased by this news from California, Newsom's executive order also invites questions about the "kill switch" itself that could matter a great deal for freedom.

We were at the HOPE 2026 Conference in New York recently, and want to take a moment to thank all the free software supporters who attended our talks and workshops, our meetup, or stopped by our table.

We are excited to announce EncryptFest, a global encryption and privacy-focused event on Sunday, October 25, 2026 from 13:00–15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00–19:00 UTC). Please register! This gratis ...

The work done by GNU Boot contributors has similarities to work done by GNU/Linux distributions: they package software like Coreboot or GNU GRUB, contribute to the upstream repositories of these ...

For announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. This month, we welcome Ricardson ...

The more we share the free software philosophy, the closer we get to a free world. The Bluesky developers have taken steps to improve upon microblogging services like X (Twitter), but there continue ...

Google uses "smart" devices to watch and control you. The closer computers get to our bodies and homes, the less control we seem to have over them. "Wearable" devices are sold as personal technology, ...

I have written about the FSF facing DDoS attacks several times, including on doing our part to clean up the internet and on Uptime Kuma, as well as "Defending Savannah from DDoS attacks". But I ...

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded to support the work of the GNU Project, and this is still proudly one of our core responsibilities. The GNU Project has delivered some of the most ...

Disclaimer: this event is not organized by the FSF. Free software enables all kinds of users to use computers in freedom, escaping the abusive power that nonfree software's owners exercise over its ...

The FSF invited free software supporters to organize in-person community meetups in their area during May 2026, or LibreLocal month, to bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and ...